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

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ASSEMBLY NEWS From Left: Joe Libby-President, Geoffrey Sadowski-Vice President, Don Moravits-Outgoing President, Doug Gorman-Secretary/Treasurer, George Castillo-Sergeant-At-Arms. famous strawberry cheesecake for dessert, and to Doug and Fran Gorman for setting up the stage, sound, and lights. Don Moravits conducted the Installation of Officers Ceremony. Congratulations to our new officers: Joe Libby – President, Geoffrey Sadowski – Vice President, Doug Gorman – Secretary/Treasurer, and George Castillo – Sergeant-at- Arms. Don then recognized several members for their contribution to the assembly for this year with certificates of appreciation: to David Hira, for entertaining Assembly 52 at this banquet; to Dwayne Stanton and Geoffrey Sadowski for rejuvenating and leading the S.Y.M.; to Doug Gorman and Michael Tallon for assisting Assembly 52 beyond the call of duty; to Dahnene Moravits for providing continuing support to her husband; and to Fran Gorman for publishing the monthly newsletter. President Joe Libby then presented Don Moravits with a plaque of appreciation for his “unselfish service to Assembly 52.” Our entertainer for the evening was David Hira from Dallas. David is a world-class, full-time professional, having performed in such prestigious locations as Caesar’s Palace, The White House, and on cruise ships on the Mediterranean Sea. He has also made thirty-six television appearances. David provided an awesome show for our assembly, filled with magic and comedy. Thanks, David, for a wonderful performance. Brother John Hamman Assembly 52 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of 16 M-U-M Magazine the month at La Madeleine Restaurant, located at 722 N.W. Loop 410. The restaurant is inside Loop 410 on the access road between Blanco Rd. and San Pedro. For more information, contact douggorman@att. net BusY 56 MaY DAYtoN, oH— It was a very busy May for Assembly 56. First, the assembly took a “road trip” up to Canton, Ohio, for The International Battle of Magicians! Twenty compeers and two guests made the trip. What a great turnout for the assembly. Plus, it was a fantastic convention! It was my first time at The Battle and I’m planning on going back. Then, two weeks later, we had our regularly scheduled meeting. The theme this month was Card Magic Using Apparatus. What a fun theme by Oran Dent! All kinds of great magic and history was presented by Oran, Thurman Smith, Marvin Griswold, Fred Witwer, Barb Pfeifer, Paul Burnham, Stan Goode, Scott Miller, Matt Stanley, Dave Davis, and guest John Love. Stan also provided fantastic refreshments. Fun was had by all! —Paul D. Burnham Dayton, Ohio, Assembly 56 meets third Friday at 7:30 p.m. Location varies, so call Barb Pfeifer for information: (937) 433-8604. JaY sanKeY 88 lecture ANN Arbor/YPSILANtI, mI— Friendly, warm, and down to earth, Jay Sankey started by talking about the importance of interacting with people, to have fun with people. His lecture consisted of three forms of close-up magic: traditional magic, mentalism, and “bending.” He started with a very funny card trick, in which three selected cards were mysteriously “eaten” by the four Queens. Then came a mentalism trick in which a card was picked; Jay Sankey with Marvin Mathena (Treasurer) the prediction was a “red card,” and then the chosen card ended up with the volunteer’s name written on it. For an example of “bending,” Jay showed a plastic spoon, turned it around a couple of times, and showed that the spoon had a twist in it. Jay also had plenty of other examples of his creative magic – a lot of it was his older stuff, but updated, with a few things I had never seen before. Overall, it was a great lecture and a great night for the AAMC! —Randy A. Smith Hank Moorehouse Assembly 88 meets the second Wednesday 7pm Faith Lutheran Church, 1255 E Forest Ave, Ypsilanti, MI. Randy A. Smith, Phone:313-562-3875 Email randy.remarkable@gmail.com or visit www.aamagic.org for more details. 