Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring

Meets 7:00 pm, 1^st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC

LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.

www.okcmagic.club

Our featured performer for May was Derrick Beeson. Derrick began by producing three coins from the air one at a time. He then performed a coins across routine using four silver dollars. His final routine used two copper coins and a silver coin. The silver coin repeatedly changed places with the two copper coins and finally the coins travelled to a coin purse and a brass Okito box.

President Cassidy Smith led a discussion on the pros and cons of coin magic. He then talked about various coin routines, gimmicked coins and jumbo coins.

A lecture by George Sands, son of well-known magician Alan Sands, was proposed for September. Lee Woodside moved that the lecture be free to paid-up members and the vote to approve this was unanimous.

Lee Woodside announced that he was going to perform mental telepathy. He showed that he had placed a slip of paper with a two-digit number written on it in his wallet. He said that he would attempt to transmit this number to volunteer Cassandra Crowe. Cassandra said that she was receiving the number “31”. Lee removed the slip of paper from his wallet and it proved to have the number 31 written on it.

David Teeman asked that Tom Todd assist him. David showed five cards, each of which had a picture of a lucky item. The items were a caduceus, a horseshoe, a Tumi (Peruvian ceremonial knife), an elephant, and an Italian pepper. David asked that Tom select one of the lucky objects. Tom chose the elephant. David asked that Tom read the back of that card, which stated, “You will choose the elephant.” The audience was not impressed. However, David turned over the other four cards and when he placed them together, they formed a picture of an elephant.

Cassandra Crowe handed Bob Caldwell a deck of playing cards and asked that he remove one card from the deck while her back was turned. She then asked that he write a number from 20-50 on a sticker and stick it onto the face of the card. She then asked that he return the card to the deck and shuffle. (Bob chose the eight of diamonds and wrote the number “23.”) After shuffling the cards, Cassandra wrote a matrix of numbers on a pad and asked if any of the numbers happened to be the one Bob wrote. He said, “no.” However, when she added any row, column or diagonal of the numbers she had written, the total was 23. She counted down to the 23^rd card and it was, indeed, the one Bob had chosen.

Junior magician Jude Brooke laid four coins on the table and asked Derrick Beeson to eliminate any two of them. Jude then showed that remaining two coins merged into one coin.

John Shack asked Lee Woodside to place a coin in either hand while John’s back was turned. He then told Lee to switch the coin to the other hand if he wanted to. John then turned around and asked two questions, which he said that Lee could either lie about or answer truthfully. John correctly divined which hand contained the coin.

Lance Yeager started with a folded piece of paper that he said was his prediction. As he asked Shaun Clark questions, he would unfold the paper to show the correct prediction of what Shaun would say.

Bob Caldwell placed a blue playing card face down on a chair and asked Grant Vinson to sit on it. He then asked Grant to cut the deck in half and throw either half into the trash bin that Bob had placed in front of him. After repeating this until only seven cards remained, Bob asked Grant to point to one of the remaining cards. Grant chose the four of diamonds. Bob showed the other six cards to be all different. When Grant stood up and looked at the blue card on the chair, it was the four of diamonds.

Kevin Brasier showed a large book that was a history of the world. He handed a booklet with blank pages to David Teeman and asked that he write a three-digit number and pass the booklet to Lee Woodside. He asked Lee to write a three-digit number below David’s and pass the booklet to Aaron Brooke, who also wrote a three-digit number. Kevin then handed the booklet to Jim Green and asked that he sum the three numbers. The total was 602 and that page told the story of Yuri Gagarin as the first human in space. Kevin opened his prediction and it read, “First human in space.”

Aaron Brooke offered several quarters to David Teeman and asked that he choose one. David chose a quarter with “Oklahoma” on the back, which matched Aaron’s prediction.

Michael King showed off a set of custom walking liberty half dollars that he had purchased from Jamie Schoolcraft.

Lee Woodside

Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring

Meets 7:00 pm, 1^st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC

LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.

www.okcmagic.club

In lieu of a regular meeting in April, we celebrated the 80^th Anniversary of the formation of Ring 46. The charter from April 1946 included the name of our Ring’s namesake, Seymour Davis.

