Mighty Mini Lecture Series
Seventeen members attended our virtual “Mighty Mini Lecture Series” meeting. Sgt. at Arms, Gene R. Gordon, had a few announcements to make, and then we were on to the mini lectures!
Former President, Matt Brandt, taught some dollar and pencil magic. He taught how to perform the trick and make the gimmick necessary. It was perfect for online performances, and a great effect to have in anyone’s virtual effect arsenal. Up next, Gregg Tobo and Amy Marschak together gave us a quick presentation of Zoom pointers. Their advice included: Don’t try your regular stage show on Zoom. Understand your space and the size of the Zoom window, and figure out appropriate tricks for what is essentially very close up magic. They also discussed camera and sound options and what was good and bad about shows they’d seen. Up next, William Rader did a clever Mentalist act using an envelope prediction, and then a card effect as well. He taught both effects which both utilized some interesting methods mixed together in a unique way. The lecture series was closed by Gene R. Gordon who presented an interesting version of Though Stealer, from Royal Road. He wanted to present card effects for performance in the real world as well as on Zoom, though he suggested you could probably find an entire Zoom show of card magic in the Royal Road book. He also did a version of Coins Through Table with a handling taught to him by Dave Neighbors with some extra touches by Gene and Tommy Walker.
Thank you so much to everyone who attended and presented lectures for our September monthly meeting!