Our October, Evening of Odd was a pirate theme. Jeff and Karen Wake used skeletons as ventriloquist where the skeletons were going to mutiny off the ship. One of the skeletons was tied to the mast and then the rope passed through the mast and the skeleton. VP, Wendy Wylde has a spectator roll a dice and then they selected a bag with a surprise inside that they could keep. Wendy won the big surprise by getting the last bag and her car keys were inside. The others won, a pirate map, make your own eye patch kit, do it yourself ghost making kit, along with a plastic bag hand puppet and origami boulder! President Mysto brought a table he acquired from a neighbor that began to float on its own. Mark Strivings had a card selected, shuffled the deck face up, face down and then whey the cards where put inside a black bag they all righted themselves with the only card reversed in the deck was their selected card. Andrew Bates was our drunken sailor who also had a card selected and returned to the deck. After the spectator opened the chest, didn’t find their card but found a note instead that said, “Look at the other chest!” Andrew tore off his shirt and tattooed on his chest was their selected card! Rich Nakata’s spectators looked at a Skull Silk that vanished and ended up in a previously inspected empty can. Once it was opened, a spring snake popped out with the silk attached. Member Bob Brown had a cage with a pet rat inside. His story told about the rats that lived on the ship and one suddenly escaped, and his tail flew out and scared the kids. Gregg Tobo had a unique trick where a silk with a knot on it would magically untie itself behind his back. Then he explained how the captain lost his leg when a loose canon rolled across the deck, he lost his hand in a battle and poked his eye out with his hook also. Finally, Gregg balanced coins on his finger tips and bet a spectator if he could capture the coins. Marty Jewel, the queen of puns had a model ship that was lost at ‘C’ and it was found on ‘Sail’. Last was Treasurer, Chad Wonder whose selected lost card was eventually found in his back pocket.
Christian Engblom showed us some of his amazing card routines. He had three red and three blue cards and they where interspersed like oil and water. They melted through each other so that reds where on top and the blues on the bottom. Next the entire deck separated in half by color. He had a mind reading card trick where his helper could read the minds of the spectator who selected the card which was amazing. He explained how his gaff Pieces can be used for different tricks and how his deck switch gimmick can be used also. Thank you for coming to Denver!
Ring 131 and Assembly 37 meet the second Thursday of the month at Riverpointe Senior Community 5225 S Prince St, Littleton, CO 80123. https://www.milehighmagicians.comGlenn Proulx 303-794-5208, glennproulx@gmail.com