We were very appreciative that Jonathan Meyer offered the use of his venue, Jonathan’s Magic Theater, for our celebration. We were very pleased that Seymour Davis’ daughter Dayna Davis Savage was able to join us for the party. She and her husband Gary drove all the way from the Houston area. Their two children ShirlyKay and Kent and their spouses also drove from Texas.

The first thing that greeted members and guests was a blowup of the original Ring charter. Michael King had the document enlarged and Rick Martin affixed it to a foam board.

Our celebration started with socializing and plenty of food and drink. The Ring provided food and a wide choice of soft drinks and members brought a variety of desserts.

President Cassidy Smith acted as our emcee for the evening. He started by having certificates presented to all the officers commending them for their many years of service. He then introduced each of the magicians who performed.

Lee Woodside performed the venerable die box routine. He stated that had Seymour Davis performed at your grandfather’s school when you grandfather was a little boy, he may have performed this very same trick.

David Teeman invited Seymour Davis’ daughter Dayna to join him on stage. Every time David attempted to vanish a small handkerchief after Dayna waved the wand, he failed. Each time he then called for a bigger wand. Finally, with a wand that dwarfed the stage, the trick was successful.

Michael King performed his “One Man Circus” act. He juggled, spun plates, and ended by juggling clubs while riding a unicycle. He then demonstrated his card skills. He asked a kid who identified himself as John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith to name a card. The kid named the Ace of Diamond. Michael, who had been shuffling a deck of playing cards the entire time, showed that the cards were now in new-deck order, but missing the Ace of Diamonds. Showing his hand empty, he reached into his pocket a removed the missing ace.

John Pansze invited ShirleyKay to assist him. He tore off two strips of toilet paper and handed one to her. They each tore up their strips of paper and put the wadded up paper in their mouths. John proceeded to pull out a verrrry long strip of paper from his mouth.

Bruce Rodensey talked about the “Predict-A-Pet” trick that Lee Woodside had come up with back in 1999. Bruce then took out three business cards. On one he had drawn a cow, on another he had drawn a pig, and on the third he had drawn a chicken. He asked Lee to choose one and Lee chose the pig. Bruce asked Lee to turn over the cow and read the message, which said that Lee would not pick the cow. The same was true for the chicken. The message on the back of the pig said that it would be chosen.

Kevin Brasier produced a candle and lit it to prove it was real. He wrapped a scarf around the candle and it vanished. Kevin then produced a dove from the scarf.

Jim Green told everyone that a one-hundred-dollar bill has three holes it. He used a toothpick to prove it and then passed the bill for examination.

Jonathan Meyer closed the show with his signature card and rope magic. If you’re ever in the OKC area, we highly recommend that you pay a visit to Jonathan’s Magic Theater.

Lee Woodside

Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring

Meets 7:00 pm, 1^st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC

LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.

www.okcmagic.club

The first part of our March meeting was devoted to “Spring Cleaning.” A magic flea market allowed members to get rid of unused items and buy new magical treasures.

David Teeman showed three Time magazines that he had liberated from a decommisioned missile silo. He invited Jacob Brown to select one of the magazines. David riffled through the pages and asked Jacob to say “Stop.” David then asked Jacob to name any word on the page. He picked “Executive.” Handing Jacob a thesaurus, he asked him to look up the word; however, that page turned out to be missing. David motioned to an envelope that had been in sight the whole time. It contained the missing thesaurus page with the word “exective” circled.

Lee Woodside invited Derrick Beeson to turn the stem on Lee’s wristwatch to a random time. The time selected matched Lee’s prediction.

Michael King showed that a small transparent cube was obviously empty. A moment later, a Statue of Liberty appeared.

Jim Canaday performed a card trick in the hand of Cassandra Crowe. At the conclusion of the trick, there was a spider on the back of Cassandra’s wrist.

Bruce Rodesney showed that he could command an apple with a cord through it to stop at any point on the cord. He then showed us the gimmick he had made to acomplish this miracle and demonstrated how to end “clean.”

