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AUGUST 2011M-U-M Volume 101 Number 3
REGULAR FEATURES
31 Tech Tricks by Bruce Kalver
32 Nielsen Gallery: Iasia by Tom Ewing
34 Basic Training: Cards to Wherever by Ian Kendall
38 I Left My Cards at Home by Steve Marshall
46 Under/Over by Joshua Jay
54 Pro Files by James Munton
61 Informed Opinion New Product Reviews
72 Theory & Art of Magic by Larry Hass
73 The Tax Magician by Steve Snyder74 Ive Been Thinkin by Norman Beck
76 The Deans Diary by George Schindler
76 Basil the Bafing by Alan Wassilak
78 Confessions of a Paid Amateur by Rod Danilewicz
THIS MONTH'S FEATURE ARTICLES10 Newsworthy
26 A Magician Prepares by Dennis Loomis
27 The Power of Bending Air by Tom Vorjohan & Daniel Herron
40 COVER STORY by Marc DeSouza
50 The Houdini Award by Julie Sobanski
52 Lucille Pierce by Tom Ewing
56 Quick Look Book Nook: Curtain Call
S.A.M. NEWS6 From the Editors Desk
7 Chadwicks Magical Wisdom8 From the Presidents Desk
11 M-U-MAssembly News
23 New Members and Reinstatements
24 Broken Wands
25 Good Cheer List
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EditorMichael Close
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FROM THE EDITORS DESK
MICHAEL CLOSE
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THISCOLUMNISthe lastthing that gets writ-ten each month; this
is due not so much to pro-crastination (which Im verygood at), but rather to allow
the inclusion of any late-breaking news. The rst week of
July had lots of news, and, unfortunately, it was all bad.As Im sure most of you know by now, PNP Hank
Moorehouse died July 2, 2011, while traveling in Chinawith a touring close-up show he produced. At the nationalconvention in Pittsburgh (which, at the time of this writing,is next week), Hank was to be the guest of honor. Hanksmemory will be honored with a celebration of his life.George Schindler offers some thoughts on his friend in the
Deans Diary column on page 76. Im sure that there will besome great Hank Moorehouse stories shared in Pittsburgh.Heres one from Dennis Loomis:
Im still shocked at the news about my old pal HankMoorehouse. Hank was a big inuence as I started my pro -fessional career. For the brief period that he ran the smallmagic shop in Ann Arbor, I was his Saturday afternooncounter demonstrator. I also traveled with him to many con-ventions to help him run the booth.
In his early years as a magician, Hank fell in lovewith the vanishing cigarette in the handkerchief (thumbtip version). He was a smoker, and seldom went out of the
house without a thumb tip and a handkerchief. When Hank,Marcello Truzzi, and I founded Ring 210 in Ann Arbor, wehad an annual banquet with dinner and a show. To aid thetreasury, we sold tickets to lay people as well. At our rst
banquet, Hank was the emcee. To warm up the audience, hehad decided to do the cigarette vanish. He lit a cigarette, tookout his pocket handkerchief, formed a cavity in the handker-chief with his thumb, and pushed the lit cigarette inside, ashe had done thousands of times before. As he withdrew histhumb, for some unknown reason, the thumb tip did not stayon, but ew up into the air and fell to the stage with a clatter.
None of us who knew him could believe it, and neither could
Hank. He looked down at that thumb tip smoldering awayon the oor and said, Oh, s#*t!The next week, Marcello and I went to a trophy shop
in town and bought a small trophy, glued a thumb tip on toit, and had the plaque engraved with the words Oh, s#*t!We presented it to him at our next meeting and we all had agood laugh about it. Hank laughed the loudest, as we knewhe would.
He was a gem, and one of a small group of people whoreally helped me to get my career going in the rst few years.
Its hard to believe that hes gone.
Hank was the subject of the cover story by PNP BradleJacobs in the June 2011M-U-M. So long, Hank; you will bmissed.
To compound the sad news, the magic world lost severother prominent people during the last week of June and thrst week of July. Tom Ewing writes, Houdini buffs an
magic history enthusiasts lost a real friend with the passinof Sid Radner on June 25. Sid was a leading authority oHoudini and frequently lectured at the annual Magic Colectors Association gatherings. At one time he owneHoudinis original water torture cell, the oversized milk cathat preceded the cell, scrapbooks, handcuffs, locks, pickand other secret devices used by the escape king. He obtainemany of these directly from Hardeen, and later broadenehis collection signicantly. Always interested in spreadin
Houdinis name and fame, he was associated with the HoudiMuseum in Niagara Falls, the Outagamie Museum/HoudiHistorical Center in Appleton, Wisconsin, and other publvenues. This kind and gentle man will be missed.
My old friend Jimmy Yoshida died on July 3, 2011. Jimmwas a kind and charming man, who always seemed to hava twinkle in his eyes and a smile on his face. He was a grehost and a great ambassador for magic. Aloha, Jimmy.
You may not know who B.J. Jennings was, but she waimportant in the lives of two of magics legendary greatDai Vernon and her husband, Larry Jennings. For a whilVernon lived at the Jennings home. When Larrys heal
declined, B.J.s ministrations kept him alive longer thawould have been expected. After Larrys death, B.J. moveto Las Vegas, and Lisa and I got to know her there. She westy and always fun to be around, and she had great stori
of life with Larry and the Professor. B.J. died on July 4, 201On an upbeat note, Warren J. Kaps, chairman of Th
Society of American Magicians Magic Endowment Funhas announced that four young magicians have beeawarded scholarships to two magic camps this summer. Apart of the Endowment Fund program, one will attend thSorcerers Safari Camp in Toronto, Canada, and three wgo to Tannens Magic Camp in suburban Pennsylvania. He
are their names:Sorcerers Safari Winner: Mario Seki (age 13)Tannens Magic Camp Winners: Sean Burke (age 14
David Laid (age 13), and Yathundandh R.R. (age 13)The Society of American Magicians Magic Endowme
Fund is proud of its achievement and growth, as well athe expansion of its scholarship program, which enabldeserving youngsters from all over the world to attenmagic camps.
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VINNY GROSSO
FROM THE PRESIDENTS DESK
PROMISES- When I ranfor second vice president, Imade a video campaign pieceoutlining several goals I was
committed to accomplishing.Thanks to the national presi-dents who preceded me, we
were able to get them all done before I even became president. Thenal one happened this past June with the help of past presidentsMike Miller and Mark Weidhaas, and RVP Jania Taylor.
The goal was to produce magic shows in theaters that featuredyoung magicians and promoted the S.A.M. and S.Y.M. There aremany people out there with a strong interest in magic, who havethe potential to be great members of our society and local assem-blies. Unfortunately, they are not aware of our organization, butthey are aware of magic shows at their local theater.
So, when I had the opportunity to produce a family magic
show at Detroits Meadow Brook Music Festival, I capitalizedon it. The show went over well; we featured two young and verytalented magicians, TJ Ketchmark and Savannah Durocher. Itstoo early to tell what impact this show will have on the Detroitassembly, but all indications are that it was successful. We willwork to produce more of these shows and continue to ne tunethe program.
MEMBERSHIP CARDS - When PNP Mike Miller metIsraeli deputy Yosi Notkovitz, our new style membership cardwas born. Yosis suggestion was a hard plastic card similar to acredit card or hotel key a card that doesnt wear out and one thatyou can be proud to show off to someone. We didnt want to stopthere; we also decided that the card should reect our rich history
and feature past members of historical signicance to the S.A.M.Each year, another member from our past would be highlighted,making the membership card a collectors item. We wanted totake it even further; we are magicians, so shouldnt our member-ship card be magical? Each year we will incorporate a new magiceffect into the card.
This year I decided to feature past national president andformer M-U-M editor Milbourne Christopher. Mr. Christophercertainly did a lot for the S.A.M. and the art of magic, and hislegacy lives on through the Milbourne Christopher Foundation.The MCF presents their prestigious awards at the banquet of ournational convention. This year, Maurine Christopher, wife ofthe late Milbourne, was the guest of honor for the Life Membergathering. This is where the new membership cards were unveiled.
I hope you enjoy your new membership card; youll receiveit when you renew your membership. I am very excited aboutthe new magic effect within the card. M-U-M columnist SteveMarshall was the creative force behind it, and I think youll havefun with it.
We also added a new feature to the l ife members cards gold!If you want the gold version of the membership card, contact ourlife member chairperson Clem Kinnicutt at [email protected]. Also, if youd like to learn more about Milbourne Christo-pher you can read the ar ticle John Moehring wrote about him inM-U-Mon either our Web site or via the magicSAM app for the
iPhone/iPad/iPod touch.SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE - We recently releas
the rst Smartphone app for a magic organization, magicSAM
The response has been amazing. In just the rst month it h
been downloaded approximately seven hundred times in eigcountries and installed on a thousand devices. Its only going get better, because we are diligently working on the next versio
We are also exploring porting the app over to other devicsuch as Android and Blackberry. Whenever we work on a projein the S.A.M., we always have to ask ourselves, Is this a goothing for our members? There is no single program or servithat we provide our members that is a perfect t for everyon
Thats why we try to offer as many unique benets as we can, there truly is something for everyone.
With magicSAM, we wanted to lead the way with the rSmartphone app for a magic organization; we knew we wegoing to have to focus on one platform. We chose Apples iO
platform because of its market reach. The number of downloaand installs weve had the rst month validates that decisioPlease send us your feedback on ways to improve the app, or lus know of other platforms you would be interested in. I canpromise well be able to do everything thats requested, but wwill continue to strive to offer something for everyone.
TRAVEL TIPS - I travel a lot, and I travel with people whtravel a lot. I have picked up many travel tips through the yearand I will periodically share them with you here. One of mfavorites is from Brad Sherwood. Brad is an improv artist whwas regularly featured on Whose Line is It Anyway; he is perpetally on tour with his improv partner Colin Mochrie. Brad likesdark hotel room at night and was frustrated with the gap betwee
the curtains covering the window. His solution? Take a hangout of the closet, the one with clips for pants. Use the clips to jotogether the two curtains. Presto! You can now sleep in darknesIf you want to see more of Brads genius, check out Two MaGroupon Amazon.com; its a DVD of Colin and Brads improshow.
