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MAGI-GRAMOfficial Newsletter of IBM Ring50 -- The National Capital Ring Volume 64 No. 11 November 2010

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meeting was opened by PresidentArnie Fuoco. Fifty-threemembers and guests were present.Two new members were votedinto the Ring: and welcomed

aboard. They were Julian Oteyzaof Arlington VA and Cassandra

Rogers of Reston VA. We havereceived and application fromTommy Meeker (37714M) of Annandale VA. Tommy will bevoted on at the next meeting heattends.

Ken, a lifelong magicenthusiast and longtime magiccollector is the owner of magicposters.com, and residesin Bethesda, Maryland.

Ken had been performingmagic since the age of 10 andhas been a serious collector of

magic posters and related itemsfor at least the last couple of decades. He began bycollecting original magic

posters from the "Golden Ageof Magic."

Ken presented his Ring 50lecture called “Paper Treasures:Collecting Magic Ephemera”. Heshowed many slides andexplanations of the items he hascollected over many years. This

The November 3rd meetingfeatured demonstrations of thelatest magic items on the market

by our Ring 50 Hocus in Focus Linking Ring reviewers. Newitems arrive at TLR editor’s office

and associate editor, JasonGoldberg, sends them to hisreviewers to examine, tear apart,

perform, and evaluate for theLinking Ring. These are newitems, books, DVDs, tricks, andsome are revisions or modifications to classic magiceffects. This was a great chance tosee demos of the latest items onthe market.

Note: In the articles about the

performer that follow you will find the issue the review appeared inthe Linking Ring at the end of the

paragraph.

Jason Goldberg stated off theevening by explaining the in-depth

process the reviewers go thru inaccomplishing the review.

Jason Goldberg performed Metamorphosis Pro ($40) byCard Shark. Jason presented hisgreat-grandfather's vintagecollectible cards - the remains of

his childhood collection - showinguncolored caterpillars. Hediscovered that these cards arefilled with magic and mystery.

Placing the cards into thespectator's hand the unexpectedmiracle happened: in addition tochanging their color, thecaterpillars were transformed intofour beautiful butterflies. But it

didn't end there...the last butterflywas pealed from the card andgiven to the spectator as atouching souvenir! (TLR Aug 2010

pg 105)

Bob Patterson began with

Double Coincidence from Fasten ($20) by Jean Pierre Vallarino. Aspectator shuffled a regular bluedeck of cards and pulled tworandom cards out of the deck,without looking at them. Bob took a red deck, and perform the exactsame actions. Cards are placed inopposite colored card cases for safe keeping. After showing thatall the cards in both decks weredifferent he opened the boxes and

revealed both pairs of cards werethe same.

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RING 50

InternationalBrotherhood

of Magicians Ring 50The National Capital

Ring

PresidentArnie Fuoco

(703) 521-6286

[email protected]

Vice PresidentDanny Selnick (202)-250-3834

[email protected]

Secretary & Webmaster

Eric Henning

(301)-369-0025

[email protected]

Treasurer

Bob Patterson

(703) 490-1222

[email protected]

Sergeant-at-Arms

Tom Paxton(301) 596-7407

[email protected]

Magi-Gram Editor

Bob Patterson



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DECEMBER MEETING

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 HOLIDAY INN Alexandria, VA6:00 Cocktails6:30 Dinner 8:00 Meeting

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The purpose of the paneldiscussion is to give themembership the opportunity to"ask the experts" anything relatedto magic that they have wonderedabout or might be on their mindwithout being limited to any

particular topic. The panelistsshould be able to field questionsfrom the membership regarding avery wide range of subjects like:Performing/Magic for children or adults, Close-Up/Stage/Cabaret/Platform Magic, Strolling/Walk-Around Magic, Comedy Magic,Mentalism/ Mental Magic,Working Corporate/ Association/Trade Shows, Working withAgents/Agencies, Conventions/Competitions The History of Magic, Taking It on the Road, TheBusiness End (i.e., taxes,insurance, record keeping,advertising, promotion, settingfees, etc.)

Most of the panelists arequalified to address more than asingle subject, so a variety of opinions and perspectives will beavailable in almost every area. Asof today, we have lined up Dick Christian, Wayne Alan, LouisMeyer, Bud Smith, Mike Taggert,Hugh Turley, and Bill Wells.