Cassandra Crowe invited Derrick, Jacob, Shaun and Ashlee to join her “on stage.” She talked about dreams and showed pages from her dream journal. She then asked that each participant to draw something from one of his or her dreams. The plaques were mixed up and handed back to Cassandra, who placed them writing side down on the table. As she picked up each of the first three plaques, she commented on the drawing and then handed it back to the person she thought had drawn in. She was right in each case. She then began to draw her impression from the fourth participant. Her drawing matched the one on the fourth plaque.

The names of the performers were placed into a hat and one name was drawn. Lee Woodside became the proud owner of “Pancho the Pickin’ Duck.”

Lee Woodside

Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring

Meets 7:00 pm, 1^st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC

LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.

www.okcmagic.club

Michael King began our February meeting by showing a giant printout of our original Ring 46 IBM Charter from back in 1946. Our Ring’s namesake, Seymour Davis was one of the charter members. Michael stated that this year marks the 80^th Anniversary of the founding of Ring 46.

President Cassidy Smith showed a red rose and caused it to vanish in a flash of fire. He then caused it to reappear and multiply into a small bouquet of roses. Cassidy then led a discussion of the use of roses in magic and demonstrated some magical moves with roses.

Cassidy announced that Jonathan Meyer has generously offered the use of his magic show venue for an 80^th Anniversary Celebration. Lee Woodside moved that we have the celebration in lieu of our April meeting and that the Ring provide snacks and soft drinks for the attendees. He aslo recommended that we invite Seymour’s daughters and their families to the festivities. The motion carried.

Lee Woodside showed a copy of lecture notes from a lecture that Seymour Davis gave back in 1970. Lee said that he had received permission from Seymour’s daughter, Dayna Davis Savage to share them with members of the Ring. Lee said that he would email a pdf file of the notes to anyone who wanted a copy.

Jim Green said that when anyone asked if he had tricks up his sleeve, he would remove a Trix candy bar from his sleeve. Jim then showed an orange with a cord passing through it. He was able to cause the orange to stop at any point on the cord. Afterward, he removed the cord and passed the orange out for examination.

David Teeman showed ten bead necklaces of different colors. After a procedure where he and Grant Vinson eliminated all but one of the necklaces, Dave showed that he was wearing a matching necklace.

Derrick Beeson caused a finger ring to appear on his finger. He then moved the ring from one finger to another magically. Finally, the ring vanished in a flash of fire.

Bruce Rodesney lifted a cylinder off the table to show that a sugar bowl was underneath, filled with sugar. He replaced the cylinder, said a magic word, and the sugar had turned into candy.

Michael King kept everyone spellbound by visually turning one type of candy into another.

Lee Woodside waved his magic wand and recited a spell that he claimed would temporarily change everyone in the audience into a seven year-old. Lee asked if anyone liked lollipops and got a resounding “yes.” He reached into a small sack several times and each time he would bring out a different flavor lollipop and replace it in the sack. Finally, he pulled out a lemon lollipop, which he said was his favorite, and placed it in his pocket. He offered to share the lollipops and handed the sack to an audience member. Alas, the spell was broken and the sack was empty.

Cassandra Crowe placed a finger ring on her finger. Using magic, she was able to pull the ring through her finger. She allowed the ring to be examined.

Cassidy Smith placed slips of papers containing the names of the performers into his hat. Two names were drawn and David Teeman became the proud new owner of a package of hat tears. Derrick Beeson won a package of napkins for making paper roses.

Lee Woodside

Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring

Meets 7:00 pm, 1^st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC

LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.

www.okcmagic.club

Jim Green kicked off our January meeting by causing a pistachio nut to penetrate a drinking glass. He then generously explained how to perform this miracle.

Cassidy Smith brought along a bag of tricks that he recently received. He began by demonstrating his TaeWANDo, where a magic wand turns into a set of numchucks. He then invited Cassandra Crowe “onstage” and handed here a magic wand, which immediately broke apart in her hand. He invited David Teeman to take a magic wand, but every time David did so, Cassidy still had a wand left in his hand. Meanwhile, David was running out places to hold a wand. Cassidy finished by showing a deck of ESP cards and inviting audience members to select a card. He missed the symbols just often enough to make it seem that ESP was a plausible explanation.

