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Old Timey Magic Night was a lot of fun! Glenn Proulx brought out some old magic a teacher colleague gave him a cigarette catcher, gag kaleidoscope where you look into it and get black rings around your eye, mini magic wands, and the group helped him figure out the names of the some tricks he had no clue what they were, a Kennard Mystery Box, Shur-Shot Dice Box, and a Candle Lite. He also performed an old timey cups and balls routine.
Chad Darnell performed a Thayer Checker Cabinet and he has Thayer’s hand written instruction on how the cabinet works! Chad showed us his Mr. Skunk, a Razor Blade Trick EZ version, and a third hand made out of wax! Steve Davis showed us a card trick about the Dead Man’s poker hand using A’s and 8’s which then changed into J’s! He also explained a little about Wild Bill Hickok and his poker games. Lew Wymisner showed us his jumbo card plastic houlette which made a selected card rise out of the deck. It was a Joe Fenichel trick. He also poured milk into a paper cone and showed us a cat that drank all of the milk.
Steve Spangler showed us his Presto Clock Vanish “How Time Flys” trick where he made a clock vanish along with Multmum in Parvo (much into little) trick where liquid from a large glass could fit into consecutively smaller glasses. Last he had a die on a pedestal and the die and the silk changed places. Gene Gordon pulled out his Orville Meyer Book and performed the “Restless Colors” card trick. He had a different version of a Silk Cabbie that was cool along with a magician’s table that had a secret compartment. Didn’t know they made those! Bart Landry performed his Kuma Tubes. Lastly, Steve Aldrich showed us his 1851 Saturday Evening Post cover page of McAlester Wizard and Magician. Steve also showed us his September 25, 1850 Professor Anderson, “Wizard of the North” pen and ink drawing! He also had a 1900-1901 paper from “Richies Unique Entertainers.” It was fun to help the members with magic that they had and didn’t know how some of the tricks worked.