Our January meeting commenced with the election of new officers. Congratulations to J.R. Russel, President; Mark Paulson, Vice-President; and Chuck Kleiner, Secretary.
Our magic began with Ralph Huntzinger showing us an ABC block prop that was immediately purchased by Michael Jacobs at a bargain price which included change of a $1,000 bill. Tom Payne followed with an innovative creation that involved string theory and demonstrated how ten dimensions could change into the four dimensions that we can perceive.
Chuck Kleiner had everyone take nine cards and after numerous individual selections every member found the card they had selected at the same position as everyone else. Bill Murray, Ralph Huntzinger, Ric Ruidl and Roger Sylwester all shared interesting magic books and magazine articles from collectors’ items to new releases.
Jim Earnshaw wowed us with his amazing sleight of hand set to music. He performed a routine with silver dollars, a salt shaker and a dinner knife where the silver dollars magically vanished from his hands and appeared either under or on top of the salt shaker. Michael Jacobs taught us the word “Houdinize” and then performed a very creative version of grandmother’s necklace using props he developed. John Cameron made us laugh with his kid show cut and restored rope routine which he gave us permission to use in our shows. Ben Eskenazi fooled us with two card routines. Danny Dragon shared a story about his PTSD ( post traffic stress disorder) where an arrow showing traffic direction first changed direction and then changed color and position.
Chris Carlisle performed a Joshua Jay routine where he not only found the selected card but also dealt a winning blackjack hand, straight flush and perfect bridge hand from a mixed deck. Larry Dimmit talked about robots and showed us a control panel with three different colored lights and three matching switches. Even when the switches were moved or the bulbs were changed the switches always lit their matching color bulbs. Finally a thought of color lit just with the power of the spectator’s mind. George Zuk showed us a cool effect with hair tie bands named Mister Muscles and Little Pinkie. Mark Paulson wrapped up our meeting with a cool mentalism effect where he predicted the color of a ball selected by one of four volunteers.