Cassidy asked the members to consider what their magical New Year’s resolutions might be. Cassandra Crowe said that she plans to perform at every meeting. Mark Christiano wants to work up a good “Professor’s Nightmare” routine. Grant Vinson wants to expand his show from 20 minutes to 40 minutes. Lee Woodside wants to work up routines with the props he already has. Rick Johnson wants to avoid burnout. Bruce Rodesney wants to unload magic he no longer uses. Justin Teeman plans to cross-reference his library of card magic books. Jerry Bowzer wants to attend more local magic shows. Rick Martin wants to remember the tricks he already knows.

Cassandra Crowe led off the member performances. She cut a deck of playing cards into four talons in her hands and a queen was showing on the face of each talon.

Lee Woodside showed a playing card box with a sword stuck through it. He reminded everyone of the legend of King Arthur and Exalibur. He withdrew the sword from the box and then dumped a solid block of metal from the box onto the table.

Bruce Rodesney showed a chain and a lock and asked Jim Green to bind his hands. Bruce had Jim place a handkerchief over his bound hands and in just a second Bruce was free of the restraints.

David Teeman showed several necklaces of different colors made of small beads. He asked Ashlee to name a color. Using the chosen necklace, David made her a small poodle dog, which looked very much like a miniature balloon animal. When he cut the tail shorter, the small dog squeeked. David said that the smaller beads get a much bigger reaction than the larger ones.

Cassidy Smith put the names of the performers in his hat and asked Rick Martin to draw out two names. Bruce Rodesney won a crystal cylinder and Lee Woodside won Tom Burgoon’s “Snake Eyes.”

Lee Woodside

Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring

Meets 7:00 pm, 1^st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC

LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.

www.okcmagic.club

We were pleased to host a lecture on restaurant magic by Keith Leff, a well-known restaurant magician from Kansas City. The lecture sponsors met Keith at Applebee’s Restaurant prior to the lecture and we all enjoyed good food and conversation.

Keith began his lecture with the science of restaurant magic. He talked about what type of restaurants are best and how to get the gig.

The second half of Keith’s lecture focused on the art of restaurant magic. He stressed the importance of using organic props and performing tricks that are easily and quickly reset. He said that no tricks should be performed that require a lot of thinking on the part of the audience.

Keith asked Rick Johnson to bring out a handful of change from his pocket. Keith picked up a penny from Rick’s hand and caused it to bend.

Keith began a sponge ball routine by plucking the balls from a purse frame. He then performed a very nice multi-phase routine with a match book. He said that he would always use the restaurant’s matchbooks back when they had such things.

Keith pulled out a deck of cards in a card box and as he fanned the deck, the card box vanished. When he removed the jokers from the deck, he was “clean.”

Keith invited Shaun Clark to select a card and sign it. The card was then produced, folded in quarters, from a small box.

Keith removed a marble from a salt shaker and passed the shaker, the lid, and the marble out for examination. He retrieved the items, screwed the top on the shaker, and then caused the marble to penetrate the shaker, winding up inside.

Keith showed several playing cards to be all different. He then mixed them and removed one and placed it in his jacket pocket, where the back of the card was in sight. He asked that any one of the cards be named. He withdrew the card from his jacket pocket and showed it to be the named Queen of Spades. He then showed that all the other cards were now also the Queen of Spades.

We recommend Keith’s lecture for anyone interested in breaking into the business of restaurant magic.

Jonathon Meyer generously invited us to hold our annual Holiday Party and Stage/Parlor Magic Contest at his newly opened “Jonathon’s Magic Theater” in South Oklahoma City. It is a very nice venue and even had a stage for our contest. The Ring provided turkey and ham and everyone brought potluck dishes to round out the meal.

Numbers were drawn from a hat to determine the performance order for the contest. President Cassidy Smith acted as emcee for the eight acts that competed for cash prizes.

Jim Green showed a clear drinking glass and a pistachio nut. With a wave of his hand, the nut penetrated the glass.

