Once again due to COVID restrictions we met online.
President Dale Trueman opened the meeting with a routine he called Red Card Blue Card. It consisted of him repeating the words “red card blue card” over and over while he impossibly passed a red playing card through the centre of a blue playing card then moved it from side to side going past the edges on both ends.
Peter Wood showed us his Acrobatic Chameleon Cards where 4 regular cards were shown front and back, then the backs changed to a single colour then changed again to a separate colour each. He then performed a paddle routine with a paddle made of lego.
Garry Davis asked a volunteer to choose where three playing cards would each be placed. Next to a set of keys, a phone and in one of his pockets. When revealed the cards had been marked as keys, phone and pocket and each were in their correct place.
Dale Trueman then returned as his beer drinking rowdy magician character “Davo” and demonstrated his effective method for hiding a full glass of beer by levitating it behind a bamboo mat held in his hand.
Phuoc Can Hua demonstrated a small construction he had made of cardboard which had four thin ramps leading uphill to a post in the middle. He invited others to choose a ramp to place a ping pong ball on at the bottom and no matter the ramp chosen, the ball always inexplicably ran uphill to the post in the middle.
Dale Trueman then presented again as his character Davo and gave what he called his Gambling Awareness Lecture which was a large three card monte similar to Chase the Ace. No matter where the Ace appeared to be, it was not.
Anthony Dillion offered a volunteer the free choice between a credit card, a drivers licence and a club membership card. He even lay $20 on the line to say that he knew which card would be chosen and he didn’t lose his money.
Brandon Voight took a bite out of a playing card. Took the piece out of his mouth and showed that it matched the hole. Then replaced the piece in his mouth and spat it back onto the card making it whole again.
Conway Restom performed a very visual routine ‘coins through’ routine, starting with the slow and open extraction of a coin from inside a sealed ziplock bag. He then blew up and sealed the bag like a balloon and visibly tossed the coin back inside.He then took a transparent plastic juice bottle with its lid screwed on and slammed a coin into the bottle through the side. He finished with Rick Lax’s ‘Melt’, in which he openly caused three 50c coins to pass, one by one, through the bottom and then the sides of a solid, thick beer glass.
BellaDonna McCarthy then displayed 8 cards each with its own colour and description representing an aura eg; passion, knowledge, compassion. A volunteer was asked to chose an aura they resonate with the most. The selected card was brought forward. The remaining cards were shown face up and down to show the backs are blank and then placed in a pile. The selected card was revealed to be the only one to have a cross drawn on the back
Dale Trueman again returned as Davo with an old plug-in work light with a long lead. He plugged it into the mains and turned the light on then showed that when you find the sweet spot in an electrical lead it can be passed straight through the middle of the body. Though he said it gave him a bit of a buzz.
Jeffery Clark gave a talk about his upcoming Magic Inn Convention and the meeting came to an end.
As COVID spread appears to be significantly decreasing it looks as if we will be meeting in person for March!
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