SUMMER OF CONVENTIONS FRIENDS - The summis in full swing and so are magic conventions. Magic conventioare not just great for the magic they provide, theyre also a greway to catch up with friends you havent seen in a while.
Is it just me, or do we all go through the following cycle asmagician? As a young magician we go to our rst convention an
we dont miss a single event. We practice newly learned effecbetween lectures, buy all that we can from the dealers room, anleave with enough new things for two shows. Its all about thmagic. Then, as we get older and we go to conventions, we enup missing events because were too involved in a conversatiowith an old friend. The line-up of acts performing and lecturinbecomes secondary to the friends who will be attending. Its aabout our friends in magic.
To use PNP Mark Weidhaass line: You have a friend in thS.A.M. I hope to see you at one of the conventions!
Vinny Gros
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S.A.M. National Ofcers
Dean: George Schindler, 1735 East 26th St.,
Brooklyn, NY 11229, (718) 336-0605, Fax (718)
627-1397, [email protected]
President: Vinny Grosso, 270 Mansion St.,
Coxsackie, NY 12051 (518) 756-1891
President Elect: J. Christopher Bontjes, 2313
Atwood Ct., Danville, IL 61834 (217)431-4791
First Vice President: Dal Sanders, 3316Northaven Rd, Dallas, TX 75229 (214) 902-9200
Secretary: Marlene Clark, 435 Main Street,
Durham, CT 06422, (860) 349-8149,
Skype: marlene.clark, [email protected]
Treasurer: Mary Ann Blowers, 3 Christopher
Bluffs Court, St. Louis, MO 63129 (314) 846-846
[email protected] Skype: maryan.blowers
Regional Vice Presidents
New England: CT MA RI NH ME VT
Tucker B. Goodman, 7 Evans Road, #2,
Marblehead, MA 01945, (617) 901-5187,
North Atlantic: NY NJPat Colby, [email protected]
Mid Atlantic: PA DE MD VAWV DC
David W. Bowers, 169 Tobin Dr., Chambersburg,
PA 17201(717) 414-7574,
South Atlantic: FL AL GA MS NC SC
Rick Hinze, (770)471-7558, [email protected]
Central Plains: KY TN OH IN MI
Jania Taylor, (231)242-8242, [email protected]
Midwest: IL MN WI MO ND NE KS SD IA
Jeff Sikora, 13023 Crown Point Ave., Omaha, NE
68164 (402)-339-6726, [email protected]
South Cental States: TX AR OK NM LA
Jeff Lanes, (713)850-1770, [email protected]
Southwest: CA AZ NV HI
Kenrick Ice McDonald, PO Box 341034,Los Angeles, CA 90034 (310)-559-8968,
Northwest: WA OR UT ID CO AK WY MT
Michael Roth, (503)493-8316,
Canada
Shawn Farquhar, (604)936-1234,
Society of Young Magicians Director
Jann Wherry Goodsell, 329 West 1750 North,
Orem, Utah 84057 (801) 376-0353.
Living Past National Presidents
Bradley M. Jacobs, Richard L. Gustafson, Roy ASnyder, Bruce W. Fletcher, James E
Zachary, Frank W. Dailey, Cesareo Pelae
David R. Goodsell, William E. Andrews, Robe
A. Steiner, Fr. Cyprian Murray, Michael D
Douglass, George Schindler, Dan Rodrigue
Dan Garrett, Donald F. Oltz Jr., Craig Dickso
Loren C. Lind, Gary D. Hughes, Harry Mon
Jann Wherry Goodsell, Warren J. Kaps, E
Thomas, Jay Gorham, John Apperson, Richa
M. Dooley, Andy Dallas, Maria Ibez, Bru
Kalver, Mike Miller, Mark Weidhaas.
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An Open Letter to
All Magicians:
Save money while youre saving the world! In continuingefforts to support United States Armed Forces, The Society of
American Magicians has recently begun offering discountedmembership fees to active military personnel. Active militarypersonnel have the opportunity to join or renew their member-ship in the S.A.M. at the reduced rate of $35.00 at www.societyo-famericanmagicians.memberlodge.org/memberappSAM. Thismembership includes monthly issues ofM-U-Monline and othermember benets.
I was recently appointed by S.A.M. President Mark Weidhaasto the position of Military Member Liaison. To make the newprogram effective, I will need the help of every magician who isor has been in the military or who knows someone who is.
Additionally, we are making every effort to connect newmilitary members with the nearest assembly. We encourage thoseassemblies to extend personal and nancial courtesies to themilitary members. Please let us know about any incentives yourassembly offers to encourage participation by military personnel.
Future issues of M-U-Mwill make special mention of thesemen and women who protect and serve Americans. Please helpme with this endeavor by sending me contact information for anymember of your assembly who is connected to any of the ArmedForces so that I can introduce myself to them personally.
I sincerely thank you for helping us promotethis worthwhile endeavor. I believe this programoffers a win-win-win situation. It benets thenew members, the assemblies, and magic!
Scott Hollingsworth,Military Member [email protected]
Convention in
One Night 2011
Is it possible to have a magic convention in one night? Ab-solutely! May 3, 2011, marked the Rhode Island Societies ofMagicians fth Convention in One Night, and it was a greatsuccess. Bruce Kalver did a fantastic job of organizing the event,which included close-up and stage shows, as well as lectures anda dealer area. Many guests werein attendance, including S.A.M.
President Mark Weidhaas andEric Jones, who was recentlyfeatured in an M-U-M coverstory.
The night opened with somegreat close-up magic fromMark Weidhaas and Eric Jones.Mark, looking very dapper,performed an excellent set ofmagic. His performance was
both bafing and entertaining.Eric performed some nice card
magic, and demonstrated hisskill with coins, perform-ing much of the magic in thespectators hands.
A quick break gave thecrowd some time to shop.
Diamonds Magic was themain attraction in the dealerarea, with a large assortmentof books, videos, effects, andprops. Tony Karpinski wasalso on hand, displaying hisbeautiful hand-craf ted effects. As folks shopped, the professionperformers mingled with the crowd. Eric Jones was kind enougto offer advice on a book purchase, giving his seal of approval.
There was plenty to learn from the evenings three lecturerMark Weidhaas taught the history and secrets behind his highlsuccessful character, Inspector Magic. Mark was complete
comfortable going in anout of character, switchinbetween performing anteaching. He touched upocharacter development anthe importance of famimagic. Mark also offeretips on using a commothread throughout your peformance.
With twenty-three yeaof experience, Bob Carropresented a great lectu
on performing school magic. He explained the business side omagic, as well as audience management and keeping the adul
interested. The nal lecturer, Eric Jones, taught some fantastclose-up magic, including theInvisible Cigarette, a trulyamazing effect, and a greatthree-coin routine using un-gimmicked coins.
During the course of theevening, Mark Weidhaaspresented PresidentialCitations to Bob Carroll andBruce Kalver for their manyyears of dedication to the artof magic.
The night ended with a great stage show. Bob Carroll opene
with a hilarious ventriloquism routine, even bringing BrucKalver into the act. Vinny Grosso took a more serious approacperforming magic with cards and silks. Getting back to thhumorous side was Tony Gangi and his whacky sideshow.
Mark Weidhaas brought us back to more traditional magiperforming magic with money and changing the color of 45-rprecords. Alexanderia is one of the few female escape artists in thworld, and she was kind enough to take the stage as well. ErJones closed the show with a polished set of magic.
Huge thanks to Bruce Kalver for organizing everything, anto all of the guests and performers who made this a most enjoyabconvention. Chris Natale
Bob Carroll
Eric Jones
Tony Gangi
Alexanderia
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AUGUST 2011 Volume 101, Number 3
1 PAUL HALLASSCHNEIDERLECTURER
NEW YORK, NY Avisitor to the Magic Table formany years, Albert Callus ofAssembly 168 was in fromNew Jersey with Marco andTim Fortune this month. Marcodid a beautiful effect with akey. We had a great time with
them. They joined the regulars,PP Jerry Oppenheimer and hiswife Lee, myself, SecretaryPat Colby, and board membersJordan Linker, Rene Clement,and Richard Bossong. TheTable meets Fridays from 12:30on for lunch at the Edison HotelCaf on 47th Street between7th and 8th Avenue in TimesSquare.Our monthly meeting was
held on June at Mount Sinai.President Ken Ferst wasabsent, so First VP MargaretSteele started meeting at 7:30.
The rst order of businesswas our annual election of theBoard of Directors. This wentvery smoothly. AdmissionsChairman Bob Friedhofferannounced that we had twonew members to swear in. Theywere Ed Checkett and JaredMolton. Sworn in they were,welcomed by the assembly.Then First VP Margaret Steele,producer of this years Salute,gave signed posters fromour Salute staring ThomasSolomon to all those whoworked so hard on this years
show. Bill Gleason was singledout with an award and a specialaward was given to ThomasSolomon to a nice round ofapplause. George Silvermanannounced a special workshop.Other committee reports weregiven. The meeting was thenended with ritual.The after-meeting event
was The Willie SchneiderMemorial Lecture producedby Meir Yedid. Meir Yedidwas introduced by PA 1 Dean
Eric DeCamps. Because wehave many new members,Meir gave a beautiful historyof this lecture and the man ithonors. At times it was quitetouching, because it camefrom the heart. He then intro-duced the lecturer, Paul Hallas.One nice thing was that Paulslecture was lled with effectsthat were within the abilitiesof any of the fty people who
attended the lecture. It was awonderful lecture and night atthe PA 1. Tom KlemParent Assembly One Meetsthe rst Friday 8 PM at Mt.Sinai Medical Center, 1425Madison Avenue (96th Street),New York, New York.