Lee Woodside placed a table at each side of the stage. On one table, he placed a frame holding three silk scarves, a blue one on each side and a pink one in the middle. Lee removed the pink scarf and carried it to the other table where he picked up a pistol and draped the scarf over the barrel. When he fired the pistol, the scarf vanished. When he pulled apart the blue scarves, the pink one was now tied between them.

Derrick Beeson said, “Poof” and a finger ring appeared on his finger. He then caused the ring to penetrate his fingers. Finally, the ring vanished is a flash of fire. Derrick showed a two-dollar bill front and back. He folded the bill and when he unfolded it, it had changed into two one-dollar bills. Derrick asked Shaun Clark to pick a card. The card was returned to the deck and Derrick handed the deck to Shaun, who found that his card had vanished. Derrick removed the card from his pocket.

David Teeman said that the magician doesn’t pick a wand, the wand picks the magician. He said, “This is the wand that picked me” and showed a large wand with a toilet plunger on one end. David asked Jonathon and Brynna to assist him. He had Brynna place a silk scarf into a bag. He handed Jonathon a wand, but the wand “broke” in his hands. David brought out a jumbo deck of cards and asked Jonathon to say “Stop” as David riffled the deck. The card he stopped at was the King of Hearts. David removed an insurance policy from his pocket and after much byplay, the policy unfolded into a giant King of Hearts. The scarf was pulled from the bag and it was now a silk scarf with a giant King of Hearts printed on it.

Rick Johnson brought out two books that he recently purchased from the half-price book store. He asked a volunteer to take one of the books. He then had her insert a card into the pages of another book. Rick opened the book at the selected page and read the page numbers as 194. He asked his volunteer to turn to that page in her book. Rick gave an accurate account of the text on that page. David Hoy would have been proud!

Rick brought out three jumbo playing cards with their backs towards the audience. One of the cards had “17” written on the back. He asked Rick Martin and Michael King for numbers between 1 and 52. Rick said “49” and Michael said “44.” Rick wrote these two numbers on the backs of two of the jumbo cards. Rick now had Cassandra Crow name red or black. She said, “Black.” Asked to name a black suit, Brian Tabor said, “Clubs.” Randy said “7” when asked for a value. Rick Johnson now pulled out a regular deck of playing cards, which had a number from 1 to 52 written on the back of each card. The cards with the numbers 49 and 44, matched the jumbo cards with those numbers. The card with 17 written on the back proved to be the 7 of club, which matched the jumbo card with ’17’ written on its back.

Bob Caldwell took the stage wearing a tropical shirt and a Santa hat and invited Derrick Beeson to join him. He placed a red card box, a blue card box, and a bell like those found on a counter on the table. He would perform an action, ring the bell, and then Derrick would perform the same action. Finally, each placed a playing card from his deck into the other person’s deck. Sure enough, both cards were the three of diamonds.

Bruce Rodesney said that he now performs with the stage name “B.” Many performers have gone with single names, so he is going with a single letter. He invited Jim Green onto the stage and performed the classic paper balls over the head routine. He then invited Cassidy Smith on stage. B tied two silk scarves together and placed the knotted end into Cassidy’s pants pocket. When he jerked the scarves out, Cassidy’s boxers were now tied between the two scarves.

Grant Vinson and his lovely girlfriend and assistant, Ashlee were the last contestants to perform. Grant taped his mouth shut with duck tape. He tossed wadded-up paper balls to each of four audience members. The first audience participant chose low cards, the second chose four, the third chose diamonds, and the fourth, with a choice of rock or roll, chose roll. Ashlee brought Grant a cylinder and a board. Grant placed the board across the cylinder and began to roll back and forth. He then ripped off the duck tape from his mouth and removed a folded playing card, which proved to be the four of diamonds. As a kicker ending, he had the four audience participants straighten out their papers and read them. Four. Of. Diamonds. Roll.

While Treasurer Michael King tabulated the scores, Cassidy Smith and Jonathon Meyer took the stage and discussed the trials and tribulations associated with Jonathon opening his Magic Theater.