Questions will come from themembers with a moderator moving the discussion forward.This should be quite informative

and entertaining. Members areencouraged to think of and

prepare questions in advance of

the meeting. Although it iscertainly not essential, it couldstreamline the procedure if yousubmit questions in writing onstandard 3" x 5" index cards prior to the meeting. Unless a member

posing a question asks to beidentified, there would be no needto identify the individuals posingthe questions. Time permitting,additional questions from the floor will could entertained after thequestions submitted in writinghave been covered.

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Ring 50 annual dues of $15 for 2011 are due by February.Anyone, wishing to do so, can paytheir dues at the December 1st meeting. The Ring 50 Treasurer,Bob Patterson, requests that you

pay by check,as this easesthe record

keeping.Make checks

payable to

IBM Ring 50.Cash will be accepted providingyou have the correct change ($15).If you are unable to make themeetings, you can also send acheck to his home address at 3450Wainscott Place, Lake Ridge, VA22192-5362. Enjoy your Ringactivities throughout 2011 by

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““TThhee CCoouunnttss oof f CCoonn j juurriinngg”” This month the IBM Ring 50

Counts of Conjuring youths weretreated to something a littledifferent. It was movie time andChief Wizard, Theo Rushin Jr,showed Jim Cellini’s DVD: The

Art of Street Performing Volume1. The youth members had a greattime learning from the master of

street magic while munching on popcorn.

Don’t forget to encourage ayouth to attend the Ring 50 MYI.

The youth meeting starts at 6:00 pm at the Holiday Inn inAlexandria. The Youth Ring isopen for children ages 7-17.Please let Theo Rushin, Chief Wizard for the youth group, know

if you are bringing any youths sothat we can be better prepared for them.

Thanks to all the reviewerswho performed at November'smeeting. I saw at least threeeffects and one device that could

be a future purchase for me. Nextmonth we have our panel of experts answering your questionson a wide range of magiccategories. Please read thedescription in this Magi-Gram andsend those questions to me. For January we are trying to set up a

lecture. More on that later.Finally, we still have two opendates so if you have an idea for atheme pass it on to me.

Be sure to maintainyour membershipwith the InternationalBrotherhood of

Magicians each year. Send your

dues to the I.B.M. office at: 13Point West Blvd, St. Charles,Missouri, USA 63301



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Coming Events

Washington DC: January 27 – 30, 2011. This year the locationhas changed! The KapitalKidvention sold out last year, sothe only direction was to getBIGGER. Now right outside of Washington DC is the NationalConference Center. This place isHUGE, nestled in the forests of Virginia is this resort for education. The vendor room is 3times the size of last year’s!Kapital Kidvention is THEconvention to pick up the neededskills to increase business andlearn more marketing secrets from24 presenters or more. It is for children's entertainers includingmagicians, face painters, clowns,

balloon artists, or ventriloquists.More details can be found at:http://kapitalkidvention.com.

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The Society of AmericanMagicians will be hosting the

North American Championship of Magic as an integral part of itsannual four day convention to beheld in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,July 13-16, 2011. The convention

will be holding up to six contestsof magic to accommodate the 50contestants who will be selected tocompete for the title of NorthAmerican Champion of Magic.Multiple winners across sixcategories of magic will beguaranteed a position if they wishto compete at the FISM WorldChampionship of Magic to be heldin Blackpool, England, in July2012. Future S.A.M. Conventions

are scheduled for: 2012 Las Vegas NV, 2013 Arlington VA.

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Jan 5 ….. TBAFeb 2 ….. TBAMar 2 …. Auction Night

Apr 6 …. TBAApr 29 & 30 … Magi-Whirl 2011May 4 …. Dan Lacey ContestJun 1 ….. Winton Carroll ContestJuly ……. No Meeting in July

Sheraton Hotel - Dallas, Texas

June 28 - July 2, 2011FOUR big evening stage

shows! You also get a fun andexciting banquet included withyour registration. Learn from the

best in the business with a stellar line-up of lectures and teachingsessions. You’ll see great close-upshows, cabaret shows, fantasticnew youth activities and events

are in the works, and some greatnew activities for spouses, and theOrder of Merlin. We’re redefiningthe ‘dealer’s room’ experience!And you’ll see the Gold Medaland Gold Cups Contests - oftenregarded as the best-run contest inmagic! Register at I.B.M. websitewww.Magician.Org.

