Jack Nordin performed his Classic “puzzle” Chinese sticks. William “Darney” VonStocken showed us the shrinking sandwich sign, a snake fakir trick and a magic square.
Jerry Martin introduced us (by bio) to the magician-mathematician Percy Darconis and described a long-distance card trick where a mailed deck is shuffled by the recipient and a card selected. Mailed back, the magician calls the spectator with the name of the selected card.
Dave Taylor entertained us with a four-ace production from Card College. Bruce performed Oscar Munoz’s version of reversing aces (un-gimmicked, impromptu).
Kenny, with Don McLean’s American Pie playing, performed an illusion where, just as the “music died”, so did a music CD disappear from a wooden frame. We were also entertained with the bill-to-matchbook classic.
President Adam Moore, also with musical accompaniment, performed a routine from the November 2008 issue of M-U-M inspired by Robert Service’s poem, “The Shooting of Dan McGrew.”
Remember, starting September 18, 2009, Assembly 12 will meet at Eagle Magic in Burnsville, MN — 4 lights east of 35W on Hwy 13 and CR 11, the southeast corner; look for the Remax sign.
-Steven Peer