Cassidy announced the winners: third place for Bob Caldwell, second place for Rick Johnson, and first place for Grant Vinson. Each received a cash prize to buy more magic.

Kevin Brasier took the stage and produced a dove from a foulard that had been shown on both sides. He then placed the dove into a small box. He tore the box apart piece by piece and the dove was nowhere to be found.

Lee Woodside

Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring

Meets 7:00 pm, 1^st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC

LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.

www.okcmagic.club

President Cassidy Smith introduced David Teeman as our featured performer for December. David began by showing that it’s easy to tie a square knot, especially if you have a square rope. He then showed a red rope, a green rope, and a yellow rope. He tied the two red ends together, the two green ends together and the two yellow ends together. Instead of ending up with three rope rings, however, he ended up with one giant ring.

David showed three different colored ropes tied in rings. He magically linked the three rings together. David showed us his wonderful method for “getting ready” for the performance of the Hindu Beads right in front of the audience.

David brought out a cord and a croquet ball with a hole drilled through the middle. He threaded the cord through the ball and demonstrated that he could cause the ball to stop at any point along the cord. He then invited Bruce Rodesney (AKA Murphy Villa) to try it, but of course he couldn’t make it work.

Cassidy Smith showed us a variety of rope magic tricks that are available. He showed us the “Tide” gag, a rope with magnets, the cut and restored rope, false knots, the one-handed knot, and the William Tell knot. He stressed that a very good pair of scissors should be used for the cut and restored rope trick. He also showed us a fake Elmer’s Glue bottle that could be used as a comedy way of restoring a rope.

Jonathon Meyer generously offered the use of his new Magic & Comedy Theater for our December Holiday Party and Stage/Parlor Magic Contest. A vote was taken and everyone welcomed of the idea.

Cassidy Smith led off our member performances by asking Derrick Beeson to select a playing card. The card was returned to the deck and with a “spap,” it flew out of the deck and Cassidy caught it. Cassidy also showed the new Popschticle gag item from Pop Haydn. Pulling an ice cream bar from one’s pocket, taking a bite out of it, and returning it to the pocket is a great laugh getter.

Lee Woodside performed the “Square Knot in Square Rope” that he uses to open every performance of his “Captain Lee’s Magic Medicine Show.” He gave tips on making this a memorable magic trick rather than just a “throwaway” bit. Lee then gave pointers on the performance of the Professor’s Nightmare. He said that he prefers 3/16 inch blue Dacron rope rather than the traditional magician’s rope. He also offered tips on the Fred Kaps move and the false count that turn the trick into a miracle. Lee emphasized that it is important to make eye contact with every member of the audience during the opening trick.

Bruce Rodesney invited David Teeman and Rick Johnson to each hold one end of a rope. Actually, it appeared to be a long rope and a short rope tied together. Bruck grasped the knot and moved it to another point on the rope and untied it to show two ropes. He retied the knot and again move it along the rope. He again untied it and retied it. Bruce borrowed Lee Woodside’s three ropes and performed his version of the Professor’s Nightmare.

Lee Woodside

Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring

Meets 7:00 pm, 1^st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC

LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.

www.okcmagic.club

President Cassidy Smith introduced David Teeman as our featured performer for December. David began by showing that it’s easy to tie a square knot, especially if you have a square rope. He then showed a red rope, a green rope, and a yellow rope. He tied the two red ends together, the two green ends together and the two yellow ends together. Instead of ending up with three rope rings, however, he ended up with one giant ring.

David showed three different colored ropes tied in rings. He magically linked the three rings together. David showed us his wonderful method for “getting ready” for the performance of the Hindu Beads right in front of the audience.

David brought out a cord and a croquet ball with a hole drilled through the middle. He threaded the cord through the ball and demonstrated that he could cause the ball to stop at any point along the cord. He then invited Bruce Rodesney (AKA Murphy Villa) to try it, but of course he couldn’t make it work.

