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Vol. 9 Issue 10

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Vol. 9 Issue 10 October 2012

We meet the first Thursday of the month at Beth Sholom, 1050 S. Tuttle Ave. Sarasota FL. 34237 Workshop at 6:00 pm. Officers meeting 6:30 pm. General meeting and presentation 7:00 pm.

Chris Randall was born and raised in Las Vegas,

Nevada, the entertainment capital of the world. His

impressive upbringing lead him to be one of the top

sleight of hand artists in the world today. He spent

his childhood on the back stages of the Las Vegas

Strip, developing a love of this craft from the

masters of Las Vegas entertainment. While most kids were playing sports and

video games, Chris was learning about Frank Sinatra, Elvis, and the history of

the legends of Las Vegas entertainment. As a teen he attended the Las Vegas

Academy of Performing Arts, majoring in Theater, Dance, and Technical

Theatre. He studied during the day, but at night he became the house magician

of the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino, or was hired for private parties or

corporate events on the Strip. After graduation he began traveling the world

with his unique brand of magic, introducing Las Vegas History with cutting edge

magic technique.

Over the next 15 years Chris brought his magic to the world. He toured

Lebanon, Egypt, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Athens, Cypress, and across the United

States appearing in review shows, on cruise ships, and television. He is also the

creator of over 50 magic effects which have been published in Magic Magazine,

MUM, the Penumbra, and released on the DVDs; Sweet, Live at the Magic

Castle, Sugar High, and Magic at the Bar. Chris presents many lectures across

the globe and has been featured at the famed Magic Castle in Hollywood. He

has also acted as a consultant to top magicians and shows including The World’s

Greatest Magic show in Las Vegas, Las Vegas Illusion in Tokyo, Japan, The Art

and Illusion Magic Festival in Athens, Greece, and The Masters of Illusion

television series on the My Network.

Chris’s creative and original sleight of hand magic has gained him the reputation

as one of magic’s rising stars.

Vol. 9 Issue 10

From the

President

“Stevie “Dee” Parties, Conventions,

Graduations.

You name it,

He does it.

Steve can be reached at:

941-752-9123 or

FAX 941-727-7410

CIGAM

HOUSE OF MAGIC 1222 12th St. West

Bradenton FL 34205

JONTI Head Magician

Slight of hand, DVDs,

Lessons

Phone: 941-746-4163 Email:

[email protected]

October 4th Chris Randall November Announcement via e-mail December 6th TBA

Support

Our

Members

Greetings Everyone,

Wasn't that a fantastic lecture last month?

I would like to invite you (and tell any interested magic friends) to join us at

the next meeting on Thursday, October 4th. Our meetings are a great

opportunity to either reconnect with friends or to discover for yourself just

how magical (and fun) the Ring is.

We have so much up our sleeve. Another great lecture in October. An

opportunity for you to participate in performing at our booth at the

International Chalk Festival at the end of October and beginning of November.

Teach-Ins before the monthly meetings, member performances, and even a

few magic contests thrown in. We even have an annual Flea Market and are

planning for Gala Show.

More than anything else...... we're a very special group of magicians -- who

range from beginners to professionals -- but we're all tied together in

friendship, fun and love of the art.

If you haven't been to Ring 81 meeting in a while, I invite you to re-

discover Sarasota's club for magic. If you have any questions, please feel free

to write to me at [email protected] or call me at 941-924-2754.

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September saw a change in our meeting site. The place remained the same, but

we changed from meeting in the banquet room to meeting in the small chapel.

The new locale was great, making it easier to see during lectures and easier to

talk to one another . For some reason, more intimate.

The president, Gale Molovinsky, opened the meeting with a gag that suckered

many of us, or maybe just me. He claimed the microphone he was using was

donated by a member of the Ring and it didn't work. Then he threw it into a

paper bag and crushed it. Of course it was a fake, but who knew? Gale, in a

more serious mode, turned the program over to David Pitchford so that he

could perform a version of the Broken Wand Ceremony.

As many of you know, our past president, Alfred Loeffler, died recently. At

the memorial service for Al, David performed a short version of the ceremony

and repeated it at our meeting for those who could not attend the earlier

service. The wand is a symbol of mystery and since ancient times has a

personal relationship to the magician. When the magician dies, the wand is

broken never to be used again by another. The longer version is well worth

reading. The sentiments are deep but

understandable by everyone.

The largest part of the evening was

filled with the magic of Dan Garrett.

