Covid-19 has taken a toll of each and everyone of us. We are isolated from our compeers so we decided to have a virtual meeting. We were thrilled to have 26 members sign in for the usual club meeting. Anthem and Aria demonstrated how when they perform online it is very important that the magic works on their screen and also on their audience’s screen as well. They performed Forgotten Princess by Alexander Marsch for their first trick. They also talked about lighting, sound, cameras and software.
James Lopez performed a 5 red and 5 black card trick from the book Verbal Magic from Juan Tamariz’s magic book.
Gregg Tobo had a spectator hold a small object in one of their hands and they could either lie or tell the truth. If they were to lie, they had to continue to lie for the remainder of the trick. Same thing if they decided to tell the truth. He successfully told the virtual audience member which hand held the object. Next, Gregg texted his prediction to a friend. Then he had a member pick a number only known to him, add, subtract, multiply and divide to that number. The end result was the number 409. (Not the cleaner!) Wow, that was the date of our virtual meeting, April 9, 4-09! Amazing.
Young members Collin Toepfer performed a couple of rope tricks. Paige performed the cups and balls and a mentalist card effect.
Mentalist Mark Strivings performed an effect by Karl Fulves, and modified it to make the Ouija Spell trick work better for his needs.
For our first Virtual Corona Virus Meeting it was well received by the members who logged in.
Gimme Shelter (In Place)
Unfortunately, the March Mile High Magicians Meeting (our annual flea market) had to be canceled. So, instead we have spent our time in the most magical ways possible!
When our Sgt. at Arms, Gene Gordon can’t get out to have fun and do magical stuff with his fellow enthusiasts, he reads magic books and magic magazines. Books he’s currently reading are: Interpreting Magic by Regal, Cy Endfield’s Entertaining Card Magic, The Uncanny Scot, by Ron Wilson. He’s been practicing close up stuff, and all of his “A” list card stuff (30+ effects) and working on new items too! Keeping busy, that Gene!
Secretary Glenn Proulx has re-visited the 3-shell trick and has been practicing that in the evenings. After the practice, he shows the effect to his wife and mother-in-law who moved back in with them until the shelter in place is lifted here in Denver. He has also been working on card controls, double lifts, placing a card on the top or bottom of the deck then moving it around to various places in the deck. Reading his magic magazines, gleaning ideas from them and also practicing the Turn Over Pass. Great dedication and practice! Nice work, Glenn!
President Wendy Wylde is in the middle of moving to a new house. Packing her magic goodies lead her to discover that her magic “collection” (hoard?) is a little more expansive than she’d realized. Her current theory, that magic apparatus and books expand when air touch them, and that coin tricks will beget more coin tricks if left in a dark bag too long, seem unlikely but she’s sticking by them. She’s been working mostly on propless mentalism effects since all of her props are packed!
And we’ll have updates from our other officers next time!
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I have a video of me performing my first ever “magic show” when I was around 7 years old but the tricks were too hard to do so I gave up. Then it really started to pick up when I was 13 and it was my first time visiting the local magic shop in Tucson Arizona called Williams Magic Shop, where their motto was “the secret isn’t told until the trick is sold.” After I saw them float a dollar bill, I just “had” to spend that $60 to figure out how it was done and so I purchased my first ITR. Ever since then I was hooked and I loved to perform and have something unique that made me stand out. From age 15-18 I was already working in restaurants around town doing close up magic and staying pretty active in Tucson’s SAM and SYM clubs.
My favorite type of magic to perform is comedy magic on stage or in a parlor setting. Getting to energize an entire crowd and engage with them while bringing laughter and joy is something I live for. Some of my favorite tricks are the ones when I make the audience think I messed up but the revelation in the end is that I knew exactly what I was doing all along.
I have always been the ambitious type, trying to go above and beyond the norm, so while I am in the midst of producing a new magic show that was delayed to to the virus (coloradostarsofmagic.com), one of my biggest accomplishments (in my mind) was producing the InShane Magic show, where at the end of the show, I performed the floating rose illusion and proposed.
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Come join the FCM for dinner (on you), a lecture, and a chance to buy some cool new magic. The $20.00 fee will give you a membership to a Ricky will have $5 “Grab Bags” containing near $35 worth of magic and will have several tables of magical products.
Tricky Ricky specializes in kid and family-friendly entertainment. Come learn some new techniques.
Cost is either $20 for the lecture and a free club membership to the FCM and get a free lecture.
The FCM club in Castle Rock has hired Tricky Ricky Henson to do a magic lecture on Friday March 13th from 6 till 9 p.m.
We are meeting at the IHOP in a reserved room (South of the Outlet Mall).
A session for serious magicians. Join a group of like-minded people to share ideas, routines, and techniques to grow our art.
The Rocky Mountain Session is September 11 – 13 at the Marriott by the Airport. Click the link to see the line-up and to register for this fun convention.
