What a busy month for Denver!! We started with the Boulder Magicians Night. MC for the evening was Doc Murdock. Including Doc other performers were Eddie Goldstein, Braden Carislle, Larry Crowley. The whole evening was themed to honor long time magic shop owner Sam Kent who also performed a magic trick, Edward Hammon, Brandon Parker, and special guest Bob Sheets brought us great memories and magic as well! We saw paper trees, matching bills inside a walnut, balloons, a light board that when the different colored bulbs switched places the actual switch still turned on the correct bulb. Card tricks, a tossed out ball of paper matched the prediction of the chosen card and random 3 numbers, mentalism, and a wonderful TNR signed newspaper trick from Bob Sheets!
Mentalist, Mark Stivings did a lecture just a few days later. Mark; who has written over 30 books, expressed the importance of learning from your mistakes, how to be prepared, what to do if a trick goes south, and how to pack flat and play Big. He had a wonderful trick where 3 audience members sat in a chair and their 3 chosen cards matched which chair they sat in and the colors and numbers! Mark also performed a Larry Becker trick, his packs flat Dice Cards trick fooled us. Mark did a trick using poker chips and a money clip also. Letters on cards where held by spectators and they had to get the correct order to spell words and Mark kept track of the score. His prediction matched the ending tally.
Mark did a Master Class just a couple of days later. The focus was on secret writing techniques. It was an unbelievable class filled with tips, tricks, tools and books. Swami writing is an extremely useful tool to bring your magic to the top level! He suggested books on Mentalism, Swami writing and the importance of practice.
Steve Reynolds lectured for our club just a few days after Mark. He performed 3 amazing card tricks with a stacked regular deck back to back without having to set anything up! A chosen card vanished from one tabled pack to another and then moved back again. There was a Topsy Turvy gamblers trick that ended with a good hand for the dealer. Then there was the trick where Steve made a prediction and packets of cards passed out, shuffled and one card was upside down in the spread. The mate for that card was Steve’s prediction card! The next night Steve hosted a Master Class of his own on palming cards. Tips, tricks, and the mechanics for palming were taught in his class and he helped us get over the common fear that maybe ‘my hands are too small and I will get caught’.
Ring 131 and Assembly 37 meets 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