Egg Bag, Sept. 2007

THE EGG-BAG-SEPTEMBER 2007 ISSUE

Monthly Newsletter of the Larry West Assembly No. 23

Society of American Magicians

The Larry West Assembly meets the 3rd Wednesday every month at the National Press Club, at 14th and F Streets, N.W. in Washington, D.C.

Join us for magic, fun & fellowship. Cocktails start at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 and the Meeting at 8 p.m. Dress code: please remember that the Assembly is a guest of the National Press Club. Gentlemen should dress business casual or better–no Tee-shirts, shorts, jeans or flip-flops to the dinner meetings. Ladies should dress correspondingly appropriately.

OUR NEXT MEETING – SEPTEMBER 19, 2007

Theme for this meeting:

The suggested theme for this meeting is “Halloween magic,” so that members can brush up on their bizarre, ghoulish and scary tricks in preparation for the upcoming Halloween month. As always, the theme is not mandatory and members are also more than welcome to present any trick of their choosing (not Halloween themed), whether it be a work in progress, that they are seeking constructive feed-back on, or simply a favorite trick.

HEADS UP FOR UPCOMING GEORGE SCHINDLER LECTURE:

We are very excited to let you know that the Assembly has secured the services of George Schindler to lecture at next month’s (October) meeting. You won’t want to miss this! Those who have had the good luck to see George perform before know him as a very funny and entertaining performer who presents highly commercial magic. In addition, George is a dean of and past president of the Society of American Magicians. He has authored nine books on magic, is a leading authority on the art of ventriloquism, a celebrated comedy magician, lecturer and a Gold Star member of London’s prestigious Inner Magic Circle. George also is an inductee of the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame and has been honored with the Milbourne Christopher Life Time achievement Award for Magic.

The lecture is free to members who are paid-up. If you are in arrears, you can still attend the lecture free by paying your dues ($10) at or prior to the October meeting. Magicians who are not members are welcome but will be charged $10 at the door. Please help get the word out to non-member magicians that they are invited to join us for this lecture.

FUTURE THEMES:

October-George Schindler lecture

November-Holiday magic

December-“Show us what you want to show us”

January-Love Story (Valentine day magic)

February-“Show us what you want to show us”

March-“Show us what you want to show us”

April-“Show us what you want to show us”

May-“Show us what you want to show us”

MINI-LECTURE:

This month’s topic: “Survival Tips for Performing Close-up Surrounded with Cards”

Presenter: Noland Montgomery

Noland will share some sleights, subtleties and strategies he has learned from his experience as a strolling magician at receptions and cocktail hours for performing card magic close-up and surrounded.

If there is a topic you would like to see covered, or a topic you would like to volunteer to teach, please e-mail your suggestion to Larry Lipman at: lorenzomagic@cox.net. Remember, the idea behind our mini-lectures is that one member will spend 5 to 10 minutes at each meeting demonstrating a move, a technique or a trick and teach the rest of us.

DUES ARE NOW PAST DUE:

Dues are now past due – Our dues are only $10 per year, a real bargain. If you have not yet paid dues for this new fiscal year (April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008), you may pay the Treasurer, Noland Montgomery, at the meeting or mail you check, payable to Larry West Assembly 23, to Noland Montgomery, 3621 Dunnington Rd., Beltsville MD 20705.

OFFICERS:

President - Larry Lippman

Vice President - Matt Hiller

Treasurer - Noland Montgomery

Secretary - Ray Eyler

Egg-Bag Reporter–Sam Brothers

Egg Bag, August 2007

THE EGG-BAG-AUGUST 2007 ISSUE

Monthly Newsletter of the Larry West Assembly No. 23

Society of American Magicians

The Larry West Assembly Meets the 3rd Wednesday every month at the National Press Club, at 14th and F Streets, N.W. in Washington, D.C.

Join us for magic, fun & fellowship. Cocktails start at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 and the Meeting at 8 p.m. Dress code: please remember that the Assembly is a guest of the National Press Club. Gentlemen should dress business casual or better–no Tee-shirts, shorts, jeans or flip-flops to the dinner meetings. Ladies should dress correspondingly appropriately.

