We had a night full of amazing performances, awards, farewells, and bottomless Italian food. Our outgoing president, Jeff Jenson, emceed the evening by introducing each performer and performing sleight of hand himself.
James Lopez dazzled us with his coins across routine. He invited two spectators from the audience to join him on stage and made four coins travel invisibly between their hands.
Next up was John Walker, who performed a Jim Murphy themed card trick based on luck and Murphy’s law. John found Jim’s card after going through a few lucky choices.
Lew Wymisner predicted the order of poker chips picked by spectators. He allowed each spectator to select from various poker chips. He asked three spectators to each pick one chip and hold it up. He then correctly revealed his prediction.
Gene Gorden performed the linking rings as a tribute to Dave Elston, who we recently lost. After Gene’s performance, we had a special presentation. Dan Rodriguez, the past national president of the Society of American Magicians and our incoming club president, presented Gene with an achievement award for his thirty-five years of membership and service to the club.
Steve Davis amazed the audience by predicting a phone number important to an audience member. Through help from the audience, he was able to correctly predict the phone number.
Artie Fron performed the classic cups and balls with his own comedic flare. He brought up a child spectator to provide stage cues for the audience to react.
Marty Jewell thanked the club for their support and friendship through silk magic, as she will be moving to Oregon in the new year. She said that she will miss the club and the magic in Denver. Members of the club said their goodbyes.
Jason Fye put his own spin on thumb cuffs. Instead of using tiny cuffs, Jason used a regular playing card instead, which he was able to escape from and perform the trick.
The last performer of the night was Scott McCray, who performed the invisible coin. He brought up a spectator on stage with his invisible coin pouch. He then proceeded to do magic with his pouch and invisible coins.
We want to thank all the performers and the audience for making it a memorable night. We also want to thank Cinzzettis for hosting us and providing us with delicious food and drinks.