SUMMER FUN
SEATTLE, WA – In an earlier ceremony, Assembly President Mark Paulson welcomed new member Paul Volkmann to the S.A.M. Our July 1st meeting started off with Ed Loveland showing us twenty cards with voodoo dolls on them. Ed had Joe Toles place three cards with pins drawn on them in the deck. After the pins were matched to various body parts, Ed revealed a real voodoo doll that had three pins stuck in it, all matching the cards.
Next up was John Cameron, who performed Matchic, a hot effect in which a randomly chosen matchbook from a hotel matched a room key John had earlier placed in his prediction envelope.
Joe Toles did a fine job of performing coin through handkerchief, and then he showed us an effect using unusual cards from China.
Ken Marsh performed an effect called DeLong’s Card, which utilized a sheet with dozens of miniature playing cards on it and a penny. Ken always knew which spot you placed the penny. Then Ken performed Magi Trick by Hardin, in which he mentally deducted three free choices made by three different people.
Larry Dimmitt performed a mentally enlightening effect for us. He showed us a light bulb in a clear plastic bag. We all concentrated on it, and the light bulb began to flicker. As soon as it was fully lit, it exploded.
Up next was Mark Paulson, who performed three mentalist effects. First, he performed Dick Barry’s 52 on 1 card prediction, then he performed Keith Fields’ Sweet and Sour prediction, and he concluded with Keith Fields’ book test, Running the Numbers.
George Zuk, one of tonight’s two guests, performed two effects for us. The first was Jay Sankey’s Stop Me Here, using business cards. Then George showed us a nice effect using the four Aces, Kings, Queens, and Jacks. Each time the cards were dealt into four piles, the same cards would come together by value or by suit.
For Tonight’s finale, Hugh Castell asked our other guest, J.R. Russell, to pick a card, place it back in the deck, and make it rise. It didn’t rise, but the chosen card appeared in the deck in a very mysterious fashion, ala Annemann’s The Magical Thrust.