OUR NEXT MEETING – AUGUST 15, 2007

Theme for this meeting:

In keeping with the new approach discussed in the President’s Message in last month’s Egg Bag, there will be no official theme for this meeting. Instead, the meeting will be an opportunity for each member to show us a work in progress, or showcase a favorite routine, as he or she chooses. Our President has dubbed this “Show us what you want to show us.” Also in keeping with the new approach, performers looking for constructive feed back on their routines will be given the opportunity to ask for and receive it from other members.

Future themes:

September-“Show us what you want to show us”

October-Halloween magic

November-Holiday magic

December-“Show us what you want to show us”

January-Love Story (Valentine day magic)

February-“Show us what you want to show us”

March-“Show us what you want to show us”

April-“Show us what you want to show us”

May-“Show us what you want to show us”

MINI-LECTURES:

Each month, starting in the near future, we plan to hold a mini-lecture, given by a member and running no more than 5 to 10 minutes. The idea is to have one member a month demonstrate a move, a technique or a trick and teach the rest of us. If there is a topic you would like to see covered, or a topic you would like to volunteer to teach, please e-mail your suggestion to Larry Lipman at: lorenzomagic@cox.net.

DUES ARE NOW PAST DUE:

Dues are now past due – Our dues are only $10 per year, a real bargain. If you have not yet paid dues for this new fiscal year (April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008), you may pay the Treasurer, Noland Montgomery, at the meeting or mail you check, payable to Larry West Assembly 23, to Noland Montgomery, 3621 Dunnington Rd., Beltsville MD 20705.

NEW OFFICERS:

President - Larry Lippman

Vice President - Matt Hiller

Treasurer - Noland Montgomery

Secretary - Ray Eyler

Egg-Bag Reporter–Sam Brothers

EDITOR’S NOTE:

Remember to check out our web page at www.assembly23.blogspot.com.

Mini-Lecturer Wanted

Folks:

I'm looking for a volunteer to pinch-hit next Wednesday as our first
mini-lecturer of the new assembly year. Ray Eyler had volunteered but
is under the weather and I do not expect him to be at our meeting.

Remember, we're not looking for a lenghty teach-in. We're looking
for someone to teach a (public domain) trick, a move or a technique that
you think our members will be able to learn and benefit from having learned.

If you are willing to volunteer for next Wednesday night, Aug. 16,
please send me an e-mail.

Many thanks,

Larry Lipman
Prez. SAM Assembly 23

Some of our members performed June 30 at the Second Annual National Press Club Picnic at Bon Air Park in Arlington. Here are some photos. (Top to bottom: Dwight Redman, Larry Lipman (a.k.a., Lorenzo the Great), and Sam Brothers)

Egg Bag, July 2007

THE EGG-BAG
Monthly Newsletter of the Larry West Assembly No. 23
Society of American Magicians

The Larry West Assembly Meets the 3rd Wednesday every month at the
National Press Club, at 14th and F Streets, N.W. in Washington, D.C.

Join us for magic, fun & fellowship. Cocktails start at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 and the Meeting at 8 p.m.

OUR NEXT MEETING – JULY 18, 2007
Theme for this meeting
PICNIC

Tricks you could do to entertain at a company/group picnic. Ideally, these would be tricks you could immediately repeat with little or no reset.

DUES ARE NOW PAST DUE

Dues are now past due – Our dues are only $10 per year, a real bargain. If you have not yet paid dues for this new fiscal year (April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008), you may pay the Treasurer, Noland Montgomery, at the meeting or mail you check payable to Larry West Assembly 23 to Noland Montgomery, 3621

Dunnington Rd., Beltsville MD 20705.

OFFICER FOR 2007-2008

President - Larry Lipman
Vice President - Matt Hiller
Treasurer - Noland Montgomery
Secretary - Ray Eyler

Egg-Bag Reporter–Sam Brothers

JUNE HAPPENING

Due to the national convention schedule and summer weather, the meeting was attended by about 10 brave people. It seemed that the mail was delivered as most performed to the theme, Please Mr. Postman, with several card tricks, one rubberband trick, and a stamp trick. Note: It was Rick's last evening as he was moving out of the area.

This was our out-going President's, James Munton's, last meeting as he is relocating to Dallas, Texas. We will miss him and his magical contributions. Good Luck and good magishing James..

