MEETING MINUTES
March 16, 1999
OFFICERS
Ruth Sulik, President
Eric Wanner, Vice-President
Harry Schumann, Treasurer
Ron E. Seward Jr., Secretary
We had a great turn out for Performance Night,
including several new magicians seeking to join. Ron E. Seward, Jr.
was the Magician in Charge and introduced the performers. Ruth Sulik
was the first and she started the show with "Poky the
Rabbit." A cute little trick where Poky's head keeps getting cut
off, but by paying attention he never seems to lose it. Ron then
introduced Chris Kenney. Chris performed some mental magic with
cards. Steve Simbeck followed with "Triathlon," a triple
card locating trick. Jess Cone performed an amazing coin assembly.
Dan Olsen started with a simple card that became an "Ambitious
Card." And Leonard Swinyer followed Dan by showing that his pet
snake "Viper" can find any ambitious card, or even a signed card.
Ron Seward then performed his "Sliding Die
Box" routine. He followed this by demonstrating
"Copenetro" where several half dollars disappeared from his
hand to visually appear in an enclosed shot glass. Jim Davis
performed several card tricks including "Three Card Monty."
Murlin Wenzel did some mental magic with several white pearls and one
black pearl. He randomly passed out the pearls to the spectator, and
Murlin then determine who had the black pearl. Ron Nelson performed
some transposition money magic. He also tore the center of a dollar
bill out, and then magically restored it. At this point it was
Intermission, and Tamera Wilson provided refreshments. Thank you, Tamera.
Anthony White started the second half of the show by
showing and a scarf could magically tie itself. Harry Schumann told a
romantic story, and showed that the Swinyers were a perfect match.
Quentin Smith showed use some card manipulation, and Ed Rock pulled a
signed card out of a deck enclosed by a silk scarf. Benjamin Yang
performed an amazing card effect, where a preselected card appeared
in an unexpected place. Don Lujan showed us a knotty rope trick. He
then demonstrated how he got hitched to Inabelle. He still can't
untie that knot.
Eric Wanner did "Light Fight" where a
glowing ball mysteriously floated about the stage. The ball seemed to
have a life of it own. Kerry Summers did some amazing card
manipulation, where cards would appear out of thin air, or shrink to
extremely small sizes. Ron Carrasco magically joined three ropes into
one long rope. The show was rounded up by Kim Walkowsky. He showed us
a misdirected arrow, where his arrow never seemed to point in the
correct direction.
All the magicians were winners, and each performer
received a prize. Don & Inabelle Lujan, and Steve Simbeck donated
prizes. Thank you, Don, Inabelle and Steve.
Our club meetings are a great chance for getting advice, and sharing magical effects. It is an opportunity for all of use to grow as magicians. We should not advance our own growth at the expense of others. Please respect the intellectual rights of other magicians, and only use their patter or effects with their permission.
