No. 9, Atlanta, Georgia – Georgia Magic Club
September 2005
The pre-lecture was Craig Winklemann on back palming and other related manipulations, such as split fans. Most of us just sat there watching him with our mouths open.
We raised over $1300 for the Salvation Army to help with Katrina from a club show that we ran at the Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church.
Gordon Astley was welcomed back from a recent health scare with a solid round of applause which almost seemed to cause a relapse.
Dave Schultz was nominated for membership with some coin tricks and an interesting prediction of a played game of tic-tac-toe. He had a good routine and even made some small objects levitate.
The theme for the evening was "Invisible Helpers".
Gordon Astley started with a good round of hot potato played with a tissue until he stopped the game and made quite an impressive prediction about the person who'd caught the tissue last. Gordon says hi to his friends in the UK by the way, who he claims reads this. Hi! He then proceeded into a pretty hilarious routine, aided by an Invisible Camel.
Debbie Leifer talked a bit about her recent experiences in Japan, where she spend two months opening for Goldfinger and Dove. She also did a trick she brought back with her from Japan, turning confetti into streamers.
Kevin McDaid made a small object float in front of him, made a prediction and did some coin routines. Kirk Pumphrey gave some tips on children's magic only his props kept getting stuck in his coat preventing him from actually completing anything. Carey Huddlestun demonstrated psycho-telepathy using a rope with two loops in it, which tightened up just as his mental powers dictated.
Tommy Johns made a handkerchief disappear from a box held by Evan Reynolds, and appear in a balloon. They did it again in slow motion, and it was revealed that it was actually moved by their super fast invisible helper. Evan even managed to work in a horrible pun.
The alleged Howie Marmer allegedly animated an alleged handkerchief that moved about in his alleged hands.