Our August meeting had members sharing new effects, books and even giving away magic. Mark Paulson kicked off the meeting by sharing all of the upcoming magic events in the area. Roger Sylwester shared some stories from “The Magician and the Cardsharp.” He also showed us some beautifully engineered billiard balls. Tom Payne shared ideas for practice that included a surrounding of mirrors and how to simulate two spectators.
Reymarx Gereda shared a Mike Close effect called Way of the Duck where he claimed that luck was involved, but this amazing routine was clearly based on skill. Jim Earnshaw first gave away a set of rings and then gave us some amazing moments with his Okito Box routine. Chuck Kleiner magically sent a selected card from the past into the future.
Mark Eskenazi shared his experiences from the recent PCAM in Vancouver and Ben Eskenazi performed a routine where five spectators mixed up a deck and then ended up dealing a straight flush. Bill Murray predicted the identity of two selected tarot cards and then described the cards in detail.
Hugh Castell shared a book that was entirely about the bill switch. This led to a lively discussion on whether or not to use a thumb tip for this effect. John Cameron gave us a nice routine based on the McCombical Prediction. Larry Dimmit closed our meeting by bringing a huge box of old magic and letting all of the members select any tricks they wanted. This had younger members excited about tricks they’d never seen before and older members reminiscing about tricks they hadn’t seen in a long time. In magic, everything old can be new again.