Assembly News
Meeting Minutes March 2008
President Mike opened the meeting, encouraging the members to put together acts rather than just one trick after another. He then introduced our guest lecturer, Rod Sipe.
Rod shared some of his favorite effects, as well as his hard-earned experience. Some of his great ideas included:
- Put energy into your persona – be you, but bigger.
- If you’re a nice guy on stage, the audience will be sympathetic if you make a mistake.
- Pick out potential volunteers before the show.
- Master a dozen tricks – that’s all you need – and be the best at doing “your” tricks.
To handle a heckler, say “Hold it…” Use uncomfortable silence, then say “I’d like to continue if we can avoid interuptions.”
The Melito family reminded us that they will be performing as “The Paisno Family” at the Mid-Continent libraries in March. Find the schedule on-line!
Performances
After a short break, all our members were ready to perform – and get there mitts on some of the donated magic!
Rachel F. got us started with magic that we all would love to be able to do – she turned slips of newspaper into dollar bills!
Dalton performed a magazine test, reading his volunteer’s mind to identify a word selected from the magazine. A rare treat for the club – we almost never see mentalism effects!
Silas showed us a classic “solid through solid”, a coin magically penetrating a sheet of paper!
Jarod shared a very funny thumbcuff escape. Thanks for the laughs, Jarod!
Nathan entertained us with another take on “solid through solid” – pushing spikes through a coin without damaging it!
Rachel M. surprised us with another mentalism effect, predicting where the spectator would place a circle and a square. Perfect!
Blake’s two phase card effect killed us. Two freely chosen cards were lost in the deck, and then produced – they were both kings. A third card was signed and lost in the deck, only to be found sandwiched between the two kings!
Did I say we almost never see mentalism effects? Alex made it three in one meeting, predicting the color of the ball left in the bag after spectators freely removed all but one!
Chris showed us a different kind of card trick. All 52 cards were listed on one card, and a spectator picked a number. Chris had one playing card along with the 52-on-1 card – the card at the number the spectator picked!
Adelyn wowed us with a three ace assembly. Nicely done!
