April 2010 Minutes

Larry Dimmitt started out by displaying a box with a nail in it. He explained that the nail had been the property of a witch and that it had strange powers. He waved the nail over a penny in his hand causing the penny to rise. He then brought out a pen with a lottery … Continue reading “April 2010 Minutes”

Larry Dimmitt started out by displaying a box with a nail in it. He explained that the nail had been the property of a witch and that it had strange powers. He waved the nail over a penny in his hand causing the penny to rise. He then brought out a pen with a lottery ball on top. By spinning the pen you could cause numbers to drop into the pen. After he had Hugh spin out six numbers, Jim picked one of the numbers chosen. Larry revealed the chosen number from a business card in his wallet. Mark Paulson performed a great book test routine called A Lesson in Mentalism by Tony Corinda, where dice were randomly rolled and totaled, leading to a number of cards which leads to a page, row and word in a book. Mark already had the word written down in a notepad left on the table in full view. The revelation also included knowing the card that was chosen by the dice total. It was a great revelation trick. Mark followed that trick up with a razor blade eating trick. He placed razors in his mouth along with string and then proceed to pull out the razors attached to the string.

Ed Loveland pulled out an ear on a necklace from an old box along with tarot cards and told a great story about an evil man named Azelrod who after being told of his demise by a gypsy fortune teller had her killed. However after his own death and dismemberment you could still hear the screams of the gypsy if you listen closely to the ear. The performance included a matched prediction death tarot card and actual screams coming from the ear.

Hugh Castell did an ESP routine by Paul Curry where he had everyone place a dollar bill in separate envelopes, and mixed them up. One was given to Hugh and he was able to divine the serial number of the bill.

Jim Earnshaw performed a spellbound coin routine from Ponta the Smith’s new video “Sick” where two different coins visual change back and forth and finally vanish at the end.