2 COLOMBINILECTURESAN FRANCISCO, CAA second May meeting wasscheduled in order to haveAldo and Rachel Colombini
lecture as part of their FinalTour. It was well worth the ad-ditional meeting, because theColombinis not only are greatmagicians, they also have awonderful sense of humor.The repartee between Racheland Aldo kept us laughingwhile they bafed us withtheir magic. Rachel was veryopen about her recent majorsurgery and thanked us for ourthoughts, prayers, and contri-butions.
Our regular June meeting hadan excellent teaching portion;
the subject was false shufesand false cuts. Corky LeValleebegan with a number of falseshufes that to the uniniti-ated looked like the real thing.Similarly, the false cuts had theappearance of true deck cuttingbut did nothing to rearrangethe cards. Rich Sequine addeda few cuts to round out theteaching program.The theme for the magic was
twofold. Since we held anauction at the May meeting,
members could show tricksthat they bought at the auctionor tricks purchased from theColombinis. Corky showedDeans Box, Rob Shapiropresented the Needle throughBalloon, and Hippo Lau dida nice presentation of a giantThree Card Monte. The Colom-binis were represented by JackLangdell doing Restless Cards,Stu Bacon showing Mind
Reading Past and Present, andWalt Johnson doing a nicemultiple cut and restored rope.The others brought magic
of their choosing: Rich andBob Kuhn did great thingswith cards, Bill Langell did amental effect with pennies, andTamaka made a card disappearfrom a metal box and appearin a previously shown emptycanister. The interesting aspectof Tamakas presentation wasthat the two pieces of apparatuswere well over seventy-veyears old and were recently
restored to working condition.The evening was further
enhanced by cookies thatCorky brought. They dis-appeared without any falseshufes, cuts, or other sleights.Stu BaconGolden Gate Assembly 2 meetsthe rst Wednesday at 7:30PM in the Community Roomof the Taravel Police Station,2345 24th Ave. San Francisco.Contact: Tamaka. 415 531-9332,[email protected]
4ANNUAL
BANQUET
PHILADELPHIA, PAIn June, over one hundredmembers and their guestsattended our annual banquet,which featured an amazingarray of talent. Following thecocktail hour, during which wewere treated to the keyboardmagic of Ralph Armstrong,everyone enjoyed a sumptuousbuffet dinner. After dinner,Assembly 4 Dean Professor
Rem handed out the trophies those individuals who placrst, second, and third in tclose-up and stage contesthis year. He then presented thprestigious Charles H. Hopkiaward to long-time Assemb4 member Charles Murter gentleman in every sense the word. A round of applauwas then given to outgoinPresident Ed Hanisco for all
his hard work this year as passed the gavel and wand to incoming President RalpArmstrong.
After the award ceremony, tstage show began, for whiStuart Rudnick ably servas the masters of ceremonieThe rst act consisted of dazzling number of effecperformed in lightning fasuccession by surprise gues
Arlen Solomon, Eric LampePNP Dick Gustafson, EHanisco, Bob Little, ProfessRem, Reba Strong, Jeff CarsoTom Ewing, Joe Mogar, and ALloyd. Following this arrof talented performers, SaSandler took to the stage anperformed a colorful, dazzlinfast paced act involving tproduction of silks, dyed doveand streamers before endinwith a very funny mouth coproduction with the assistan
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of audience member Ed Cohen.The delightful KimberlyMatthews then performed abeautiful silk act set to music,which included the productionof multiple doves and culmi-nated with their transformationinto an adorable white rabbit.Next, George Hample wowedthe crowd with his very owntorn and restoredM-U-Meffectfollowed by an amazing milkvanish and reappearance insidea lighted table lamp. Finally,Jim Daly ended the show withhis signature comedy billin lemon effect, which hadeveryone in hysterics. Withoutquestion, the 2011banquet wasone of the best we have everhad. Peter CuddihyJames Wobensmith Assembly4 meets third Thursday at 7:00p.m. at the Bustleton MemorialPost, 810 (American Legion)9151 Old Newtown Road. In-formation: www.sam4.org/
7 TIME TOSHINEOMAHA, NE To openthe meeting President LarryBrodahl started this yearsseries of Find a book in ourlibrary/ perform the trick/explain it/tell us what book itsin with an illusion from The
Amazing Book of Magic andCard Tricksby Tremayne.This month we had a contest
with a $50 prize. The themewas Shiny, but this was left
to interpretation and was mostinteresting to note how each often performers interpreted theguidelines.The order was determined
by random drawing; rst upwas Pete Petrashek with theshiniest mirror Ive ever seen.With his help a scarf andball de-materialized into andbehind the mirror. Tom Neddoperformed Waterfall, duringwhich his shiny cups kept thewater from falling on our Presi-dents head. Johnny Impossibledid a Coins Across routine with
shiny coins. Bob Buczkowskientertained with a string and(shiny) ring routine one of hissignature effects.President Larry Brodahl
presented a larger (shiny) ringand string routine. DennyRourke did a shiny cup andwater routine he called AquaBinaca and didnt wet therug. Roger Reese performedJackrobats, in which cardsturned into shiny mirrors.Joyce Chleboun produced tons
of shiny stuff from her bag oftricks. She was in the runningfor the prize just by wearingthe right outt! Each memberof the audience received aDiamond Pin (a dime and pin).Jeff Sikora brought Aaron
Pierce out of the audience andwas graced by a shiny hat andscarf that Jeff used to bafe us.Bruce Jacoby performed one ofthe most amazing feats I have
ever witnessed! After settingup his sound system, with thepush of one button the lightswent out in the entire building(and the tornado sirens startedto wail). After the audiencerst found a safe place, wemanaged to reassemble andtalked Bruce into completinghis act. Is it no surprise thathe won the contest? If you
hire him for a performance,you should ask him to performthis effect. Better yet contactBruce and ask if he will sellyou the technique. He won $50.Jerry GolmanavichOmaha Magical Societymeets on the third Monday ofmost months at the SouthwestChurch of Christ, 124th St. andW. Center Rd. - Across fromHooters.
11 SUMMERPICNICCINCINNATI, OH TheJune meeting of the Queen CityMystics Assembly 11 was a jointsummer picnic with the I.B.M.Ronald Haines Ring 71. It washeld at a lodge and picnic areaat Lake Isabella in Loveland,Ohio, on a beautiful spring-like day. It was afternoon ofgames, fellowship, adults en-tertaining kids, kids entertain-ing adults, magic yard sale/eamarket, and rafe. A picnicdinner was catered by Micki
Plyes and Betty Winzig. Thiswas followed by the eveningentertainment the War ofthe Wizards a showdownbetween S.A.M. and I.B.M.members.First up was Chuck Arkin
(I.B.M.) who performed afunny escape routine involvinga spectator and his wife, whopleaded his case. He did suc-cessfully free himself fromthe locked stocks. Don Hinton(S.A.M.) performed a seriesof effects, beginning withappearing and disappearingcoins and silks, a card effectwith a prediction, and then athree prediction effect usingrandom coins and a youngspectator in orange athleticgear.Frank Johnston (I.B.M.)
performed his comicallyclever silk magic routine. Itincluded cane to silk, rose tosilk, disappearing black silk,
silk to candle, and disappear-ing candle. This was followedby a change bag routine whereseveral colored silks turn intoa long, long and wide multi-colored silk ribbon. DennyMetz (S.A.M.) had two vol-unteers select a card and theythen transmitted their selectionto the other via a clotheslineattached to two plungers on topof their heads a very funnybit. He then has a spectatorselect a card and the deck ofcards disappeared in the spec-tators hand, leaving him with
his chosen card.
Paul Delholt (aka Presto Paul)performed an Ambitious Cardroutine with a blank deck ofcards, completely mystifying ayoung spectator. He then had aspectator randomly (by thirds)cut a deck of cards and came upwith nine cards representing aphone number of the specta-tors soul mate. The phonenumber was Pauls!Patrick Thermes (S.A.M.)
produced a coke bottle and
then vanished it in a papbag. He then performed card effect with a poker hanchanging from an Ace high a royal ush. Last he mystiea young spectator with magically written message onchalkboard. The War was woby I.B.M. Ring 71. Assemb11 is eagerly awaiting neyears War! John MartiniQueen City Mystics, SAAssembly 11 generally meeon the 2nd Friday of the monat Haines House of Cards Cincinnati, Ohio.
13 DAVID HIRLECTURES ANEMCEE
DALLAS, TX David Hipresented a lecture on the art being a master of ceremoni(emcee), then demonstratethese techniques by introduing the performers for th
night. The rst performer the evening was Geoff GrimeGeoff performed his ChineSticks routine, followed by aanniversary-themed trick. Twspectators were handed a stacof large cards, with valuesuch as listen to each otherEach spectator shufed thestack and set one card asidThey then went through thshufed cards one at a timto see how compatible thevalues were. Unfortunately fthe newlyweds, only two the ve sets matched. Fort
nately, the cards set aside at thbeginning were emergenccards, one reading Give hyour rst paycheck and thother and every one thereaterThe second performer w
Brad Ingle. Five card paiwere selected. The two sets cards were shufed, and Brathen proceeded to spell out thphrase Will the faces matchby transferring cards from thtop to the bottom of the stacA spectator was allowed at antime during the process to ca
out SWITCH! causing Brato switch to the opposite stacand continue spelling. At thend of the phrase, the top carof each stack were set aside a pair. After all ve pairs wedealt out, each was displayed show that they were identicpairs.
The third performer wIan Richards. The Ten Diamonds was selected by spectator and replaced in thdeck. Multiple attempts to n
Bruce Jacoby
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the card, including the assis-tance of a mouse, resulted inselection of the Two of Hearts.Ian eventually destroyed theoffending card, and askedNathan Himes to step up andselect another card from thedeck. Nathan, of course, foundthe Ten of Diamonds! Ian thenasked Nathan to wave a wandover the deck, and suddenly allof the cards in the deck werethe Ten of Diamonds.The nal performer was
Daryl Sprout, the MagicalHerpetological Humorist.Daryl performed a number ofeffects, all centered aroundhis favorite creatures snakes.Effects included wand tosnake, balloon to snake, andeven launching a giant snakeinto the audience. David Hirawrapped the show, and thenheld a question/answer sessionabout the night and aboutemceeing in general.
