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.
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