The club had a light turnout at January’s meeting, however there was ample opportunity for everyone to present some great magic.
Bill Murray presented a work in progress for the club to offer comments and reviews. Bill told the club about his attempt at becoming an FBI forensic psychologist and the three things you could look for to tell if people were lying. Bill had nice funny presentation as he attempted to discover if his spectator Mark was telling the truth about the cards in his hands. The routine was well thought out and the club offered some valuable insight.
Mark Paulson performed a comical version of the bowling ball from pad of paper where he made a bunch of sponge balls appear instead. Mark has since refined this trick to make it quite funny. Mark also let the group in on how he practices mentalism by correctly remembering a large sequence of numbers the group called out.
Larry Dimmitt presented a very nice routine where a dice was placed under a shot glass as well as a glass top and a number was thought of by a spectator. When the group counted to three and called out the number, the dice flipped directly to the number called.
J.R. Russell presented some of his great card work with the “Shanghai Shuffle” showing that no matter how many times he shuffled the cards the spectator’s card would be the 7th. J.R. could also guarantee what pile your card would be in by using the guarantee card from a deck of cards. J.R.’s magic is always fun to watch.
Jim Earnshaw presented a couple of coin pieces. A version of winged silver as well as a hanging coins routine.