Dallas Magic Club Assembly13 meets the third Tuesdayof each Month at 7 p.m.Crosspointe Church andCommunity Center www.dal-lasmagic.org for directions.Check out the Dallas MagicClub on Facebook!
16 RACHEL & ALDOCOLUMBINISFAREWELL TOUR
ASHLAND, MAMondaysmeeting was none other thanspectacular. There were
twenty-ve members andguests present. We enjoyeda wonderful meal providedby Peter Lentros and thenproceeded to enjoy ourevening with Rachel and AldoColumbini presenting theirfarewell tour. They will still belecturing but not on a full-timebasis. During their fantasticmagic lecture, they also sharedsome details about Rachelsheart surgery last year andhow amazing her recovery hasbeen.
The evening included, but was
not limited to, ESP predictions,rope routines, a new twist onthe ring and rope, the book test,card magic, and the spectaculardisappearing thumb tip!During intermission, we
were treated with strawberryshortcake provided by PeterLentros. The rest of the eveningwas magical, as Rachel andAldo concluded their lectureby sharing more magic andstories about their travels andexperiences.
All in all it was a greatevening of fun, friends, andmagic. Until we meet againJohn BryantSam 16 meets every rstMonday of the month at themagic barn in Ashland, MA.For more information contactKen Maynard at [email protected]
17CARD MAGIC
NEVER GETS OLD
SPRINGFIELD, MAJeff Prozyca started off thenight with a great card clubsandwich and then did a JimPace version of Oil and Water.Rich Gilberts use of double-backed cards caused a King ofClubs to switch to a King ofHearts in the spectators hand.He then showed us the newHoudini vanish card escape.Ed Kazar amazed us using JimSistis Mixed Symbols ESP
routine. PJ Pinsonnault did anice Ace production, spellingout the Ace of Clubs, and thenhe showed us another card clubsandwich, only in slow motion.Rich Pinsonault had four
Queens traveling with LarryJenningss Simple Stencil.Conrad McIntyre made it lookeasy with a lazy man, anycard, any number, using justthe Two through Nine. DaveDimock performed the ThirdChoice by Corinda, and TomGentile nished up with CodyFishers comedy card predic-
tion, tearing up a card over andover again.Later in the month, Aldo
and Rachel Colombini cameto visit for a spell, stoppingby on their Farewell Tour. Welearned so many new and easytricks. Rachel impressed usall with her beautiful papercup and ball routine and Aldokept us laughing with everytrick. This was their third visitto our assembly. We will missthem, because they alwaysbrought us great magic, lotsof fun, and wonderful stories.
Next month well be headingout for our annual SummerSizzler Picnic at Look Park.Karen L. GibsonDr. I.R. Caulkins Assembly #17meets the rst Friday of everymonth at 7 pm at the GrandMeadows Tennis Club, DwightRoad, East Longmeadow, MAwww.assembly17.org
19 KNOWING YOURCHARACTER
HOUSTON, TX In June,Phil Kampf presented anoverview of magical presenta-tion as the teach-in session. Oneof the top items Phil kept men-tioning was that you mustknow your character. Oneneeds to know how he isgoing to act and what hisresponse is going to be tosituations and questions.Phil recommended thattaking a class in theaterat one of the workingtheaters in town would bevery helpful. Phils manyyears of working as a pro-fessional magician alongwith his theater back-ground were very evidentin his presentation. BillPalmer shared some veryvaluable lessons learned ashe developed his Merlin theMagician character over time.Bill of course perfected theMerlin character that was so
widely known at the TexasRenaissance Festival. We hadlots of audience interaction andthis topic went over very well.Thanks Phil for sharing this in-formation.The annual Memorial Day
BBQ at Dr. Rex Cragos homewas another hit with oversixty peope in attendance. Inaddition to the ne food, therewas some great magical en-tertainment presented by AlexRangel and John Star, amongothers.Eric Evans stopped into
Houston on May 10 to presenta ne lecture that was wellattended. If you get the chanceto see him perform, you will notwant to pass it up. Please visithoustonmagic.com to keep upwith all the latest magical hap-penings in the Houston area.
We wish to thank ourmagical performers for theJune meeting. They wereBill Palmer, John Star, GeneProtas, David Hinken, RickHebert, Phil Kampf, DavidRangel, Sigmund Potocki, andAlex Rangel. Miles Root
SAM 19 meets the rstMonday of every month at theIATSE Local 51 Meeting Hall,3030 North Freeway, Houston,TX. A teaching lecture beginsat 7:30 pm with the meetingbeginning at 8:00 pm.
21 THE COLOMBINISIN CONNECTICUTWEST HARTFORD, CTThe club decided to waiveour regular business meeting
so we could get right inthe evenings highlight thFarewell lecture by Aldo anRachel Colombini! We weprivileged to host their on
Connecticut appearance. Thewere quick to stress that thwere not retiring from magijust from touring.
This was a wonderful tal
starting with a champagne toato Rachel. In between tricks wwere told stories of their beinon the road, the details behinRachels successful surgerand a few gag tricks (fexample, vanishing a thumtip), and some giveawayThe highlights of the lectuwere: Zodiac Code, in whica color linked to a specttors birthday is predicted; AEmpty Envelope, a gag prdiction effect; a cute cut-anrestored rope routine that goby the prosaic name of Cuttin
The Rope In Three; Five-CaMystery, wherein a blank cavanishes among red cardRing On Rope, using, believit or not, a scrunchy, to remova ring but leave the knot; Mental Trick, in which one cachosen from a pile matches thprediction; Cidentaquin, whiuses ESP cards to nd the fomatches to a spectators choscard; Stranger In Paradiswherein a choice is revealeas the only red in a blue decHoudini Card, in which a caescapes from two rubbe
bands and a square of tinfoThree-Way Miracle Predictioin which the nal compositioof three card piles is predicteJumbo Prediction, a stunner which a selected card matcha jumbo card, but the decproves to consists of duplicatof an entirely different carRestless Colors, in which pack of duplicates change theback colors, then become AceTri-Color Cups and Balls, performed by Rachel it us
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no balls, just rolled-up coloredtissue, with a surprise ending.Dana RingBill Greenough Assembly #21meets 2nd Monday (exceptDecember) at Angelos onMain in West Hartford, CT.www.sam21.org
22 ASSEMBLY 22 80YEARS OLD
LOS ANGELES. CA TheSouthern California Assembly22 celebrated its 80th anniver-sary at its annual banquet onJune 12, 2011. It was again heldat Stevens Steak & Seafood inthe City of Commerce, a fewmiles southeast of downtownLos Angeles. A ne meal wasenjoyed by everyone after anearly cocktail hour. After themeal, toastmaster and showemcee, John Engman, beganthe program with the installa-tion of the 2011-2012 assembly
ofcers and directors.PNP Ed Thomas conducted
the ceremony to install ournew ofcers. Immediate PastPresident Bill Yamane gave ashort valedictory address andincoming President Jim Callenpresented a very amusing ac-ceptance speech as he beginswhat typically is a two-yearterm in ofce. Our assemblyhas always been fortunate tohave competent and dedicatedleadership.The 80th anniversary gala
show opened with the colorful
and fast-moving act of Stoil &Ekatrina. Set to music, Stoil &Ekatrina present a very uniqueact. Ted Suds Sudbrack wasour next performer and, asalways, it was full of humor andfun. Suds is a long-time LosAngeles area performer andmagic manufacturer/dealer.Sudss paper tearing trickshave become classics. Hisrepeat Anderson NewspaperTear was not only funny, it wasa bafer. The third performer,David Benitez, aka Marsan,attired in a tuxedo and por-
traying the image of a classicmagician, opened with a cardmanipulation routine and cardfan productions. Picking coinsfrom the air, he then presenteda nice Misers Dream coin pro-duction. Marsan nished hisact with a very smooth linkingring routine and the now seldomseen Zombie oating ball. Aclass act in every respect.Closing the show was David
Zerbel, another Los Angelesmagician who has performed
internationally. David alsoperforms magic in the classicstyle. His top hat and canequickly became a table ashe did a short silk knottingroutine. Zerbel then performeda ball manipulation and mul-tiplying ball effect. His actconcluded with his own three-ring routine.Southern California Assembly22 meets the 3rd Monday eachmonth at 8:00 P.M., St. ThomasMoore Parish Hall, 2510 So.Fremont Ave., Alhambra, CAInformation: 213/382-8504
26 TALENT ANDTRICKERYPROVIDENCE, RI Thewarm weather has nallyarrived, and so has the annualRISMs Got Talent contest.Before the contest, Jeff Smithtaught several Aldo Colombinipacket tricks. Jeff is always fun
to watch, and a great instruc-tor to boot. And, he was niceenough to donate the tricks tothe clubs monthly rafe.With a quick break, it was
time to start the talent show.Round one of the contest pittedDan Cipolla against Jeff Smith,Andrew Cipolla against Ed Hill,and Cameron Ramsay againstSean Dale. Dans card and cointo orange were two really niceeffects. Jeff performed a greatcard routine using magic paint.The routine is well thought out,and ows nicely through each
phase. Andrew inserted his cellphone into a balloon, and thenmade an amazing cell phonecall. Eds entry was the mostambitious, performing magicwith the Statue of Liberty.Cameron did some great rose/napkin magic, while Sean en-tertained the crowd with a greatrendition of Coins Across.The judges voted, and only
three contestants remained.Round two pitted Dan, Ed,and Cameron in a three-waybattle. Dan performed a risingcard poster, Ed selected magic
with an Egyptian theme, andCameron performed some ESP.The judges were left with thedifcult task of eliminatingone contestant. Round three gave us Dan
against Cameron, in a battleto the nish. Dans Not KnotSilks was a real crowd pleaser,but ultimately Cameron wouldtake the prize with a fantasticmonster card production. Thanks to Jeff Smith, the
judges, and all of the contes-
tants for making this a greatevening. Chris NataleC. Foster Fenner, Assembly 26meets rst Tuesday each monthfrom September to June at 7pm at the American LegionAuburn Post 20, 7 Legion Way,Cranston, RI.