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Friends:
If you're like me, there are primarily three reasons for being a member of S.A.M. Assembly 23:
* the opportunity to improve your magic
* the opportunity to learn new magic
* the opportunity to share in the fellowship of other magicians.

The Assembly officers had those objectives in mind as we tried to plan activities for the coming year. Here's what we have come up with.

There will be less emphasis this year on themes for the monthly meetings. I thought the idea of basing the themes last year on old Beatles songs was brilliant. If you tried to adhere to the theme, it forced you to be creative.

But, at the same time, some members may have felt constrained by the themes or inhibited about trying to perform a so-so trick just because it met the theme. So, this year we are going to try something different.

Our overall theme for this year will be: "show us what you want to show us" either because you want to get more practice performing the trick before a live audience or because it's a work in progress and you'd like to get some input from your peers. We'll give both types of performers ample opportunity to meet those needs.

We'll have a few themes based on the calendar. For example, our October theme will be Halloween magic. That will give you a chance to dust off some tricks you may only do once a year (I know I've got a couple that fall into that category) in time to get some performing practice in before you may have to do it in an actual show. Our November theme will be Holiday magic for the same reason. Bring out those Christmas, Hanukah and Kwanza tricks you may only perform once a year. And our January theme will be Love Story – in time to get ready for Valentine's Day.

And our theme for this Wednesday night's meeting will be "Picnic Magic." What I mean by that is basically strolling magic that you could do – and redo without the need to slip away to reset your tricks – at a picnic or similar function. I'm going to expand on that a bit because I know that at least two of our members will be performing strolling magic two nights later at bookstores offering late night Harry Potter book events. So the theme is basically non-reset strolling magic

Regardless of what the theme is for the month, you DO NOT have to follow the theme. "They be more like guidelines," as the famous line from Pirates of the Caribbean goes. The overriding theme is "show us what you want."

In addition, we are hoping to have at least two lectures. The officers had some good ideas of folks to invite, but if you have ideas please send them to me at lorenzomagic@cox.net.

In addition to the two professional lectures, we'd like to try monthly "mini-lectures" by our members. The idea there is to have one member a month demonstrate a move, a technique or a trick and teach the rest of us. Ideally, you will have hand-outs, but they are not required. Obviously you won't be demonstrating proprietary, commercially sold tricks, but there is plenty of magic in the public domain that can be shown and taught. If you'd like to be a demonstrator one month, let me know. If not I may have to "volunteer" some members.

Finally, the best way to improve your magic performance is to perform. So we'll be giving you opportunities to do just that. Of course you will be expected to perform at all meetings that do not involve a lecturer. In addition, we'll have performing events at the National Press Club. Three of us, Sam Brothers, Dwight Redman and I, performed recently at the NPC annual picnic. We hope that becomes an annual performance opportunity for our members. In December, the Press Club will have its annual children's holiday party and we'll be looking for performers. In late January, the NPC will inaugurate a new president and we'll be looking for a couple of classy strolling magicians. In April, we'll have two opportunities to perform: we'll be looking for a couple more classy strollers for the Press Club's centennial celebration; and we'll have our annual Press Club close up magic show. I'd love to see some new performers at some of these venues.

Speaking of the Press Club, please remember that the Assembly is a guest of the National Press Club and act accordingly. That means dressing appropriately – no T-shirts, shorts or flip-flops to the dinner meetings – and be sure to pay your dinner and bar tabs.

This is your Assembly. You can keep it strong in three ways: coming to meetings and participating; urging new members to join; paying your dues on time. If you have suggestions for improving the Assembly, please don't hesitate to contact me or any of the officers.

See you Wednesday.

Larry Lipman
President, Assembly 23, the Larry West Assembly

Egg Bag, June 2007

THE EGG-BAG
Monthly Newsletter of the Larry West Assembly No. 23
Society of American Magicians

The Larry West Assembly Meets the 3rd Wednesday every month at the
National Press Club, at 14th and F Streets, N.W. in Washington, D.C.

Join us for magic, fun & fellowship. Cocktails start at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 and the Meeting at 8 p.m.

OUR NEXT MEETING – JUNE 20, 2007
Theme for this meeting
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN

REGULAR BUSINESS

Larry Lipman gave a review of the NPC close up show. Standing room only in both rooms! Phil Milstead gave info on upcoming MEAS Convention in August 23 – 25, 2007.

