Saturday, September 16, 2006

EGGBAG Sept

OUR NEXT MEETING SEPTEMBER 20, 2006
The Theme: Penny Lane

Next month-- October 18, 2006 - LECTURE - by the one and only GEORGE WOO! This will be free to paid-up members so if you have not paid your dues yet get them to the Treasurer otherwise the admission will be $10 for all others.

About our Themes -- There was a brief discussion about the themes. It was decided to remind everyone that our themes are a way to spark members' creative juices. It is not necessary to strictly adhere to the theme. In fact, members can perform anything they like (although they must perform). However, in order to be considered for the monthly prize, you must make some effort to loosely incorporate the theme.

The president announced the winner of last month's meeting would receive a complete set of Tarbell magic books. Unfortunately, the winner, Noland Montgomery, was not present and so forfeited his prize. It was explained that you have to come to the following meeting to be eligible to receive the prize. The President hopes everyone will come to the next meeting because everyone has a good chance of winning!

To help you get started this month--below are the lyrics to the Beatles Song:

Penny Lane by Lennon/McCartney

Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs of every head he's had the pleasure to know And all the people that come and go stop to say hello On the corner is a banker with a motor car the little children laugh at him behind his back And the banker never wears a "mac" in the pouring rain Very strange

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes Wet beneath the blue suburban skies I sit and meanwhile back in

Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen He likes to keep his fire engine clean It's clean machine

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my ears Full of fish and finger pies in summer meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the middle of the roundabout A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray And though she feels as if she's in a play She is anyway Penny Lane, the barber shaves another customer We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim And then the fireman rushes in from the pouring rain very strange

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes Wet beneath the blue suburban skies I sit and meanwhile back Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes There beneath the blue suburban skies Penny Lane.

SPECIAL NOTE

The Press Club has instituted a policy that requires us to be charged for you meals under a single check. Therefore, if you intend to dine, please to be prepared to pay in cash and keep track of your order. Don't forget to include tax & tip.


THE REAL BUSINESS

DUES ARE NOW PAST DUE

If you have not yet paid your dues for the 2006-2007 period which were due in May 2006 you are now past due. Please either bring your dues to the next meeting or send a check payable to Larry West Assembly No. 23 to: Noland Montgomery, 3621 Dunnington Rd., Beltsville MD 20705.

The assembly is trying to compile an updated roster of its members. We wish to include the following… please take time to return the information to ceyler1026@aol.com:

Name
Address
Phone Nos. (H) Home (W) Work or Business if you can be contacted there and your Cell phone number if you have one and can be contacted via the cell phone.
E-Mail address

Thanks!

PERFORMANCES AT THE LAST MEETING

August is usually a quiet month when folks head out of town on vacation. The theme for our meeting was appropriately Ticket to Ride.

Jim Flanigan performed a moving presentation of the Passe Passe Bottles. His performance began with the reading of an Edgar Allan Poe poem and finished with a woman secretly returning to her former lover and drinking all his wine! It was a performance that showed how magic can truly touch the heart and stir the soul.

Joe Tessmer informed the audience about the British conversion to the decimal system in the early 1970's and caused an English penny to inexplicably change places with a half dollar. Some suspected there was a hint of Scotch in his soda that night.

Phil Milstead changed a dollar bill into a ticket, but the ticket was blank! So he summoned the magical spirits and by golly changed that blank paper into a ticket to ride.
Louis Hofheimer performed an incredible feat of trickery as he switched his five dollar bill for the ten that was tightly held in Laurie Curry's sweaty little palm. With the ten dollars he was able to buy his very own ticket to ride.

Lars Klores displayed a roll of tickets. He tore off a ticket and asked Lee to write his name upon it which Lee was able to do. He placed two tickets in Lee's hand and vanished the signed ticket. When Lee opened his hand, the ticket was attached betwixt the two he had placed there earlier. Amazing!

Matt Hiller explained that a dollar will still buy you a ticket in some places. Usually they punch a hole in the ticket to make sure you can't travel twice on the same ticket. To illustrate, he punched a hole in a dollar bill with his perfectly normal pen. When he removed the pen, he was able to heal the bill and there was no hole. The DC Metro are now reviewing their entire ticketing system.

James Munton was able to combine two very separate magic plots (card to wallet and the lie detector) and also brilliantly incorporate the evening's theme into his presentation. It's a shame he is not eligible for the prize because it was a moment of genius that left the room stunned.

Larry Lipman led everyone in an enthusiastic rendition of the Beatles' Ticket to Ride. He then described how journalists approach writing a big story by asking a single question, "when is it due?" He had a card selected, lost and found. But there was a twist to the story that would have made Roald Dahl proud. The selected card transformed into a ticket!!!

Lee Eyler showed two cards in just about the cleanest manner you can think of. He showed all six sides at least twice. Then just as we were about to ask him to stop, he clicked his fingers dramatically and a little ticket squeezed out from between the two cards. It was like watching a ticket being born.

Steve Javes provided an excellent example of how a magician shouldn't need fancy props and should be able to perform with anything that comes to hand. Using a couple of pieces of paper, Steve turned 5,000 years of scientific discovery on its head by causing one of the pieces of paper to reverse in on itself.

