Larry Dimmitt began the June 4th meeting performing a mentalism effect. He brought out a blank deck of cards and asked Mark Paulson to draw a shape on it. Without looking at the cards, Larry was able to duplicate the shape Mark had drawn. Next, Larry did a mental effect in which he had Mark write down the name of any historical person he would like to have dinner with. Larry accurately read Mark’s mind and came up with the name, Kellar.
Jim Earnshaw performed John Carney’s Exchanged, Expanded and Extracted, a routine with silver and copper couns and a handkerchief.
Ken Marsh showed us an effect in which a ring is placed into a box, a rod is inserted through the box, and the ring is shown to have mysteriously appeared on the rod. He then performed “Future Mental”. While his back was turned, Ken asked Jim to pick any one of three colored balls, show it around, and place all three in a small box. Ken deduced which ball was chosen.
Hugh Castell borrowed four cards and did a three-phase routine in which two of the cards were turned over in his hands, but when he turned the whole packet over they were all face down.
Mark Paulson performed Larry Becker’s Ultimate Matrix. Freely chosen cards formed numbers which opened a combination lock which held three of the club members’ rings. Mark then brought out a yellow, blue and red stick, each containing random designs. Mark turned his back and asked Hugh to select any single design on all three sticks, get a mental image of the design, and then mix up the sticks in his hands. After Hugh covered the designs with his hands, Mark passed his own hand over the sticks and was able to divine which of the images Hugh was thinking of.