This month’s member spotlight is our secretary, Glenn Proulx. I got started in magic when I was about 9 years old. Our neighbor had a magic set I would borrow and I would make my family sit on the basement stairs and watch me find a wooden bell hiding under a metal bell shell. Santa brought me my first magic set when I was in 4th grade and I still have all of those tricks!
I vividly remember the first card trick my cousin showed me. After I picked a card he chose 5 cards that he thought would be mine. After showing me all 5 cards he placed them face down on the table. As soon as I touched one, it changed into mine! He said he was using the Glide maneuver. He showed me the move and I spent 3 months of the summer learning that move.
When I was younger I bought card tricks from a magic store. The first good trick I bought was the Fickel Nickel that Doug Henning performed on TV in 1975. Since then I have been a member of the club since the late 90’s thanks to Mike Anger who told me about the Mile High Magicians’. I like close-up, parlor, stage and my new interest is learning more about mentalism after taking Mark Strivings master class. I also like to try and build magic that I see in Linking Ring and M-U-M magazines.