DUES ARE NOW DUE

Dues are now due – Our dues are only $10 per year, a real bargain. If you have not yet paid dues for this new fiscal year (April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008), you may pay the Treasurer, Noland Montgomery, at the meeting or mail you check payable to Larry West Assembly 23 to Noland Montgomery, 3621 Dunnington Rd., Beltsville MD 20705.

MAGICIANS NEEDED

The National Press Club is holding its second annual (in recent years) family picnic on Saturday, June 30, at Bon Air Park, Arlington.

As part of the longstanding agreement between the Club and the Assembly, the Club provides us with meeting space and we provide them with magical entertainment at some of their functions. Thus, we perform an annual show in April, and provide magicians for the Club's annual holiday party in December and NPC inaugural in January.

Larry asked them if they would be interested in having some magicians for the picnic, either walk-around or a show. They indicated they'd be interested in a show and some walk-around.

Larry plans to offer a show; if anyone else wants to join him, they would be welcome. He is also looking for some magicians to join him in doing walk-around magic -- probably between 1 and 4 p.m.

The picnic is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., but I wouldn't expect anyone to do walk-around for more than a half-hour to an hour, depending on your willingness, ability and availability.

So, if you'd like to volunteer to perform magic at the Club picnic, please let Larry know a.s.a.p. lorenzomagic@cox.net. This is a great opportunity for anyone who would like to get some performing experience under his/her belt but is not sure they can carry off an entire picnic as the sole entertainer.

Event Date: June 30, 2007
Event Name: NPC 2nd Annual Picnic
Event Type: NPC Social Event
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Details: Bon Air Park in Arlington, Va., just 8 miles or a 15 minute drive from the Press club and is located at 850 N. Lexington St. in Arlington, just off Wilson Boulevard. There will be both children and adults to perform for.

NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICER FOR 2007-2008

The nominating committee presents the following slate for consideration:

President - Larry Lippman
Vice President - Matt Hiller
Treasurer - Noland Montgomery
Secretary - Ray Eyler

Other nominations will be taken from the floor, however they must have a second to be considered. After the nominations are closed a vote will be taken at this meeting.

The Assembly is looking for someone to take notes of the meeting for inclusion in the Egg-Bag. A volunteer is needed.

WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS

Welcome to our newest member, John Hornick. Happy to have you aboard.

MONKEY BUSINESS (Social portion–performances by members):

Larry Lipman - Rabbit to Clown packet trick. He also did a Twisting Sister and a Twist the aces card trick.

Noland Montgomery – Triumph card trick. Selected card lost in deck, cards turned face up and face down mixed together. All cards end up in one direction except chosen card.

Matt Hiller – Magic 13 card trick. Card is selected and lost in DeckStack of cards, one is turned over. Counting begins with that number up to 13.This is repeated until all cards are turned over and the last count to 13 is selected card.

James Munton – Scorpion. 5 foam cups are placed on the table. A metal ball with sharp spikes is placed a cup by spectator while James is not looking. He finds the ball by slamming his hand onto each cup leaving the ball under the last cup.

Joe Tessmer – Scotch and Soda.

Sam Brothers – Twisting the aces. Did routine where he lit a match, blew it out and then he blew a puff of smoke out of his mouth.

Nicholas Miller – Poker hand card trick. Stack of 10 facedown cards. Cards chosen by spectator and Nicholas alternately. Nicholas had best hand every time.

Phil Milstead – Torn and restored stamp. Was 39 cent stamp, tore apart and put back together as 41 cent stamp.

Jim Flanigan – Did four ace production using 10-20 force.

Dwight Redman – Had spectator take their ring and put it on a bolt, screw a nut on the bolt and put a lock thru the screw to prevent removal of nut. This was covered with a silk and Dwight removed the ring from the bolt without using a key.

John Hornick – Dove pan. John brought an antique dove pan he purchased for his magic collection. He put in some instant dove powder, some evaporation activator and proceeded to produce Dove bones!

Erik Feinberg – Color changing CD's. CD's go into box one color and come out another.
He also did another Tenyo trick called the String color box.

