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J.R. Russell started the evening off with a presentation of Joshua Jay’s prism deck. He performed a very nice four ace production and a complete deck color change including the original four aces. The deck was a hit among the group.

Mark Paulson performed a second sight routine from a recent Genii magazine where three predictions are initially incorrect yet his second predictions were right on the money.

Jim Earnshaw presented a handling of twisting the aces as well as “Coins in the Mist” by John Carney.

Enzo Lombardi performed a nice four ace production card routine where he presented the card deck as a computer. Each time he “programmed” the deck he would push out some cards and then by pushing in the cards back in an ace would be produced. The final ace production was a very clever shocker.

Evan, a new visitor to our club performed a quick coin trick where a penny grew in size. Although the trick was quick Evan’s execution was perfect.

Hugh Castel presented a nice haunted key routine with a great back story involving a local state mental hospital. Hugh’s story was very compelling and he really transported the group with the story.

Sam Shaefer presented David Stone’s Invisible Aces routine. Sam did a great job with the routine making each king vanish and appear on the table very smoothly. Sam even added a bit of smoke from his hands to the last vanishes!

Chuck Kleiner performed Frank Garcia’s “New York Opener” involving not only a great color change deck, but a beautiful visual card change that got a great reaction.

Larry Dimmit broke out the ESP cards and had a spectator choose three and place them in different pockets with his back to the spectator. Once Larry turned around he was able to tell the spectator what card was in the chosen pocket.

 

Our November meeting started off with elections of new officers for 2012. Then president Mark Paulson recapped the events for Magic Week, which included a charity show for a local nursing home with members Jim Earnshaw, Fredrick Turner, and Mark Paulson performing.

The evening’s magic began with Dan Kennedy performing Houdini’s Bell. A small green plug representing Houdini is locked into a red wooden barrel with a metal dowel, and Houdini inexplicably escapes.

Next up, Ed Loveland performed an eerie Living and Dead test with photographs of ladies from Jack the Ripper’s era. Two club members were able to pick out which ladies were victims, and which ladies survived.

Larry Dimmitt demonstrated what hypnotism looks like by having Roger Sylwester choose a card in a deck, and then Roger was unable to see the card in the deck.

Roger Sylwester performed an entertaining version of O. Henry’s card trick, in which a black card was chosen. Then we saw that it was the only black card in a packet of red cards. Next, Roger showed us his Diminishing Cards, which utilized some moves by Bro John Hamman. His effect entertained us all.

New assembly member Ron Wells performed some close-up effects that he likes to do around town. He showed us a few tricks with dollar bills, and he also demonstrated his fire wallet.

Mark Paulson performed Banachek’s book test, Word of the Ring, and he followed up with a close-up effect using some toy people from Pete McCabe’s Scripting Magic called “Pete and Re-Pete.

JR Russell performed a Halloween themed card trick based on an idea from Caleb Wiles. A freely chosen card was found to have the words, “Happy Halloween” written on the back. He then showed us ways we could adapt the trick to various holidays and special occasions. JR closed the meeting with a very well-received routine he’s working on which involves a chain escape. His routine involves time travel to the 1904 World’s Fair, and it has plenty of comedy which had us rolling with laughter. His routine is a keeper.

 

Jim Earnshaw started the evening off with performing Thread by Wayne Houchin followed by an exploding eye trick where an ice pick was inserted into his eye causing it to explode in a mess of white goo only to be magically mended.

Matthew VanZee performed a very nice effect where three crystals suspended by chains from a rod would move by command in different directions at the same time. It was a very good visual effect, that seemed impossible.

Dan Kennedy performed a nice piece by Peter Marucci involving cards with two young women and Dracula. The spectator was able to choose which young woman would be saved, however it was revealed that the other young lady had been bitten.

J.R. Russell performed John Bannon’s Origami Prediction with a twist where cards are presented on the table and then “folded” in the direction the spectator wishes to reveal a previous prediction.  Bill Murray presented a very smooth rendition of Richard Sander’s supercards where four cards very visually turn from two pairs to a different four of a kind.

Larry Dimmitt presented a wonderful effect where he had a spectator riffle down a deck of cards and peek at a card. Larry then asked the person to find the card in the deck which the spectator was unable to do. Larry then was able to produce the card from his pocket.

John Cameron performed a nice piece where metal stakes were driven through felt hearts by a spectator while he was not looking. John was able to determine, with a little help from vampire teeth, who was the only vampire to remain alive.

Returning club member Enzo Lombardi demonstrated a very nice magic square effect that I’m sure the members will be able to use.

Mark Paulson performed Dan Sperry’s “lifesaver”, and while Mark may not have the creepy vibe that Dan does, the illusion was still very stunning and well done by Mark who put his own presentational spin on it.

 

J.R. Russell started the evening off with a nice dollar bill production from a blank piece of paper. J.R. also provided each member with a photocopy to perform the effect.

