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.
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 80th 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 80th 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