Plastic Night was at the beginning of the month and we ended with Sal’s lecture. Bruce and Kitty Spangler started us off with Plastic Night. They had a plastic balloon holder and when we concentrated our powers the balloon popped on its own! Matt Brandt performed a spike through a coin and toothpicks through a matchbox and brass. Bob Brown used a plastic bill tube, which changed into pee, pretty funny. Connie Elston cut a cigarette into thirds in ha plastic holder while Brad Montgomery did a trick with ‘plastic cards’. Gregg Tobo had a plastic four sided pyramid trick and Gene Gordon did an Impossible trick where he changed a penny into a dime! Then he performed a polyester trick where the polyester changed colors. Chad Wonder had a plastic box and successfully guessed the color of a cube hidden inside. Glenn Proulx had a plastic trick he got from India and the nut unscrewed all by itself and matched the prediction card. He also had a plastic box and disc with the sun and moon which changed places and ended up in his shirt pocket. Jeff Wake had a plastic finger chopper, a plastic wand that changed into a flower and had a coin vanish inside a box. Member John Walker produced a full glass of water from a plastic glass! Andy George performed a trick where a person googled a famous person on the Internet and he used his powers of a mentalist to tell everyone who the famous person was! Last up was Shane Cohen who used dice to how many he had in his hand. We never could get it right, and then he pulled off the spots!
Sal Piacente, WOW! What a treat. Everyone was awe struck and was amazed at his card prowess. He performed his version of Vernon’s poker deal where five poker hands are dealt and the dealer wins. He demonstrated various peeks, false shuffles, and false cuts to control a card to various parts of a deck. Sal showed us videos of different scams and what to look for when playing with card professionals. He is a professional at estimation of cards, cutting cards and the Three Card Monte. It was a fun month.