What a great week of magic in the Pacific Northwest! The week started on Sunday with the Emerald City Wizards’ Dinner Show where we got to showcase our skills to friends and family members. We were joined by young magicians from the Ring of Smoke who also amazed our audience. Special thanks to Brian Cook for setting up our stage and managing the production.
Later in the same week we had our October meeting. The theme was Hatoween. JR Russel started the fun by having five different colored poker chips placed in his hat. After shaking them up and holding the hat above his head he retrieved the colored chip that was selected. Dan Kennedy revealed his Dracula cards and performed Victim of the Vampire by Peter Marucci.
John Cameron performed David Harkey’s “Faces in the Crowd” while wearing a wizard’s hat almost as tall as him. Michael Jacobs performed a two card monte with the help of his hat. Ben Eskenazi showed us five cards that magically turned blank and then ended up in his hat.
Larry Dimmitt kept it spooky by showing us how the shadow can alter reality by keeping the same cards in four volunteers’ hands even though the deck kept being mixed. Who knows? Gilbreath knows. Tom Payne shared his gaffed top hat and told us the thinking behind it and how it works.
Chuck Kleiner, in a hat, had good wishes written on a piece of paper and placed in an ashtray. There was a burst of flame and when the paper was opened the good wishes had vanished and emanated out into the universe. Roger Sylwester performed a feat from Barrie Richardson’s ‘Theater of the Mind’ by remembering where every card in the deck was located. Reymarx Gereda showed us an Aldo Colombini card effect where the selected card is found in a waterfall shuffle.
Jim Earnshaw performed a smooth three coin routine set to music where he kept placing coins in a hat only to have them reappear in his hands. Mark Paulson predicted the selection of a small skull by revealing a large skull under his hat. He also performed “Being There,” by Christopher Taylor, where he predicted what a spectator simply imagined.
Happy Hatoween from the Wizards in the Emerald City!