George Zuk performed a very nice coin paradox where he kept adding a coin to a set of coins, after which the number of coins remained the same.

John Cameron presented a routine that can only be described as “further”. A simple pick a card trick turned into one magical effect after another, after another, after another. . .

Roger Sylwester performed a nice version of Michael Close’s “Erma” card trick built around a story about Martin Luther and the Lutheran church.

Hugh Castell performed “the trick that is pretty darn hard to explain” in which a selected card is lost in the deck, a hole in punched in an indifferent card and a tag is placed through the hole and the card is inserted back in the deck. When the person pulls back out the tag the chosen card is connected to it instead of the indifferent card.

Dan Kennedy presented a nice oil and water card routine where cards were mixed and when dealt out on the table they were back in original order.

Chuck Kleiner performed a very clean matrix effect and taught the group the workings behind the effect.

Bruce Meyers performed a great multiple silver dollar production from a folded bill, ending with a giant coin production.

Jim Earnshaw presented a quick coin through hand trick using a spectator’s hand.

Reymarx Gerda finished the evening with a multi-card revelation where he was able to divine the color of a dozen cards from a shuffled deck.

 

The July meeting had quite a few new people and there were a number of good performances from the visitors.

J.R. Russell started out the magic with an interesting take on the magician’s insurance policy. He had John Cameron choose a card, and when the card found turned out to be the wrong one J.R. invoked the policy that has a large printed picture of John’s face on the King of Hearts. It was a very funny moment that the club really got a kick out of.

Bruce Meyers performed great multiphase routine involving some yarn and a ring. Bruce was able to make the yarn stretch and shrink, ends disappear, restoration of cut yarn, etc. He had a wonderful mix of very powerful close up magic with just a few simple props.

Ken Marsh was doing some prep work for a magic camping trip he was going to and performed some nice little teaser tricks he was going to use.

Samuel Shaefer performed a wonderful three card revelation trick with three spectators. Each card appeared in a very mysterious way including rising from a box of cards in the spectator’s hands, invisibly “hooked” and pulled from a deck and finally revealed on the marker used to mark the cards. The rising card and fish hooked card were particularly well done.

Fred Turner performed a very smooth Brother John Hamman ace assembly routine. Fred’s handling was very smooth and it was a real magical routine.

Roger Sylwester showed a couple of his special linking ring sets and performed a nice routine with one of the sets.

Mark Paulson performed a David Regal effect called “Will the Socks Match”. Mark had a lot of very funny patter in the trick and it certainly is a great routine for a parlor setting.

Jim Earnshaw performed a 3 coin production, vanish and production by Eric Mead that was well received by the club.

June was rubber band magic, however there were quite a few great tricks performed as well that didn’t involve rubber bands.

J.R. Russell started out the evening performing a recently published trick where you use tin foil to create an impression of a coin and then after removing the coin, another coin appears inside. J.R. used gold foil of gum and presented it as a nice impromptu piece.

Jim Earnshaw performed a three coin production / vanish / production by Eric Mead.

Roger Sylwester performed a great vanishing bird cage bit that was very smooth. Roger also showed the group a beautiful troublewit he had made and a very funny routine using it.

Bill Murray preformed a nice cut to aces routine that got the group discussing various ace productions and false shuffles.

Hugh Castell performed a very funny set of rubber band magic that included a signed sticker stuck to the band that jumps from band to band.

Larry Dimmitt continued his great mentalism and borrowed a dollar from an audience member and had him fold it and place it into an envelope. Larry was able to divine the serial number of the dollar.

Mark Paulson preformed a nice card revelation where two rubber bands knew the card chosen was going to be the two of hearts and the bands ended up linking as hearts at the end of the routine. Mark also performed a nice silent / music routine where cards were eliminated by spectators only to have the last card left match the predicted card.

Ralph Huntzinger performed a nice four silver dollars through the hand routine framed around a teaching lecture on how to routine tricks. Ralph presented some good information for everyone.

 

Mark Paulson started off the magic revealing Jim Earnshaw’s favorite card. Mark asked Jim to think of his favorite card and as he turned over the cards asked Jim to stop. The next card turned over would be his favorite. Sure enough the next card turned over had “Jim’s Favorite Card” written on it.

Dan Kennedy then performed a trick where Mark would find Dan’s favorite cards. Dan said his favorite card was the six of spades and shuffled the deck. He had Mark select a card, but it turned out to be the Queen of Spades. Dan said that was his assistant who was actually holding his favorite card in her hands.

Sam Shaefer performed a nice card revelation using cards pulled form a spread to lead him to the chosen card. Sam also performed a very nice coins across routine using the spectator’s hands, finishing with a coin under watch.

Roger Sylwester performed a great ace assembly routine and then followed it up with a very nice performance of dealing control where he would deal by request either in color pairs, triples, or singles.