REMEMBER TO CHECK THE WEB PAGE AT www.assembly23.blogspot.com FOR OTHER NEWS,

Woody Landers Obituary

This is a draft of obituary to be published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch today of Woody Landers. He was a well-known magician to many in the D.C. VA. MD area. "Roger "Woody" Landers passed away tragically Monday, May 14, 2007. He is survived by two brothers, Thomas M. Landers, Richard N. Landers and wife Anne Marie Landers; one sister, Mary L. Taylor and husband Robert P. Taylor; three children, Mindy L. Sawyer and husband Seldon, Wade C. Landers and wife Edwina, Tami S. Landers and husband Kevin White; three grandchildren, Sydni, Averi, Megan, and one great-grandchild, Kylie and a host of nieces and a nephew. He is pre-deceased by his mother and father, Maurice and Ursula Landers and his twin brother George Cauley Landers. 1. Woody was a master magician and for many years was a member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians. He had an enthusiastic fascination with magic for which he served for over 50 years. He was a charter member of the Society of American Magicians Williamsburg Assembly. His specialty was eye-popping sleight of hand, and Woody lectured at many magicians' societies, clubs and conventions. Amateurs and technically-skilled alike sought him out for advice and intructions. If you sincerely loved the art of magic, you became Woody's friend. The magical fingers are now still, but the man and his wonderful talents will never be forgotten. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, May 18, 2007 at Mount Calvary Cemetery, 1400 S. Randolph St., Richmond, VA, 23220. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to one's favorite charity. See what's free at AOL.com.

Barry's Magic Shop Move

Barry's Magic Shop Newsletter

About our big move:

We are moving to 5544 Nicholson Lane, Rockville, MD 20852 and our last day at the Wheaton location will be Saturday, June 2. Our new store is above the Spa East (no elevator) and near an Exxon gas station, Jerry's Sub, Theatre Vision and across the street from the old Eatzis'. We are practically at the intersection of Rockville Pike and Nicholson Lane. We have to do construction and hope to reopen sometime in the middle of July.

After we move our merchandise, we will have a fire sale in the old shop on a Saturday or a Sunday in June and try to sell off everything we do not bring to the new store at practically give-away prices. We will notify everyone when we are ready. This is a huge and back-breaking move (whew!). We've never moved before so we cannot tell you the exact date for anything yet. Plus, there are always delays during construction.

Our new store is 4,000 square feet and just beautiful. We are having a small theater seating 40 people. In September we are planning on hosting Magic Idol, similar to American Idol. The grand prize will be a $250.00 gift certificate from Barry's Magic Shop, a trophy and your photo will be displayed at the magic shop. The winner is selected by audience votes.

Think about being a contestant. You can perform close up or stage magic. We're probably going to have two series; one for children and one for adults and it will probably be held on Saturday evenings. The audience ticket price will be $10 and you will be able to buy seat tickets on line.

In addition to Magic Idol, we will hold monthly lectures and magic classes. We'll notify you with more details when we have them all figured out. We are totally excited about our new location when we open and we hope you visit us.

Stop by our present location (Georgia Avenue, Wheaton, MD) to see the magic shop of 33 years for the last and final time.

We do want to thank everyone who wrote letters in our behalf. If it wasn't for all of your support, we would not be here today.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Susie, Frankie the Wonder Dog and Barry

Egg-Bag May 2007

THE EGG-BAG
Monthly Newsletter of the Larry West Assembly No. 23
Society of American Magicians

The Larry West Assembly Meets the 3rd Wednesday every month at the
National Press Club, at 14th and F Streets, N.W. in Washington, D.C.

Join us for magic, fun & fellowship. Cocktails start at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 and the Meeting at 8 p.m.

OUR NEXT MEETING – MAY 16, 2007
Theme for this meeting – TWIST & SHOUT

NEXT MONTH'S THEME – Please Mr. Postman.

The last two meetings have come and gone, first an excellent lecture followed by a very successful close-up show.

Many thanks to our performers, emcee's and those who attended.

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.

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

OUR NEXT MEETING – FEBRUARY 21, 2007

This month's theme – All You Need is Love

Next month – Mike Kaminskas Lecture.

BUSINESS & GOOD OF THE ORDER

The business portion of the meeting was kept as short as possible. It was reported that Jim Flanigan was in ill health. 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.

