Our Annual Flea Market was another night of fun for the Mile High Magicians. Crowds showed up to sell or buy magic and we had two new members signed up that night! We had 12 sellers and lots of magicians came together to buy used, dusty, no longer magic treasures, VCR tapes, DVD’S, new decks of cards, old antique cards, silks, dove productions, dancing hankie props, mirror tricks, tip over boxes, die tubes, palmos, mentalist tricks, books, lots of books, gags, jokes, magician tables and electronic magic looking for a new magical home. After the market, many went out to have a cold one and reminisce on their newly found treasures and how they will incorporate or modify them into their magic routines.
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This February we had our annual Past Presidents Night. It was fun and seven of our Past Presidents performed some amazing magic for us. Dan Rodriguez, Andrew Bates, Chris Manos, Gene Gordon, Sharon Nuanes, Matt Brandt, and Brad Montgomery!
Also, in February David Gabbey was our guest lecturer. He performed his version of Anniversary Waltz, a small purse was shown and a full size sharpie came out of it. Four invisible coins were taken out of the small purse, and then appeared on the table! David did an amazing three fly coin routine too.
His next trick was having a signed quarter vanish and appear INSIDE a sealed pack of sugar. His method was brilliant! Next, he showed us a box and placed it on the table. Inside that box was an empty metal tea brewer. He has a card signed the card flew through the air, and ended up under the card box top. It was lost in the deck and ended up inside the card box. For the third vanish, it ended up inside the metal tea brewer! David is so good at mis-direction. Even after the explanation, and he performed it again some of us where still fooled.
His Jiggernaut routine produced a large olive and he made a real Martini which fascinated us. Along with his cylinder, coins, cork and wand routine. A stack of coins are placed on the table and a small cork placed on top of them then covered with a cylinder. With a wave of the wand, the coins are now on top of the cork. They traded places numerous times too.
David’s signed coin which vanished and ended up in numerous nested card boxes was really fun to watch. Each of the card boxes diminished in size which was fun to watch. His last trick was the Coins through chiffon scarf.
It was a fun night for all and thank you to A.J. for providing the venue!
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Denver is off to an amazing start for the magical year of 2016! We started off by bringing in an outstanding lecture with Martin Lewis! There were over 40 enthusiastic magicians in attendance that night.
The first trick that he performed was his Instant Coffee trick where two empty cups were inspected and one chosen by a spectator. A bag of coffee beans was shown and one bean was dropped into an empty cup and it turned into a steaming hot, fragrant cup of coffee! His two-color tissue TNR paper trick had a fun ending where it was completely restored. Bank Job was a mentalist trick where prewritten magicians names were on a pad and we were asked to stole stuff from the bank and had a funny story to go along with it. His Pocket Technicolor predictions were inside of different colored envelopes freely selected by different spectators. Once again, Martin correctly predicted who would be holding each envelope and he was left with the other.
Vanity was a car license plate trick where a personalized plate, changed into two different personalized plates for his car. His What-SAT trick is great for schools. Using a random flash card, he can accurately predict what word on the card they choose.
Martin’s Rose Pad was a classic and huge hit! His blank sketch-pad was shown, and after he drew a rose with a black sharpie, it magically turned, right before our eyes, into a beautiful RED rose. Die-Namic was another great trick that uses a die and it magically penetrates a glass container. This is great for walk around. The kids magic trick that he did was his Jumping Jelly Beans, where the different colored beans jumped from three different bags that the kids hold in their hands.
Another fun trick that he did was and egg bag where a borrowed watch vanished, golf balls vanished and in the end a full size golf club appeared from the bag! His Side Walk Shuffle was a con game where we were asked to find the money card, the Ace of Clubs. Well, we all lost! It was a fun night and he earned the standing ovation. Thank you Martin for coming to Denver and performing for us!
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Our Holiday Dinner was hosted at The Lumber Baron by Walt Keller. There were over 50 people in attendance made up of our members and their families.
