December 3rd was election night. Mark Paulson was elected as the new president of Assembly 200, and Jim Earnshaw was elected as the new secretary. The theme was Pot Luck, or bring whatever you wish.
Ed Loveland began the magic by telling a story of voodoo. He then performed a bizarre voodoo prediction utilizing voodoo cards and a voodoo doll, complete with needles in it. Next, Ed performed Jim Critchlow’s ’Til Death Do Us Part. Ed told us of a marriage that had ended in murder. He then showed us ten very old wedding photos and one was randomly chosen and torn up. It matched a torn and taped photo in an envelope on the table. Ed then borrowed a deck of cards and performed New Deal, a mentalism effect by Michael Weber, in which Ed psychically revealed the name of a card in a poker hand.
Dan Kennedy showed us a trick with buffalo nickels which went through the table, and then he changed the nickels to pennies.
Chuck Kleiner performed Sympathetic Cards by Emerson and West. His story was very entertaining and made us laugh, and his handling of the cards was flawless.
Next up was John Cameron, who performed an original bizarre effect about a mystical quest to join the Royal Order of Runes. His effect used rune stones, Tarot cards, and numerology, and in the end, the quest was completed and amazed the room.
After that, Mark Paulson performed a two-phase rubber band trick called Linking LoverBands by Alan Wong (taught to Mark by S.A.M.’s own Steve Marshall while visiting Japan last March).
Then Ken Marsh did a quick four-queens assembly, and Bob performed the Professor’s Nightmare. Last up, Jim Earnshaw performed David Regal’s “Puppy Trick” with an added touch of his own. Then Jim performed a three-coin transposition. Finally, he performed Renegade from Oz Pearlman’s Triumph DVD.