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I.B.M. Ring 129 - Kansas City, Missouri - March, 2017 Vol. 30, Issue 3

Steve Steiner Wins 2017 Stage

Magician of the Year Contest Page 9

Ring Auction at April

Ring Meeting Page 6

Ring 129 to Have a Part at

Planet Comicon Kansas City! Page 6

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2017 Ring 129 Board Members2017 Ring 129 Board Members

Mark Your Calendars!Mark Your Calendars!Mark Your Calendars! Thursday, March 2nd “Contest Night”

March Ring Meeting, 7:00 pm,

Crowne Plaza Hotel, 95th & I-35, Overland Park, KS

Thursday, March 9th

March Board Meeting, 7:00 pm,

Denny’s Restaurant, I-35 & Shawnee Mission Pkwy

Thursday, April 6th “Auction Night”

April Ring Meeting, 7:00 pm,

Crowne Plaza Hotel, 95th & I-35, Overland Park, KS

Friday - Sunday, April 28th-30th

Planet Comicon Convention, Kansas City

2-YearTerm– David Heeter 913-268-5673 davidjheeter@yahoo.com

Treasurer - Kirk DeWeese 816-224-5000 kdeweese@micro.com

President-- Lance Rich 270-438-9272 Lancethemagician@hotmail.com

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Mark Your Calendars 2

Ring 129 Board Members 2

Upcoming Ring Meetings 3

Who’s in the Picture? 3

A Message From the President 4

News and Announcements 5-6

January Ring Report 7-8

2017 Stage Magician of the Year Contest Winners 9

Upcoming Lectures 10

Complete the Caption 11

Card Corner “Card Throwing” - Laird Wilcox 12

Magician of the Year Qualifying Lists 13

Magic Around Kansas City 14

Photo Spreads 15-19

3 Year Term - Keith Leff 913-631-0133 keith@magicreations.net

Serg. At Arms - Dennis Burks 913-492-9860 dburks8349@aol.com

Vice President. - Chuck Replogle 816-797-2213 chazam4magic@gmail.com

Past President-- Alan Goodheart 913-648-0331 magicaljewel@hotmail.com

Secretary - Steve Steiner 816-668-8037 steves7@microdsl.net

1-YearTerm– Bruce Knapp 913-271-2909 woodburner247@gmail.com

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Upcoming Ring MeetingsUpcoming Ring Meetings Look!

The next monthly meeting will be at 7:00 pm,

Thursday, March 2nd, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel,

95th & I-35, Overland Park, Kansas

March 2nd, 7:00 pm March 2nd, 7:00 pm March 2nd, 7:00 pm --- “Contest Night” “Contest Night” “Contest Night” The March 2 meeting is the first Quarterly Competition of the The March 2 meeting is the first Quarterly Competition of the The March 2 meeting is the first Quarterly Competition of the

year. Bring your „A game‟ and join the fun! The top 3 performers year. Bring your „A game‟ and join the fun! The top 3 performers year. Bring your „A game‟ and join the fun! The top 3 performers

of each category (closeof each category (closeof each category (close---up and stage) will advance to the finals. up and stage) will advance to the finals. up and stage) will advance to the finals.

Plus… Plus… Plus… --- Open Magic and a discussion led by President, Lance Open Magic and a discussion led by President, Lance Open Magic and a discussion led by President, Lance

Rich, about “What Inspires Us”!Rich, about “What Inspires Us”!Rich, about “What Inspires Us”!

April 6th, 7:00 pm April 6th, 7:00 pm April 6th, 7:00 pm --- “Ring Auction Night” “Ring Auction Night” “Ring Auction Night” The date is set: April 6! After the The date is set: April 6! After the The date is set: April 6! After the

tremendous success last year of our tremendous success last year of our tremendous success last year of our

Annual Auction taking place during our Annual Auction taking place during our Annual Auction taking place during our

regular meeting, we‟re doing it again! regular meeting, we‟re doing it again! regular meeting, we‟re doing it again!

Get ready for a fun fastGet ready for a fun fastGet ready for a fun fast---paced evening paced evening paced evening

with Terry DaVolt serving as your host with Terry DaVolt serving as your host with Terry DaVolt serving as your host

and auctioneer! Lots of magic to buy…and auctioneer! Lots of magic to buy…and auctioneer! Lots of magic to buy…

lots of opportunities to sell! Make sure you lots of opportunities to sell! Make sure you lots of opportunities to sell! Make sure you

let all of your magic friends know the let all of your magic friends know the let all of your magic friends know the

date. See page 6 for more details.date. See page 6 for more details.date. See page 6 for more details.

Who‟s in This

Picture? DO Y

OU

KNOW?

(For the answer go to page 13.)

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A Message From the President

What inspires you? Going for a run? Reading a book? Watching a movie?

