Price: $20.00 for Front Range club members – $30.00 for non-members.
“Marcos has a very inventive mind. His new magic gives us all Inspiration! His magic will shock, delight, and amaze you!” – Jeff McBride
From the Land of Tamariz, Ascanio, Woody Aragon, and Dani DaOrtiz come’s another excellent card magician: Marcos Waldemar. If your club has “card guys” who are looking for the “real deal” and want to take their close-up magic to the next level, then you need to confirm this lecturer. He came to me with the highest recommendation from none other than Jeff McBride. I trust his judgment. Don’t you?
Here is a link to a YouTube video that was specially made by Marcos for you to know a bit more about him: https://youtu.be/9aKRxE2EiDA Please take a couple of minutes to watch this important video.
Born in the north of Spain to a family where years ago there was a great magician, called “Count of Waldemar”. This noble title was granted to him by King Alfonso XIII after seeing his magic. After this success, the Count toured 69 countries with his magic and was nicknamed “Magician of kings and king of magicians”. When Marcos was born, he listened to the count’s stories and could not help but carry on the magical tradition of this ancestor.
Marcos grew up in his parent’s restaurant performing magic from the age of five on everyone he could. Later, when I was 14 years old, he met one of his greatest teachers and one of the most creative magicians in Spain, Mago Antón. This teacher became one of his best friends and soon he started to create his own magic ideas and to help him in his.
He developed several magic products for Murphy’s Magic, Penguin, SandsMinds, and others. He has worked with other great creative magicians such as Julio Montoro, Adrián Carratalá from “Thinking Paradox”.
Marcos prepared this short video greeting for Jeff McBride in which he also explains some more details
First, the lecture will feature the presentation of a book he will publish this year called “My semi-improvised magic”. In it he will reveal some of his greatest Impromptu magic secrets that he has developed over the years doing magic in that restaurant. The book also contains ideas for his effects from other great magicians and friends like Kiko Pastur, Camilo Vazquez, Willy Monroe, Mago Anton and a lot of others.
A great part (although not all) of this work is card magic. As you know, Spain is possibly the world power in this branch of magic and through this lecture, you will be able to acquire concepts of the Spanish Magic School developed by great masters such as Arturo de Ascanio, Juan Tamariz, and Gabi Pareras.
It is a great opportunity to get closer to fictional magic, from his personal point of view, poetic magic and carefully thought to fool.
Marcos will also show some of his new products that are not yet for sale and can be purchased exclusively on this tour before they are released to the global market. These ideas are really powerful, and I am sure you will love them.
Greetings fellow MHMS Members! We started off April with a lecture by Guy Bavli. His lecture was extremely interesting and informative mentalism. I’m sure all in attendance learned something new! The board is working hard to bring top notch lectures to Denver and we’re excited to see you at David Parr a week after this months meeting.
Last months regular gathering was an absolute treat to witness! Brad Montgomery did a fantastic job putting together a fun filled and fooling night. I can only hope that we will continue have a MHMS Fool Us night every year! As usual, Karen Wake did not disappoint with her clever Fool Us sushi… Nope, fooled us with her clever ways.
If you have any shows or events you would like the members to know about, please email us and we will put this on the Website and in the Newsletter. See you at the next meeting!
We are off and running towards a spectacular year.
Jeff Jenson
President, MHMS | email me | Call me (303) 378-1112
We’re working hard to make events and meeting amazing and we’d appreciate your feedback by answering this 2-minute “survey.”
April was Can You Fool Us Night? Our emcee was Brad Montgomery, the fool us board was Bruce and Kitty Spangler, Nate Reeves and Cosmo from Colorado Springs.
Nate performed a Head and Tails coin trick and FOOLED the panel!
Shane Cohen performed a card trick from the book 52 Amazing Card Tricks. It was an ACAAN trick. The 2S was selected, shuffled, cut, re-shuffled and lost in the deck It actually vanished and was found folded up inside the book! FOOLER!
Vesper performed a Silk to Egg and got an Honorable Mention Award!
Ned Nedbalski was there and he did a nice multiplying balls routine and was honored to all the help, guidance, friendship, mentoring he has giving the club members all the years he has been a magician. Honorable Mention Award.
Mitch Zeal had an invisible magic poker chip witch ended up on the spectators shoulder numerous times It finally vanished for good and ended up inside a bag on the spectators shoulder FOOLER!
Mark Weidhaas had a wood apparatus with four wood blocks. We got to pick the order of the numbered blocks, hidden inside the holder and low and behold, they changed order! FOOLER!
Steve Davis had a card selected and lost in the deck. Packets of cards were peeled off and after a little of divination, Steve could sense which packet the chosen card was in. After looking, only her card was the only one face down! Honorable Mention Award.
Last up was Shawn Preston. Shawn had numerous cards for us to read with the directions for his trick. There was mystery, laughter, and a spectator selected a card. The next thing we knew, the spectators card was stuck to the back of Shawn’s suit coat! It is his own invention and he call’s it Back Treatment! FOOLER!
Plus Guy Bavli…need I say anything more? What a lecture. He demonstrated his Wami Writer and Board which allows you to do amazing mentalism. PK Touches, Erasure with his cool Tell’s Bell, Spoon Bending, Perfect Key Bending, Card Bending, and Incredibly Clean card trick, Perfect Location and amazed us with his Capture Routine. His Finale trick’s prediction was found wrapped inside a scroll AND inside a balloon!
It was a very fun month in the Mile High City!
