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OCTOBER 2015 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
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SATURDAY, September 26th at 7:00 PM
THEME: Alex Pandreas Lecture
820 E. Williams St, Apex, NC
The Pandreas lecture is the October Meeting.
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Magic Youth Raleigh Meeting
Beginner Parlor/Stand-Up Group
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10th at 6:00 PM
There will be No Meeting on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th
THE MAGIC CORNER MAGIC SHOP
3684 Capital Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27604
(919) 875-1550
Meetings for Youth Members interested exclusively in
Card Magic will be announced. We NEED a dedicated mentor
for the Card Magic Group. Please step forward and help!
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Ring #199 Mid-Month Session
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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PHILIP R. WILLMARTH VIDEO TRIBUTE
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It has been one year since the passing of one of our most esteemed members, Philip Reed Willmarth. Please visit this touching video tribute to the man we all loved and looked to for guidance and smiles.
Philip Reed Willmarth (8/19/1931 - 9/16/2014) known as 'Big Dad' by all his grandchildren, was my uncle and through him, I was able to experience the wonderful world of magic. This video captures moments from his memorial service weekend held in Durham NC at the end of September 2014. My favorite childhood memories of him are from when I joined him and his son John at numerous magic conventions where I was able to watch some of the best magicians in the world up close and with unrestricted access. His life passion was magic and he was a believer that magic should always be entertaining. He was a husband, father, grandfather, friend and mentor. The thumbnail image for this video is a collection of thousands of individual images of him which was made into a self-portrait art piece and later used for his 2007 Linking Ring cover.
Professionally, he was a magician, magic historian, lecturer, author and editor, who was a past president of the International Brotherhood of Magicians and, for many years, the editor of The Linking Ring, the most widely distributed monthly publication on magic. He was awarded a Literary Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts in 2007 and had a personal library of 6,000+ magic books; perhaps the largest in the world. His own magical area of expertise was working with rings and ropes.
He joined the International Brotherhood of Magicians in 1969, serving as international president from 2007 to 2008. He served as assistant editor of The Linking Ring from 1978 to 1992, executive editor from 1992 to 2007 and appeared on its cover three times (1981, 2007, 2014). He wrote numerous books, including "The Magic of Matt Schulien" (1959), "Fun With a Handkerchief" (1969), "The Ring and Rope Book" (1975), "Jim Ryan Close-up" (four volumes, 1980-81), "The Knot Collector" (1989) and "The Impostress Princess Expanded" (2011). He also published other authors' books.
His remains were interred at Lakeside Cemetery in Colon, MI in August 2015. He is survived by his second wife, Frances "Robbie"; a daughter, Janet; a son, John; a stepdaughter, Lelia Neil; a stepson, Eldridge Gray; and 11 grandchildren. His first wife, Anne Sallaway, died in 1985.
Music:
"Change" by Kutiman. A collection of unrelated musical youtube videos mashed up to produce a song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-37F0...
Photos/Videos featured in this video were from the sources below. No copyright infringement was intended. If your content appears in the video and I have not given you credit, please make a comment and I'll give you credit.
Sammy Smith
Steve Beam
The Linking Ring
The International Brotherhood of Magicians
Roberts/Willmarth family photos and videos
Information on the magicians who appeared in this video:
John Chappell -
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152612/
Shaun Jay -
http://shaunjaymagic.com
More on Phil Willmarth:
http://willmarthmagic.com/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ob...
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/loca...
http://www.magician.org/blog/phil-wil...
http://www.geniimagazine.com/magicped...
This video was produced using all Apple products by Donald Icabalceta Roberts with the approval of and feedback from his wife Robbie and son John. I didn't know I was going to create this video when I attended his memorial weekend and regret not having more footage of the Willmarth family in it. The inspiration came from the song "Change" which was released in mid-October 2014.
Low Country Grits Productions is my personal side-project for documenting and sharing life memories.
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NOVEMBER 14th
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ROPE MAGIC
NEW RING OFFICER NOMINATIONS OPEN
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On October 12th, Greensboro-based Mentalist Erik Dobell will be a guest on the popular Podcast -
Waxing Cinematic hosted by John Foutz and Jake Almond. Erik will discuss
magic themed movies.
Have any magic movie recommendations? Do you have a movie making question you'd like Erik to ask? Are you wondering if Jake is related to
Mr. Peanut? Leave a comment or send a message to
[email protected].
And don't forget to check out
Waxing Cinematic. These two guys really know about movies, I love listening to this podcast and I'm excited about being on it.
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Mentalist Erik Dobell has travelled the world from New York to South Korea performing his one man show:
The Mind Invader.
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| HELP! CARD MAGICIAN NEEDED |
The Magic Youth Group is in need of one or two accomplished card magicians to oversee the intermediate to advanced card magic classes on a consistent monthly basis. If a managing mentor or mentor team cannot be arranged, the intermediate/advanced card magic youth program will be discontinued.
This mentor may set his own schedule to meet with the card kids at 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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| CONING SOON! GET YOUR TICKETS NOW! |
Direct from Broadway, the world's best selling magic show is coming to the
Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC)
November 10-15, 2015
This mind-blowing spectacular showcases the jaw-dropping talents of most incredible Illusionists on earth.THE ILLUSIONISTS - Witness the Impossible has shattered box office records across the globe and dazzles audiences of all ages with a powerful mix of the mostoutrageous and astonishing acts ever to be seen on stage. This non-stop show is packed with thrilling and sophisticated magic of unprecedented proportions.