Aside from his manipulative skills and

engrossing patter, you can't take your

eyes off his perfectly groomed wax

mustache. He is a master at telling

stories that fit naturally with his magical

performance. He offered: "Forward into

the Past," "Flatworm Cards" and "Tilt for Star Trek." But most appreciated by

me was his clear explanation of how to predict the first words in a book if

given the page. I am pleased to say he made a number of sales that night as

well as increased his number of fans.

Submitted by Jerry Meketon, Sect.

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Trick of the Month. 242 Poker Deal Richard Volmer & Joshua Jay

Setup: Take deck toward yourself and pick out the following cards, the 4 Jacks, 3-7th, 3

Aces. You may substitute any other combination but they have to be 4of a kind, 3of a

kind and another 3 of a kind.

When the cards are in the hand, face up, they should be the 4 of a kind, followed by the

3 of a kind and the other 3 of a kind. Turn cards down and place on top of deck.

Performance: Explain to spectator that we will play a two handed game of poker for

which will need ten cards. Count of ten cards to the table. This reverses their order.

Pick up the ten cards. Following is the only move needed to make this trick work. It’s

Called 242 hence the title.

Using an overhand shuffle remember “242”. Deal off two cards and throw the

remainder of the cards on top. Deal off four cards and throw remainder of the cards on

top. Deal off two cards and throw remainder of the cards on top. That’s it.

Check point while learning. (Face down packet. A pair of the 3.A pair of the 4.A pair of the 3.A pair of the 4 and one of each of the 3s. Explain that no one plays with you because you always win but you are willing to

give it a try. Deal two cards to the table, face down, and instruct spectator to slide any

one of them, face down for himself. The cards in your hand are placed on top of the

remaining card. Pick up packet. Again deal out two cards and repeat the above procedure

but have him slide one of them to you. Do these same moves again with him taking the

first card and him giving you the second card.

Deal out three cards and instruct spectator to take any two for him and drop

remaining cards in hand on the one remaining. Deal out three more and instruct

spectator to select two cards for you. There is one card on the table and one in your

hand. Explain that to make things fair you will reveal these two cards. Turn them over

one at a time.

Explain that to make it even fairer the spectator can look at his cards and select

the one that would be best for his hand. You pick up the remaining card and add to your

hand.

Ask spectator to reveal his hand. It should be a fairly good one, but yours is

better. Here you emphasis that the participant

made all the choices of which cards go where. If you need further help with this effect,

ask me at the meeting and I’ll go over it

with you.

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David Pitchford

honoring our past

President with a

Broken Wand ceremony

Jeff Pick assists in opening knife????

Jerry Meketon & Jack Schultz help

Dan with a card selection Gary Roberts seems puzzled.

Dan Garrett provided our

evenings entertainment

Diane Pick becomes a competent magicians' assistant

Dan explained an Ambrigram

Three shots of a

weekly Tuesday

night event at

Square One.

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Want More Magic?

Tuesday’s get together are being held at Square One

Tamaiami Trail For more information contact:

Dave Pitchford [email protected]

Arnieism of the Month --arniebaby-who wants you to know that,

“My best birth control now is to leave the lights on.”

(Joan Rivers)

Your suggestions and submissions are not only ap-preciated they are sought. Share a trick, an event or

anything that’s relevant to Ring 81.

Joe Floersheimer 5814 Fairwoods Circle Sarasota FL 34243

Officers Ring 81

President, Gale Molovinsky Secretary, Jerry Meketon

[email protected] [email protected]

Vice President, Steve Gottschalk Treasurer, Ed Kaczmarek

Tocybervetaol.com [email protected]

Past President Al Loeffler Newsletter Joe Floersheimer

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You worry about spending certain change in your pocket ——You spend $20 for

a half dollar. —-You tenkai palm a pop tart. —-Everything you see makes you

think of how to vanish, palm or produce it. —-You never throw old decks away

because "I can make something out of it". —-You take out a deck of cards and

all your friends run out of the room, screaming —-You always walk around with

three different decks of cards in your pockets because each one is set up for

a different trick.—-You are the only one that can have fun with a Blank Deck —

-Every coin that you receive gets "accidentally" palmed. ——You have never

been to the loony bin, yet you own a straight jacket. ——Someone asks for a

piece of rope, and you pull one from your pocket. ——You pay more for blank

cards than those that are printed ——The Raven to you is not a bird ——After

viewing magic on TV, everyone in the room looks at you asks, "How'd they do

that?" And, all you do is smile and say, "It's really easy if you think about it,

but magicians can't tell." And you're really thinking "How the heck did they do

that?" ——

You Know You're a Magician When

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