The theme for the month was magic using the “one ahead principle”.
Bill Murray presented a nice prediction effect with cards where the spectator choose three cards from a deck and Bill was able to select the matching pair from the deck for each card selected.
Chuck Kleiner presented a similar version of the effect except the spectator was able to pick from the deck the three cards that Chuck was thinking of. Chuck had a very nice presentation to go with the effect as well.
Hugh (Danny Dragon) Castle told his theory on how early man was able to survive with the help of extra sensory perception. Danny had a spectator write the numbers one through nine on business cards and the spectator was able to correctly choose which card had which number on it.
Roger Sylwester had a wonderful prediction effect where he correctly predicted in envelopes a spectator’s choice of where they would shop, what they would buy and how much it would cost based on the a random selection of sale tags. The effect was enhanced as each envelope was clearly labeled with the prediction number on it. Roger tipped the method which was quite clever.
Evan Reynolds presented Dan Harlan’s “The Awakening” with a very nice story line he had been working on. Evan told the group about the psychic little person who was on the run from the law as he presented the effect.
Ben Eskenazi presented a very nice effect where he had a spectator choose a favorite card while he chose a least favorite from a different deck. The decks were switched and cut revealing that both cards where the same.
Mark Paulson gave a great demonstration of his memorization skills where he asked people to name ten random items from the group and Mark was able to recall all the items that were simply thought of.
J.R. Russell showed he would never be without grapes as he had a spectator take a small bunch of three from a larger bunch and continued to produce more grapes while eating them or putting them in his pocket. J.R.’s magic was very entertaining per usual.