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“Monday Night at the National” is a

series of free public performances in

the Helen Hayes Gallery at the

National Theater on PennsylvaniaAvenue in DC. The "Stars of Magic"

series has begun and runs through

Monday, December 13 with performances at 6:00PM and 7:30PM.

Mr. Rich Bloch will be the Master of

Ceremonies for this special series. For

details see: www.nationaltheatre.org/monday/monday.htm

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John Calvert, now in his latenineties, has truly lived andcontinues to live an amazing life.

Calvert still tours and performs hiselaborate stage magic show that isreminiscent of the touring showsof the 1930's. Calvert blendsinside stories from decades of successful world tours with largestage productions, with practicaldemonstrations that reveal his ownspecial methods - the time ANDaudience tested "secrets" of showmanship that make for surefire, crowd-pleasing

entertainment and reputation-making shows. Please join us onThursday November 18, 2010 at8:00 PM as we welcome thiswonderful magician and mentor tothe Washington DC area. Freesnack food and drinks provided.Lecture Fee: $15.00 - Magic PartyPlace, 312 Dominion Road,Vienna VA 22180

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with Michael Vincent entitled "AConversation on the Craft of Magic". The magician’s magician,Michael is the only person ever tohave been named Best Close-UpMagician three times by the UK’sMagic Circle.A new and unique

presentation for S.A.M. Assembly23 members and their guests on

November 17th @ 8pm at the

National Press Club inWashington, DC.



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By Theo RushinWe need everyone to pitch in and help anywaythey can. Everyone has skills and can contribute insome way. Even if you cannot physically be thereto participate, you could help at home in the daysand weeks leading up to the event. To volunteer,contact Theo Rushin at [email protected]. The"Taking it to the Streets" Magic Contest is still upand running. We welcome anyone to perform ashort routine, film it, and submit it on the Magi-Whirl web site. The performance does not have to

be "on the streets" as long as it is an "un-staged"

performance. Types of performances that will beaccepted include: sidewalk, street fair, streetfestival walk around, farmer's market, outsiderestaurant tables, flea market, and etc.

The Magi-Whirl Lecturers and Close-up performers are: Dirk Losander, Luna Shimada,Keith Fields, and Mark Mason. The Saturday night90 minute Gala show will have: Keith Fields,Magician of the Year (Noland Montgomery),"Taking it to the Street" Magic Contest videos,Dirk Losander, Luna Shimada, and emcee Dick Christian.

We plan on having ten dealers scheduled for the dealer room. You can see and talk to

professional magicians and look at new magicitems for sale. This gives you the chance to seethem, touch them and see them in action beforemaking a purchase.

Magi-Whirl is held at Bishop Ireton HighSchool, 201 Cambridge Rd, Alexandria VA. For details go to: www.Magi-Whirl.Org. Come and

join the fun and meet new magical friends.

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I.B.M. Ring 50 meets the first Wednesday of each month (except July) at the Holiday Inn I-

95 at Telegraph Rd., Alexandria, Virginia.

- Easy access from all parts of the DC metro

area.- Across a parking lot from Metro (Yellow

Line - Eisenhower Ave.)- Full service restaurant with entrees from

$7.00 and up - The hotel has added a one - price buffet for our convenience

- Full bar that welcomes members to perform before and after the meeting. (We can perform in the restaurant, too.)

Magi-Whirl Gala Show Ticket Sellers (nice shirts).

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TTTrrraaadddeee??? All members in good standing can advertise your item free in the Magi-Gram. Just include a pictureand a description of your item along with your contact information to: Bob Patterson,[email protected]



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(Continued from page 1)Bob Patterson followed this with Charlie

Justice’s “ Prohibition” ($25) using an empty glass beer bottle and two bottle caps. He gave them tothe participants to examine. Next he placed onecap on the mouth of the bottle to keep it secured.He held the bottle in his hand and snapped theother cap on the bottom once, twice, and bang! Itwas inside the sealed bottle. He immediatelyhanded the bottle out to be examined. Then Bob

performed Cameron Francis’ “Total Annihilation”from the DVD Annihilation Deck ($30). Heshowed a deck of cards and stated that it containedtwo predictions. A card was freely chosen. The

magician does not see the face of the card. Bobthen ran through the deck and removed his two

prediction cards, which he said would reveal thevalue and suit of the selection. The two cards werethe Five of Spades and the Queen of Diamonds.The selected card was turned face up and found to

be the Eight of Clubs - no relation to either prediction. The trick appeared to have failed. TheFive and the Queen are turned face down. One hadan Eight drawn on its back and the other had aClub drawn on its back, matching the selectedcard! (TLR Future, Jul 2010 pg 104, Future)