Gardening? Checking out an art gallery?

At our meeting this month, in addition to our Quarterly Qualifying Compe-

titions, I‟d like to discuss how we get inspired, and the new places that

inspiration leads…

Music inspires me; I know I‟m not unique here. Many artists cite music as their inspiration.

Personally, I‟ve always had pretty eclectic tastes in music; I can find something that I enjoy in

just about any genre. But sometimes, I get bored hearing the same stuff all the time. Last year

I started listening to some new music. It happened by accident. I heard a song on a TV show

and liked it. I looked up that song and others by that artist which then led me to other music

that was new to me. New stuff is exciting! It leads to brainstorms.

Inspiration comes from unexpected places. Like a banjo in pop music; you didn‟t know some-

thing could work until it worked. At The Workshop, Jon Armstrong spoke to self-professed “card

guys” about the importance of learning other types of magic by showing off some card moves

that were based on coin magic. A French Drop with a 5 of Diamonds is like that banjo in pop

music.

The Workshop Revival provided me a chance to try some new things…and I liked them.

Whether or not I use some of the moves I learned stands to be seen, but I have them in my rep-

ertoire now ready to be deployed when inspiration strikes.

As Spring begins to grow and blossom around us (depending on the temperature this week)… I

encourage us all to do the same. The inspiration is everywhere.

All the best,

Ring 129 President

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News and Announcements

A Message From the I.B.M International President -

I would like to congratulate Mr. Lance Rich as he takes the

office of President of Ring 129 for 2017. What a wonderful

opportunity for Ring 129 to have a young and vibrant leader

in this Magic community.

Whether you are a professional magician, enthusiast of the art

of magic, magic collector, magic historian, or other field of

the performing magical arts, I encourage you, the community

of Ring 129, to bring in at least one more new member into

your midst.

As all of you know, a key ring has an opening which allows one to easily add an-

other key. Inviting others to link with your Ring can help make it a strong commu-

nity where magic can flourish. Please don’t forget that you are the key to the suc-

cess of your community. May Ring 129 grow and be prosperous in 2017.

I.B.M.President 2016–2017

Oscar Muñoz

Congratulations to Keith Leff - Ring 129 Board Member,

Keith Leff, was recently highlighted in the Kansas City Star

newspaper and the article also was reprinted in the I.B.M. Mel

Kientz “Magician’s Life” email newsletter.

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News and Announcements

Ring Auction Date Set - Our annual Ring 129 Auction date

has been set for Thursday, April 6th at the Crowne Plaza Ho-

tel. The auction will be held in lieu of our regular monthly

April ring meeting. Terry Davolt has agreed to be our auc-

tioneer!

Last year the auction went well past the projected time limit. So, this year we are

going to try to implement some new guidelines to shorten the auction to a more

manageable timeframe.

Admission is free to members and guests. Anyone may sign up and sell.

The auction will start at 7:00 pm. Sellers may begin to put their items on the

tables at 6:00 pm.

Every seller gets 1 round with 5 lots.

In the second round, every seller gets 3 items. (Sellers, don’t expect to sell more

than 5 to 8 items.)

Buyers and sellers are encouraged to settle up after the action ends.

Sellers fees are 10% and will go to Ring 129. Credit & Debit Cards fees will be

added to buyer’s totals.

Ring 129 to Have Part at Comicon Kansas City! After receiving an invitation from Comicon Kansas City organizers, The Ring 129 Board

of Directors have agreed to man a booth promoting the ring and magic in Kansas City

and provide several magic shows during the 2017 Planet Comicon Convention. With

an estimated 75,000 attendees, the convention is one of Kansas City‟s largest conven-

tions of 2017! The club will be looking for lots of help during the convention. To vol-

unteer to help, contact ring president, Lance Rich.

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January 28 we held our annual banquet and

stage competition. Since we are submitting a

photospread of the event, I won’t go into de-

tails here except to note that the top three

places went to Steve Steiner, Pete Walter-

scheid, and Dennis Burks.

With no more contests until the following

month, our February meeting was open to all

sorts of presentations. We began with a dis-

cussion of impromptu magic, asking several

members to discuss their experience of doing

magic on the fly. David Sandy introduced a

game of “Who’s on

the phone,” a sort of

20 questions game

with a well-known

magician on the oth-

er end of the line.

Somehow Laird Wil-

cox was able to

identify the mystery

subject after just a

few questions. It was

Lance Burton. Does David have connections,

or what!!

Ring Report By Stu Lewis

Phil King started the

teaching segment with

three routines involving

a torn newspaper, a math

-based divination, and a

“lie-or-tell-the-truth”

premise.

Brad Lynn followed with

the Slydini “balls-over-

the-head” routine.

Mentalist Duane Roberts

made a prediction involv-

ing a number wheel, and

Jack Cunningham used a

calculator to make a pre-

diction and then ex-

plained the “TOXIC”

principle.