95 carnival Magic BBQ vANCouver, CANADA– The June meeting was held at the home of Ray Roch in Tsawwassen, who fired up his BBQ for a spouses welcome patio cookout. While Ray was in charge of the BBQ, his wife Pat was pretty well in charge of everything else, and together Ray Roch hosts pre-summer BBQ they organized a fabulous last-meeting-before-summer sumptuous club meal. The magic theme for the evening was Carnival Magic, which reflects Ray’s involvement in the carnival in the past with his classic “Flim Flam Foolery” act. Up first, Lon Mandrake portrayed himself as a fortune teller in his presentation of Destiny Magic, in which Linda Henriksen happened to pick the only two red cards out of an entire deck of blue cards. Rod Chow presented a midway game of chance with Linda Mandrake; although she had several opportunities to win the big bucks, each time Linda ended up with only ten cents. Jens Henriksen had a word selected from a number of torn out pages of a book, and that word matched a word chosen in a dictionary by another volunteer. Neale Bacon confirmed that his favorite part of a carnival is the food, and showed various food items commonly found at carnivals. After Neale had Jens eliminate the items one by one, it turned out that Jens ended up with the bill for all the food. Dennis Hewson took everyone to the carnival sideshow and performed a Sword through Neck routine. Dave Watters demonstrated the effectiveness of a squeaker device, and then took an instant mini picture of Lon Mandrake’s thought-of card. Michael Glenister showed some attractive and fun color changing light-sabers. Henry Tom portrayed the carnival conman with a Three Card Monte routine. Rick Mearns performed a lie detector test and ended up matching Linda Mandrake’s card to his prediction. Lon closed the evening by returning with a mini sideshow illusion of the Finger Chopper, with Trevor Watters risking his finger. —Rod Chow The Carl Hemeon Assembly No. 95 meets the first Tuesday of each month at members’ homes. 112 anYtHing gOes CoNCorD CA— After yours truly won the attendance award at our May meeting, we immediately jumped into the performance portion of the meeting with Doug Kovacich
starting us off with a spiral disk that seemed to make Rick Allen’s get larger and then smaller for those who gazed at the disk. Immediately after, Zappo (that’s me) performed a cut-and-restored rope routine that included a sweet method of constructing a set of ropes to perform The Professor’s Nightmare right in front of the audience. Then Bob Holdridge performed two prediction routines with, as usual, his well-crafted props And Roy Porfido managed to capture a wild white balloon behind bars in a shoebox-sized cage. With the help a fiveyear-old guest spectator, Roy burst the balloon and turned it visibly into a cute little version of Pepé Le Pew. At that point, Jerry Barrilleaux penetrated a pencil through both a dollar bill and a lottery selection ticket in an effort to find the lucky winning numbers. It turned out the dollar bill was completely unharmed from the penetration of the pencil. Roy Porfido has young helper pop balloon The person from whom Jerry had obtained the miracle just performed was Mike Della Penna, the President of the Oakland Magic Circle, who followed with a dazzling act that included an Okito coin-box routine, a four-Ace routine, a matrix routine, a giant-sized coin production, and (with the help of his blindfolded card duck) the finding of a selected card. Following that performance, Jerry Barrilleaux demonstrated the Trick of the Month (which he explained later in the evening after the guests had left). Chris Roe rounded out the performance portion of the night with a bold mind-reading effect. Following a brief pizza break, Jerry Barrilleaux explained the Trick of the Month, during which he provided us with an exceptionally well made set of sticks, made from timbers from his grandfather’s diamond mine. Although both sides of first one stick and later another were shown blank, by saying the magic word Jerry was able to make diamonds appear at will, jump back and forth between the sticks, and disappear just as fast as he had initially produced them. And, as usual with this feature, members present received these props for free. During the mini-lecture that ended the meeting, Zappo (that’s still me) had a discussion about several aspects of performing the cut-and-restored rope and a direct follow-up of The Professor’s Nightmare. —Larry Wright Diablo Assembly No. 112 meets third Wednesdays at the Round Table Pizza in Concord. FlOwer 120 Magic CHAmPAIgN, IL— The first item last month was the possibility of Skyping a meeting together with the Kansas City, Missouri, group. It was decided that this could be a lot of fun and we should give it a go. Next up, we voted to keep the business meetings to twenty minutes with magic to follow. The twenty minutes will not include book/DVD reports that are limited to two