Ring NO. 46, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Seymour Davis Ring
Meets 7:00 pm, 1st Monday of the month at the New Beginning Fellowship Church, 15601 S. Pennsylvania in OKC
LEE WOODSIDE, Secretary. Email: WoodsideLee@hotmail.com.
We were pleased to host a lecture by Gregory Wilson. Gregory began by causing the appearance of a poker chip. He then invited James Schoonover to join him and proceeded to “vanish” the chip by placing it on James’ shoulder.
Gregory showed a ball point pen and repeatedly cuased the writing end to jump from one end of the pen to the other. He calls this “Pointless.”
Gregory asked if there were any golfers in the house and Jerry Bowzer stepped forward. Gregory brought out a box of golf balls, placed them on Jerry’s hand and asked him to guess how many balls were in the box. Jerry, an avid golfer, immediately said, “Three.” Gregory proceeded to remove four balls from the box. He put three of the balls back into the box and then took out four more balls. By the time the routine was over, there were at least eight golf balls.
Gegory showed a golf tee in each hand and then caused one tee to jump to the other hand. After he showed the secret, we all had trouble believing the “move” fooled us. Gregory asked someone to name a number between 1 and 100. He immediately reached into his pocket and removed exactly that much change and showed his pocket to then be empty.
Gregory showed a credit card on both sides and in a flash the card turned into bills. He called this “Cash Flow.”
Using Rick Johnson as his victim, I mean volunteer, Gregory performed a very entertaining pickpocket routine. During the routine he kept handing me items he had stolen from Rick. By the time it was over and he introduced me as his “partner in crime,” I was holding Rick’s folding money, keys, credit card and phone. He did not explain this routine.
Gregory very cleanly showed five one-dollar bills front and back. He then changed the bills to twenties. When everyone thought the trick was over, he changed them to one-hundred dollar bills.
Gregory performed a very nice ambitious card routine using a blank deck. He started by having Rick Johnson sign one of the cards and proceeded with a very fast-paced routine. At one point he held the deck in one hand with a blank card at the face and with a quick flick Rick’s signature appeared.
My only concern with Gregory’s lecture was that he bragged about using magic to get out of speeding tickets. My opinion is that this is a bad message to send. Otherwise, it was a very enjoyable and informative lecture.
The theme for our April meeting was “Let’s make magic.” Brian Tabor performed a “Bank Night” routine where each participant opened his envelope to find a one-dollar bill. Brian opened the unchosen envelope and removed a one-hundred dollar bill. He then passed out materials and taught everyone how to construc the stand he had used for loading the hundred-dollar bill.
Lee Woodside brought out three of his “friends” and place a rock by one, a pair of scissors by the second, and a piece of paper by the third. He invited three participants to switch the items around and then read his prediction as to who would win the game. It was spot on. Lee then gave everyone a pair of folding scissors and taught the routine.
David Teeman led the member performances by showing a pop-out microphone gag. He then showed a wood and plexiglass stand for performing 20th Century Silks. He said that a friend had made it for him out of materials David scrounged from the trash bin.
Jim Green demonstrated a “Newton’s Nightmare.” He showed a long tube and a steel ball that fit into the tube. When he dropped the ball into the top of tube, it quickly fell out the bottom. However, when he invoked his magic spell, the ball took several seconds to traverse the tube.
Rick Martin, who has built several beautiful magic props in his workshop, showed us a couple of neat things. One was an accelerator for super glue. He said that when it is sprayed on one surface and super glue is put on another surface, the two will bond almost instantaneously. The other item he showed was a tape that can be applied to greatly reduce friction. Rick then showed a stand make from wood that does the same thing as the one Brian Tabor taught us how to build from card stock.
Lee Woodside