Dick Christian performed DevinKnight's "Word

Sight " ($39)dictionary test. Themagician provided adictionary and twospectators thought of a word from thedefinitions page inthe back of the book.They each looked up

the meaning, andconcentrated on their word. Dick withoutsaying anything wrote two words on a pad, tore -off the paper, and place it on the table. The

participants revealed the words they were thinkingof and one of them picked up the paper and therewritten in bold letters are the same two words.Dick then presented another recent addition to thenow ever growing list of marble/ball/rock tricks," School Daze" ($35). A liar effect from Black'sMagic Group (reviewed in the March 2008 issue).

He pulled a small bag out of his pocket containingseveral marbles. Each person secretly took a

marble. They could lie or tell the truth when askedif they had the “steely” marble. After a fewquestions, he accurately told who had the steely.Then he performed a demo of Asi Wind's" Switcher " ($85), a book switching utility device

for magicians and mentalists (reviewed in the July2010 issue). One example of using the “Switcher ”is to have spectator chose one book from a stack of

books; then he tears out any page. The page ismarked and burned. Finally the spectator finds the

page restored and bound back in the book which heheld throughout the routine. (TLR Oct 2010 pg113, Mar

2008 pg 125, Jul 2010 pg106) Kevin McGuire did a modified version of

Fronkey from 5 for £5 Kids Magic ($8 eBook) byOliver Meech. Two stacks of animal picture cardswere shown. The plot was to create an animal by

combining two cards. Two young girls selected acard from different piles. But when put together they did not make an animal. A box shown at the

start wassupposed tocontain asoft toyanimal tomatch the

selections.The trick seems to go

wrong wassaved by astrange

predictionwhen it was found they mysteriously merged toform another form in the box, Yoda! (TLR May 2010

pg112) Dr. Arnie Levin presented Keyruption ($15)

by Bob Solari. He borrowed a bill from anaudience member and asked him to write a twodigit number on the bill andfold the bill inhalf so no onecan see thenumber. Arniethen removeda smallenvelope fromhis pocket anddropped the

bill inside.The envelopewas sealedand placed on the table. He forgot to bring a magicwand so he used his key case with a silver colored

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(Continued from page 5)key hanging from it explaining that by merely

waving the key over the envelope he would be ableto immediately divine the number. He called outthe number. Oops, wrong number. Tried again andstill the wrong number. He tossed down the keycase in disgust, picked up the envelope and tore itopen to check the number. But ... the bill wasgone!! Then he noticed that the key hanging fromthe case is silver. Of course, the only key that candivine numbers is gold! He unzipped the case toreveal the gold key. As he opened the case, theaudience was able see a bill inside. He opened the

bill. It was the same one borrowed earlier!! Arnie

then presented Mind Freak Aces ($35) fromMasterminds by Criss Angel Vol 3, a twist on the 4ace routine known as MacDonald’s Aces (andmany other names). The four aces are removedfrom the pack and set on the table. Threeindifferent cards were placed on top of each ace.From each pile, one by one the three acesmysteriously, magically, and visually vanish as if the aces were melting away before their eyes! Themagician then turned to the last pile with the ace of diamonds and turned over the indifferent cards.They were the aces! The aces miraculously

regrouped together in the last pile! (TLR Future,Future)

Rucj Uffelman performed Inside Thoughts ($38) by Haim Goldenberg. A spectator was askedto name a card, completely free choice. Rucj then

took a largeenvelope, whichwas lying in fullview all of thetime, and pull outof it a smaller envelope. As he

turned the smaller envelope upsidedown the namedcard fell into hishand. Hefollowed this with

Szechuan Sampler ($69) byFred Rosenbaumfrom MentalismUnlimited. Before

starting he placed a large gift certificate in full

view. Rucj handed four authentic menus fromdifferent Chinese restaurants to four spectators,

informing them, "We're going ordered a four-course meal: an appetizer, main dish, side dish, anddessert.” Each restaurant had a wide variety of selections and all at different prices. He placed alarge gift certificate in full view. Next he had each

person choose a dish from any course on the menu.The performer took out a chalkboard and openlywrote down the price of the items as they werenamed. Each choose a different course and itemfrom their menus and the price was recorded in acolumn on the board. Then he totaled the bill,which was $23.45. The he said: “Let's see howmuch of that amount the gift certificatecovers."The gift certificate is turned around andwas seen to before the amount $23.45! (TLR Aug