Our guests and future members were introduced: K. Nicholas Miller and John Hornick. Welcome guys.

Lars Klores was officially welcomed as member of the Assembly and SAM National

It was announced that we will have a lecturer Mike Kaminskas for our March Meeting (March 21st) and we will have our annual NPC Close-up Show on April 18th. Get the word out.

The Business meeting was adjourned

MONKEY BUSINESS

Moving on to our social portion of the meeting, the following compeers entertained us with their contributions to the evenings theme -- Here, There and Everywhere. (The following is an abbreviated report of the performances.)

Our President, James Munton, performed his rendition of the 3-shell game using Karl Norman's set of brass cups. Nicely done James.

Our President of Vice, Hugh Turley, directed us using the "crazy arrow" and then related a story about his acquaintance "Farky Hollis" and a correct prediction.

Larry Lipman, caused 4 Kings and 4 Queens to change with 4 Jacks and back again as he performed "Royal Robbers."

Ray Eyler, Performed both phases of Larry West's "4 of a Kind". Trying to find a selected card seemingly missed on 4 tries, however, in the end the selected card was found among the 3 cards of the same value.

Noland Montgomery, apparently tore his newspaper before our eyes only to show that it was really whole in his presentation of "No Tear."

Lee Eyler, regaled us with a presentation of the "Amazing Jumping Arrow."

Nicholas Miller, presented "No Where. . .Then Right There" a Dunbury Delusion.

Max Eyler, caused circles to become squares in his performance of KeeWest's "Squared Circles."

Matt Hiller, Performed "Colorfusion" a torn & restored card effect where the partially restored card's matching torn corner was of a different color.

Lars Klores, presented "Everywhere & Nowhere on a Tricycle."

Dwight Redman, caused the penetration of three quarters.

The meeting was adjourned to the Reliable Source for further individual chatter and magic.

EGG-BAG January

OUR NEXT MEETING -- JANUARY 17, 2007

The Theme: Here, There and Everywhere
Next month--All You Need is Love

MONKEY BUSINESS

The Social Portion of the Meeting brought forward the performance by Joe Tessmer of the " Missing Think"- The spectator thought of a card. Joe gave her 10 plastic sheets with cards printed on them. The spectator selected the sheet that had her cards printed on it. Joe picked the thought of card.

Noland Montgomery preformed "Professor's Nightmare"- Relating it to the job as a spaghetti cutter and the problems he had trying to cut the spaghetti into even pieces.

Larry Lipman was next with "Down Under" The cards were shown to be in a "Helter Skelter" condition. Spectator selected a number and Larry began to count the cards in a down under fashion. He put one card down and the next card went on the bottom of the packet. He continued in this fashion and all of the cards were put into numerical order.

Steve Javes showed us "Surprise Card" where the spectator mentally selects a card from packet; Steve correctly named after he read spectators mind.

Erik Feinberg regaled us with the "Mystery China Box"- The box had two clear cylinders. Marbles of different colors were dropped into cylinders at spectators choice. All marbles ended up in same cylinder. He followed this with "Credit Slasher"- A Credit card put into holder. Tiny sword was pushed through credit card. Card was removed undamaged.

Matt Hiller was nest with "Indy 5 to 1" Matt explained how he went to McDonald's and was given the incorrect change. He was given five 1's and he changed them to five 5's. He offered to teach a spectator to change his bills. Spectator was given a one and folded it into eighths. Matt folded a 5. He placed both into his fist. He appeared to give the spectator the 5, but he actually had the 1 dollar bill.

Lars Klores performed "Nailed"- The spectator selected and signed card. Lars selected a card, and gave the spectator his choice of which card to hold. He then took the remaining card (his) and put it into an envelope that was sealed with tape and stapled to a board. The envelope was cut open and the card inside was the spectator's card that switched places with Lars' card.

Jim Flanigan showed us his version of the "Gemini Twins" – Jim's twins involved Santa and Mrs. Claus. They went to Paris where they ran into his twin brother and her twin sister. This Xmas version had a surprise ending when a magician appeared.

Dwight Redman, the ever vigilant note taker couldn't remember what he did, that is other than taking notes for the meeting and not recording my effect.

