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

ASSEMBLY NEWS
you Isaac Brady for handling
the raffle ticket sales and for all
the work you do as the club’s
librarian.
We also welcomed our two
guests, Julie and Jim, friends of
Charles Dunn, and our newest
member, Jeffrey Sobel.
June’s themes were inspirational
magic and our annual
money magic contest. Nathan
Nickerson started it off by
sharing one of his inspirations
on the way he sees magic in art
work.
The money magic contest
started off with Jeremy performing
Richard Sanders’s
Extreme Burn. Gene Burrell
did his take on Dan Sperry’s
lifesaver trick using a coin
with a hole in it. Al Grimm
entertained us with a Coins
Across routine. Bill Metsch
tried Michael Ammar’s
BeSwitched. Beau Broomall
did a great version of Michael
Ammar’s Coin through Silk.
Perry Vath did a routine he
called Count your Blessings; he
then produced a coin from his
phone. While the votes were
counted we were entertained
by magic from Dave Kloman:
he produced a rose from a silk
then made it grow; turned a
green silk into a frog; produced
a long streamer; hammered
a nail in his nose; and made
some large money. Charles
Dunn ended the evening doing
his routine, This Little House
of Mine.
The winners of the contest
were Gene Burrell, Beau
Broomall, and Jeremy; they
each received a cash prize, a
mis-made bill, complements of
Nathan Nickerson.
The meeting was adjourned
with only minutes to leave
the building before it closed.
—Bill Metsch
The Gulf Coast Magicians
Guild Assembly 129 meets the
3rd Thursday of the month at
the Bay View Senior Center,
Pensacola, Florida. At 6:45
pm. Contact: Secretary Bill
Metsch- metsch@gulftel.com
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Magician OF
tHe Year cOntest
tuCSoN, AZ— Monday,
June 6, 2011, was the Assembly
136 Stage Magician of the Year
contest at the Gaslight Theatre.
Not quite a sellout crowd, but
pretty close. John Shryock was
the emcee; contestants were:
Mike & Billie DeSchalit, Hiro
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& Yuki, and Nelly Monroe &
John Coppin. Hiro & Yuki
were the first place winners
for 2011. Everyone else came
second.
Stars of Magic performers
for 2011 are: Nelly Monroe,
Hiro & Yuki, George Franzen,
John & Mari Shryock, Chip
Romero, Jayson Schultz, Rod
& Kim Housley, Bill Black,
Mike & Billie DeSchalit, and
Norm Marini.
National Magic Week is the
last week in October. Mike
DeSchalit will attempt to get a
proclamation from the mayor
for Magic Week.
The Club will have an S.A.M.
initiation ceremony at our
October 3 meeting at the “Z
Mansion”. If you are a new
member or have never been to
an initiation, let us know. It is
kind of like Harry Potter, but
different.
After many years of great
service from Tuller Trophy’s,
we will continue to purchase
our magic awards from them.
Elly Hundshamer (our newest
member) is in charge of selling
ad space on the Stars of Magic
program. Now we know what
you mean, Nelly, when you say,
“My mother.” Elly has possession
of the Stars of Magic
tickets.
A handful of magician went
to visit Joe DuPerry in a local
care facility. Randy Atha was
the organizer.
SAM Assembly 136 meetings
are first Monday of each month
at “The Z Mansion” 288 N.
Church Ave. www.zmansion.
com ALL lectures start at 7:00
PM and are held at Craycroft
Towers 1635 N. Craycroft Rd.
(On Lee Street, West side of
Craycroft Rd.).
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Past
Presidents
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Fort wortH, tX – The
June 2011 meeting of the Fort
Worth Magicians Club featured
Past Presidents night. First were
our new member qualification
acts, during which we had three
new members perform. Steve
Medellin performed a Coins
Across routine. Ron Wilson
did his best Blackstone impression
and then had six cards
chosen from a mixed deck; he
revealed all six cards and who
chose them in different unbelievable
ways. Daryl Sprout,
who performs professionally
all over the D/FW area,
treated us to a great balloon to
a real snake comedy routine.
