First Annual Sammy Awards

Our March meeting will be The First Annual "Sammy Award" Night honoring Barry Taylor. The evening will begin at 6:30 with cocktails, dinner at 7 p.m. is optional for $25 and the program will begin at 8 p.m.

Egg Bag January 2008

THE EGG-BAG-JANUARY 2008 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 and fellowship. Cocktails start at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m. 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 – JANUARY 16, 2008

Theme for this meeting:

The suggested theme is “Love Story,” so dust off your favorite Valentine-day trick and give it a trial-run at the meeting. Or, just “show us what you want to show us,” which is to say, perform a work in progress (no Valentine-day theme) or showcase a favorite routine.

MINI-LECTURE:

This month’s topic: “Fantasy in Silk.” Presenter, Phil Milstead, will teach some silk productions as well as the nuts-and-bolts of silk folding and preparation that is essential to the production of anything from a 12 inch silk to a 6-foot square foulard. Phil suggests that members bring 4 or 5 silks, mostly 12” and 18” for a hands-on practice session.

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.

FUTURE THEMES:

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

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

April-“Annual Close-up Show”

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

OFFICERS:

President - Larry Lipman

Vice President - Matt Hiller

Treasurer - Noland Montgomery

Secretary - Ray Eyler

Egg-Bag Reporter - Sam Brothers

Webmaster – Lars Klores

EDITOR’S NOTE:

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

Egg Bag, November

THE EGG-BAG-NOVEMBER 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 – NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Theme for this meeting:

The suggested theme for this meeting is “Holiday Magic” so that members can brush up on their Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and any other holiday-related tricks they may wish to present during the upcoming holiday season. As always, the theme is not mandatory and members are also more than welcome to present any trick of their choosing (not holiday themed), whether it be a work in progress, that they are seeking constructive feed-back on, or simply a favorite trick.

MINI-LECTURE:

This month’s topic: “Color changes, transformations and switches with a deck of playing cards”

Presenter: The Legendary Rick Beatty

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.

LAST MONTH:

George Schindler was our featured lecturer at the October meeting and drew a packed house with his “Entertainment is First” lecture. George performed and explained his stand-up comedy routine, done entirely from his pocket and drawing heavily on playing cards. George’s professional routine is extremely practical, plays big and very, very funny. For those who missed the lecture, a portion of his presentation is available on DVD from your favorite dealer. George’s lecture was a real education in how to structure and present a highly entertaining, commercial magic routine.

FUTURE THEMES:

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-“Annual Close-up Show”

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

OFFICERS:

President - Larry Lipman

Vice President - Matt Hiller

Treasurer - Noland Montgomery

Secretary - Ray Eyler

Egg-Bag Reporter - Sam Brothers

Webmaster – Lars Klores

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE FROM LARRY LIPMAN:

The National Press Club and S.A.M. Assembly 23, the Larry West Assembly, have a long history together. And we have an unwritten tradition: the Club provides us with hundreds of dollars worth of free meeting space each year and allows us to dine and drink in what is normally an NPC members only area.

In exchange, the Assembly provides free magical entertainment at Press Club functions. One of the most rewarding of these functions, from a performer’s standpoint, is the annual Children’s Holiday Party. This event is usually attended by hundreds of Club members and their families. There is food, drink, games, and Santa Claus. Over the years, a handful of our members have performed children’s strolling magic at the party. This year the party will be held Saturday, Dec. 15 beginning at 11 a.m.

I’m looking for a few magicians who would be willing to perform that afternoon. For those of you who want a little more performing “flight time,” this is the perfect venue: you will not be performing alone so you don’t have to worry about being the sole magical entertainer; and you’re not doing it for payment, so you don’t have to worry that you’re not giving the clients their “money’s worth.” At the same time, you will gain invaluable experience and have a great and rewarding time bringing smiles to the faces of young and old alike.

Normally, the performance is about two hours. But you are not expected to perform for the entire solid two hours. If you would like to do it, please contact me at: lorenzomagic@cox.net.

There will be several other opportunities to perform at the Club. At the end of January, there will be the NPC presidential inauguration. We usually provide two or three very good close-up strolling magicians for this adult, black-tie event. If you think you can handle it and would like to be considered for performance, send me a note to the above address.

This year there will be two opportunities for Assembly magi to perform in April. The Club will be celebrating its 100^th Anniversary with a gala event on Saturday, April, 5. We’ll again be looking for top-notch strolling magicians to entertain adults. Let me know if you would like to be considered for performance.

And our annual Close Up show, for a family-style audience of children and adults, will be the third Thursday of April, in place of our regular meeting. Again, this is a wonderful opportunity to get performing experience, or just help us keep our share of the bargain with the Press Club. This is more of a parlor magic style show in front of about 25 to 40 people in a couple of rooms. We’ll let you know more about it as we get closer to the date. But if you want to be considered for performance, particularly if you have not done so in the past, please let us know.

I am also discussing the possibility of some of our members providing brief magical stand-up entertainment at the Press Club’s monthly “Pub Quiz” nights. I’ll let you know more about that if we can work it out.

Assembly 23 is different from some other magic clubs. We emphasize the performance of magic. That’s why everyone performs at every regular meeting. These events with the Press Club allow us to stretch our performance wings even farther.

Pictures from the October Meeting

Former SAM national president George Schindler is
greeted by SAM 23 President Larry Lipman

Former SAM national president George Schindler gave SAM 23
Vice President Matt Hiller his new-member pin and certificate

Egg Bag - October 2007

THE EGG-BAG-OCTOBER 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 – OCTOBER 17, 2007

LECTURE:

George Schindler will be our featured lecturer at the 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:

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”

OFFICERS:

President - Larry Lippman

Vice President - Matt Hiller

Treasurer - Noland Montgomery

Secretary - Ray Eyler

Egg-Bag Reporter–Sam Brothers

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,