(Hank) Moorehouse 1934 – 2011 - The Society of American Magicians

ASSEMBLY NEWS
of audience member Ed Cohen.
The delightful Kimberly
Matthews then performed a
beautiful silk act set to music,
which included the production
of multiple doves and culminated
with their transformation
into an adorable white rabbit.
Next, George Hample wowed
the crowd with his very own
torn and restored M-U-M effect
followed by an amazing milk
vanish and reappearance inside
a lighted table lamp. Finally,
Jim Daly ended the show with
his signature comedy bill
in lemon effect, which had
everyone in hysterics. Without
question, the 2011banquet was
one of the best we have ever
had. —Peter Cuddihy
James Wobensmith Assembly
4 meets third Thursday at 7:00
p.m. at the Bustleton Memorial
Post, 810 (American Legion)
9151 Old Newtown Road. Information:
www.sam4.org/
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omAHA, Ne— To open
the meeting President Larry
Brodahl started this year’s
series of “Find a book in our
library/ perform the trick/
explain it/tell us what book it’s
in” with an illusion from The
Amazing Book of Magic and
Card Tricks by Tremayne.
This month we had a contest
with a $50 prize. The theme
was “Shiny,” but this was left
to interpretation and was most
interesting to note how each of
ten performers interpreted the
guidelines.
The order was determined
by random drawing; first up
was Pete Petrashek with the
shiniest mirror I’ve ever seen.
With his help a scarf and
ball de-materialized into and
behind the mirror. Tom Neddo
performed Waterfall, during
which his shiny cups kept the
water from falling on our President’s
head. Johnny Impossible
did a Coins Across routine with
shiny coins. Bob Buczkowski
entertained with a string and
(shiny) ring routine – one of his
signature effects.
President Larry Brodahl
presented a larger (shiny) ring
and string routine. Denny
Rourke did a shiny cup and
water routine he called Aqua
Binaca – and didn’t wet the
rug. Roger Reese performed
Jackrobats, in which cards
turned into shiny mirrors.
Joyce Chleboun produced tons
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of shiny stuff from her bag of
tricks. She was in the running
for the prize just by wearing
the right outfit! Each member
of the audience received a
Diamond Pin (a dime and pin).
Jeff Sikora brought Aaron
Pierce out of the audience and
was graced by a shiny hat and
scarf that Jeff used to baffle us.
Bruce Jacoby performed one of
the most amazing feats I have
ever witnessed! After setting
up his sound system, with the
push of one button the lights
went out in the entire building
(and the tornado sirens started
to wail). After the audience
first found a safe place, we
managed to reassemble and
talked Bruce into completing
his act. Is it no surprise that
he won the contest? If you
hire him for a performance,
you should ask him to perform
this effect. Better yet contact
Bruce and ask if he will sell
you the technique. He won $50.
—Jerry Golmanavich
Omaha Magical Society
meets on the third Monday of
most months at the Southwest
Church of Christ, 124th St. and
W. Center Rd. - Across from
Hooters.
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Bruce Jacoby
suMMer
Picnic
CINCINNAtI, oH— The
June meeting of the Queen City
Mystics Assembly 11 was a joint
summer picnic with the I.B.M.
Ronald Haines Ring 71. It was
held at a lodge and picnic area
at Lake Isabella in Loveland,
Ohio, on a beautiful springlike
day. It was afternoon of
games, fellowship, adults entertaining
kids, kids entertaining
adults, magic yard sale/flea
market, and raffle. A picnic
dinner was catered by Micki
Plyes and Betty Winzig. This
was followed by the evening
entertainment – the War of
the Wizards – a showdown
between S.A.M. and I.B.M.
members.
First up was Chuck Arkin
(I.B.M.) who performed a
funny escape routine involving
a spectator and his wife, who
pleaded his case. He did successfully
free himself from
the locked stocks. Don Hinton
(S.A.M.) performed a series
of effects, beginning with
appearing and disappearing
coins and silks, a card effect
with a prediction, and then a
three prediction effect using
random coins and a young
spectator in orange athletic
gear.
Frank Johnston (I.B.M.)
performed his comically
clever silk magic routine. It
included cane to silk, rose to
silk, disappearing black silk,
silk to candle, and disappearing
candle. This was followed
by a change bag routine where
several colored silks turn into
a long, long and wide multicolored
silk ribbon. Denny
Metz (S.A.M.) had two volunteers
select a card and they
then transmitted their selection
to the other via a clothesline
attached to two plungers on top
of their heads – a very funny
bit. He then has a spectator
select a card and the deck of
cards disappeared in the spectator’s
hand, leaving him with
his chosen card.
D. Metz, F. Johnston, D. Hinton,
P. Delholt, C. Arkin,
P. Thermes
Paul Delholt (aka Presto Paul)
performed an Ambitious Card
routine with a blank deck of
cards, completely mystifying a
young spectator. He then had a
spectator randomly (by thirds)
cut a deck of cards and came up
with nine cards representing a
phone number of the spectator’s
soul mate. The phone
number was Paul’s!
Patrick Thermes (S.A.M.)
produced a coke bottle and
then vanished it in a paper
bag. He then performed a
card effect with a poker hand
changing from an Ace high to
a royal flush. Last he mystified
a young spectator with a
magically written message on a
chalkboard. The War was won
by I.B.M. Ring 71. Assembly
11 is eagerly awaiting next
year’s War! —John Martini
Queen City Mystics, SAM
Assembly 11 generally meets
on the 2nd Friday of the month
at Haines House of Cards in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
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eMcees
DALLAS, tX— David Hira
presented a lecture on the art of
being a master of ceremonies
(emcee), then demonstrated
these techniques by introducing
the performers for the
night. The first performer of
the evening was Geoff Grimes.
Geoff performed his Chinese
Sticks routine, followed by an
anniversary-themed trick. Two
spectators were handed a stack
of large cards, with “values”
such as “listen to each other.”
Each spectator shuffled their
stack and set one card aside.
They then went through the
shuffled cards one at a time
to see how “compatible” their
values were. Unfortunately for
the newlyweds, only two of
the five sets matched. Fortunately,
the cards set aside at the
beginning were “emergency
cards,” one reading “Give her
your first paycheck” and the
other “and every one thereafter…”
The second performer was
Brad Ingle. Five card pairs
were selected. The two sets of
cards were shuffled, and Brad
then proceeded to spell out the
phrase “Will the faces match?”
by transferring cards from the
top to the bottom of the stack.
A spectator was allowed at any
time during the process to call
out “SWITCH!” causing Brad
to switch to the opposite stack
and continue spelling. At the
end of the phrase, the top cards
of each stack were set aside as
a pair. After all five pairs were
dealt out, each was displayed to
show that they were identical
pairs.
The third performer was
Ian Richards. The Ten of
Diamonds was selected by a
spectator and replaced in the
deck. Multiple attempts to find