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International Brotherhood of Magicians St. Leon Ring, Sacramento, CA
The Gimmick
Contact: David Wright, President http://magic1.org/ibm192 [email protected]
July 2017 Issue Number 7
From Page to Stage
m Our performance theme for the next magic club
meeting is Packet and Pocket Tricks. Be prepared
to produce your effect out of your pocket and
amaze us with your performing skill. Pocket magic
is a basic tool of our trade and something we all
should be able to produce without a second
thought. Seeing everyone’s favorite pocket effect
will make for a fun event.
IBM 192 Meets at
7:00 p.m.
2nd Wednesday of each month
at Mission Oaks Community Center
4701 Gibbons Drive
Carmichael, CA 95608
http://magic1.org/ibm192/
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Officers for 2017
David Wright, President
Scot Smith, Vice-President
Harry Mossman, News Letter Editor
Dick LaVergne, Treasurer
Al Skinner, Sergeant at Arms
Rick Hill, Member at Large
John Iacono, Member at Large
Q: What do you call a dog who does
magic tricks?
A: A labracadabrador.
David Wright, President
Who reads books anymore! Some of the best magical effects
can be found in a book. At least that has been true for many
generations of magicians. It goes back as far as 1489 when
Gantziony first wrote Natural and Unnatural Magic, which
describes and explains old-time tricks. At our next club
meeting we will be looking at magic books and effects that can
be found in books. Come to the meeting prepared to discuss
your favorite magic books. Better yet, come prepared to show
us a magical effect you learnt from a book. What do you
consider to be the best magic book on the market? What is the
best trick ever revealed in a book? Our next club meeting
should be a lot of fun and very educational as we discuss and
perform magic found in books. The performance theme is
From Page to Stage. I hope you can make it.
Close-Up Competition - See Page 3
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ST. LEON IBM RING 192 ~ Calendar for 2017
Date Performance Theme/Event Additional Meeting Activities Location
July 8th Magic Party Grand Illusions
July 12th From Page to Stage Social Mixer Mission Oaks
Aug. 3rd - 6th
Golden Gate Gathering goldengategathering.com Crowne Plaza Hotel Foster City, CA.
Aug. 9th Annual IBM/SAM Stand-Up Competition Contact Josh Ray or David Wright to enter contest.
Mission Oaks
Sept. 13th Gambler's Dilemma Teach a Trick Mission Oaks
Oct. TBA Multi-Club Magic Community Show TBA
Oct. 11th Eat, Drink and Be Scary T.I.P.* Mini-Lecture Mission Oaks
Nov. 8th Gene Anderson Lecture Mission Oaks
Dec. 13th Joint IBM / SAM Holiday Magic Meeting
Dec. TBA Dale & Elaine Lorzo’s Annual Holiday Party
Lorzo House
*T.I.P. = “To Improve Performance”
Most 2nd Saturdays Thanks Murphy's for
the gift certificates!
Close-Up Competition
by David Wright
Photos ©John Iacono
Congratulations to the four contestants who performed
at our Annual Magic Close-up Competition on June 28.
They were Jacques Lord, Harry Mossman, Mary Mowder,
and Joshua Ray. All did a fantastic job and showed an
audience of about thirty people what quality magic is
all about. Jacques Lord took first place and Mary
Mowder took second place in this year’s competition.
Joshua Ray won the People’s Choice Award for best
performer.
June Performances
Photos ©John Iacono
June Performance Notes
by David Wright
The performance theme for this night was Magic with Music.
Rick Hill opened the evening’s entertainment with “Smart Water,” an instant change effect where with bottle of
water. Rick took a sip from his water bottle and complained about the water inside was too warm. He then
proceeded to shake the bottle until ice appeared inside. He let people in the room feel the bottle to prove that
it was now ice cold. Amazing!
Dale Lorzo was up next and produced a flower bouquet from group of silk handkerchiefs after showing each of
the handkerchiefs separately. Next he performed a diminishing card routine to music where he showed a fan of
playing cards and proceeded to shrink then down in size until they were too small to see.
Scot Smith came up next and performed a couple of entertaining card tricks. He first had a card selected and
returned to the packet of cards. He then spread the cards on the table and pulled out a mechanical “pet” snake
from a box that he let sliver across the spread out cards. The snake stopped at the selected card. Next Scot had
a spectator pick a number from 1 to 52, count down to that number and hold the card. From a small box he
produced a slip of paper that correctly predicted the card selection.
Our next performer was Mary Mowder who showed off her magical skills by performing a torn and restored
newspaper routine to music.
David Wright was up next and performed an ace assembly routine to music where three aces vanished from
three locations and reappeared together with the fourth “leader" ace.
Our newest member, Josh Oldes, performed his club introduction effect, an ace assembly routine where the
four aces vanished from four locations and reassembled together in the middle of the deck.
Our next performer was Pepe Puglisi who performed a levitating glass routine where a wine glass magnetically
stuck to a glass frame, turned in all directions. A silk handkerchief was removed from the glass as it hung
suspended upside down on the frame, thus proving that the glass and frame were not attached to each other.
Up next was Dave Fiscus who performed a cute magic effect to the classic tune “How Much Is That Doggy In The
Window.” He showed us pet store glass window containing a picture of a dog. He removed the dog picture which
turned out to be a jumbo card and showed us all the other animals in the pet store, mostly cats pictures on
jumbo cards. All of the cards had a hole at one end. Dave showed us how to magically reinsert the dog card
while the stack of other cards were around a spectator’s finger. Dave then proceeded to tie the dog card onto a
long rope, cut the rope into six separate pieces and magically restore them to one long rope again. Impossible!
Jaques Lord closed out our evening’s performances with his own personal version of "Sam The Bellhop,” a
full‐deck card routine where he continuously shuffled and cut a deck, turning over cards one at a time as he
recounted a story about his four daughters sneaking out of the house to go to the 524 Club with four young men.
Jaques’ routine was a significant improvement over other versions in that he did not try to rhyme his patter but
told it in a natural voice as if it happened yesterday. Very persuasive!