Cassidy Smith showed us a variety of rope magic tricks that are available. He showed us the “Tide” gag, a rope with magnets, the cut and restored rope, false knots, the one-handed knot, and the William Tell knot. He stressed that a very good pair of scissors should be used for the cut and restored rope trick. He also showed us a fake Elmer’s Glue bottle that could be used as a comedy way of restoring a rope.

Jonathon Meyer generously offered the use of his new Magic & Comedy Theater for our December Holiday Party and Stage/Parlor Magic Contest. A vote was taken and everyone welcomed of the idea.

Cassidy Smith led off our member performances by asking Derrick Beeson to select a playing card. The card was returned to the deck and with a “spap,” it flew out of the deck and Cassidy caught it. Cassidy also showed the new Popschticle gag item from Pop Haydn. Pulling an ice cream bar from one’s pocket, taking a bite out of it, and returning it to the pocket is a great laugh getter.

Lee Woodside performed the “Square Knot in Square Rope” that he uses to open every performance of his “Captain Lee’s Magic Medicine Show.” He gave tips on making this a memorable magic trick rather than just a “throwaway” bit. Lee then gave pointers on the performance of the Professor’s Nightmare. He said that he prefers 3/16 inch blue Dacron rope rather than the traditional magician’s rope. He also offered tips on the Fred Kaps move and the false count that turn the trick into a miracle. Lee emphasized that it is important to make eye contact with every member of the audience during the opening trick.

Bruce Rodesney invited David Teeman and Rick Johnson to each hold one end of a rope. Actually, it appeared to be a long rope and a short rope tied together. Bruck grasped the knot and moved it to another point on the rope and untied it to show two ropes. He retied the knot and again move it along the rope. He again untied it and retied it. Bruce borrowed Lee Woodside’s three ropes and performed his version of the Professor’s Nightmare.

Lee Woodside

Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring

Meets 7:00 pm, 1^st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC

LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.

www.okcmagic.club

Grant Vinson kicked off the October meeting as our featured performer for the month. He showed posters of six bands that he said he really liked. He asked Cassidy Smith to choose any one of the bands. Each poster was sealed into a large envelope and the envelopes were mixed. Cassidy chose where each envelope was attached to a bulldog clip on a cord held by Grant and Ashlee. Once all the envelopes were in place, Grant said a magic word and all but one of the envelopes fell to the floor. Cassidy opened that envelope and found that it contained his selected band: AC/DC.

President Cassidy Smith led a discussion on predictions. Lots of good ideas were presented.

Jim Green showed an obviously empty clear latex balloon. As he slapped his open hand onto the side of the balloon, a sponge ball appeared within the balloon. He graciously offered to teach this to anyone who was interested.

Cassidy Smith gave a review of the soft opening of the “Magic Comedy Theater,” which occurred two evening prior to the meeting. Jonathon Meyer, the owner of the theater, was assisted at the opening by Cassidy Smith, Grant Vinson, and Rick Johnson. We all hope that Jonathon’s venture is a rousing success.

David Teeman handed a small envelope to Derrick Beeson and asked that he put it in his pocket. David then brought out three old TIME magazines, which he said he got from a missile site in South Dakota that was being decommissioned. Derrick chose which of the old issues was to be used. David riffled through the pages and asked Derrick to say, “Stop.” He then asked Derrick to put his finger at any place on the page and pick a word near that location. Derrick chose the word “executive.” David handed Derrick a dictionary and asked him to look up the word, but the page containing that word was missing. Sure enough, the page was found in the envelope in Derrick’s pocket and the word “executive was circled.

Lee Woodside said that he had mailed an envelope to David Teeman a few weeks ago and asked David if he had the envelope. Lee opened the envelope and dumped out a piece of paper with a prediction: “Israel and Hamas to meet in Egypt.” Lee then showed the headline of that day’s paper and it agreed with the prediction.

Lee told about his late Aunt Clara, who used to have “psychic flashes” of things that would happen. He said that her attorney had contacted him last week and gave him a box from his dear departed aunt. Inside the box were a deck of cards, an audio cassette tape, and a letter. The letter asked that Lee hand the cards to an audience member and have her deal the cards face up onto his hand, stop dealing whenever she wished, and then Lee would play the tape. Ashlee agreed to deal the cards. The tape predicted that she would stop on the nine of hearts, which was exactly right.

