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

ASSEMBLY NEWS
September thru June at the
United Methodist Church, 187
Stockton Street, Hightstown,
NJ. However, for September
2011, our meeting will be on
8 September 2011 to avoid
conflict with the M.A.E.S.
Convention. Please see our web
site at: magicsam181.com for a
possible start time adjustment
and other more timely information
re: S.A.M. 181.
188 give-awaY
Magic
orem, ut— The June
meeting started a week late and
was conducted by President
Kerry Summers. The theme for
the evening was magic accompanied
by a give-away item.
Brian South donated an
Anything is Possible bottle,
containing a sealed pack of
cards, as a prize for the best
magic effect of the evening.
Brian also switched Curtis
Hickman’s $50 bill for a $1
bill and tried unsuccessfully to
give away the $1 in exchange
for the $50. Eventually Brian
gave new member Barrett
Haughton the Change Cap
Brian used in the trick.
Al Lampkin showed everyone
his new routine for libraries
using Al’s new Axtell puppet.
Both vent and library shows
are new for Al, but some think
he may make it in this business
yet. Walter Webb somehow
got Candy Brandon to sing to
us and then revealed he knew
all along what song she would
choose.
Al and Nigel
Ricky Brandon grossed us
out by hammering a nail up his
nose; he then asked Catherine
Johnson to pull it out. Yuck.
Mont Duston told us a camping
story and then somehow caused
a penny to go right through
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Curtis Hickman’s hand.
The ever clever Steve Dawson
also figured out a way to get
Curtis’ $50 and ran it through
some kind of gimmick.
Steve also showed us his
wonderful collapsing table.
Dave “Magical” Johnson used
a Stress-O-Meter Doll to help
him discern the identity of a
chosen card.
Kerry Summers showed us
all the stuff he bought from
Abbott’s when he was a kid.
He used a Card Box, a Card
Frame, miniature slates, Out
to Lunch, Glorpy, and a pack
of cards. Ben Jones made the
corner of a playing card vanish
only to appear inside the rest of
the card. We had to split open
the card to find the corner.
Candy Brandon made her
magical debut with a Stuart
Little book and a paddle. Bob
Christensen did a combination
Out to Lunch and poker chip
routine and then proceeded to
do an Ambitious Card routine
with a color change. Barrett
Haughton did a card reveal.
Curtis Hickman did a fun
routine pulling previously
chosen cards from an “empty”
coat pocket.
Winners of the contest were:
1st place: Curtis Hickman; 2nd
place: Ben Jones; and tied for
3rd place: Candy Brandon and
Al Lampkin.
The Assembly usually meets
every second Thursday at
7:00pm at The Courtyard
at Jamestown, 3352 North
100 East, Provo, Utah.
Guests welcome. For additional
information contact
Kerry Summers at 801/372-
7776 or go to our website at
www.utahmagicclub.org
tHe aldO 194 & racHel
cOlOMBini
lecture
YoNkerS, NY— Your
reporter has been to dozens of
lectures in his sixty-plus years
of performing magic and I can’t
recall when I enjoyed a lecture
as much as the one we were
treated to on June 15. Aldo and
Rachel Colombini arrived right
on time with lots of “goodies”
and began their very well
planned lecture by providing
each one present with a cup
of champagne to toast us and
them as they drew near to the
end of their fifty-stop Farewell
Lecture Tour.
Their lecture was not only
very well programmed, each
of them taking turns in presenting
and explaining the
many effects they offered, but,
from time to time, they also
inserted commentaries on their
own lives and on their special
approach to creating and performing
magic. Their personal
remarks lifted the whole
evening to a rarely achieved
level at which the tricks were
only a part of the evening. This
was no mere “dealer demo,”
but a sharing of some deep and
personal and funny observations
on magic and on life.
Throughout the evening,
Aldo punctuated his presentations
– all expertly done
– with his special brand of
humor, often illustrated with
quick sight gags. Space does
not allow the listing of every
effect, but of particular interest
(at least to me) were An Empty
Envelope, The Houdini Card,
Cutting The Rope In Three,
Cidentaquin (with ESP cards),
and Ring On Rope, all done
by Aldo. For her part, Rachel
presented Jumbo Prediction,
Baffling Book (a book test with
a non-gimmicked book), A
Mental Trick (based on a
Marconick idea), and an absolutely
stunning presentation
of her unique Cups and Balls
routine.
Two final observations: 1) As
far as I could tell, though the
lecture ran quite long, just
about everyone stayed to the
very end, and 2) not only
are Aldo and Rachel two very
polished performers of entertaining
magic, but there is a
very visible and real “magic”
(often referred to as love)
between the two of them that
greatly enhanced their presentations
and their ability to
connect with their audience.
Those who were present left
saying, “What a wonderful
couple they are,” and “What
a most memorable night this
was!”
Assembly 194 meets every
third Wednesday (except July
& August) at 7:30 PM at the
Catholic Slovak Club at 49
Lockwood Ave., Yonkers,
NY. For further information
contact Pres. Stranges
(magicjim1@optonline.net
or Secty, Fr. Dermot Brennan
mbrdermot@aol.com)
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ruBBer Bands
and MOre!
SeAttLe, wA— June was
rubber band magic, however
there were quite a few great
tricks performed as well that
didn’t involve rubber bands.
J.R. Russell started out the
evening performing a recently
published trick (in Steve Marshall’s
I Left My Cards at Home
column) in which you use tin
foil to create an impression of
a coin and then after removing
the coin, another coin appears
inside. J.R. used gold foil of
gum and presented it as a nice
impromptu piece.
Jim Earnshaw performed a
three coin production/vanish/
production by Eric Mead.
Roger Sylwester performed
a great vanishing bird cage
bit that was very smooth.
Roger also showed the group
a beautiful Troublewit he had
made and a very funny routine
using it.
Bill Murray preformed a nice
cut to aces routine that got the
group discussing various ace
productions and false shuffles.
Hugh Castell performed a very
funny set of rubber band magic
that included a signed sticker
stuck to the band that jumps
from band to band.
Larry Dimmitt continued his
great mentalism and borrowed
a dollar from an audience
member and had him fold it
and place it into an envelope.
Larry was able to divine the
serial number of the dollar.
Mark Paulson preformed a
nice card revelation in which
two rubber bands knew the
card chosen was going to be the
Two of Hearts and the bands
ended up linking as hearts at
the end of the routine. Mark
also performed a nice silent/
music routine in which cards
were eliminated by spectators
only to have the last card left
match the predicted card.
Ralph Huntzinger performed
a nice four silver dollars
through the hand routine
framed around a teaching
lecture on how to routine
tricks. Ralph presented some
good information for everyone.
—Jim Earnshaw
The Emerald City Wizards
Assembly 200 meets at 7
p.m. on the first Thursday
of each month at a King
County Library branch. Check
website for meeting locations:
www.emeraldcitywizards.org
205 suMMertiMe
is sHOw tiMe!