First off, to correct an error in our last report: Joe and Carol Givan WERE at, and performed at our 10th annual public magic show. Carol, with a broken shoulder I may add, performed their “Freaky Carol” act. She was tied up with rope, and managed to put on a gentleman’s sport coat under the rope!
Emcee Jeff Jenson did a Chinese Rice Paper, AKA- toilet paper to mouth coil. Then a signed $20 bill vanished and landed inside a lemon! Matt Brandt performed a signed card trick which was marked with a “Magic Marker” and Tyrone, the T-Rex helper, helped find the card. Then, Matt shot the deck and a burned card was stuck to the wall. The burned card then transformed into the signed card. Jonathan Buczkowski did a card trick where both spectators picked the same card, followed by a mind readingtrick using an imaginary book.
Daniel Macmillan, WOW! Daniel performed one of the best card to pocket routines we have seen. Spectators would pick which card they wanted him to vanish from his hand and it would end up in his pocket!
Joe Givan’s faith healing with band-aids is always fun. Initials on a healer and healee band-aid magically trade places while in plain view. Gene Gordon did a few coin routines where coins vanished then, when dropped on the floor, split in 2!! Coins across to a glass with the theme ‘Christmas Carol’ Past, Preset, and Future, was done with a flaming wallet. William Rader’s mind reading was impressive! He drew a picture where every object would end up in a different predicted place on his helper and it worked! Steve Aldrich cut and restored ribbon mystery was fun, his Miser’s Dream and Silk in Egg was impressive. Steve placed the sticker on his forehead then as he peeled it off the silk came out of his brains.
Thank you to our President Andrew Bates for all your hard work and dedication to our club!
We meet the second Thursday of the month at RiverPointe Senior Community (5225 S Prince St, Littleton, CO 80123).
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Dan Fleshman came through town and performed many of his favorite working magic routines, his Ninja Rings and Professor’s Nightmare with a ring to name a few. He gave us ideas of what to perform for walk around that was easy to reset. His Jiggernaut, Extreme Burn, Kinetic Key, and Multiplying Rabbits, along with his 3 Card Monte were a hit!
Our 10th annual public show was a great time with many local performers. It is our main fundraiser of the year and we had great attendance. Comments from the crowd at intermission were very favorable. Matt Brandt was the MC and introduced Gregg Tobo, William Rader, Mysto the Magi, Jeff Jenson, John T. Sheets, Chad Wonder, Keir Royale, and Tommy Walker. Gene Gordon entertained in the lobby at intermission.
Bizzaro came and performed many great tricks that he invented. A chosen card was shuffled, returned to the deck and then boxed. A straw was put in the card box like a juice box and the spectators card was found and sucked up through the straw! He split pop cans in two, and made entire 6-packs of pop visibly change places. His sponge ball routine was amazing! He poked holes in Oreo cookies, did his Hidden cash, and broke off teeth from a comb, placed them in his mouth with string and they all came out attached to the thread!
Thanksgiving Table Crap night is always a lot of fun because it is an open night where anyone can perform using anything that they may find on their Thanksgiving Table. Silverware, napkins, and sugar packets were common props. Gene Gordon gave us an impromptu set, including some wandering matches. Steve Aldritch presented a beautiful Ring on wooden spoon, and Marty Jewell magnetized a spoon to her nose and thumb, and Bruce and Kitty Spangler took Table Crap to the literal and logical conclusion.
We meet the second Thursday of the month at RiverPointe Senior Community (5225 S Prince St, Littleton, CO 80123).
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October was filled with four events. First, we had Barry Schor come to town and do his lecture. He shared what he carries in his pockets to perform. Professor’s Nightmare is a perfect trick for young, old, and it is even a trick to cross all language barriers. He performed Match to flower, told us how to fix a flipper coin, how to make a marked deck, performed his Fred’s Mental Miracle trick!
Second, we enjoyed Karl Hein. Wow! What a great lecture. He did an amazing TNR card trick, changed $1 bills to $100. He also amazed us with his card handling, did a family trick with a change bag. With a BORROWED deck and a few shuffles he put it back in new deck order!