Buddy Smith told the story of lions eating Christians. Aces switched places with court cards in a way that nobody could explain. It reminded us that lions eating Christians is not something to laugh at, but is very fascinating to watch.

Ray Eyler played a game of chance with tickets and cards. As you might suspect, Ray's skill was evident and there was nothing left to chance.

Laurie Curry got mixed up and thought the theme was Bars and Trinkets. So she did a performance about leprechauns and bars of gold. It was a very good trick but will not win the prize.

The meeting closed and everyone adjourned to the bar to look at Laurie's trinkets.

FUTURE THEMES (Subject to change)

November:-- Fixing a Hole
December:-- Helter Skelter
January:-- Here, There and Everywhere
February:-- All You Need is Love
March:-- Across the Universe
April:-- Taxman
May:-- Twist and Shout
June:-- Please Mr. Postman

Tuesday, August 08, 2006

SAM Assembly 23

OUR NEXT MEETING AUGUST 16, 2006
The Theme: Ticket to Ride

DUES ARE NOW PAST DUE
If you have not yet paid your dues for the 2006-2007 period which were due in May 2006 you are now past due. Please either bring your dues to the next meeting or send a check payable to Larry West Assembly No. 23 to: Noland Montgomery, 3621 Dunnington Rd.,Beltsville MD 20705.

LAST MEETING

The new officers were installed by Phil Milstead, they are: President - James Munton; Vice President - Hugh Turley; Secretary - Ray Eyler; Treasurer - Noland Montgomery, Eggbag Reporter - Dwight Redman

The president announced that Assembly 23 now has a web page. - www.assembly23.blogspot.com, this should allow our members to be better informed as to Assembly information and magic info in general.

Barry Taylor made a plea to our members to help where they can to try to save his shop at its present location. For further information on how you might help you can contact Barry at magic@erols.com

The themes were chosen for our new magic season they are:

Meeting themes for 2006 - 2007 - Subject to Change

August:-- Ticket to Ride
September:-- Penny Lane
October:-- Help!
November:-- Fixing a Hole
December:-- Helter Skelter
January:-- Here, There and Everywhere
February:-- All You Need is Love
March:-- Across the Universe
April:-- Taxman
May:-- Twist and Shout
June:-- Please Mr. Postman

The assembly is trying to compile an updated roster of its members. We wish to include the following - please take time to return the information to ceyler1026@aol.com:

Name
Address
Phone Nos. (H) Home (W) Work or Business if you can be contacted there and your Cell phone number if you have one and can be contacted via the cell phone.
E-Mail address

Thanks!

WELCOME TO OUR NEW FACES & PERFORMERS: - George Bradley, Jessica Gilkey

MONKEY BUSINESS:

The social/magic portion of the meeting brought forward a full number of performers (it usually does since one of our rules is that all who attend must perform). The theme for the night was, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." which brought out an unusual number of Hot Rod presentations.

Noland Montgomery was first to perform as he provided us with a very good Ambitious Card routine; the spectator signed card was repeatedly lost and found in the deck.

George Bradley gave a spectator an empty tube and a roll of lifesavers to put into the tube. A dollar bill was borrowed, torn in half. Half was vanished and the other half was put into an envelope and burned. Spectator opened tube to find lifesavers gone and half of the dollar was inside. George reached into his pocket and removed the other half of the dollar.

Christian Virdru provided us with a mental effect. He wrote the initials of his friend on a piece of paper, he asked a spectator to guess what his friend’s initials were and he wrote that down. He wrote his friend’s height and asked the spectator to guess the friend’s height. Last, he wrote the friend’s age and asked the spectator to guess the age. All of the answers matched. (Christian please excuse the spelling of you last name as it was hard to read on the list of performers.)

Lee Eyler showed his handling of an Al Leech effect, "Ace, Three Five." Lee had a spectator choose a card, showed it to the audience and lost it in the deck. The first two selections by Lee were wrong. The 3rd choice was correct. Lee then removed the pips from the card.

Augie Arnstein regaled us with a trip to the Horse Races - Augie placed 5 cards with horses drawn on the back in a row on the table. These represented the race course for the four Aces. The Aces were placed at the first horse card in a row. The spectator turned over a card from the deck and his Ace was advanced according to the number on the card. The Ace of Diamonds won.

Phil Milstead titled his performance as "Tie one on at the bar" a presentation of the Hot Rod

Dwight Redman showed 6 cards with different backs. All cards represented a different Casino where he lost money. All of the cards were shown to be Jokers and placed on the table one at a time. Five cards were turned over to reveal a Royal Flush and one card that was a Poker score card showing the order of the winning hands.

Lars Klores losing the spectator's selected card in the deck had the card named one step at a time, color- suite-value. Lars showed the card to spectator and slapped the card and the all pips fell off.

