Zephyr is a semi professional close up magician who is a member of The Story Circle and co-founder of illusionists of the south. A practitioner of the art since 2004, Zephyr develops magic that involves the audience, up close and personal where the magic happens in their hands.

Zephyr (Paco Manalo) learned magic from his grandfather David Barnes who was also an illusionist back in the day. Since that day magic has been a part of his life. He joined The Story Circle which was a big part in his development and later co-founded illusionists of the south.

Zephyr is able to perform a number of effects but his true love would be card magic. As mentioned above he is a close up performer as he develops magic acts to interact with his audience. His ideal performance scenarios would be at bars, cafes, lounges, birthdays (not children parties), parties, or corporate events. Cards are his forte and all around instrument for magic but he is also able to perform other genres of magic from coins, ropes, to cups and balls, and other forms.