Matt Martin gave a review of
the new IMX convention and
performed Random Choice, a
card routine by Hayashi.
Program Chairman Ash
Adams introduced the core
activity of the evening with
a video showing Lew Zafran
reading the charter of the Fort
Worth Magicians Club and
sharing stories about each
of the founding members.
Past president Rick Burcher
(‘84) shared some of his own
history with the club and with
the TAOM. Bruce Chadwick
(‘86, ‘09) showed us his Homer
Hudson table and performed
his very skillful bill switch.
Bob Utter (‘91) shared a knot
on a rope trick with lots of
jokes and gags. Van McGee
(‘92) shared a great Sidewalk
Shuffle-type routine with
large cards. Dan Scrivner (‘96)
performed a very original
pom-pom type trick made of
PVC pipe with faucets on the
end and plungers tied to string
running through the whole
contraption. John Hatzenbuhler
(‘97, ‘09) had four volunteers
come up. They all tore
up tissue paper and everyone,
including himself, put the torn
pieces in their mouths; at the
end he produced a mouth coil.
He also vanished a ring that
ended up tied to his shoelace.
Last, David Thomason (‘98)
did some crazy gags that left us
all speechless.
Ash Adams and others shared
a brief history of founding
member and first club president
Ren Clark (‘41). Last was
our new monthly “works in
progress” session during which
Richard Amon performed his
linking ring routine; everyone
shared ideas on what they
thought was good and what
could be enhanced. —Al Fox
SAM Assembly 138 meets
on the first Thursday of
each month at 7:00 P.M.
at the Tarrant County
College River Campus. See
www.fortworthmagiciansclub.
org for more information.
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a visit FrOM
tHe MYstics
eLmHurSt, IL — (President’s
note: We are happy to
have our club secretary, Fr. Kurt
Spengler back in our midst.
But before giving the good
father the floor, let me mention
that here at Assembly 148,
we always encourage performances
by our members. This
time, our teenage sensation,
TJ Ketchmark, offered a
brand new act. TJ continues to
solidify his well deserved reputation
for skill, style, and professionalism.
Now let me turn
the rest of this column over to
Fr. Kurt in his own inimitable
words.)
Our long awaited yearly
magician exchange program
with the New Mazda Mystic
Ring, Elgin, Illinois, had
finally arrived. After a short
business meeting, it was on
with the show.
“Big Bob” Coleman, who
has to be the universe’s best
balloon man (over 250 figures
and still counting) got the ball
rolling. After a sucker card
prediction with the help of
Nicolette, using a smiley face
and flash paper, a card was
chosen by assistant Bob Syrup,
returned to the deck, and the
deck returned to its box. The
whole shebang (pardon the
pun) somehow got into an
inflated balloon, which blew
up to reveal the chosen card,
which somehow had managed
to get out of the card box.
Next up was the classic Gypsy
Thread, presented by “Doc”
Morrisy. Doc’s rhyming patter
is his own and has been professionally
published for our
fraternity – outstanding! He
proved to be a true “ham” and
scored with his own rendition
of Bank Night to finish his
set. Some guy named Kevin
Sarnwick (with the help of Mary
Ziemba and young magical
prodigy TJ Ketchmark) dealt
fifteen cards and got involved
with cards across…oops! Well,
there’s always next year.
It was time for the master of
mental mayhem, Bob Coluzzi
to take the floor – cards on a
CD, laser card prediction on
the ceiling, torn card restored
to pocket…cards, cards, cards!
Bob used to do a fire act years
ago. His mentalism proved to
be just as hot by completing the
evening with his own spin on
Al Koran’s Medallion.
Wait a minute! Hold the show!
I forgot Steve Mills. He passed
out clever illustrated instructions
using mnemonics and
taught us to memorize the
alphabet backwards in a matter
of minutes. When I got home
I woke up my wife to show
off my new skill. Needless to
say, she was not impressed.
A fun time was had by all.