30 BUILDING AROUTINE
ATLANTA, GA Ourprogram director, DebbieLeifer, hosted the post-dinnerperformance. Dan Garret twas our rst performer. Hemystied the audience withlinking rubber bands and tornand restored rubber bands. Weare looking forward to his pro-fessional development sessionon rubber bands next month.Preston Turner, son of Joe
Turner, showed us his magicalrock that magnies objects,which he got at a science
museum. It was an interestingpiece and we were glad to havePreston visiting with us.Joe Turner could not afford a
Dean Dill box, so he used hishands instead and made a redand white rope link together.He also had his deck of cardsdo a trick for him by allowingthe spectator to perform all themagic. Joe had a card chosenfor him and the spectator alsohad a card chosen. Both cardswere found at the end.Joe Morrison brought a light
board with various colored
lights and switches. The corre-sponding light would light withthe same color switch evenwhen the bulbs or switcheswere mixed.Jim Mangham had his wife set
up a trick with a red deck and ablue deck. He had the red deckcut several times until only onecard remained. When the bluedeck was opened, the matchingcard had an X inscribed on it.Daryl Berman presented a ringand string effect by pulling thering from the string when itwas attached by a knot. He also
borrowed a ip phone; whenthe string was inside the phone,music would play.Our Professional Develop-
ment series continued withJohn Miller presenting howto routine your effects. Hepresented one of his favoriteeffects, Roy Waltons Cascade,just as a trick, then presentedit again with a routine hedeveloped that suited his styleof presentation. John alsohanded out suggestions for
building a routine, as well several references for thowho wished to pursue thinterest.On Saturday, June 18, we he
an initiation for four of omembers, Jim Driscoll, MSimpson, Martin Baratz, anRory Gullion. It was a vemeaningful ceremony, with rfreshments afterward. Now, we can just get the goat back the cage. Carol GarrettAtlanta Society of MagicianJulian V. Boehme/Walter Bell Assembly #30 Meethe second Thursday Picadilly Cafeteria, I-8& North Druid Hills RFor more info: Web sithttp://www.sam30atlanta.org
35 A FONFAREWELPOUGHKEEPSIE, NYWe were one of the lucky a
semblies who were a stop oAldo and Rachel ColombiniFarewell Tour. Thirty-vattendees helped make this onof our best-attended meetinin quite some time. After brief summary of happeninin Aldo and Rachels lives, wwere treated to several houof magic and fun. Rachelperformance of Zodiac Codwas wonderful. An EmpEnvelope was a great predition effect by Aldo. The enti
night was lled with a lot wonderful back-and-forbetween the duo. We enjoycard effects, rope trickamazing feats of mentalismand so much more. Betweeeffects were treated to thjokes you would expect wheAldo and Rachel are performing. They have a wonderf
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rapport and kept us laughingall night long. If you have theopportunity to see them ontheir last lecture tour, put it onyour calendar you wont bedisappointed. Thank you Aldoand Rachel for a terric nightof magic. Assembly members,be sure to check out the Website for more information onour revised summer schedule.Craig KunaschkAl Baker Assembly No. 35(usually) meets at 7:30 p.m.on the second Tuesday of themonth at the Milanese ItalianRestaurant, 115 Main Street,Poughkeepsie, NY. Check outour website at compumagic.com/sam35 to conrm timeand meeting location.
37 KIDDABRA!DENVER, CO A number
of children attended our Junemeeting Kid-Dab-Ra, asspecial guests of the Mile HighMagicians.Emcee and club president
Connie Elstun got things off toa perfect start by introducingus to members of the cast of herBunny and Birdie Magic Show.We were particularly pleasedwith participation by some newmembers of our club, includingLewis Peacock. Lewis thrilledthe audience by pouringdifferent colored liquids fromthe same teapot. There was an
explanation, however, becausedry handkerchiefs the samecolor as the liquid were pulledfrom the teapot. Next up wasclub member Inspector Magic,aka PNP Mark Weidhaas.Mark featured highlights fromhis show, including somethingthat only the grandparents inthe audience knew about records that changed colors.Mark also featured a cooltrick with colored pom-pomschanging places and a cardtrick that used a large numberof assistants.
New member Michele Lutzalso used a number of assis-tants to psychically nd somecolored stones hidden in theirhands and to make a rod changecolors. The Amazing DaveElstun introduced membersof the audience to a stoplightthat creates mass confusion byashing the same color in alldirections. He nished with asee-through egg storage bagfrom which eggs appeared anddisappeared. Bringing it all to
a hilarious nish was the teamof Jeff and Karen Wake. Jefftook on the role of a princesslooking for an elusive dragon.The dragon turned up on the
back of a child assistant playingthe part of a knight.As if this wasnt enough,
Karen Wake then treatedeveryone to her deliciouscupcakes. Kid paradise!Connie hung several babypictures of Mile High memberson a board and everyone hadto guess who they were. Addon face-painting and balloonsand it was a great evening.We also rafed a ticket to theMagic in the Rockies conven-tion coming up in Fort Collins,Colorado, the second weekend
of September. Dave ElstunSAM Assembly 37 is The MileHigh Magicians Society andmeets on the 2nd Thursdayat 7:00 P.M. in the River-Pointe Senior Community,5225 South Prince St. Denver,CO 80123. Our Website iswww.milehighmagic ians .com. Connie Elstun is thePresident her E-mail address [email protected]
49 CLOCKS,WATCHES, ORCARDS
FT. LAUDERDALE,FL Thethemes for our June meetingwere Clocks/Watches/Cards,or Ventriloquism/Puppetry,or Blocks, or Mentalism, orScience Magic.President Billy Byron emceed
the proceedings. First up wasMark Horowitz, who broughtsome gaffed cards and walletsfrom his collection. Anyonewho knows Mark knows ofhis extensive magic collec-
tion. Peter Fox ate part of acard and then spat it back on.He then blew a hole in a cardand moved it around the card.It was weird to see.Gene Fein did a card control
in which a selected card becamethe only one in the deck facingthe opposite direction; it thenchanged into a different colorback. Mel Panzer did a fourcard mental selection with thecards also being the only onesfacing in the opposite directionin the deck at the end. SidMarcus performed a mentalclock-setting stunt in which thespectator set the dial on a clockand it matched the predictedclock setting previously set bySid on another clock.Al Hernandez, a street
magician visitor, performedseveral outstanding card our-ishes with the four Aces, eventhough they were mixed intothe deck by several specta-
tors. Michael Easler broughthis friend Woody to do someventriloquism. Woody washilarious. Emcee Billy Byronalso brought a friend, AntonioThe Great, a puppet squirrelwho performed several tricksfor the crowd. All in all, it wasa fun night. Billy ByronAssembly 49 meets secondWednesday - 7:30 MargateCity community Center.
50 MAGIC DAYNASHVILLE, TN GeneAnderson and David Sandywere the stars of our MagicDay. It all star ted with a kick-offlecture by Joe Turner fromAtlanta. Saturday began with alecture from Stephen Bargatze,with lectures from DavidSandy, and Gene Anderson tofollow later in the day. Therewas also a time during whichattendees were allowed to getup and do a trick that they hadbeen working on and receivetips from a panel made up ofthe acts that were booked for
Magic Day as well as some ofthe other attendees. Two whoparticipated were Tim Grantof Memphis and Ed Riply ofKnoxville; both had really puta lot of work into their acts andin doing so got lots out of thesession. Thanks to them andthe others who took part.Just over two hundred people
enjoyed a great Saturday nightshow, performed by GeneAnderson and friends. Lets behonest, you just cant go wrong
when you have Gene Andersoon the bill. Everyone lovGene that face, that look, thtalent, and he is still single, ggure. He did his paper act, course; it is still great to watcand has been updated withlot of new and good jokes thall t Gene perfectly. He al
performed the preacher acand since we were meeting a church, it just seemed righ
David Sandy, after having twperformers do acts similto what he had planned, ptogether a great set. He weto the dealers table, goofor them, bought a coupof classics and wowed thaudience, both the laymen anthe magicians who were therJoe Turner started the showWayne Clemons did a great joof emceeing the show and aldoing the award winning aof Out Source with his lipartner Shank Kothare. Thankto Mike Pyle, Trix, Tim, Shan
, and Dick for all the hard wothey put in. Kevin King offerprizes for anyone who could the rst to yell out what animhe was making with his uniqballoons arts; there were nwinners. Stephen BargatzeMusic City Mystics meets thiTuesday at 7:00PM at the ItMagic! Theater, Hermitagwww.nashvillesam.com
52 INSTALLATIOOF OFFICERBANQUE
SAN ANTONIO,TX Ju2, 2011, Brother John HammAssembly 52 held its annual Istallation of Ofcers Banquat the Spaghetti WarehousOutgoing president DoMoravits planned a greevening of fun, food, and etertainment. Don welcommembers and their guests they dined on Italian CuisinA big thank you goes oto Geoffrey and TabithSadowski for providing the
Mark Weidhaas performing asegment of his Inspector
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famous strawberry cheesecakefor dessert, and to Doug andFran Gorman for setting up thestage, sound, and lights. DonMoravits conducted the Instal-lation of Ofcers Ceremony.Congratulations to our newofcers: Joe Libby President,Geoffrey Sadowski VicePresident, Doug Gorman Secretary/Treasurer, andGeorge Castillo Sergeant-at-Arms. Don then recognizedseveral members for their con-tribution to the assembly for thisyear with certicates of appre-ciation: to David Hira, for en-tertaining Assembly 52 at thisbanquet; to Dwayne Stantonand Geoffrey Sadowski forrejuvenating and leading theS.Y.M.; to Doug Gorman andMichael Tallon for assistingAssembly 52 beyond the call ofduty; to Dahnene Moravits forproviding continuing supportto her husband; and to FranGorman for publishing themonthly newsletter. PresidentJoe Libby then presented DonMoravits with a plaque of ap-
preciation for his unselshservice to Assembly 52.Our entertainer for the
evening was David Hira fromDallas. David is a world-class,full-time professional, havingperformed in such prestigious
locations as Caesars Palace,The White House, and oncruise ships on the Mediter-ranean Sea. He has also madethirty-six television appearanc-es. David provided an awesomeshow for our assembly, lledwith magic and comedy.Thanks, David, for a wonderfulperformance.Brother John HammanAssembly 52 meets at 7:30
p.m. on the rst Thursday of
the month at LaMadeleine Res-taurant, locatedat 722 N.W. Loop410. The restau-rant is inside Loop410 on the accessroad betweenBlanco Rd. andSan Pedro. Formore informa-tion, [email protected]
56 BUSYMAYDAYTON, OHIt was a very busyMay for Assembly
56. First, the assembly tooka road trip up to Canton,Ohio, for The InternationalBattle of Magicians! Twentycompeers and two guests madethe trip. What a great turnoutfor the assembly. Plus, it was afantastic convention! It was myrst time at The Battle and Implanning on going back.
