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MARCH 2016 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
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| Lee-Snavely Ring #199 Meeting |
SATURDAY, March 5th at 7:00 PM
THEME: Practically Polished Tricks, Part 2
Last month, quite a few members presented their first performance of a new or challenging magic trick to be critiqued. This upcoming month, the same tricks will be performed, now polished and improved. After each performance, the floor will be opened for discussion so that we might further perfect our craft. If you were unable to participate last month, feel free to join in this month with a trick that has challenged you!
MINI-LECTURE: To Be Announced
New Horizons Fellowship
820 E. Williams St, Apex, NC
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| Magic Youth Raleigh Meetings |
Beginner Parlor/Stand-Up Group
SATURDAY, March 12th at 6:00 PM
DIY PAPER TEAR EFFECTS
SATURDAY, March 26th at 6:00 PM
THUMB TIPS/MISMADE BILL
$10.00 per I.B.M. Member Student per Lesson
$15.00 per Guest Student per Lesson
THE MAGIC CORNER MAGIC SHOP
3684 Capital Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27604
(919) 875-1550
We Regret that we have discontinued the
Youth Intermediate and Advanced Card & Coin
Lessons due to a lack of volunteer instructors.
Welcome to our New I.B.M. Young Magicians!
Aleksander Levy
Rohan Purandare
Calvin Ransbury
Aliza Schrage
Holden Stegall
Harrison Truscott
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Third Tuesday of Each Month
Meeting Location Changes
For Meeting Details and Reminders please join
the Mid-Month Email List by Sending an Email to
The Mid-Month Session is a magic jam & workshop
open to all adult club members and guests with a
serious interest in magic.
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Hughie Ohmsted/Bill Esau
Weekly Magic Luncheon
Most Fridays @ 1:00 PM
Sweet Tomatoes Restaurant, 2310 Walnut St., Cary
For Luncheon Details and Reminders please join
the Magic Lunch Email List by Sending an Email to Danny Reeves at
The Magic Lunch is open to all Ring #199 Youth & Adult Members,
Family members, and all guests & visitors to our area. Please let
Danny know in advance if you plan to attend so he can reserve seating.
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| 39th ANNUAL MAGIC AUCTION |
Clean out those closets! Empty those bins! Clean out your storage rooms! Ring #199's 39th Annual Magic Auction is coming up soon!
Saturday, April 2nd is the big day! Set up at New Horizons Fellowship begins at 5:00 PM! The auction kicks off at 6:00 PM!
Min
imum bid is $5.00. Lower valued items must be bundled to meet the minimum bid. A $5.00 & under table will be available for the direct sale of items priced from $.25 up to $5.00.
If you are planning on selling an item valued at $50.00 or more, you may want to consider letting us know so we can list the item in the April Newsletter. This will give members an opportunity to plan ahead. This could increase your profit!
Buyers are STRONGLY encouraged to closely examine all items on the tables before the bidding starts! All disagreements must be resolved exclusively between the Buyer and the Seller.
The Auctioneer is the full and final authority regarding competing and winning bids. His decision is final.
The Ring #199 Treasury retains a 15% commission on all auction and direct sales. No fee is collected for unsold items.
Magic Youth Raleigh will host a snack & beverage concession with proceeds benefiting the youth program.
The Ring will also host a Raffle with great prizes including $50.00 gift certificates and downloads. All proceeds benefit the Ring treasury.
Buying and selling is free for Ring and Youth members. Nonmembers pay $5.00 to enter.
Auction payment will be accepted by Cash or Personal Check. Cash is preferred.
No Credit or Debit Cards!
We are expecting a GREAT batch of magic props, books, DVDs, memorabilia, and more! Don't miss out!
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Plan now to celebrate our Sixth Annual
FAMILY FLING on
Saturday, May 7th!
Bring your family for a delicious Potluck Dinner followed by the always fun Peoples' Choice Competition. Once again, the Ring will host three categories: Youth (Open to ages 6 through 17), Close-Up, and Parlor. Bring your best family-friendly act!
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| FEBRUARY 2016 RING REPORT |
Ring 199's Friday magic luncheon meetings are facilitated by Danny Reeves. The February magic luncheon sessions were very entertaining to say the least.
Wayne Anderson's handling of a Mark Mason effect was superb. In this routine, Anderson had a spectator name a card and a number. With "seemingly" no sleight of hand, Anderson counted down to the number and revealed the chosen card. Anderson also performed Troy Hoosier's "Charming Chinese Challenge" routine wherein a ribbon appeared to slip through the holes in the three Chinese coins manipulated by Anderson.
Aaron Thomas performed Bro. John Hammond's "Gemini Twins". In this storytelling presentation, cards were moved about as the storyline's plot heightened. All cards changed at the end of the routine for a surprise finish.
Xan Innes did a very impressive "invisible palm" presentation then followed up by performing an effect where two Kings found a selected card.
Kevin Reylek showed the impromptu trick he does when someone asks him to do a "cool magic trick". Reylek's handling of the venerable Scotch and Soda set was very magical. Steven Perry produced three coins out of thin air then caused them to vanish one at a time with the ruse of showing the difference between "reality and illusion".
Ring 199's February session took the term "sessioning" to a new level. Members were encouraged to bring out effects that they had been working on that they wanted critiqued. Even the routines that had not been perfected yet were welcomed. The idea was that members could improve their routines if the routines were subjected to analysis.
Fred Rosenbaum demonstrated to the group the changes that he had made in his "Magic Insurance Policy Salesman" routine based on previous feedback from the group. Due to the previous feedback garnered by Rosenbaum and the meeting's further analysis of his routine, Rosenbaum is well on the way to perfecting his presentation techniques.