Date: May 18, 2003
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David Parr is a winner of the coveted Fool Us trophy on the hit TV show Penn & Teller: Fool Us. There, his skills were put to the ultimate test in front of the television cameras, a live audience of hundreds, millions of TV viewers, and two very savvy Las Vegas magicians. (Spoiler alert…) David fooled them all, taking home the trophy and winning a guest spot in the duo’s stage show in Las Vegas!
David created and costarred in Chicago’s longest-running weekly magic show, which was chosen by the Travel Channel as one of the top nine magic shows in the nation! (Because top-ten lists are so passé.) He was the first artist in residence at the new Chicago Magic Lounge, where his show David Parr’s Cabinet of Curiosities completed a successful yearlong run. His show Dark Magic premiered to a sold-out house soon after that. During the pandemic lockdown, David created and performed The Sorcerer’s Lair, a livestream show that a reviewer for The Linking Ring called “as close to the perfect virtual magic show as I have ever seen.” His latest show is The Magic Hour, named after the time of day when shadows lengthen and the air is charged with magical possibilities.
In a career spanning more than fifty years, David has written some highly regarded books for magicians, been a technical consultant to theatrical productions, entertained visitors to the Magic Castle, given presentations at academic conferences, and provided guidance and instruction to magicians at numerous lecture appearances. He was a featured columnist and editor for MAGIC Magazine, and his thought- provoking writings about the art of magic have also appeared in publications in Germany, France, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, the UK, and Sweden. Jon Racherbaumer included David on his shortlist of “notable theorists” in magic, alongside Tommy Wonder, Juan Tamariz, and René Lavand. And today, David’s magical creations are performed by magicians around the world.
In his new lecture, David will teach some old favorites from his published work, along with some new favorites from his current shows. And perhaps more importantly, he will provide insight into the creative thinking that has shaped his magic for decades. Don’t miss it!
“These are perfect lessons for all magicians, in how careful thinking really can improve our magic.” — Eugene Burger
“Great advice, the kind that 95 percent of people don’t think about, but it contains the real secrets of magic as a successful art.” — Andrew Basso
“What I appreciate most is David’s thinking about our art. I am quite taken with his style.” — Robert Neale
“One of the most entertaining, theatrical, intelligent presentations that I’ve ever come across.” — Anthony Owen
“What he has to say will make you think.” — Michael Close
Please volunteer to perform for the Thank You show for the Knights of Columbus to show our appreciation for everything they have provided for MHMS.
SYMers – We have an exciting month ahead! The topic for this month will be about cool magic with paper. We will be crafting our own gimmicks to do an awesome disappearing water trick and an amazing torn and restore paper effect.
You are also welcome to stay for the MHMS meeting which will be based on Penn and Teller’s “Fool Us” show, where local magicians will try their best at fooling local judges. Here is the performance line-up for the event.
See you all the next meeting!
In love and light
All the best
Michael (Vesper) Samarzia
William Radar & Mark Strivings on Coin Reading – FREE Online Lecture Saturday MORNING
Date: Saturday April 15, 2023
Time: 10:00am MDT
Location: Online
This introductory lecture is free for everyone! Join William Rader and Mark Strivings in this two part lecture as they talk about how to give readings and perform routines with coins. This is highly practical material which they use all the time!
In the first half, William will explain how to perform his psychological coin force. He will show you how it looks for an audience and give advice on how to increase your hit rate. He will then discuss how to create and give readings based on the coins people name.
In the second half, Mark Strivings will lecture on his new book Interpretive Coinage. This is an extension of his book Every Day Mentalism which explains a ton of mentalism using coins as an every day carry. His new book explains how to use the same set of coins for readings ranging from quick question answering to full readings.
At the end of the lecture, we will have an open discussion where you can ask your questions!
Our goal is to foster a community of like minded mentalists. At the start of the lecture, we will ask you to turn on your video so we can put a name to a face. You don’t need to say hi, but we do want to see you!
Dear MHMS members,
WOW! Congrats to Chad Wonder for organizing the MHMS annual flea market which drew in over 120 magicians! I want to thank the sellers for an awesome job! There was a huge collection of magic props, gizmos and some real gems being sold. So far we have had such a successful year thanks you, the members. We have received extremely positive feedback from so many of you!
Don’t forget we have a lecture by Guy Bavali coming on April 10th at 7pm. This will be FREE to all payed members. If you have not payed you dues, now is the time. Guy is a real working class magician you don’t want to miss.
For this months meeting I am super excited to see what Brad Montgomery has put together for Fool Us MHMS style. Then next month we will keep the fun going with close-up teach in!
What a wonderful year so far!
Jeff Jenson
President, MHMS | email me | Call me (303) 378-1112
We all love performing magic and our June meeting gives you the perfect opportunity to learn the fine art of presentation from some of Denver’s best magicians. Hosted by Dan Rodriguez alongside pro entertainers Shawn Popp, Jeff Jenson, Joe and Carol Givan and theater instructor Tara Hedberg you’ll learn tips and tricks to improve your show or just your favorite effect.
We encourage you to bring your questions and if you’re working on something email Dan here because we’d like to find a member or two to help live at the meeting. We’ve planned a surprise or two! Whether you’re a seasoned pro, a new magic enthusiast, a collector, or a member who enjoys the camaraderie, please come and take part in all the FUN and ENTERTAINMENT, we promise there will be something for everyone.
Our annual Flea Market was a huge success! Twenty-two tables and over 50 members showed up to buy, see and trade. There were lots of book, pamphlets and book test books. Plenty of gadgets, gafts, regular cards, magic decks, pocket tricks. There were parlor, strolling and stage magic for sale. Also for sale was were various illusions, and magic for beginners, advanced and professional magicians. Several members met afterward for food and gathering at the local Chili’s to look at and brag about their latest findings and treasures.