2009 pg 105, Jul 2008 pg 110) Bob Carnathan did Devin Knight’s Unshop

($39). This was a comical routine in which he predicted the outcome of a shopping spree!Unshop means to return something at the checkout

counter becauseyou bought toomuch and cannotafford it. Bobinvited a male

participant to takean imaginaryshopping trip to astore to buy a new

outfit. His newoutfit would consistof a sport coat,shirt, necktie, pants,socks, shoes andeven a pair of boxer shorts (printed on

cards). Now when he gets to the checkout-counter,he discovers he does not have enough money withhim and has to return something to the shelf. The

participant then decided on an article of clothing toUnshop and is given the chance to change his

mind. He does not tell the article he returned. Themagician showed a large envelope and explainedthat inside is a prediction showing the returnedarticle of clothing. He pulled out a large barcodeand declared that this was the barcode for thearticle. He showed the envelope to be otherwiseempty. Then, he asked the participant which articleof clothing he returned. He said "Pants." Bobexclaimed that he was correct, insisting the

barcode was for a pair of pants. Finally, he turn the barcode around and showing a comical photo of aman wearing a sports coat, shirt, necktie, socks,

shoes and boxer shorts...however, he was missingthe pants! (TLR Future) (Continued on page 7)



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(Continued from page 6)Danny Selnick introduced his segment with a

large die in a sealed plastic container called The

Die by Gaetan Bloom from a DVD called"Bloomeries" ($65).He had 6 numberedenvelopes, one for each number on thedie, one of whichcontained a largesum of money.Each person shook the plastic container and was given the

envelope thatmatched thenumber on the die.The last envelopewent to themagician. Each

person opened their envelope to find they got zerodollars and the magician’s envelope had the bigmoney. (TLR Future)

Geoff Weber performed Steve Spill's NeedleSwallowing from "Confessions of a Needle

Swallower " ($50).

Geoff amazed theaudience with thisfantastic version of the classic NeedleSwallowing act.He had a spectator equipped with aflashlight to look into his moutheach time he

placed a needleinto it and

swallowed. After several needles and thread wereswallowed, the mouth was still empty. The Geoff reached into his mouth and pulled out the 20 or soneedles on the thread. (TLR Dec 2009 pg 113)

Eric Henning did Bill Abbott’s The Thing (Platinum Edition $200). He showed a box madeof clear plastic completely empty. The box lid wasopened and a cloth was draped over the open box.Mysteriously a form rose slowly up from out of the

box under the cloth continuing up until it washovering suspended in mid-air. The audience had aclear view of the levitation from every angle and

could see there was no support of any kind. He

then lifted a corner of the cloth up and over thelevitating object only to have it suddenly disappear leaving the cloth hanging empty in his fingers!Then he draped the cloth over the invisible objectand it slowly made its reappearance. Finally he

pushed the cloth-covered object back down intothe box, closed the lid showing it and the clothempty. Then Eric did a routine with the Da Vinci

Floating Table ($795) that he recently performedfor the President and his family at the WhiteHouse. The table slowly began to rise from thefloor andthen floatedall around.

Not onlydid it floatup and

down, butto the rightand left aswell. Aspectator even look under thetable clothas itlevitated. And as a finale, both of his hands let goof the cloth, yet the table remained suspended inmid air, clinging to his palms as he slowly guided

it down to its landing. (TLR Nov 2009 pg 105) Mike Taggert explained Jim Kleefeld's "Sound

Control" ($124) utility device that Eric used tocontrol the musicduring his twofloating effects.Sound Control is acomplete systemthat allows you tocontrol your musicwhile you are

performing from the

stage. You can skiptracks, rise volumeor down, pause, etc.,all under your control and allinvisibly! Mike alsodiscussed music from Make it Magic - Stage byArthur Stead ($30). If you are not using music inyour stage magic then you are missing a crucial

part of theater. Stead has royalty free music thatcan be used to enhance your presentation. (TLR Apr

2010 pg 101, Jul 2010 pg 108).

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