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

ASSEMBLY NEWS
no balls, just rolled-up colored
tissue, with a surprise ending.
—Dana Ring
Bill Greenough Assembly #21
meets 2nd Monday (except
December) at Angelo’s on
Main in West Hartford, CT.
www.sam21.org
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asseMBlY 22 – 80
Years Old
LoS ANgeLeS. CA— The
Southern California Assembly
22 celebrated its 80th anniversary
at its annual banquet on
June 12, 2011. It was again held
at Steven’s Steak & Seafood in
the City of Commerce, a few
miles southeast of downtown
Los Angeles. A fine meal was
enjoyed by everyone after an
early cocktail hour. After the
meal, toastmaster and show
emcee, John Engman, began
the program with the installation
of the 2011-2012 assembly
officers and directors.
PNP Ed Thomas conducted
the ceremony to install our
new officers. Immediate Past
President Bill Yamane gave a
short valedictory address and
incoming President Jim Callen
presented a very amusing acceptance
speech as he begins
what typically is a two-year
term in office. Our assembly
has always been fortunate to
have competent and dedicated
leadership.
The 80th anniversary gala
show opened with the colorful
and fast-moving act of Stoil &
Ekatrina. Set to music, Stoil &
Ekatrina present a very unique
act. Ted “Suds” Sudbrack was
our next performer and, as
always, it was full of humor and
fun. Suds is a long-time Los
Angeles area performer and
magic manufacturer/dealer.
Suds’s paper tearing tricks
have become classics. His
repeat Anderson Newspaper
Tear was not only funny, it was
a baffler. The third performer,
David Benitez, aka “Marsan,”
attired in a tuxedo and portraying
the image of a classic
magician, opened with a card
manipulation routine and card
fan productions. Picking coins
from the air, he then presented
a nice Miser’s Dream coin production.
Marsan finished his
act with a very smooth linking
ring routine and the now seldom
seen Zombie floating ball. A
class act in every respect.
Closing the show was David
Zerbel, another Los Angeles
magician who has performed
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internationally. David also
performs magic in the classic
style. His top hat and cane
quickly became a table as
he did a short silk knotting
routine. Zerbel then performed
a ball manipulation and multiplying
ball effect. His act
concluded with his own threering
routine.
Southern California Assembly
22 meets the 3rd Monday each
month at 8:00 P.M., St. Thomas
Moore Parish Hall, 2510 So.
Fremont Ave., Alhambra, CA
Information: 213/382-8504
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ProvIDeNCe, rI— The
warm weather has finally
arrived, and so has the annual
RISM’s Got Talent contest.
Before the contest, Jeff Smith
taught several Aldo Colombini
packet tricks. Jeff is always fun
to watch, and a great instructor
to boot. And, he was nice
enough to donate the tricks to
the club’s monthly raffle.
With a quick break, it was
time to start the talent show.
Round one of the contest pitted
Dan Cipolla against Jeff Smith,
Andrew Cipolla against Ed Hill,
and Cameron Ramsay against
Sean Dale. Dan’s card and coin
to orange were two really nice
effects. Jeff performed a great
card routine using magic paint.
The routine is well thought out,
and flows nicely through each
phase. Andrew inserted his cell
phone into a balloon, and then
made an amazing cell phone
call. Ed’s entry was the most
ambitious, performing magic
with the Statue of Liberty.
Cameron did some great rose/
napkin magic, while Sean entertained
the crowd with a great
rendition of Coins Across.
The judges voted, and only
three contestants remained.
Round two pitted Dan, Ed,
and Cameron in a three-way
battle. Dan performed a rising
card poster, Ed selected magic
with an Egyptian theme, and
Cameron performed some ESP.
The judges were left with the
difficult task of eliminating
one contestant.
Round three gave us Dan
against Cameron, in a battle
to the finish. Dan’s Not Knot
Silks was a real crowd pleaser,
but ultimately Cameron would
take the prize with a fantastic
monster card production.
Thanks to Jeff Smith, the
judges, and all of the contes-
tants for making this a great
evening. —Chris Natale
C. Foster Fenner, Assembly 26
meets first Tuesday each month
from September to June at 7
pm at the American Legion
Auburn Post 20, 7 Legion Way,
Cranston, RI.
Building a 30 rOutine
AtLANtA, gA— Our
program director, Debbie
Leifer, hosted the post-dinner
performance. Dan Garrett
was our first performer. He
mystified the audience with
linking rubber bands and torn
and restored rubber bands. We
are looking forward to his professional
development session
on rubber bands next month.
Preston Turner, son of Joe
Turner, showed us his magical
rock that magnifies objects,
which he got at a science
museum. It was an interesting
piece and we were glad to have
Preston visiting with us.
Joe Turner could not afford a
Dean Dill box, so he used his
hands instead and made a red
and white rope link together.
He also had his deck of cards
do a trick for him by allowing
the spectator to perform all the
magic. Joe had a card chosen
for him and the spectator also
had a card chosen. Both cards
were found at the end.
Joe Morrison brought a light
board with various colored
lights and switches. The corresponding
light would light with
the same color switch even
when the bulbs or switches
were mixed.
Jim Mangham had his wife set
up a trick with a red deck and a
blue deck. He had the red deck
cut several times until only one
card remained. When the blue
deck was opened, the matching
card had an X inscribed on it.
Daryl Berman presented a ring
and string effect by pulling the
ring from the string when it
was attached by a knot. He also
borrowed a flip phone; when
the string was inside the phone,
music would play.
Our Professional Development
series continued with
John Miller presenting how
to routine your effects. He
presented one of his favorite
effects, Roy Walton’s Cascade,
just as a trick, then presented
it again with a routine he
developed that suited his style
of presentation. John also
handed out suggestions for
building a routine, as well as
several references for those
who wished to pursue this
interest.
On Saturday, June 18, we held
an initiation for four of our
members, Jim Driscoll, Mal
Simpson, Martin Baratz, and
Rory Gullion. It was a very
meaningful ceremony, with refreshments
afterward. Now, if
we can just get the goat back in
the cage. —Carol Garrett
Atlanta Society of Magicians,
Julian V. Boehme/Walter S.
Bell Assembly #30 Meets
the second Thursday at
Picadilly Cafeteria, I-85
& North Druid Hills Rd.
For more info: Web site:
http://www.sam30atlanta.org
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Farewell
PougHkeePSIe, NY –
We were one of the lucky assemblies
who were a stop on
Aldo and Rachel Colombini’s
Farewell Tour. Thirty-five
attendees helped make this one
of our best-attended meetings
in quite some time. After a
brief summary of happenings
in Aldo and Rachel’s lives, we
were treated to several hours
of magic and fun. Rachel’s
performance of Zodiac Code
was wonderful. An Empty
Envelope was a great prediction
effect by Aldo. The entire
Rachel and Aldo Colombini
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night was filled with a lot of
wonderful back-and-forth
between the duo. We enjoyed
card effects, rope tricks,
amazing feats of mentalism,
and so much more. Between
effects were treated to the
jokes you would expect when
Aldo and Rachel are performing.
They have a wonderful