Caring Critique and Feedback
This month’s theme was for members to bring a trick to perform and we would give a critique to make the trick better. Colin Toepfer did a nice sponge ball routine where sponges would appear in a brass bowl. Shane Cohen had character names printed on index cards and he drew on a paper bag on his head what he thought the character would look like. When he took off the bag he was wearing a Jason mask from Friday the 13th. Richard Russett did a trick with the 7 Deadly Sins, Gluttony was chosen and the helper earned 11 donuts because Richard ate one! Chris York had cards shuffled and mixed up and after placing them in a bag he correctly assembled the deck in complete face down order. He also predicted that certain cards would remain face up and they were the only ones face up! Steve Davis did a coins across and a tossed out deck routine. William Rader had 4 helpers make up a random number and when totaled it equaled his prediction.
Mahdi Gilbert from Toronto passed through town and WOWED us with his card skills. He sat on the floor as we were seated around him; we all had a perfect view to watch him perform. It was unbelievable! Second deals, false shuffles, total card control, and turn over pass techniques are many of his skills. He demonstrated the Oil and Water trick that Fooled Penn and Teller. He got all of us to interlace fingers with the person next to us during that trick. Mahdi said he breaks the rule, ‘Never show a trick twice’. Even after seeing the trick the second time we still where in awe! Renee Lavand and Darren Brown were magicians’ books that inspired him to practice non-stop for 3-5 years before he showed off his card talents at a convention.
In this cutting edge 2 hour lecture, Kent and Watkins teach stellar material from their own professional close-up and stage repertoire. There is no filler here. None. Zip. Nada. All of this is based in powerful, effective, and deceptive techniques without any knuckle busters. Also,this is a worker’s lecture, not a dealer demo. Buy our books if you like, but we’re here to pass on incredible Magic and Mentalism, not add to your magic drawer.
What you’ll learn
The Test of Time: Openly predict the time a spectator will call ‘STOP’ on the face of a clock. Kent has taken this popular and EXPENSIVE piece and reduced it to about 6 dollars. During the lecture, Kent will present the piece, and then walk you through the construction and presentation of this deviously simple device which could save you about three grand.
Poker Face: An open prediction routine with a switch that is so easy to do, you’ll fool yourself!
A little Touch on Coin Bending: This routine is so fun, it’ll get you bending coins right away!
Hive Mind: Duplicate a drawing that was worked on by multiple volunteers from across the room.
Definitely Maybe: A fool proof method for practicing readings and linguistic based mentalism.
The City Thing: An incredible show stopping closer. A randomly selected volunteer changes their mind over and over again, you guess the city they’re thinking of.
Challenge Cards: A new take on 4th Dimensional Telepathy and close up Q and A that opens doorways to new possibilities. Now you can allow your skeptical audience members to “challenge” your powers and still read their thoughts. You will also learn how to ‘hide’ progressive anagrams
The Difficult Ploy: This one line of scripting will create a very convincing revelation of any piece of information. Allow your participants the ability to change their mind AFTER they have written down their thought- and still be able to reveal it.
Severance 1 and 2: Learn 2 different methods to make your Center Tear routine more deceptive. These techniques will make your billets totally invisible in your audience’s minds.
Thought Switching: How to take any piece of information that has been peeked and turn it into a Spectator as Mind Reader effect.
2 Billet Switches: If you were ever afraid of switching billets, these two switches, along with Watkins additional tips and subtleties will help build your confidence and have you performing them without fear.
Thanatos: How to reveal a person’s ‘Death Date’…and they will know you are correct
And if time allows, we will teach a very simple method for performing a 2 person 4th dimensional telepathy, with all of the subtleties necessary to make it appear to be absolutely impossible.
I’ve been in the Mile-High Magicians Society for about two years now. I, like most, received a basic magic set when I was about eight years old. As an eight-year-old, I had many interests. Sports took up most of my time. Like anything else in life, to be good at anything, it takes a lot of practice and dedication. The magic set gathered dust.
When I turned twelve, my parents opened our family’s first retail store selling dollhouses and miniatures. The location was in Southglenn Mall, upstairs in the “Serendipity Shops”. It just so happened that there was a magic store right across the hallway. The Top Hat Magic Shop run by Mike Shannon. This perked up my magic interest again. Mike would patiently show me tricks he thought I needed (many above my skill level). I saved my earnings from the store and purchased many of the tricks he showed me. My favorites were the color-changing knives and linking rings.
Now, forty-five years later, I still enjoy watching magic. On one of my trips to Chicago for a trade show, I had the opportunity to visit Magic Inc. The salesman there was quite proficient with cards. My interest was again inspired, so I bought a few decks and books on the subject.
Many of the club members have graciously shown me and tried to teach me some of their skills. I go to Perkins nearly every Monday just to watch. I have yet to get up the nerve to perform any of the tricks. Maybe one day I will. Thank you all for your generosity and willingness to help. I do appreciate it very much!
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.
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This event is postponed due to Corona Virus caution.
Hey everyone! We are excited for the 2020 MHMS Swap Meet/Flea Market but after years doing it one-way, we have a few VERY important changes you need to know.
Load in for sellers is 7 p.m. and sellers will need to load in through the BACK door.
There will be a $5 per seller charge which will go to the Children’s Haven for allowing us the use their space.
Please contact Glenn Proulx at secretary@milehighmagicians.com to reserve a table. Table fees will be paid in cash directly to Glenn at the event.
Doors open for BUYERS at 7:30 p.m. The flea market is free to buyers!
Come find stuff you didn’t even know you needed!!!
See you there!
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