I.B.M. Ring 9

Ring Reports

08/21/00

No. 9, Atlanta, Georgia – Georgia Magic Club

3rd Monday, 7:30 PM, Dunwoody Library, 5339 Chamblee-Dunwoody Road

JOE M. TURNER, President (jmturner@mindspring.com)
RICK SILVERSTEIN, Vice President (rick@mindspring.com)
SCOTT HORN, Secretary (g.scott.9881@worldnet.att.net)

Ring 9 Web Site: http://www.gamagicclub.com

The August meeting of the Georgia Magic Club began with a rope magic teach-in led by VP Rick Silverstein and 1999 Atlanta Magician of the Year Bill Packard. Nearly two dozen people came early to let Rick and Bill teach their routines, which included variations on the Carver ropes and Daryl's rope routine. Next month's mini-lecture will be on teaching magic at a children's camp and will be presented by Greg McMahan.

The regular meeting began with introductions of several guests. Four newcomers were nominated for membership in the Georgia Magic Club and will perform their auditions next month. This month's door prize, an autographed copy of his Close Up Connivery #2 lecture notes, was donated by Dan Garrett and was won by Bob Schwartz. The date for the Ring 9 magic auction was set for October 16 and Tommy Johns offered his church as the location. Refreshments were provided by Sherry Sponaugle.

Auditioning for membership, Andy Pascual opened the performances by magically changing the back color of a selected card and psychically intercepting the identity of another selection from his volunteer's mind. Andy demonstrated his nearly perfect photographic memory by identifying which of two spectators was holding each card in the deck after briefly scanning the cards held by only one of them.

August's theme was "back to school" magic. Rick Hinze showed us how he prevented Rocco the bully from short-changing him on his lunch money, and Chris Labowicz magically transported a signed selected card from the deck into an envelope tucked inside a composition notebook. Sherry Sponaugle presented a thoughtful review of Fitzkee's Showmanship for Magicians, posing some provoking questions about the future of magic as an art form. Ring 9 President Joe M. Turner gave a brief lesson in both social studies and arts & crafts with his report on Richard Kaufman's Five Times Five (Japan) during which he caused a selected card to change places with a joker previously seen stapled to the card case. Chris Labowicz was voted the winner of the Coveted GMC Theme Magic award.

In the general magic segment, Dale Adamson mysteriously changed the order of four cards held together with a brad to prevent sleight-of-hand, followed by a beautiful ace-twisting routine with his invisible use of the Asher twist. Christophe Fouquet had a spectator select a card in the fairest possible manner, but the subsequent appearances of the three mates insinuated that something more than mere coincidence was at work.

If you're headed south, make sure to contact us if you're going to be in Atlanta - we'd love to meet you and invite you to attend our monthly meeting.

Joe M. Turner

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