A.C.E.S. Magic

Newsletter: 92 for April 2004

We made the most of having Kaymar magic last meeting. Morley Budden informed us that he was retiring next year – does that mean that Kaymar will cease to exist – I hope someone will take it over. Morley brought his assistant , Liam Montier along with him and they took about an hour to set up – I know because I watched them! They put on a terrific show of props and tricks along with videos and such like and gave a very good interesting lecture as well. All this was after the usual Challenge Trophy Competition. The duel was between Mike Pettitt and Stuart the challenger. It was on matchboxes and Stuart went on first doing about three effects with a rising matchbox and also a multiplying matchbox effect. Then Mike came on and did a silk to matches effect using a matchbox. During the interval the votes were counted and Mike turned out to be the winner. Next month it is Mike v Brenda with liquids.

It was nice to see a good crowd and even included a couple of the S.M.C. members including Mark Worgan. Mark was an ACES member for some time and saw the lecture and dealer dem the first time Kaymar came to visit us.

Morley came on to start with his cheapest and then his dearest tricks. The cheapest was the Square to Dinosaur which was done to amusing patter , then he produce a solid looking ladder out of a small bag from nowhere! He showed some of the production items he is well known for including a hearts pole which could include a signed card, a barber` s pole a shovel and a spade along with various other poles that would appear from some very small. They all looked pretty solid to me. Then he did several mental effects including 3 coins and purse predict saying what coin Robin would pick and when being tossed saying whether it would be heads or tails – it was all in the envelop! He also did a dice prediction and an effect with ESP cards. To finish that half he borrowed a Ł20.00 note from me and put it in an envelop along with 3 other envelops and burnt 3 of them according to instructions by members of the audience – I stopped sweating when the last envelop was opened and it was mine!

We had tea and then it was the turn of Liam to show us several effects. Bouncing ball, a 3 note effect , saying which note was in which pocket, a 3 card monte effect, pen thru note, and a couple of good card tricks.

Morley finished off the evening showing us his flaming video and telling us about the 2000 plus items he carries in stock!

Next month is the evening that a lot of us have been anxious to see. It is the “THREE MAGICTEERS“ that is Bob Ricard , Reg Maskell and possibly Tom Hooper if he is fit enough. The meeting is on Wednesday APRIL 14TH and it starts at 8.00 pm. Don`t miss it.

We have been lucky enough to book Paul Leacy for his lecture next June. He has just started out doing lectures and I am sure you will want to make a note of it in your diaries. SEE YOU APRIL 14TH.

Geoff did the show for the ` Muffin Club ` and when he got there he found it was an all men do with solicitors, accountants and bankers! He went down extremely well and I think he got a couple more bookings from them. He talked on the history of magic doing the cups and balls and other effects of his normal act.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A MAGICIAN WHEN…..

You are the only one driving to work while practicing palming quarters.

You pull five pound notes out of your waitress’s ear for a tip.

You just bought more toys at the dollar store than your kid because of a plan you have to build a trick.

You always walk around with 3 different decks of cards in your pocket because each one is set up for a different trick.

You pull the 4 Aces out of a deck, only to lose them in a shuffled deck just so you can find them again.

You don’t just spread the 4 cards you “found “in a deck, instead you count them.

You save your wife’s/girlfriend’s pantyhose that has runs in them.

You refer to everyday objects as “ordinary”

You can have a heated debate whether Dai is pronounced “Dai” or “Die”.

You have more than a dozen opened card decks and cartons of unopened “back up “decks.

You accidentally do a double lift while playing “Go Fish”.

You have ten retorts for the question: “How did you do that ?“

You refer to a handkerchief as a “silk”.

You are the only one who can have fun playing with a blank deck.

You reflexively palm every coin.

You think it is normal that the oldest deck of cards in your possession is only a week old and you are almost ready to toss it out.

You have coins and cards within easy reach when you are on the john.

You are willing to pay $ 15 to learn how to make $1 disappear.

You are the only person bothered by how someone else shuffles a deck of cards.

You will buy 2 copies of the same newspaper and not read either one.

Written by: John Taylor

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