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20th July 2021. Sydney is back in a Covid-19 lockdown so for our July meeting our president, Dale Trueman organised for Jay Scott Berry to lecture to our members and to the friends of The Maurice Rooklyn Ring via Zoom. Jay Scott Berry born in the USA first came to Australia and lectured in SydneyContinue reading “July Meeting 2021”

15th June 2021. Our June meeting was “Fantastic Plastic” a celebration of all those ingenious effects marketed by Tenyo and similar companies to entice beginners into our wonderfull art. Peter Wood, our host for the night commenced by performing his very funny routine with the Penetration Frame aka Tenyo’s Glass Board. Does Peter really haveContinue reading “June Meeting 2021”

18th May 2021. Our May meeting, “Family Magic” was hosted by Jack Sharp and Peter Wood and included many of Sydney’s most experienced children’s entertainers. This was one of our great meetings of 2021. Jack and Peter had obviously both put a lot of thought and effort into preparing tonight’s meeting. To open they explainedContinue reading “May Meeting 2021”

20th April 2021 After a brief introduction by Peter Wood, our treasurer and stand in president for the night, tonight’s host, Peter Rodgers was welcomed. Our meeting topic, “Close Up Magic including Card Effects with Prior Preparation” was chosen Peter explained, as the opposite of last November meeting on impromptu card magic.  Peter repeated hisContinue reading “April Meeting 2021”

16th March 2021. Tonight’s meeting, hosted by our president Dale Trueman, was ‘Magic with a Story”. Dale welcomed everyone to the meeting then started the entertainment with his version of the famous Emerson and West effect “Colour Monte”. Instead of using the usual marketed version Dale chose to use his own cards. Dale’s first performerContinue reading “March Meeting 2021”

16th February 2021. This months Topic was “Out of Our Minds” and was hosted by Club Secretary and professional mentalist Conway Restom. Conway opened with a his own version of Jon Allen’s “Silent Treatment” using signboards that led to an audience member choosing a playing card from a display. Later another board was displayed withContinue reading “February Meeting 2021”

19th January 2021. Dale Trueman, our president was the host of tonight’s meeting, the first of 2021. Dale had chosen the topic of “Gimmicks & Gadgets”. He opened the night by transferring his meeting notes into some genuine Australian currency. He said that no thumb tip was involved but he didn’t want to explain theContinue reading “January Meeting 2021”

15th December 2020. With the Covid-19 Pandemic virtually eliminated in Australia and only occasional outbreaks of one or two people each month Sydney is returning to normal. The efficient tracking of the virus via the sewerage system and contact tracing is allowing us to have normal meetings and family our entertainers are having a normalContinue reading “December Meeting 2020”

17th November 2020. Anthony Dillon was the host for tonight’s meeting which was titled “Impromptu Card Magic”. Whilst Anthony has been attending magic events in Sydney for many years he has only recently become a member of our Ring. This was his first experience at hosting a meeting and was very successful and it wasContinue reading “November Meeting 2020”

20th October 2020 Killara Our October meeting was given a Halloween theme this year even though Halloween is not celebrated in Australia to the same extent as the USA and parts of Europe. It is a further anomaly with our seasons reversed to the Northern Hemisphere, this been our spring with summer now quickly approaching.Continue reading “October Meeting 2020”