Third, we had our scary Evening of Odd. Rich Nakata had a Spirit Box that would tie knots in ropes, and bend steel. Sharon Nuanes had a scary story about a hat pin that stabbed a person. Anthem and Auria performed a blind fold psychic bit and she defined held up keys, lip balm, cell phone and could read the mind and serial number of a member holding a $20 bill! “Marticia”, Marty Jewell, did a card stab with a balloon, her Frank in Stein routine with an arm chopper! William Rader, had a prediction in a sealed envelope and played Ro sham bo for someone to win money. His prediction was correct and he won the money. Chad Wonder did roulette routine with staple guns and survived. Karen Wake made AMAZING food as always and told us a story by Edgar Allen Poe where the body was hidden in a wall. Mark Stivings did book test and correctly guessed all of the contents. Gregg Tobo is a human calculator, and performed his award winning Pi routine.
Lastly, we had a round table get together to learn a new trick The Code by Andy Nyman. Attendee’s got the trick, learned how to perform it and brainstormed how do other routines with the cards.
We meet the second Thursday of the month at RiverPointe Senior Community (5225 S Prince St, Littleton, CO 80123).
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Our September Teach-in meeting was a lot of fun as always, and we all learned a bunch of new tricks. Matt Brandt taught us two cool Bottle from Silk routines and a Bottle in Shoe. One from three silks, another from Toilet Paper, and the last was a bottle of lemonade in his shoe. Matt also explained different gimmicks that can be used to hold or produce a bottle.
William Rader taught us two mentalist routines, one with multiple outs. Three coins were hanging invisibly in mid air and the spectator was asked to pick two. One invisible coin was marked by a free choice on ‘Tails’. Another spectator was holding a coin since the beginning of the trick in a closed fist. The third coin was presented and sure enough, there was and ‘X’ on the tails side! Four people came up to help and each was given a card marker to draw their favorite toy they played with as a child. William used his powers to correctly predict who drew each toy! He explained his method when th trick was done.
Kier Royale hooked us with a cool card trick called “The Code”. He didn’t divulge the secret and kept us all wanting more!
Jeff Jensen performed an amazing signed card which vanished and was found inside to a sealed bag of potato chips! He also took a sandwich bag and made silks change colors back and forth then those silks vanished and blended into a one new silk. His method was explained as well.
Gene Gordon our MC for the night performed a 6 card repeat and fun patter. Next he blew bubbles which he got from a wedding and produced a glass crystal bubble. Once that bubble was heated up with a lighter, it too changed into a red crystal bubble. Once again, another fun night of learning magic was had in the Mile High city.
We meet the second Thursday of the month at RiverPointe Senior Community (5225 S Prince St, Littleton, CO 80123).
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Our August meeting was filled with our meeting of Old, Unique and One of a kind magic. We also had the pleasure of having the Penguin Magic Live Expo attend Denver later in the month!
To begin our August meeting, Gene Gordon brought in some of his favorite old magic books. Some were older than us! Aiden and Tyler helped with a coin trick from Tarbell’s coins across. Tyler Vanourek performed an original trick where a card was chosen, vanished, and reappeared inside a Pringles can. First from the can was a snake, which scared us! Connie Elstun was helped by Steve Aldrich and drew a picture on a pad of paper, which after a magical gesture, the picture magically had color.
William Rader showed us his Edward Brown magic book: Mental Magic. Jonathan and Scott helped with this trick which was a fun cards across where a card that was merely thought of traveled across. Jean-Luc demonstrated he ability to capture snaps in a clear bowl. Chris Shore showed us a broken and restored match inside of a hanky. Chris used a toothpick randomly picked out a box of toothpicks by his helper Mysto. The toothpick was covered, broken, and it was fully restored to he handed back to Mysto.
Chad Darnell had Jasmine volunteer to be a Princess. There was also a Frog, Prisoner, and a Fire Breathing Dragon. Jasmine had a tough time trying to figure out which one she wanted to kiss so a Change Bag was used to help her make her decision. Eventually the Frog changed into a Prince even without the kiss.