minutes. Bruce Kalver has an iPad app that includes contracts and paper work for magicians to use. It called Magic Gig Slips, it sells for $4.99 and can be found at the iTunes app store. In Tales from the Trenches, Justin Dudely told us of having a multiplying wand hide from him; it was then later thrown at him during a show. He also told of having his table fall over with an egg inside it that later cracked prematurely. Paul Mercer described having the person who hired him walk up to him in the middle of his show to pay him. Prof Higgins described a number of outdoor mishaps, which prompted ideas on dealing with adverse situations from Andy Dallas. Chris Bontjes gave our book report on Aaron Fisher’s The Paper Engine: Tension, Focus and Design in Card Magic. The Gary Kurtz book Leading with Your Head was also discussed. Prof Higgins shared his thought on the DVD Silverado: Advanced Coin Magic. The program for the evening was flower magic. Prof Higgins opened by producing a large wine glass, four bouquets, and a double color-changing silk. Jeff Harpring did a nice version of Name that Card followed by Pedro Hernandez’s rendition of a card sandwiched between two Jokers. Mark Clegg finished with a nice presentation of Sequential Travelers. The next meeting will be Wednesday, June 15, and the topic will be “Patriotic Magic or Outside Magic.” See ya at the meeting, —Ken Barham Assembly 120, Champaign, IL – Andy Dallas Assembly, 3rd Wed. 7pm, (except Nov. and Dec.) For location call Chris at 217-431-4791 or Ken Barham Sec, 2318 Winchester Dr, Champaign, IL 61821 phone: 217-841-5616 email: Kebram@aol.com 128 tHe Meeting tHat alMOst wasn’t greeNSboro, NC— The April meeting almost wasn’t… only one person showed up on time, and, just as we were about to give up and watch some magic DVDS, a few trickled in. Finally, we could see some magic! Eric Dobell led off with a thought-reading effect using a copy of Alice in Wonderland. A page number was chosen and James Alcon turned to that page. Upon reading one of the paragraphs, James was to imagine the animal named in that paragraph. Eric began to read James’s thoughts and proceeded to draw the animal. When finished, he had correctly named and drawn a cat. Noah Gray followed with a card trick. The backs of his cards all had smiley faces on them. Noah discussed several pictures that he had of different assassins from the past. A card was chosen from the deck and shuffled back. Taking out a gun (careful!), Noah shot at the deck. When the chosen card was found, the back of it had a smiley face with a bullet hole ASSEMBLY NEWS right between the eyes! (I’m guessing he doesn’t use this for his school shows.) James Alcon performed a penetration effect using a large Lucite plate and a silk. James then picked up a box of Kleenex tissues and removed four tissues. Commenting that he had begun to try Origami, he folded the tissues and produced a live dove, while in short sleeves! The dove was then also pushed through the center of the Lucite plate. He ended his routine with a new version of Out of This World. Afterwards, we all discussed how the effects were accomplished. Several had to know how James managed to produce the dove while not wearing a jacket! Hope to see everyone at the next meeting! —James Alcon Alcon’s Gate City Wizards, Assembly # 128 Greensboro, NC Meets the last Tuesday of the month. Location: 1207 Westminster Drive Greensboro, NC 7:30 PM Phone 852-4596 129 MOneY Magic cOntest PeNSACoLA, FL— The June meeting started off with Beau Broomall conducting a teach-in of what he calls The Calendar Card Trick; it is quite amazing what you can do with a deck of cards and a calendar. President Nathan Nickerson called the meeting to order and touched base on events that included: the Pensacola Kids arthritis camp show, where Beau Broomall, Nathan Nickerson, and Ronnan Carrero performed and had a great time; Al Grimm’s surgery, which went well; a secret project that Nathan is working on; the upcoming Sanders Beach show for the Pensacola Parks; and the club’s picnic. Info will be in the club’s newsletter. Members Perry Vath, Jeremy, Billy Countryman and Charles Moody played a round of the alphabet game – backwards. It was hysterical. We held our raffle with over thirty items; thanks to Andy Dallas and Dave Kloman for their donations. Thanks to Betty Broomall and Joan Moody for setting up the refreshment table and to all who brought the goodies. Thank AUGUST 2011 17
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