MEETING MINUTES
May 16, 2000
OFFICERS
Eric Wanner, President
Ron E. Seward Jr., Vice-President
Harry Schumann, Treasurer
Ed Rock, Secretary
Anthony White, Sergeant-at-Arms
ATTENDANCE: Quentin Smith, Chris
Huddleston, Jim Davis, Len & Thalia Swinyer, Annette Cretsinger,
Derrick Welling, Don & Inabelle Lujan, Anthony White, and Ron Seward.
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MEETING MINUTES: Steve Simbeck was the Magician in Charge and his topic was on Vanishes & Transpositions. Of course this simple topic probably covers about 70 percent of all magic. So Steve had plenty of things he could talk about. He started with vanishing coins. However, he pointed out that most vanishes are just the preludes to a production. In other words, a transposition. However, the most amazing effects are those where an object disappears and never returns. The disappearance of a salt shaker at a restaurant is more effective if the salt shaker stays vanished. If the salt shaker is reproduced then the effect becomes just another trick. Yet, if the salt shaker is gone forever, then the effect enters the realm of magic. Steve demonstrated such an effect with a ring on his thumb. The thumb was then forced into his other hand that was in a fist. At this point everyone was thinking he was using a thumb tip. Yet, when he pulled his thumb out the ring was gone. Plus, when he opened both hands no ring was found nor was a thumb tip found. He showed everything openly. Those that were in attendance became privy to how he accomplished the effect. His method of vanishing the ring goes to show that some of the simplest methods are still the best.
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