I.B.M. Ring 9

Ring Reports

May 2009

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No. 9, Atlanta, Georgia - Georgia Magic Club
3rd Monday, 7:00 PM, StarTime Entertainment, Alpharetta Hwy, Roswell, GA
DEBBIE LEIFER, President ( Debbie@MagicDebbie.com)
PAUL SPONAUGLE, Vice President (psmagic@comcast.net)
BILL PACKARD, Secretary (packardw@earthlink.net)
Ring 9 Web Site: www.GaMagicClub.com

Our May meeting began with a Mini Lecture by Joe M. Turner, teaching two Nick Trost card effects. The first self-working gem was Trost's version of Al Koran's Prediction Supreme, where three predictions are the matching "mates" of three cards determined by spectator decisions. The hit of Joe's presentation was Trost's The Prophetic Phone Number, in which the selection of a playing card was the launching off point of an unusual series of maneuvers that resulted in the spectator's cell phone number being revealed by 7 playing cards. After Joe seeming miscalled the area code, he delighted us with his own clever ending as he spread out the deck and the correct 3 digit code was found upside down in the middle of the deck.

The evening's magic theme was "Money Magic", first up was Merritt Ambrose. After borrowing a dollar bill, and ripping off a corner to serve as a "receipt" given to the owner, the bill magically transformed into a $5. After a spectator choose and signed a card from a blue backed deck, Merritt found that signed card inside a sealed red backed deck. The original borrowed bill was ultimately found inside a cellophane-wrapped, wax-covered small round cheese, found inside a factory-sealed net bag, found inside a sealed can of pineapple. Of course the missing corner matched the torn receipt.

Matt Baker, a university math professor, explained the difference between the "old math" and the "new" math as he counted giant bills that kept transforming from $10s into $100s. Not sure if he can get away with spending those huge bills, but he certainly added great value to our evening's performances.

Joe Morrison began by "bribing" the members with genuine dollar bills peeled off a pad, hoping for lots of votes for his performance. A significant amount of half dollars were produced, one at a time, dropped into a glass.

A favorite new member is Mike Quinn performed the fun $5 bill $1 bill switch that takes place in the spectator's hand. A nice presentation, and a reminder of the strength of that type of interactive magic.

Keith Rainey always impresses us with his fine technique. A beautiful hanging coins routine was enjoyed by all as he materialized half dollars from the air, and then dramatically caused them to individually vanish.

Jim Magus had everyone in stitches with his lie detector (very high tech colander) placed on the head of Kevin McDaid. After Kevin chose a playing card, he was directed to say no to every question. The buzzer seemed to always know when he was telling the truth, ultimately proven by a prediction written by Jim long before the card was chosen. Good thing the lie detector was removed just as it began to emit smoke and self-destruct!

When Debbie Leifer produced a monkey puppet from an empty top hat everyone looked puzzled until she exclaimed that "Monkey Magic" was too challenging a theme. Wearing dollar bill sunglasses, Debbie shared her secret for making foreign money appear magically when traveling, as she transformed a crisp dollar bill into a 1000 yen note. Finally, while explaining how ticker tapes have been replaced by electronic stock quotes, she extracted the world's longest ticker tape from a rolled up dollar bill, then transformed it into an equally long dollar bill paper streamer.

Our webmaster Rick Silver made coins fly invisibly from hand to hand in a version of Michael Ammar's Coins Across. Then Doyne Michie delighted us with his performance of the $1 and $5 bill fooler. It's always fun to watch this seasoned pro in action, his humor is charming, and his timing is impeccable.

Keith Rainey's performance for General Magic was fabulous. Displaying a brand new sealed deck, Keith explained the synchronicity between the cards and his brain. As he shuffled the cards, his words got mixed up, the patter and humor increased exponentially as the routine developed. Ultimately, a chosen card was revealed, and with one last mix of the cards, they magically returned to new deck order as Keith's words simultaneously normalized.

An original routine by Colm Mulcahy featured an audience member choosing two playing cards, and Colm deduced their identity by simply asking for the sum of the values of the two cards.

Winner of the Coveted Royal Blue Pen Award for May was Debbie Leifer.

We welcome visiting magicians and magic enthusiasts to our meetings and lectures. All details and event photos are found on our website www.GaMagicClub.com

Debbie Leifer