For the next segment of the meeting we

returned to the theme of “Impromptu Mag-

ic,” choosing three teams and asking them to

come up with a routine on the spot, using a

bag of props given to them a few minutes be-

fore the performance.

February

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Bruce Knapp, Preston

Stein, and Jack Cunning-

ham did a number of ap-

pearances and penetra-

tions.

Brad Lynn, Israel Rivera,

and Henry Porer did

some magic with a ring

and a gag vanish of a bal-

loon dog.

Pete Walterscheid, Phil

King, Dave Heeter, and

Bonita Yoder per-

formed a number of ef-

fects, including an ori-

gami tree from a news-

paper.

In the open segment Phil King performed an

ACAN. Bonita Yoder showed us a speech

she has prepared for her Toastmasters group.

David Sandy showed us a prop used by

Lance Burton. Israel Rivera performed a

packet trick. John Hicks performed the clas-

sic “Chicago Opener” and had a card under

the box change into a previously signed card.

Finally, Dennis Burks showed us a silk

Blendo.

The weather’s great here this year. Come vis-

it us sometime.

Stu Lewis can be reached at andiam42@gmail.com.

A Little Humor?

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2017 Stage Magician of the Year Winners

Steve Steiner 1st Place Winner

Pete Walterscheid 1st Runner Up

Dennis Burks 2nd Runner Up

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For more than 13 years Ken Dyne has been a full-time professional mentalist. Many of his inno-

vative creations have been used by top professional magicians and mentalists around the

world. If you‟re looking for professional grade mentalism or mental flavoured magic then

you‟re going to love what you find here.

Lectures begin at 7:00 PM, U.S. Toy & Magic $15.00 Non Ring Members $12.00 Regular Ring Members $10.00 Sorcerers Circle Members

Master Card and Visa Payments are now being accepted at lectures!

Tuesday,

June 13th

Upcoming Lecturers

Kennedy Dyne

Wednesday,

May 10th Tom Frank

American magician who grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and studied

with Cellini in the early 1980s in New Orleans. He lived in Los An-

geles with magician Sylvester the Jester as his roommate for two

years, and began busking in New York City in 1983. His signature

effect is his Cups and Balls routine.

A Little Humor?

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Complete the Caption Readers are encouraged to send in their captions! (Please, keep it clean!)

What many thought was a picture of Terry

smiling during a short break at the Work-

shop is actually a picture of Terry as his fin-

ger finds . . . and his face reacts to the sur-

prisingly hot wire he was looking for.

Terry Elton

Just try to guess what I have under the table.

David Heeter

Boy it sure feels good when you get every-

thing plugged in. David Heeter

I'm not wearing pants! Devin Henderson

My hand is stuck! Gene Hernandez

Caution, the mad scientist is at work! John Hicks

"I can't wait until Handsome Jack tries to adjust the microphone

stand!" Mike Blum

Hey there! Would you like me to show you

the magic of electro-shock therapy?

Clyde Glandon

Of course I am smiling, no one should know

that a retired fire captain just got the @*%

#! knocked out of him playing with all this

electronics! Mike Blum

Nobody knows it, but I just spilled a huge

cup of hot coffee before The Tim Hannig

Show, and I could get shocked, but the

show must go on! (true story)

Alan Goodheart

Sound Tech, Terry Magelssen, is seen smiling during

a break at “The Workshop” back in October.

This Month‟s Captions!

Next Month‟s Picture

Pictured (Top Center going Clockwise) Steve Steiner,

Rod Sipe, Shawn Rivera, “Z” Rivera, Roger Miller,

Alan Goodheart, John Weaver Julie Clark, & Celia

Steiner as they meet before a re-enactment of “The

Tonight Show” at a ring meeting.

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FIRST AND FOREMOST: NEVER THROW A PLAYING CARD

INTO AN AUDIENCE!!! Playing Cards are like smart

bombs that have been programed to hit someone in

the eye!!! From what I understand magicians have

been sued for that very thing.

OK, now that we've established that lets talk about card throwing. Card throwing has been used

in magic demonstrations by a number of magicians. The best treatise written so far is Ricky Jay's

book "Cards as Weapons". In Jay's act he throws cards directly into a watermelon. Hermann

and Thurston were known to use card throws in their act. Three world records include Rick

Smith who threw a distance of 216 feet. The fastest throw was clocked at 91 MPH, and the highest

throw was 55 feet. Other targets have been cigarettes, hot dogs, newspapers, and foam.

There is also what is known as "Scaling" where you hold a deck in one hand and propel them

one at a time with the thumb. The Guinness Record for that is 114 cards in one minute, effectively

breaking Jeff McBride's record of 104. And, the most accurate throw was also by Rick Smith, who

threw 46 cards in one minute into a 8 inch cylinder. His DVD "The Art of Card Throwing" even

shows how to slice vegetables with a card!