Rick Denatale conjured up chuckles from the group with his homespun routine involving his "trained" cards. Denatale made his cards roll over and do other comical tricks.
"Awesome" Charles Nichols was hilarious when he slaughtered the audience with a barrage of tricks. Nichols kept the audience entertained while showing his dexterity with his silk, cards, and coin combinations.
Tony Baro demonstrated his magic "chops" with his routine entitled "A Bunch of Random". In this original routine, Baro incorporated card shuffles, misdirection, and scientific jargon to find an audience member's selected card.
Xan Innes wowed the audience with a rollicking "ambitious card" routine which utilized his coat pocket.
Ten year old Cooper Moseley's magic potential is UNLIMITED! Cooper's perfect deadpan comedic timing managed to keep the audience in stitches as he flawlessly demonstrated "The Magic Square" with a number randomly selected from an audience member. At the rate Cooper is going, he will one day be on the "magic radar".
The dynamic duo composed of David Trustman and Sarah Moseley once again proved that mental feats can trump when they are used by the right people. Trustman wrote out the square root of pi in groups of ten on a blackboard out to 300 digits while Moseley had her back turned. When a spectator called out the coordinates of one of the groups of ten digits, Moseley homed in on it without turning around!
Upcoming events: Auction - April 2, 2016. Family Fling (contests, etc.) - May 7, 2016.
Ring 199 normally meets on the first Saturday of the month. The exceptions for the remainder of 2016 will be July 9th and September 10th.
Fred Quick
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| HELP! CARD MAGICIAN NEEDED |
The Magic Youth Group is still searching for one or two accomplished card magicians to oversee the intermediate to advanced card magic classes on a consistent monthly basis. These classes have been discontinued due to the lack of a dedicated mentor or mentor team.
This mentor may set his own schedule to meet with the card kids at either The Magic Corner Magic Shop or prior to the monthly Ring meetings at New Horizons Fellowship.
The General and Beginner Magic Classes are still taught by Skip Way on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month, 6:00-8:00 PM at The Magic Corner.
Please contact Skip Way at
[email protected] if you are interested in assuming responsibility for the card magic classes.
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| ONLINE RING 2100 MOVES TO FACEBOOK |
Ring 2100 is an actual chartered IBM magic ring, but with no physical address. It lives entirely in cyberspace.
Only current IBM members can join. Requests to be added to this group must include your IBM membership number.
This move should make it easier for members to keep up with conversations. Join today!
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| MAGIC METHOD OFFERS WILLMARTH BOOKS |
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Eddy Wade of Magic Methods announced
an exclusive distribution arrangement with the Philip Willmarth Estate for the remaining copies of the following books written and/or published by Willmarth
Magic
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Titles include:
- Trevor Lewis' Routines Matter
- Phil Willmarth's The Impostress Princess
- Phil Willmarth's Lecture Notes
- Phil WIllmarth's Some of My Favorite Things
- A Ring & Rope and Around The Table Lecture Notes
- Phil Willmarth's The Knot Collector
- Intimate Power by Eugene Burger
- Trevor Lewis's ESOLC (That's Close-Up)
- Magic From The Parade 1 Selected by Phil Willmarth
- Phil Willmarth's Classics Revisited
- The Jim Ryan Close Up Series
- Eugene Burger on Matt Schuliens' Fabulous Card Discoveries
Visit
www.magicmethodsonline.com for details and prices.
Get them quick as many are in limited supply and most are first editions.
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Hi, Everyone,
We had a nice little group this past Friday. In attendance were: Virginia O., Kevin R., Xan I., Rob O., Mike Casey (card magician extraordinaire), Mike & Pattie G. and me. We had some good magical discussions and saw some good magic. There was a lot of magic at the other end of the table from where I was sitting. I couldn't record everything but I know there was a lot of card magic being performed by Kevin, Xan and Mike with a non-card effect performed by Rob. We will meet again at Cary's Crossroads Sweet Tomatoes on Friday afternoon of this week at 1:00.
Hope to see you there,
Danny Reeves
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| THE MAGIC CORNER CHANGES ITS SCHEDULE |
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The Magic Corner has announced new store hours:
Monday through Thursday Noon to 6:00 PM
Friday Noon to 7:00 PM
Saturday Noon to 6:00 PM
Sunday Closed
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Keep Current with your I.B.M. Friends and Peers!
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RALEIGH MAGIC CLUB ONLINE SHOP
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Ring members can now order shirts, jackets, hats, briefcases and more with our beautifully embroidered or printed Raleigh Magic Club logo from the Ring's Queensboro Online Store!
Visit the online storefront at
raleighmagicclub.qbstores.com to view our online catalog of quality and affordable custom embroidered merchandise bearing the Raleigh Magic Club and Magic Youth Raleigh logos.
Wear your Ring Logo to show your Pride in the Raleigh Magic Club!
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OUR NEWSLETTER AND WEBSITE SPONSORS
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Our professional website and newsletters are vital to our image of a capital city magic club. We rely on the voluntary sponsorship of the members who support and promote this image. We couldn't publish the newsletter or website without your support! Thank you!
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Ask how you can help support our professional image for just $15.00 per year! [email protected]
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Comments, suggestions, and concerns are always welcome. If you have an article or feature submission, send it along, too! This is your newsletter!
Articles, notices, and information to be published in this newsletter must be received no later than the 24th of each month.
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FREE
MAGAZINES
for
MEMBERS!
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FROM JON at THE MAGIC CORNER
All current Ring 199 members may receive - on request - a random back issue of Magic or Genii Magazine with any purchase.
Registered Magic Youth Raleigh members may also receive - on request - one random back issue of The Linking Ring magazine with presentation of their membership ID card - No Purchase Necessary!
Offers are limited to one issue per day as noted. Magazines will be selected randomly by the Magic Corner.
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