Friday, March 16, 2007

March SAM 23 EGG-BAG Newsletter

THE EGG BAG
THE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF
THE LARRY WEST ASSEMBLY NO. 23
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN MAGICIANS
THE LARRY WEST ASSEMBLY NO. 23, S.A.M. MEETS ON THE 3RD WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB AT 14TH & F STREETS, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Join us for fun, magic and fellowship. Cocktails start at 6:00 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m.,
and meeting at 7:30 p.m.
NEXT MEETING -- MARCH 21, 2007
LECTURE BY
MICHAEL KAMINSKAS
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Michael Kaminskas is the author of numerous books on magic. Including, "Next Victim, Please..." (Hades Publications) and "Miracle Material" (L&L publishing), He has created many marketed effects and props for magicians, including the MK Professional Cups. His performances consist of close-up and stand-up magic for the real world. His company CorporateMagic-FX is hired hundreds of times yearly to bring Michael's special brand of magic to their clients and employees.
FREE TO PAID MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY 23 -- $10.00 TO ALL OTHERS. REMEMBER OUR DUES ARE ONLY $10. PER YEAR.
Next month – N.P.C Close-up Show
Regular Business
Short and sweet, the welfare of Jim F Flanigan was reported. Members can contact him by E-Mail at jflanigan@aol.com or by mail at 821 6th St. SW, Washington, DC 20024. His home number is 202-554-3775.
Monkey Business:
The theme for the meeting was "All You Need is Love" Starting off the evenings presentations was Larry Lipman performing "Lover's Card" Spectator selects card, signs face and returns to deck. 2nd Spectator selects and signs back of card, it is lost in the deck. 1st spectators card is found and it is also the 2nd spectators card signed on the back.

Next was Matt Hiller with "Thanks James." Matt removed a folded $1.00 bill from his wallet. He unfolded the dollar bill and refolded it. It changed to a $5.00 bill. Refolded and it changed to a $10.00 and finally changed to a $20.00 bill.

Noland Montgomery regaled "Miscellaneous Cards" 4 ace spread pulled from behind knee. Ace of clubs put into hat,it reappears in the ace spread. Ace put into pocket, exchanges place with ace held in hand. Ace continue to change places.

Lee Eyler presented "Loving Couples. " Queen of Hearts ruled country while King of Hearts stayed in bed all day. Queen sent Jack of Hearts to find King in middle of deck. He returns to top without King. Queen goes to find King and both appear together in middle of deck.

Lars Klores performed "Anniversary Waltz." Spectator selects card and signs face. Card is lost in deck. Second spectator selects and signs face of card and card is lost in the deck. First card is located and turned over to reveal the face of the second signed card. The cards are fused together as one card.

The Prez., James Munton showed us "One for the Ladies." Spectator chooses card. Returned and lost in the deck. Card is found my James and it has a picture of a heart on the back.
Max Eyler presented his version of "Madison Ave." A chosen card turns out to have a different colored back to the rest of the deck. But there is more this card turns out to have a message on its face and was done with a Kiss.

Hugh Turley with "Coca Cola" Deck of cards with Coca Cola picture on back had a spectator selects card. It is found to be the only card in the deck with a Pepsi Cola on the back.

Ray Eyler - "Kismet" Business Card with a prediction put on table. Spectator selects card, its returned and lost in the deck. The card is named and it is the only face down card in the deck–this could have been a coincidence, however, the prediction on the business card matches–it must have been Kismet.

Steven Hirsch back from a long absence presented "King & Queen." King of Hearts and Queen of Hearts face to face in middle of deck. They have a fight and king ends up at top of deck and Queen ends up on bottom of deck. They made up and reappeared together in the middle of the deck.

Nicholas Miller showed us his presentation of "Good vs. Evil" Nicholas showed us a pocket knife that could distinguish between good and evil. If the knife was exposed to the dark side, it turned black. If it was exposed to good things, it change to white. He demonstrated the knife changing colors while describing good and evil.

Dwight Redman using jumbo cards, showed us his version of the Gemini Twins. A love story about a set of twins married to a second set of twins. He also used the jumbo cards to show us the "Devil's Elevator".
We then adjourned to the reliable source for fellowship and magic.
FUTURE THEMES (Subject to change)

April – National Press Club Annual Close-up Show
May:-- Twist and Shout
June:-- Please Mr. Postman