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 had a great turnout for our December Holiday Party. The Ring provided turkey, ham and soft drinks and the members brought sides, salads & desserts. After a great meal, we began our annual Stage/Parlor Magic contest.
President Cassidy Smith introduced Cassandra Crowe as the first contestant. She placed four white balls and one black ball into a paper sack and invited five participants to each draw out one ball and keep it hidden. She then divined who held the black ball.
Kevin Brasier invited three audience members to each choose a card and then return it to the deck. Kevin brought out his sword, threw the deck of cards into the air, and impaled the three chosen cards onto the blade of the sword.
Lee Woodside showed a deck of cards as all being different. He placed rubber bands around one end of the deck and tossed the deck to Rick Johnson and asked him to peek at one card. Rick handed the deck to Molly, who followed Rick’s example. This was repeated with Kallie and Grant. Lee concentrated and divined all four cards. He then handed certificates to all of the participants recognizing their capablities as telepathic communicators.
Shaun Clark showed four small chrome rings. He demonstrated the ability of the rings to link and unlink.
Brian Tabor showed a leather cone and a white ball. The ball was able to penetrate the cone. He also caused the ball to multiplay. He the showed a paper sack and asked Grace to name any fruit. She chose ‘apple.’ Instead of an apple, however, the bag contained a lemon. Brian caused the lemon to change into a crumpled up piece of orange paper. When the paper was unfolded, the word ‘Apple’ was written on it.
David Teeman placed a silk scarf into a small wooden caddy. He showed a small casket that was clear on all sides. After making a magical gesture with his wand (a toilet plunger with a magic wand as a handle), he showed the caddy empty and then the silk scarf magically appeared in the small casket.
While the votes were being tallied, Kevin Brasier showed us his collection of books detailing the contruction of stage illusions. He also showed books and DVDs about the performance of illusions. Kevin has constructed and performed the ZigZag Girl and the Metamorphosis illusions among others.
After Michael King had tallied the results, Cassidy Smith announced the winners of the contest. Brian Tabor took first place, Kevin Brasier second place, and Lee Woodside third place.
Lee Woodside