Then, two weeks later, wehad our regularly scheduledmeeting. The theme thismonth was Card Magic UsingApparatus. What a fun themeby Oran Dent! All kinds ofgreat magic and history waspresented by Oran, ThurmanSmith, Marvin Griswold, FredWitwer, Barb Pfeifer, PaulBurnham, Stan Goode, ScottMiller, Matt Stanley, DaveDavis, and guest John Love.Stan also provided fantasticrefreshments. Fun was had byall! Paul D. BurnhamDayton, Ohio, Assembly 56meets third Friday at 7:30 p.m.Location varies, so call BarbPfeifer for information: (937)433-8604.
88 JAY SANKEYLECTURE
ANN ARBOR/YPSILANTI,MI Friendly, warm, anddown to earth, Jay Sankey
started by talking about theimportance of interactingwith people, to have fun withpeople. His lecture consisted ofthree forms of close-up magic:traditional magic, mentalism,and bending.
He started with a very funnycard trick, in which threeselected cards were mysterious-ly eaten by the four Queens.Then came a mentalism trickin which a card was picked;
the prediction was a red card,and then the chosen card endedup with the volunteers namewritten on it. For an exampleof bending, Jay showed aplastic spoon, turned it arounda couple of times, and showedthat the spoon had a twist in it.Jay also had plenty of other
examples of his creative magic a lot of it was his older stuff,but updated, with a few things Ihad never seen before. Overall,it was a great lecture and agreat night for the AAMC!Randy A. SmithHank Moorehouse Assembly88 meets the secondWednesday 7pm Faith LutheranChurch, 1255 E Forest Ave,Ypsilanti, MI. Randy A. Smith,Phone:313-562-3875 [email protected] visit www.aamagic.org formore details.
95 CARNIVALMAGIC BBQVANCOUVER, CANADAThe June meeting was heldat the home of Ray Roch inTsawwassen, who red up hisBBQ for a spouses welcomepatio cookout. While Ray wasin charge of the BBQ, his wifePat was pretty well in charge ofeverything else, and together
they organized a fabuloulast-meeting-before-summesumptuous club meal.The magic theme for th
evening was Carnival Magiwhich reects Rays involvment in the carnival in the pawith his classic Flim FlaFoolery act. Up rst, LoMandrake portrayed himself a fortune teller in his presenttion of Destiny Magic, in whicLinda Henriksen happened pick the only two red cards oof an entire deck of blue cardRod Chow presented a midwagame of chance with LindMandrake; although she haseveral opportunities to wthe big bucks, each time Lindended up with only ten cents.Jens Henriksen had a wo
selected from a number torn out pages of a booand that word matched word chosen in a dictionaby another volunteer. NeaBacon conrmed that hfavorite part of a carnival the food, and showed variofood items commonly found carnivals. After Neale had Jeneliminate the items one by onit turned out that Jens ended uwith the bill for all the fooDennis Hewson took everyonto the carnival sideshow anperformed a Sword througNeck routine. Dave Wattedemonstrated the effectiveneof a squeaker device, and thetook an instant mini pictuof Lon Mandrakes thought-card.Michael Glenister showe
some attractive and fun colchanging light-sabers. HenTom portrayed the carnivconman with a Three CaMonte routine. Rick Mearnperformed a lie detector teand ended up matching LindMandrakes card to his predition. Lon closed the evening breturning with a mini sideshoillusion of the Finger Choppewith Trevor Watters risking hnger. Rod ChowThe Carl Hemeon Assemb
No. 95 meets the rTuesday of each month members homes.
112 ANYTHINGOECONCORD CA Aftyours truly won the attendanaward at our May meeting, wimmediately jumped into thperformance portion of thmeeting with Doug Kovacic
From Left: Joe Libby-President, Geoffrey Sad-owski-Vice President, Don Moravits-OutgoingPresident, Doug Gorman-Secretary/Treasurer,
George Castillo-Sergeant-At-Arms.
Ray Roch hostspre-summer BBQ
Jay Sankey withMarvin Mathena (Treasurer)
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ASSEMBLY NEWstarting us off with a spiraldisk that seemed to make RickAllens get larger and thensmaller for those who gazedat the disk. Immediately after,Zappo (thats me) performed acut-and-restored rope routinethat included a sweet methodof constructing a set of ropesto perform The Professors
Nightmare right in front of theaudience. Then Bob Holdridgeperformed two predictionroutines with, as usual, hiswell-crafted propsAnd Roy Pordo managed to
capture a wild white balloonbehind bars in a shoebox-sizedcage. With the help a ve-year-old guest spectator, Royburst the balloon and turned itvisibly into a cute little versionof Pep Le Pew.At that point, Jerry Bar-
rilleaux penetrated a pencilthrough both a dollar bill and
a lottery selection ticket in aneffort to nd the lucky winningnumbers. It turned out thedollar bill was completelyunharmed from the penetrationof the pencil.
The person from whom Jerryhad obtained the miracle justperformed was Mike DellaPenna, the President of theOakland Magic Circle, whofollowed with a dazzling actthat included an Okito coin-boxroutine, a four-Ace routine, amatrix routine, a giant-sizedcoin production, and (with thehelp of his blindfolded cardduck) the nding of a selectedcard.Following that performance,
Jerry Barrilleaux demon-strated the Trick of the Month(which he explained later in theevening after the guests hadleft). Chris Roe rounded outthe performance portion of thenight with a bold mind-readingeffect.
Following a brief pizza break,Jerry Barrilleaux explainedthe Trick of the Month, duringwhich he provided us withan exceptionally well madeset of sticks, made fromtimbers from his grandfathersdiamond mine. Although bothsides of rst one stick and lateranother were shown blank, by
saying the magic word Jerrywas able to make diamondsappear at will, jump back andforth between the sticks, anddisappear just as fast as hehad initially produced them.And, as usual with this feature,members present receivedthese props for free.During the mini-lecture that
ended the meeting, Zappo(thatsstillme) had a discussionabout several aspects of per-forming the cut-and-restoredrope and a direct follow-up ofThe Professors Nightmare.
Larry Wright Diablo Assembly No. 112meets third Wednesdays at theRound Table Pizza in Concord.
120 FLOWERMAGICCHAMPAIGN, IL Therst item last month wasthe possibility of Skypinga meeting together with theKansas City, Missouri, group.It was decided that this couldbe a lot of fun and we shouldgive it a go.Next up, we voted to keep the
business meetings to twentyminutes with magic to follow.The twenty minutes will notinclude book/DVD reportsthat are limited to two minutes.Bruce Kalver has an iPad app
that includes contracts andpaper work for magicians touse. It called Magic Gig Slips,it sells for $4.99 and can befound at the iTunes app store.In Tales from the Trenches,
Justin Dudely told us of havinga multiplying wand hide fromhim; it was then later thrownat him during a show. He alsotold of having his table fallover with an egg inside it thatlater cracked prematurely. PaulMercer described having theperson who hired him walkup to him in the middle of hisshow to pay him. Prof Higginsdescribed a number of outdoormishaps, which prompted ideason dealing with adverse situa-tions from Andy Dallas.Chris Bontjes gave our book
report on Aaron Fishers The
Paper Engine: Tension, Focusand Design in Card Magic. TheGary Kurtz bookLeading withYour Headwas also discussed.Prof Higgins shared his
thought on the DVD Silverado:Advanced Coin Magic.
The program for the eveningwas ower magic. Prof Higginsopened by producing a large
wine glass, four bouquets, anda double color-changing silk.Jeff Harpring did a nice
version of Name that Cardfollowed by Pedro Hernandezsrendition of a card sandwichedbetween two Jokers.