Joe Tessmer providing us with his handling of "Coincidental Card Stab" placed a prediction card aside. Spectator chose the Queen of Hearts and lost it in the deck. The deck was turned face up and spread and one card was found face down between the two black queen. The prediction card was shown to be, "Lucy in the Sky--the Queen of Diamonds. "

James Munton performed an undated version of McCombical Prediction where the spectator was given choice from 8 cards. Cards were shown to audience and all the cards were Ace of Diamonds. Spectator selected card and did not show it to anyone. A frame was brought out with a prediction inside. When it was shown, the prediction said Ace of Diamonds but when the selected card was shown it was a Queen of Diamonds. James pulled the Ace out of the frame and it changed to the Queen of Diamonds.

Jessica Gilkey performed her version of the Hot Rod.

Hugh Turley not to be out done performed his version of Zen's cards across-- Two spectators were selected. One counts 10 cards into Hugh's right hand. The other spectator counts 10 cards into his left hand. He hands one set of cards to one spectator and covers those cards with a silk. The other spectators sits on the other set of cards. Hugh waved his magic wand and made one card go from under the silk to the cards under the other spectator. He did this 3 times and when the spectator stood up and counted the cards he was sitting on, he had 13 diamonds.

Matt Hiller showed us his handling of the Hot Rod which he named the LSD Rod
in honor of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

Eric Redman related a story about "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" using Color Monte to illustrate his story.

Joe Largess told the story of 4 Robbers (the 4 Queens) who broke into a building (lost in 4 places in deck) however when Police arrived and all 4 robbers were found at once.

Ray Eyler preformed the Emerson & West effect "Gems" where in Lord Munton's Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald and Pearls started disappearing from his safe one at a time. When the police are called, all of the gems are found to be safe in the wall safe.

Jim Flanagan following the theme using "Lucy & Diamonds" had a spectator shuffles a small packet of cards. They are placed in two rows and a second spectator chooses a row of cards. Spectator selects a card and Jim removes his wallet and takes out a card that matches the selected card. The card from the wallet has a picture of Lucy from Peanuts on the back.

Steve Javes playing to the theme with a presentation of the Penny/Dime trick placed a penny, dime and box of matches is placed on the table. The matches are placed on table around the penny in the shape of a diamond. The match box is placed on top of the penny and matches. The box is removed and the dime is in the diamond on the table and the penny is in the match box.

Larry Lipman provided comedy relief by leading members in singing lyrics to ˜Lucy in the Sky". He then performed Butterfly Silks- Used bag to catch some butterflys (silks). One black and one white. He took out the silk and it was now one black and white caterpillar. He put that back into the bag and removed a large colorful butterfly (silk).

Since the net and hook had been brought out it thought that we had a perfect time to adjourn.

The gang then retired to the Reliable Source for more magic and camaraderie.

See you on the 16th



Friday, July 14, 2006

Next Meeting - July 19

Hope to see you at the next meeting on Wednesday July 19 at the National Press Club.


Dinner at 7pm, meeting starts at 8pm.

The theme for the meeting is "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds!"

At the Last Meeting...

The social/magic portion of the meeting brought forward a full number of performers (it usually does since one of our rules is that all who attend must perform). The theme for the night was, "Pins, Pens, and Penetrations."

Phil Milstead was first up he made a toothpick go thru his finger and then proceeded to hang himself with his rendition of "Go hang yourself" (rope thru neck).

Lars Klores, a first time visitor regaled us with his card expertise with "Cheating and Signing Off," (Card effects with multi changes).

Sam Brothers, performed "Red Hot Momma/Chicago Opener" card effect)

Rick Beatty keeping up with the latest trends showed his body modification with "Spike thru Tongue."

Matt Hiller, inscrutably caused 3 Chinese coins to penetrate on and off a string with his presentation of "Charming Chinese Challenge."

Erick Feinberg showing that Tenyo is alive and well performed "Pen thru Anything, Billusion and Soft Coins."

Noland Montgomery displaying his usual panache and aplomb treated us to a performance of "Cups and balls."

Larry Lipman tied us up with a rendition of the "Singing Worms" (you guessed it, it was a rope trick).

Hugh Turley took us on a trip to the zoo with the animal card trick "Deja Zoo."

Larson Eisenberg showed his handling of that famous card trick "Immaculate Connection."

Steve Javes performed one from the menu at Quiznos with the "Quiznos Vanish."

Dwight Redman not letting Erick get the best of him performed the Tenyo penetration "Bermuda Triangle" and then made a coin appear in a "Nest of Boxes."

A full meeting of magic and mayhem that was followed by more magic and fellowship in the Reliable Source after the meeting.

See you on the 19th. Join us early for more fellowship.

Friday, July 07, 2006

Meeting themes

July: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
August: Ticket to Ride
September: Penny Lane
October: Help!
November: Fixing a Hole
December: Helter Skelter
January: Here, There and Everywhere
February: All You Need is Love
March: Across the Universe
April: Taxman
May: Twist and Shout
June: Please Mr. Postman

2006/7 Committee

The SAM #23 committee members for 2006/07  are:

James Munton
- President
Hugh Turley- Vice President
Ray Eyler - Secretary
Noland Montgomery - Treasurer
Dwight Redman - Reporter 

New Web Site!



Welcome to the new SAM Assembly 23 Web Site!

We look forward to seeing you soon!