Mysto (Mitch Harwood) brought his antique Card Sword. Dave selected a card, tossed them in the air and voila, the selected card was stabbed. Steve Aldrich performed 4 of his wonderful homemade tricks: first was his version the Magic Switchboard with the help of mini-Tesla. His Malini bag produced DOZENS of eggs, a card selected was vanished and ended up inside a scotch bottle. Finally, Tyler selected a card and the deck was put in a bowl of water. The entire deck vanished except for his card!
The highlight for us was having Penguin Magic Live Expo, over 100 local magicians attended, and their crew of Brent Braun, Chris Smith, Nick Difatee, Paul Richard, and Greg Wilson amazed us with their magic products and mini lectures. If you get the chance to have them come to your city, DO IT!
We meet the second Thursday of the month at RiverPointe Senior Community (5225 S Prince St, Littleton, CO 80123).
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Gene Gordon made a grape changed place in the spectators hand then turned a ball into square with squeaker, and his rendition of the blank deck.
AJ Perea took a taught rope and played violin music then performed the Professor’s Nightmare trick. It was an awesome trick!
Sharon Nuannes made a silk appear into a cane, then her scarf production turned into a big scarf! Liquid was poured into newspaper, vanished, then colored liquid from a champaine bottle appeared. She made a scarf vanish and it ended up tied in between other scarfs. The Crystal Tube was next with a multiple scarf ending.
Joe O’Brien did a Coins Across in short sleaves!
Gregg Tobo did a remarkable Thumb Tie, with long gauze strips and caught solid rings.
John Luong did a salt pour bill, and an initialed bill vanished and ended up in a bill tube and multiple rabbits appeared. He also brought his lunch and large chop sticks that changed colors!
Tyler Vampires demonstrated various card shuffles, a card chosen and the image was mentality transmitted to him and he drew the card the card on large art book.
Matt Brandt did a card trick where 4 cards were passed out and torn up. He eliminate face down pieces after tossing them in the air. His prediction was the King of Hearts and one of the torn corner pieces matched his prediction. A marked quarter was wrapped in dollar then placed on ground. He stepped on bill and the quarter vanished! After he took off his shoe the quarter ends up inside sock. He performed a card trick and kept finding numerous jokers. At the end all of the red card backs changed to different backs except her card was the only red back!
We meet the second Thursday of the month at RiverPointe Senior Community (5225 S Prince St, Littleton, CO 80123).
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June was our Annual Mile High Family Picnic. Instead of at the park we decided to try something different and host it inside to see if we would have a better turnout. We had a wonderful turnout and it rained a ton that night so we lucked out. Burgers, dogs, rain and magic…what a night!
Gene Gordon performed the 6 card repeat, collected invisible money for the misers dream, then a large coin bugger fell out of the spectators nose. A clear net was shown and eyeballs passed through it and across his massive chest. We all kept our eye on the ball! Dismembered lady was performed with dental floss, arms and legs were cut into pieces and put it back together. The floss broke and he never liked that lady anyway! Chinese Sticks that were connected in the back were separate and the tassel’s still returned up to the sticks! Cards were shuffled and he performed a conman-flim-flam trick. Three cards were mentally selected at random, another invisible card was tossed back into the deck and was the only card upside down in the deck. The 3.5 of clubs ended up as a Jumbo card. A signed card rose out of the deck, vanished, then the signed card ended up in an Altoid box!
Jeff Jensen performed a wonderful Silk-in-Egg routine, which amazed everyone! The kids gasped when the hole vanished and Jeff pealed off the sticker! He also performed Andrew Maine’s newspaper tear. The newspaper was signed, restored, then Jeff passed out the newspaper as a souvenir! He did a cards across trick and ended his performance with a Signed Bill to Lemon.
We meet the second Thursday of the month at RiverPointe Senior Community (5225 S Prince St, Littleton, CO 80123).
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