Mark Clegg nished with anice presentation of SequentialTravelers.The next meeting will be
Wednesday, June 15, and thetopic will be Patriotic Magicor Outside Magic. See ya atthe meeting, Ken BarhamAssembly 120, Champaign,
IL Andy Dallas Assembly,3rd Wed. 7pm, (except Nov.and Dec.) For location callChris at 217-431-4791 or KenBarham Sec, 2318 WinchesterDr, Champaign, IL 61821phone: 217-841-5616 email:[email protected]
128 THE MEETINGTHAT ALMOSTWASNT
GREENSBORO, NC TheApril meeting almost wasntonly one person showed up ontime, and, just as we were aboutto give up and watch somemagic DVDS, a few trickledin. Finally, we could see somemagic!Eric Dobell led off with a
thought-reading effect using acopy of Alice in Wonderland.A page number was chosenand James Alcon turned tothat page. Upon reading oneof the paragraphs, James wasto imagine the animal namedin that paragraph. Eric beganto read Jamess thoughts andproceeded to draw the animal.When nished, he had correctlynamed and drawn a cat.Noah Gray followed with acard trick. The backs of hiscards all had smiley faces onthem. Noah discussed severalpictures that he had of differentassassins from the past. A cardwas chosen from the deck andshufed back. Taking out agun (careful!), Noah shot at thedeck. When the chosen cardwas found, the back of it had asmiley face with a bullet hole
right between the eyes! (Iguessing he doesnt use this fhis school shows.)James Alcon performed
penetration effect using large Lucite plate and a silJames then picked up a box Kleenex tissues and removefour tissues. Commenting thhe had begun to try Origam
he folded the tissues anproduced a live dove, while short sleeves! The dove wthen also pushed through thcenter of the Lucite plate. Hended his routine with a neversion of Out of This WorldAfterwards, we all discusse
how the effects were acomplished. Several had know how James managed produce the dove while nwearing a jacket! Hope to severyone at the next meetinJames AlconAlcons Gate City Wizard
Assembly # 128 GreensborNC Meets the last Tuesdof the month. Location: 120Westminster Drive Greenboro, NC 7:30 PM Pho852-4596
129 MONEY MAGICONTESPENSACOLA, FL ThJune meeting started off wiBeau Broomall conducting teach-in of what he calls ThCalendar Card Trick; it is quiamazing what you can do wia deck of cards and a calendaPresident Nathan Nickerso
called the meeting to ordand touched base on eventhat included: the PensacoKids arthritis camp showwhere Beau Broomall, NathaNickerson, and RonnaCarrero performed and ha great time; Al Grimmsurgery, which went well; secret project that Nathan working on; the upcominSanders Beach show for thPensacola Parks; and the clubpicnic. Info will be in the clubnewsletter.Members Perry Vath, Jerem
Billy Countryman and CharlMoody played a round of thalphabet game backwards. was hysterical.We held our rafe with ov
thirty items; thanks to AndDallas and Dave Klomafor their donations. Thanto Betty Broomall and JoaMoody for setting up the rfreshment table and to all whbrought the goodies. Than
Roy Pordo has young helperpop balloon
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you Isaac Brady for handlingthe rafe ticket sales and for allthe work you do as the clubslibrarian.We also welcomed our two
guests, Julie and Jim, friends ofCharles Dunn, and our newestmember, Jeffrey Sobel.Junes themes were inspira-
tional magic and our annualmoney magic contest. NathanNickerson started it off bysharing one of his inspirationson the way he sees magic in artwork.The money magic contest
started off with Jeremy per-forming Richard SanderssExtreme Burn. Gene Burrelldid his take on Dan Sperryslifesaver trick using a coinwith a hole in it. Al Grimmentertained us with a CoinsAcross routine. Bill Metschtried Michael AmmarsBeSwitched. Beau Broomalldid a great version of Michael
Ammars Coin through Silk.Perry Vath did a routine hecalled Count your Blessings; hethen produced a coin from hisphone. While the votes werecounted we were entertainedby magic from Dave Kloman:he produced a rose from a silkthen made it grow; turned agreen silk into a frog; produceda long streamer; hammereda nail in his nose; and madesome large money. CharlesDunn ended the evening doinghis routine, This Little Houseof Mine.
The winners of the contestwere Gene Burrell, BeauBroomall, and Jeremy; theyeach received a cash prize, amis-made bill, complements ofNathan Nickerson.
The meeting was adjournedwith only minutes to leavethe building before it closed.Bill MetschThe Gulf Coast MagiciansGuild Assembly 129 meets the3rd Thursday of the month atthe Bay View Senior Center,Pensacola, Florida. At 6:45pm. Contact: Secretary Bill
Metsch- [email protected]
136 STAGEMAGICIAN OFTHE YEAR CONTEST
TUCSON, AZ Monday,June 6, 2011, was the Assembly136 Stage Magician of the Yearcontest at the Gaslight Theatre.Not quite a sellout crowd, butpretty close. John Shryock wasthe emcee; contestants were:Mike & Billie DeSchalit, Hiro
& Yuki, and Nelly Monroe &John Coppin. Hiro & Yukiwere the rst place winnersfor 2011. Everyone else camesecond.Stars of Magic performers
for 2011 are: Nelly Monroe,Hiro & Yuki, George Franzen,John & Mari Shryock, ChipRomero, Jayson Schultz, Rod& Kim Housley, Bill Black,Mike & Billie DeSchalit, andNorm Marini.National Magic Week is thelast week in October. MikeDeSchalit will attempt to get aproclamation from the mayorfor Magic Week.The Club will have an S.A.M.
initiation ceremony at ourOctober 3 meeting at the ZMansion. If you are a newmember or have never been toan initiation, let us know. It iskind of like Harry Potter, butdifferent.After many years of great
service from Tuller Trophys,we will continue to purchaseour magic awards from them.Elly Hundshamer (our newest
member) is in charge of sellingad space on the Stars of Magicprogram. Now we know whatyou mean, Nelly, when you say,My mother. Elly has pos-session of the Stars of Magictickets.A handful of magician went
to visit Joe DuPerry in a localcare facility. Randy Atha wasthe organizer.SAM Assembly 136 meetings
are rst Monday of each monthat The Z Mansion 288 N.Church Ave. www.zmansion.com ALL lectures start at 7:00PM and are held at CraycroftTowers 1635 N. Craycroft Rd.(On Lee Street, West side ofCraycroft Rd.).
138 PASTPRESIDENTSNIGHT
FORT WORTH, TX TheJune 2011 meeting of the FortWorth Magicians Club featured
Past Presidents night. First wereour new member qualicationacts, during which we had threenew members perform. SteveMedellin performed a CoinsAcross routine. Ron Wilsondid his best Blackstone impres-sion and then had six cardschosen from a mixed deck; herevealed all six cards and whochose them in different unbe-lievable ways. Daryl Sprout,who performs profession-ally all over the D/FW area,
treated us to a great balloon toa real snake comedy routine.Matt Martin gave a review ofthe new IMX convention andperformed Random Choice, acard routine by Hayashi.Program Chairman Ash
Adams introduced the coreactivity of the evening witha video showing Lew Zafranreading the charter of the FortWorth Magicians Club andsharing stories about eachof the founding members.Past president Rick Burcher(84) shared some of his ownhistory with the club and withthe TAOM. Bruce Chadwick(86, 09) showed us his HomerHudson table and performedhis very skillful bill switch.Bob Utter (91) shared a knoton a rope trick with lots ofjokes and gags. Van McGee(92) shared a great SidewalkShufe-type routine withlarge cards. Dan Scrivner (96)
performed a very originalpom-pom type trick made ofPVC pipe with faucets on theend and plungers tied to stringrunning through the wholecontraption. John Hatzen-
buhler (97, 09) had four vol-unteers come up. They all toreup tissue paper and everyone,including himself, put the tornpieces in their mouths; at theend he produced a mouth coil.He also vanished a ring thatended up tied to his shoelace.Last, David Thomason (98)did some crazy gags that left us
all speechless.Ash Adams and others shared
a brief history of foundingmember and rst club presidentRen Clark (41). Last wasour new monthly works inprogress session during whichRichard Amon performed hislinking ring routine; everyoneshared ideas on what theythought was good and whatcould be enhanced. Al FoxSAM Assembly 138 meetson the rst Thursday ofeach month at 7:00 P.M.at the Tarrant County
College River Campus. Seewww.fortworthmagiciansclub.org for more information.
148 A VISIT FROMTHE MYSTICSELMHURST, IL (Presi-dents note: We are happy tohave our club secretary, Fr. KurtSpengler back in our midst.But before giving the goodfather the oor, let me mentionthat here at Assembly 148,
we always encourage perfomances by our members. Thtime, our teenage sensatioTJ Ketchmark, offered brand new act. TJ continues solidify his well deserved reptation for skill, style, and prfessionalism. Now let me tuthe rest of this column over Fr. Kurt in his own inimitabwords.)Our long awaited year
magician exchange prograwith the New Mazda MystRing, Elgin, Illinois, hnally arrived. After a shobusiness meeting, it was owith the show.Big Bob Coleman, wh
has to be the universes beballoon man (over 250 gurand still counting) got the barolling. After a sucker caprediction with the help Nicolette, using a smiley faand ash paper, a card wchosen by assistant Bob Syru
returned to the deck, and thdeck returned to its box. Thwhole shebang (pardon thpun) somehow got into inated balloon, which bleup to reveal the chosen carwhich somehow had managto get out of the card box.Next up was the classic GypThread, presented by DoMorrisy. Docs rhyming pattis his own and has been prfessionally published for ofraternity outstanding! Hproved to be a t rue ham anscored with his own renditio
of Bank Night to nish hset. Some guy named KevSarnwick (with the help of MaZiemba and young magicprodigy TJ Ketchmark) deafteen cards and got involvwith cards acrossoops! Wetheres always next year.It was time for the master
mental mayhem, Bob Coluzto take the oor cards onCD, laser card prediction othe ceiling, torn card restorto pocketcards, cards, cardBob used to do a re act yeaago. His mentalism proved
be just as hot by completing tevening with his own spin oAl Korans Medallion.Wait a minute! Hold the show
I forgot Steve Mills. He passout clever illustrated instrutions using mnemonics antaught us to memorize thalphabet backwards in a mattof minutes. When I got homI woke up my wife to shooff my new skill. Needless say, she was not impresseA fun time was had by a
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ASSEMBLY NEWFr. Kurt SpenglerAssembly 148 meets the thirdMonday of Every month at theEpiphany Lutheran Church,on the corner of Spring andVallette, Elmhurst, IL
157 PLAN LEARNPERFORMBEAVER, PA The MysticMagicians of Beaver Valley(Assembly 157) announcedplans for the annual picnicon June 12 and a fall picnicin late September. The clubsparticipation in the S.A.M.convention in July is runningsmoothly, including localmember buttons, a list of areasof interest, transportation fromairport.Performers were introduced
by Tom Chidester.Don Moodypresented his FifthDimension, in
which a wand goesthrough interest-ing gyrations as itpasses through abox. Rich Howardperformed a predic-tion effect with awand made of sixcolored beads anda can of beads. EricDavis entertainedwith some comedyone-liners andChad Longs NowLook Here. JimWeyand performed Flight of
the Phoenix, a presentation forBizarre Twist. Ray Lucas dida surprising prediction effect.Frank Kietzke presented theTwentieth Century Silks.Doug Ries performed Michael
Closes Pothole Trick. TrentRapp performed a predictiontrick that ended up being asurprise birthday card (signedby all the club members) forone of the members. Ed Bran-denstein brought a rabbitstanding next to a top hat prop.He had two cards chosen fromhis deck, which he placed in
the hat. The bunny pulled outthe chosen cards. Judy SteedThe Mystic Magicians ofBeaver Valley (Assembly 157)meet the second Thursdayof every month at the TowneSquare Restaurant in Beaver,PA.
