The theme of the meeting was “Coins, Shells and Things”, and
our Host Steve Irwin led off with a production of a coin from thin air, which
was quite startling. He then
demonstrated a coin matrix very smoothly.
Joel Howlett vanished a coin by folding it in a piece of
paper – a straightforward vanish, which he had recommended at the last meeting
that we should learn. The folded paper
is cut up with scissors, and no trace of the coin is found. He next laid out several coins, all numbered with
texta, and asked a spectator to drop them on the table, and the face ups were
eliminated – and this very fair elimination was repeated until only one coin
was left – and it matched Joel's prediction.
Andrew Pickard is hugely enthusiastic about magic, and his
50 cents to $50 transformation gave good reason for this ! Many comments were made about solving our
personal finances this way !
An antique Japanese coin slide was David Whitson’s choice
(at least he said it was antique Japanese..) to make a coin vanish and
reappear. He placed lumps of coal in a
beaker and transformed them into a diamond necklace (at least he said it
was diamond…..) He showed us a work
in progress and reminded us that a magicians’ meeting is a good place to
practise a work in progress! This was a
turtle puppet that was able to eat plastic – to its own destruction – an
upcoming item from David’s environmental show.
Steve Howlett was welcomed to the performing table. It is great to see Steve performing! He did the Atomic Coin trick.
Noel Clair showed us a coin appearing and disappearing, turned a small coin into a huge coin 5cm
across, used platypus 20cent coins and kangaroo pennies in a coin matrix, sent coins from a coin box through the
table, and did another coin matrix with six coins. What an amount of coin magic he has at his fingertips !
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