The theme of the evening was “Dinner Magic”, suggested by
Noel Clair. He knew we would all be
sitting at a table, and thought it was an excellent opportunity for Dinner
Magic.
Noel started with a coin matrix, then a coin
transposition. He did the difficult
triple coin roll, and then coin through bottom of glass. He did another matrix with bottle tops, but
this time he added a clever story in which the disappearing bottle tops were
prisoners escaping from Alcatraz, despite the careful attention of prison
guards. To finish off, he did a rope
trick with cut / no-cut scissors and vanishing knots.
The first item done by John Ferguson failed – involving
supporting straws. More success was
achieved with a credit card balanced on the rim of a glass – how to support it
when a coin was placed on the outer side of the card? Answer (by Neil Lynch) –
fill the glass with water until the surface tension supports the card ! Other “Bar Betchas”, so beloved by our past
member Gary Neville, were done with varying success. One easy item was how to
support a sheet of paper vertically on your fingertip? – Answer, flute the
paper from its corner.
Carrying on from John’s item with the folding paper, Al
Hirschel showed us the difference in strength when paper is corrugated. Placing the sheet between two cups, it
became easy to support another cup when it was folded longitudinally in 1 cm folds.
Joel Howlett very
boldly did a disappearing silk – an item that is usually done at a
distance, but which he did now in a close-up situation – and, no, we didn’t see
anything ! Again, he performed ring on
rope and ring off rope, but this happened while the rope was held in the hand
of a spectator ! Joel then had 5 cards
selected by spectators and torn up into pieces. The pieces were cast on the table by a spectator and the face up
pieces eliminated, until only one piece was left. A card in a prediction envelope was opened and it matched the
piece in suit and number. Pulled out of
the envelope, it was missing a piece – and the piece on the table fitted. Incredible!
Dennis Norman started with a card and coin matrix, very
smoothly done ! He showed us a diamante
paddle and proceeded with a paddle
routine where diamonds appeared and disappeared so fast that it had us completely confused – and amazed - by the time it was
finished.
The Genies and IBM had enjoyed a lecture by Chris Capehart,
a magician from USA. Dennis gave a
review of this excellent lecture, and what he said was seconded by Joel
Howlett, who also was present.
Our President, David Whitson, showed us the impact of story
telling in magic. He did the Chinese
sticks, quite nicely. Someone reminded
him of the story that he had told before with this item, and he launched into this story
of a Chinese Emperor and the suitor for the Emperor’s daughter. With the story, the whole item was really
enjoyable and entertaining. May we
remember this lesson! David then did
the union of the multicoloured ropes to encourage our own like-mindedness in our
Club.
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