Find tickets online at DPACnc.com, Ticketmaster.com
or at the DPAC Ticket Center,
in person or by phone at 919.680.2787.
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| MAGIC IN CLASSIC TELEVISION |
Fans of the 1960's sitcom Mister Ed might be interested to know that Episode 15 of Season 4, titled Shish Kebab, originally aired on 19 January 1964, featured a prominent magic cast. The comedy series featured Mister Ed, a talking horse, and his owner Wilbur Post, played by popular radio star Alan Young.
The program's head writer, Lou Derman, was an accomplished magician and author of the book, Add Comedy to your Act. He took every opportunity to include magic into his scripts for such programs as I Love Lucy, All in the Family, Good Times, and Mister Ed. In the case of Mister Ed, he gave Wilbur an interest in magic as a hobby.
In this episode, Wilbur has entered a contest at the convention of the Society of American Magicians held in San Francisco that year. What is notable about this episode is the appearance of Harry Blackstone doing his Vanishing Bird Cage, silk-to-cane, and Botania. Dick Zimmerman is entered in the contest performing his original "Ring and Rope" routine. Lou Derman performs the Cups and Balls. The episode also included assorted audience shots of the convention attendees and several shots of the SAM logo on the stage.
Wilbur performs his "Spears Through the Horse" with Ed, all played for laughs. It was nice, though, to see the Great Blackstone as a special guest, and Dick Zimmerman's "Ring and Rope" routine is a nice effect, although he runs into a little trouble with it. Maybe the editor decided that since this was about a magic contest, leaving in the glitsch with the rope.
This episode recently aired on ME TV, the classic cable television channel and is available on Mister Ed collector DVD sets.
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Keep your phone in your pocket while driving!
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| FREE MAGIC LESSONS FOR I.B.M. MEMBERS |
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We are excited, relieved and a little bit chuffed* to bring you this exclusive I.B.M. news. Excited because we know you will love this, relieved because it's been a lengthy - but worthwhile - process to get here, and chuffed because, well, proud really, that we can do this for our members who want to take their magic to the next level.
The I.B.M. has secured an exclusive membership benefit with the Build Your Magic Show kids & family magic show course.
This is setting new standards in kid show and family entertainment education. Mark Daniels from KIDABRA International calls it "a modern day Tarbell".
The free course offers over 30 HOURS of HD video plus extra audio lessons and downloadable PDF's, all reinforced with exclusive interviews from David Kaye, Michael Finney, Ken Scott, John Kimmons, Robert Baxt and more.
This is training of the highest level in kids and family magic that will jump start beginners, provide focus and direction for advanced amateurs, and unearth gems and nuggets of commercial material for pros.
As an I.B.M. member you get FREE lifetime access to Module 1 of the course. That alone has over 30 training videos. Then, if you feel it is a good fit for you, I.B.M. members will be offered an exclusive BIG MEMBER DISCOUNT on the full course.
To get this exclusive I.B.M. offer, you need to sign up at
http://buildyourmagicshow.com/ibm/
It is fast, simple, secure.
Have your I.B.M. membership number ready.
You must be a member of the National I.B.M. Organization.
If you are not yet a member of the national organization,
visit https://www.magician.org/join-the-ibm/join
Please report any problems registering for the course to
[email protected]
*Chuffed - [British slang] Quite Pleased, Delighted. The creators of this program are Julian Mather of Australia and Ken Kelly of the UK and good friends of mine. I, too, am chuffed to see their contribution to magic made available through the I.B.M.. These two men have created a magnificent series of video magic lessons that every member of our fraternity will find useful. This is an incredible opportunity and I.B.M. member benefit! Highly Recommended!
Skip Way
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Hello, Everyone,
We had a nice little group this past Friday: Mike & Pattie G., Virginia O. , Steven P., Austin L., Robbie Willmarth (WELCOME, ROBBIE) and me. We all enjoyed some good magic and some good discussions. Steven did an effect about his "Grandfather's Clock" in preparation for a discussion and demonstration of the Prophesy Move and some variations of it. He also performed a variation of a poker routine from one of Phil Willmarth;s books, The Impostress Mistress. He repeated a cool trick from a few weeks ago where the name of a thought-of card appeared on the backs of 3 separate one dollar bills. Austin did a couple of 4-Ace routines. He magically produced the four aces in one routine and in the other he made the four Aces reverse themselves in the deck. Mike demonstrated a neat handling of the Prophesy Move. He also "took" a course in magic in which each Ace was cut to magically. We all had a good time.
We will be at Sweet Tomatoes on Friday.
Hope to see you all on Friday of THIS week
at our favorite table this Friday afternoon at 1:00 PM at the Cary Crossroads Sweet Tomatoes!
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!
Join Us on Facebook and Global Ring #2100 Today!
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NOTABLE MAGIC THEMED MOVIES
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There have been a lot of magic-themed movies over the past century. A few of them have involved people we know - even a member or two of this Ring! View the current list at
If you have a favorite magic-themed movie that isn't listed, please share it. You will receive credit for the submission.
(Sorry Ladies!
Magic Mike does not qualify!)
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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
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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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