161 JIM SISTILECTURESCOTCH PLAINS,NJ JimSisti and his wife Sandy joined
us for dinner in our special(but crowded) dining room.President Doug Thorntonstarted our May meeting withsome short club announce-ments and the introduction ofour guest lecturer, Jim Sisti.Jim has written for a number ofmagic publications, includinghis own Magic Menu, and hasworked on numerous videos forL & L Publishing. Jim showedus some of his favorite routinesand stressed the magic of pre-sentation. He talked about hischildhood growing up in hisparents business and doingmagic tricks for people passingthrough the restaurant. Jimslecture was very interestingand we learned how to be morecreative with our presentations.I especially liked Jims four
phase presentation of the ring
on string.Our June meeting, which is
our last meeting of the season,is when we have our Jim HartExcellence in Magic contest.This year we had eleven of ourmember magicians join thefun: Terry Landsman, NormanRosen, Joel Landsman, BobSimek, Doug Thornton, GregFerdinand, Jim Flood, K.Bruce Harpster, Gene Soucek,Christopher J. Smith, and GuruSubramanian. The judgingfor the contest consisted ofall attending members in the
Magic Candle Room at theStage House Restaurant. Thisyear the competition was veryclose. In fourth place we hada tie between Doug Thorntonand Bob Simek; third placewas captured by Gene Soucek;second place went to Christo-
pher J. Smith; and rst placewas earned by Guru Subrama-nian. Guru is a past Assembly161 champion and returnedthis year to regain his muchdeserved crown. Guru gave
his presentation of a pencilthrough a bill (Misled) and alsocommanded the bill to oat.A special mention must be
made about our long-timemember Norm Rosen. Besides
being a ne magician andgenial guy, Norm organizesvisits to various childrens andveterans hospitals in the area.He recruits club members andthey meet to bring some joyand wonder to the numerouspatients. Thank you, Norm, foryour endless volunteer work!
When we come back onSeptember 12 we will have alecture by Chris Capehart. OurOctober 10 lecturer will be themagical pitchman Al Callus.Christopher J. SmithIf you are in the area please joinus, 6pm dinner, 8pm meeting.David Coppereld Assembly#161 meets the secondMonday; Stage House Restau-rant 366 Park Avenue Scotch
Plains, NJ 07076 AssemblyWeb Site: www.sam161.org.
168 LEVITATIONPARSIPPANY NJ TheJune meeting was to be anuplifting one, as our themewas Levitation. Past PresidentDave Scribner opened up ourmeeting and younger guestRiley Fortune became thewilling audience. Its alwaysnice to see friends return. The
evening began with Earl Hicksopening with a coin vanish andthen doing a silk routine with aBlendo, fountain, and streamereffect all intertwined. Next up,again completely ignoring thetheme, S. Patrick did an AldoColombini card effect andthen did a variation of HarryLoraynes Lazy Magician CardTrick. Pitchman extraordinaireAl Callus did a very strongroutine using John KennedysFlight Deck. He later followedit up with an impromptuMisers Dream type effect. The
only performer of the eveningto keep with the theme wasChris Smith, who performeda oating bill routine and thengave a brief demonstration ontying invisible elastic threadin oval shapes, not loops.Finally, President Tim Fortuneperformed a monte-cap routinefrom Dan Hauss Rattled.The attendees then voted onthe best performance of theevening and Earl took homethe awards and accolades of all.
Tim FortuneAssembly 168 meets fouWednesday 7:30 PM Methodist Church in Parsipany, NJ. www.sam168.org/
181 END OF THMAGIC YEAMEETIN
HIGHTSTOWN, NH Oend of the magic year meetinwas a pizza party held onagain at Brothers Pizzerin Hightstown. Everyone gtheir ll of pizza and soda anwe all had a lot of fun doinmagic for the workers, tcustomers, and for our fellomagicians. Matt Schick whome from college in Bostoand treated us to some of hnew card work. Matt is makinquite a name for himself. Hescheduled to appear at a locRock Festival, be the emcee Bob Littles Super Sunday, an
will emcee the Magic Allianof the Eastern States Convetion in September. Some of thguys got into a lively discusion about apps for the iPaAnother discussion concernfavorite card forces.Our new ofcers for th
upcoming magic season arSteven Sloan, PresidenDave Dzbory, Vice PresidenDennsis Govine, Treasureand ERYX, Dean and ActinSecretary (until I can gsomeone else to take over thdarn paperwork, because th
Dean aint supposed to dnuttin).The Hightstown Unit
Methodist Church whewe hold our meetings had luncheon in June. Four of omembers performed walaround magic at the luncheoWe had a lot of fun and thattendees were well entetained. Its our way to pay bacthe church for letting us usemeeting room for our monthmeetings. Performers werDazzling Dave Dzbory, MagMike, ERYX, and Profess
REM. I know that December is
long way off, but we are tetatively planning a planninmeeting in August. (Somehowthat sounds funny?) Other ththat, as Brian Hyland sanSee you, in September. Anif you can remember thyoure likely as old as I amERYXAssembly 181, the RichaGustafson Assembly, meets thrst Thursday of the mont
From left: Christopher J. Smith, GeneSoucek, Guru Subramanian, Bob Simek,
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September thru June at theUnited Methodist Church, 187Stockton Street, Hightstown,NJ. However, for September2011, our meeting will be on8 September 2011 to avoidconict with the M.A.E.S.Convention. Please see our website at: magicsam181.com for apossible start time adjustment
and other more timely infor-mation re: S.A.M. 181.
188 GIVEAWAYMAGICOREM, UT The Junemeeting started a week late andwas conducted by PresidentKerry Summers. The theme forthe evening was magic accom-panied by a give-away item.
Brian South donated anAnything is Possible bottle,containing a sealed pack ofcards, as a prize for the best
magic effect of the evening.Brian also switched CurtisHickmans $50 bill for a $1bill and t ried unsuccessfully togive away the $1 in exchangefor the $50. Eventually Briangave new member BarrettHaughton the Change CapBrian used in the trick.Al Lampkin showed everyone
his new routine for librariesusing Als new Axtell puppet.Both vent and library showsare new for Al, but some thinkhe may make it in this businessyet. Walter Webb somehow
got Candy Brandon to sing tous and then revealed he knewall along what song she wouldchoose.
Ricky Brandon grossed usout by hammering a nail up hisnose; he then asked CatherineJohnson to pull it out. Yuck.Mont Duston told us a campingstory and then somehow causeda penny to go right through
Curtis Hickmans hand.The ever clever Steve Dawson
also gured out a way to getCurtis $50 and ran it throughsome kind of gimmick.Steve also showed us hiswonderful collapsing table.Dave Magical Johnson useda Stress-O-Meter Doll to helphim discern the identity of a
chosen card.Kerry Summers showed usall the stuff he bought fromAbbotts when he was a kid.He used a Card Box, a CardFrame, miniature slates, Outto Lunch, Glorpy, and a packof cards. Ben Jones made thecorner of a playing card vanishonly to appear inside the rest ofthe card. We had to split openthe card to nd the corner.Candy Brandon made her
magical debut with a StuartLittle book and a paddle. BobChristensen did a combination
Out to Lunch and poker chiproutine and then proceeded todo an Ambitious Card routinewith a color change. BarrettHaughton did a card reveal.Curtis Hickman did a funroutine pulling previouslychosen cards from an emptycoat pocket.Winners of the contest were:
1st place: Curtis Hickman; 2ndplace: Ben Jones; and tied for3rd place: Candy Brandon andAl Lampkin.The Assembly usually meetsevery second Thursday at
7:00pm at The Courtyardat Jamestown, 3352 North100 East, Provo, Utah.Guests welcome. For addi-tional information contactKerry Summers at 801/372-7776 or go to our website atwww.utahmagicclub.org
194 THE ALDO& RACHELCOLOMBINI
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YONKERS, NY Yourreporter has been to dozens oflectures in his sixty-plus yearsof performing magic and I cantrecall when I enjoyed a lectureas much as the one we weretreated to on June 15. Aldo andRachel Colombini arrived righton time with lots of goodiesand began their very wellplanned lecture by providingeach one present with a cupof champagne to toast us andthem as they drew near to theend of their fty-stop FarewellLecture Tour.
Their lecture was not onlyvery well programmed, eachof them taking turns in pre-senting and explaining themany effects they offered, but,from time to time, they alsoinserted commentaries on theirown lives and on their specialapproach to creating and per-forming magic. Their personal
remarks lifted the wholeevening to a rarely achievedlevel at which the tricks wereonly a part of the evening. Thiswas no mere dealer demo,but a sharing of some deep andpersonal and funny observa-tions on magic and on life.Throughout the evening,
Aldo punctuated his presen-tations all expertly done with his special brand ofhumor, often illustrated withquick sight gags. Space doesnot allow the listing of everyeffect, but of particular interest
(at least to me) were An EmptyEnvelope, The Houdini Card,Cutting The Rope In Three,Cidentaquin (with ESP cards),and Ring On Rope, all doneby Aldo. For her part, Rachelpresented Jumbo Prediction,Bafing Book (a book test witha non-gimmicked book), AMental Trick (based on aMarconick idea), and an ab-solutely stunning presentationof her unique Cups and Ballsroutine.Two nal observations: 1) As
far as I could tell, though the
lecture ran quite long, justabout everyone stayed to thevery end, and 2) not onlyare Aldo and Rachel two verypolished performers of enter-taining magic, but there is avery visible and real magic(often referred to as love)betwee