Brian Tabor told about his method for handling a disruptive child at a kids’ show. He said he no longer does shows for children. Bruce Rodesney added his thoughts on the subject.

Bob Caldwell reviewed a magic convention in Baltimore that featured John Bannon. He then performed a John Bannon card trick. He asked for numbers from two audience members and created a four-digit number. He then divided a deck into four parts and had each talon shuffled by an audience member. Ashlee decided which talon to use and Bob named off the cards she held. As she verified he was right, he wrote the value of the card on a piece of paper. When an audience member added all the numbers, they matched the number created earlier.

Lee Woodside

Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring

Meets 7:00 pm, 1^st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC

LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.

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In lieu of our normal September meeting, we were pleased to host a lecture by South African magician Trevor Duffy. Trevor began by borrowing a five-dollar bill from Andrew. He folded the bill and when he unfolded it, it had become a ten-dollar bill, which he handed back to Andrew. He said that doing this gets the audience on your side and makes others more willing to interact with the magician.

Trevor rolled up a piece of flash paper and pulled a lit match from his pocket. When he lit the paper, it turned into a silver dollar. As a climax, the coin turned into a jumbo silver dollar.

Derrick selected a four of diamonds from the deck, signed it, and replaced it in the deck. When Trevor threw the deck onto the table, the four of diamonds turned face up, but it was not signed. Trevor took a wallet from his pocked and, sure enough, the signed card was in the wallet.

Trevor demonstrated an ingenious apparatus he developed for producing a deck of cards at one’s fingertips. He said it was ideal for use in an “Invisible Deck” routine.

Trevor brought out a paper sack that he said contained a food item. He showed a deck of cards that had different food items on the back of each card. A card was selected and the word “Pears” was written on it. He removed a can from the sack and it was “Peas.” However, when he opened the can and poured out the contents, the result was “Peaches.”

Trevor showed us a very visual diminishing cards routine that he developed. The final fan of cards was tiny indeed.

Trevor told us a story involving himself, his brother, and a bloat of hippos on a river in Africa. He then presented Lee Woodside with a signed hippo carved from ironwood.

Trevor lead a brief discussion on what to do when something goes wrong in a show. He offered us his advice on how to handle it based on his years of experience.

Trevor had Derrick initial a coin and then he initialed the other side. He placed the coin on the table and had Derrick hold his hand over it. Trevor then removed a drawstring bag from his coat pocket and placed it on the table. He picked up the coin and vanished it. When Derrick opened the bag, he found a small, locked wooden box. Trevor handed him the key and when the box was opened, there was the initialed coin.

Trevor performed his “Phil Plus Outdone” routine, which he based on Phil Goldstein’s “Phil.” Trevor asked that someone think of a card and he would name the card. He said the name of the card was “Jane.” He showed that each card in the deck had a different name on the back and asked the audience member what card he was thinking of. Sure enough, it was the card with “Jane” written on the back. Trevor next wrote a card name on the back of his business card and placed it on the table. He asked someone in the audience shout out a girl’s name. “Lois” was the response. Trevor found the card with “Lois” written on it and turned it over to show that it was the queen of dimaonds. He then showed that “QD” was written on his business card.

Trevor asked Justin if he would volunteer for a dangerous trick. Trevor placed two drops of “antiseptic” on Justin’s arm. He then brought out a large folding knife and made a cut on the arm, drawing blood. With a magical gesture, he wiped off the “blood” and Justin’s arm was restored.

Trevor finished his lecture with a very nice routine using “Rocky the Raccoon.” The animal came alive in his hands. He placed the raccoon into a small box on a table and flipped the box open to show that the animal had disappered. Except, one could see a telltale tail hanging from the bottom of the table. After some comedy byplay trying to hide the evidence, he tore the cloth off the table top to show that the Rocky had truly disappeared.

We heartily recommend Trevor Duffy’s lecture to any Ring that has the opportunity to book him. We were very glad that he got the chance come to Oklahoma City.

Lee Woodside