FUTURE THEMES (Subject to change)

February:-- All You Need is Love
March:-- Across the Universe
April:-- Taxman
May:-- Twist and Shout
June:-- Please Mr. Postman

Last-minute addition:

COMPEERS,
It has been brought to our attention that although the office of the Vice President is considered the invisible office, our V-P, Hugh Turley, was present at our last meeting and yes he performed. We are told that Hugh Turley did a rather clever bit with a deck of marked backs with catchy words on them. Sorry that we can not go into more detail, but our spies did not get the full story. Sorry for the omission

EGG-BAG December

OUR NEXT MEETING –DECEMBER 20, 2006

December's theme is Helter Skelter--The lyrics may give you some idea or just go helter skelter about picking you effect to perform.

The theme for next month is Here, There and Everywhere

To help you get started this month--Below are the lyrics to the Beetles Song–Make of it what you will: (Remember if you can't follow the theme, you are expected to perform an effect of your choice anyway.)

HELTER SKELTER

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you again
Yeah yeah yeah

Do you, don't you want me to love you
I'm coming down fast but I'm miles above you
Tell me, tell me, tell me, come on tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer

Helter skelter, helter skelter, helter skelter yeah

Will you, won't want me to make you
I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you
Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer

Look out helter skelter, helter skelter, helter skelter
Look out 'cause here she comes

When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide
And I stop and I turn and I go for a ride
And I get to the bottom and I see you again
Yeah yeah yeah

Well do you, don't want me to make you
I'm coming down fast but don't let me break you
Tell me, tell me, tell me your answer
You may be a lover but you ain't no dancer

Look out helter skelter, helter skelter, helter skelter
Look out helter skelter, she's coming down fastYes she is, yes she is coming down fast

Although the meeting was postponed for a week and it was the evening before Thanksgiving we had a nice turnout.

THANKS TO THE GANG THAT WORK THE N.P.C. HOLIDAY PARTY

The Assembly's thanks go out to the following members that performed at the N.P.C. party:
Allen Barwick, Dwight Redman, in from Florida, Jack Chancellor, in from Ohio,Scott Miller, Lee Eyler, Ray Eyler and Rick Beatty. Thanks fellows for your efforts.

MONKEY BUSINESS–The social portion of the Meeting

November Meeting theme was "Fixing a Hole." First to perform was Noland Montgomery performed a clever one cup and ball routine with a final load that surprised everyone.

Following Noland was Lars Klores. Lars drew a map on a business card and punched a hole showing the location of a pot hole in the road right outside Lee's house. Using magic fingers he visibly slid the hole to another place on the card. It was such a good trick we unanimously voted him into the club.

Larry Lipman was next as he showed his sleight-of-hand proficiency with a very nice presentation of the Ninja Rings.

Erik Feinberg (and assistant) presented a miniature rendition of the Houdini Water Cell Escape. He also showed us a magic box that gave the illusion that a quarter turned into two. With a wave of the hand there really were two quarters!

Rick (The Legendary) Beatty took the theme seriously and proceeded to puncture holes in various parts of his body, including his tongue. Fortunately he was able to use his wizardry to fix the holes.

Hugh Turley had thoughts of black holes in space as he told the story using cards of the famous Star Trek series. Klingons appeared and disappeared as Kirk, Scotty and Co. were able to turn this from Star Trek into a Star Trick!

James Munton showed how to stop crooked gamblers from burning a hole in your pocket with a series of gambling demonstrations.

Alan Drew III, in town from Maine, performed some money switcheroo to everyone's delight.

Ray Eyler performed Lou Gallo's "Origami Bill". Ray penetrated both a card and dollar bill with a cocktail sword through a single hole, however, with the assistance of magic was able to slide the bill back and forth within the card. When he removed the sword and separated the bill and card there was only a single small whole in both.

Max Eyler, attending his first meeting (the third generation of Eylers to become members of the Assembly), performed an excellent packet trick with backs appearing and disappearing and followed up with a well-themed black hole trick. He too was voted into the Assembly.

Joe Tessmer called on the Christmas Spirits to cause a feather to magically twist and turn on a playing card - no strings, threads, or magnets!

Lee Eyler performed entertained us with his handling of Ring off String.

The meeting was adjourned to the Truman Lounge for further socializing.

FUTURE THEMES (Subject to change)

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