Hugh Castell attempted some telekinesis with a card box, cards and a coke can. Hugh’s powers were a little off, while the card box suspended at the edge of the can, the individual floating cards proved too much for him. Next time Hugh the energy in the room will be better!

Chuck Kleiner performed a lie detector routine where he was able to determine the chosen card by listening to the person’s voice as he named the cards in the deck.

 

Jim Earnshaw started off the evening with a ring to impossible location by David Regal that got a good response from all.

J.R. Russell performed a torn and restored cigarette paper by Patrick Page that had a great kicker ending when the second hidden paper he was using to explain the trick was restored as well.

Samuel Shaefer performed a couple of nicely polished transposition effects involving signed dollars as well as signed business cards. He also performed a nice piece of mentalism where a thought of person’s initial appeared on his arm.

Mark Paulson did a nice piece of mentalism where he was able to predict which image of a painting a person chose. Mark usually uses nice physical revelations for his tricks instead just written messages which make for a very nice presentation.

Hugh Castell did a nice production effect where an image of USB drives on a flat card appeared in his hands. He followed this production with a nice color changing knife routine using the two color USB drives instead or knives. The two tricks flowed well together.

Ken Marsh showed a a paper and dice trick where the spectator rolled a dice and Ken would snip a corner off of a folded piece of paper and after unfolding it had the same number of holes as the die roll.

Roger Needham performed a very funny routine involving an origami “pink African ooh-ahh bird” that ended in a card revelation inside a magically produced small egg. Roger’s performance was very professional and polished.

John Cameron performed a mind reading routine with a special deck of cards. The spectator was asked to make various free selections and John was able to correctly name all five cards the spectator chose as well as describe the special art work on the cards.

Larry Dimmit did a nice prediction effect where he had someone stop at a page with various images on it that turned out to be the match to his predicted choice in an envelope.

Roger Sylwester performed two different versions of torn and restored newspaper that were both very clean and magical.

George Zuk performed a nice ink reading card trick where he would tell you the card in his hand simply by feel.

J.R. Russell started out the evening with magic from a recent Magic Magazine article on coffeehouse conjuring by Gregory Wilson and David Gripenwaldt. J.R. performed and taught a broken coffee stick routine that can be performed impromptu with items from your local coffee house. It was a very clever trick and worth checking out! J.R. continued to show some great packet tricks and very slick card handling, entertaining all.

Larry Dimmitt continued his mentalist performance with a piece by Banachek called Ring of Truth where Larry was able to divine who was holding a ring and who were a truth-teller and a liar. Larry also performed a routine where he was able to make the participant unable to see his chosen card in a selection.

John Cameron performed a Harry Anderson piece called Gang of Four where four spectators select a card and remember it. John removed a prediction card and suggested that all the cards would match the prediction card. When each person said a different card John knew they could match and ripped up the card only to have the four ripped pieces each match one of the cards selected.

Hugh Castell performed Transporter by Joshua Jay as well as Richard Sander’s Extreme Burn. Hugh performed both routines very smoothly. Danny Dragon is really coming along!

Mark Paulson performed a prediction effect with multiple stages where a chosen card was the only blue backed card, which turned out to be the predicted five of spades, which turned out to be what was written on the box of cards as well as a jumbo card of the same type. Mark also worked on a close up matrix / assembly effect using dice instead of coins that was very clever.

 

The club was pleased to welcome Ron Olmsted, a visiting magician from Miami. Ron was in Seattle visiting his daughter Angela and they both attended the meeting. Ron and Angela presented a wonderful mind reading routine with Angela blindfolded and revealing various chosen cards from the audience. When asked about the method Angela revealed that they had come up with it when she was seven years old.

J.R. Russell seemed to be the magician of the evening! He presented a wonderful array of packet tricks that were very entertaining. J.R. had a very amusing presentation featuring a “new year resolution” to lose weight by lifting cards.

Joe Toles presented a routine where he was able to stop his pulse, while another visitor to the meeting, Joe’s friend Cameron, performed a baffling two card revelation where he correctly identified two cards a spectator placed in his pockets.

Mark Paulson performed a couple of nice mentalism effects including a revelation of book pages selected by spectators with a twist as well as a great revelation routine built around an invisible deck.

Bill Murray did a nice presentation of Richard Sander’s “Supercards” routine. Bill had only been working on it for a while, but already had a good handling.

George Zuk performed a couple of variations of ring on straws that were different in approach and took the time to teach the members one of the versions. It was a good impromptu trick to learn.

Jim Earnshaw continued to develop his coin work and presented various coin routines including a one hand copper / silver transposition based on the recent Earl “Presto” Johnson article in Genii.

John Cameron performed a funny “fake” invisible deck routine leading the magicians to believe that he was going to use an invisible deck when he really crumpled the “deck” up and threw it away. The thought of card was actually in his pocket the entire time.