Jeff McBride's DVD "Zoom, Bounce, & Fly" is probably the most comprehensive. He demonstrates

many techniques, and even shows how to bounce cards off the floor, as well as scaling and has

devised the "McGrip Tip Super Card Shooter" gimmick to assist in scaling. They make a premi-

um heavy duty card for throwing called Banshees, made of specially textured plastic. They even

whistle when thrown in the air and a martial arts supply store makes stainless steel cards called

Aces Wild Throwing Cards.

There are basically two grips, though many have been demonstrated: “The Thurston Grip” is

where you place the card between the index and middle fingers and “The Hermann Grip” is

where the card is held between the thumb and middle finger and the index finger is placed to-

wards the top. Both grips are held horizontal and with a forward throw of the arm and flick of

the wrist, which cocked at a 90 degree angle, the card is propelled, giving it a spin.

Achieving accuracy, distance, and force with a card giving it both lateral speed and angular mo-

mentum, or spin, along its axis is an art that takes practice. The spin gives the card stabilization

so that the card's profile remains parallel to the direction of travel and thus encounters the least

air resistance.

More to come,

The Card Corner

Card Throwing By Laird Wilcox

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Month Winner

March

June

September

December

Month Winner

September Pete Walterscheid

Jack Armstrong

December Marty Isenberg

David Heeter

Chuck Stanford

March

June

The following club members have

qualified to compete in the annual

Stage Magician of the Year Contest

Qualifying contests are held each quarter at our

regular ring meetings. All members competing

must adhere to the following rules:

Please make sure that your performances are

within the allotted time of 10 minutes.

Make sure that you are aware of the fire policy.

You can find all the details for performance rules

on the ring website.

The following club members have

qualified to compete in the annual

Close-Up Magician of the Year Contest

Answer to

“Who‟s in the Picture”

Quiz From Page 3.

Pictured (left to right) are

Kevin Kirwan and his wife from the 1960‟s

If you have a picture of yourself or another ring member that

would make a good “Who‟s in the Picture” photo, please send it

to the newsletter editor, Steve Steiner.

steves7@microdsl.net

A Little Humor?

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Gene Hernandez, magician & master balloon artist performs weekly on Wednesdays,

5:45 to 7:45 at Pizza West, 5436 Roberts St. (NW corner 7 Hy. & Johnson Dr.) Shawnee

Ks. 66226 and at Pizza Shoppe, 7687 NW Prairie View, Kansas City, Mo. 64151 816-

741-6111 on Tuesdays 6 to 8 PM.

Keith Leff can be seen performing his award winning sleight-of-hand

„Magicomedy‟ the first and third Fridays of each month from 6:00 pm to 8:00

pm at Old Shawnee Pizza. He is at the Shawnee location on the first Fri-

day. That address is 6000 Rogers Dr., Shawnee, KS 66203. He is at the

Lenexa location on the Third Friday. That address is 19617 W. 101st St.,

Lenexa, KS 66220.

Devin Henderson can be seen performing his Comedy Magic Show the first Saturday

of each month, 4:00 PM at the KC Improv (www.improvkc.com), 7260 NW 87th Street

(Zona Rosa), Kansas City, MO. Tickets are only $7.00. The show is suitable for all ag-

es. One audience member said it best: "Devin's show is a non-stop roller coaster of

illusions and laughs."

Tom Burgoon performs table-side magic Sunday evenings, 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the

Sunset Grill, 14577 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66223. Tom Burgoon has prolif-

ically shared his unique style of entertainment with thousands and thousands of

delighted guests. He finds it a thrill and considers it a privilege and honor to per-

form and entertain. The quality of his work is echoed in the omnipotent phrase

that Mr. Sunday Night himself reserved only for his best entertainers… “It‟s a really

big show.”

Gene Turner performs from 5:30 to 7:30 every 3rd Friday night at Sandy‟s Restau-

rant, 1428 40 Hwy, Blue Springs and every Tuesday night from 5:30 to 7:30 at

Pizza Ranch, 4660 Bass Pro Drive, Independence, Mo.

Magic Around Kansas City

If you have a magic event taking place either on a regular basis, or a one-time event, please send

the information to our newsletter editor, Steve Steiner, or John Weaver and we will see that it is

placed in the newsletter and on our ring website.

(Both Steve and John’s contact information can be found on the bottom of page 2.)

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Photos from the February Ring Meeting

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Photos from the February Ring Meeting

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Photos from the 2017 Stage Magician of the Year Banquet & Contest

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Photos from the 2017 Stage Magician of the Year Banquet & Contest

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Photos from the 2017 Stage Magician of the Year Banquet & Contest

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