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Volume 4, Issue 1 11 September 2015

Words from the Secretary Meeting Place

Craig Colombel We are now meeting at a new place. The new
September 2015 – [email protected] meeting place is:
We need people to come to the club meetings, learn
how to perform a slight, practice a new routine or effect, Richmond Beach Library
or session with another magician. We are looking for 19601 21st Ave. NW
writers for the newsletter. Anything on your thoughts on Shoreline, 98177
magic, any performances you are doing, or conventions 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
you have been to. See yourself in print. Send the
articles to [email protected]. The theme for the night is Cards
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Magic with Rope, String, Cord or
Ribbon .

IN SID
Craig E T H Iwas
Colombel S Ithe
S Swinner
U E of the drawing last
month and the item was “Self Working Rope Magic”.
1 As part of the condition
Secretary’s Messagefor winning the raffle, the
winner is asked to perform something with the
Craig Colombel

1 winnings. Craig performed a cut and restore rope using

New Meeting Place
a Karl Germaine method. Craig then perform a routine
with two ropes and two rings, threading the rings on the
2 ropes,August
holdingMeeting
the ends and having the audience select a
ring and that ring penetrating the ropes.
3 RalphRing Of Smoke
Huntzinger demonstrated a work in progress that
he is preparing to perform for his family’s reunion. It
3 Calendartype
used Sudoku of Events
boards, five of them with numbers in
a 5X5 matrix. Numbers are chosen and removed from
4 the boards until
Payne’s only five numbers per board is left. On
Reviews
each board the numbers are added up and all the boards
5 add up to the same number. Then the number cards are
place Notes to Self by Phil Reda
in numerical order on each board, turn over and
there are letters on the backs. The letters in order spell
6 out different words. One word was magic and the last
word was Becca. Becca is short for Rebecca who was
one of the women executed for witch craft in Salem,
who is also the ancestor of Ralph’s family.
Evan, using a silk, goblet and marble performed an
effect. The marble was placed in the center of the silk,
wrapped up and locked in place with a washer. The silk
was placed in a goblet and with shaking the marble
penetrated the silk.
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Raymond Garofalo performed an effect based on the
Charlie -Charlie pencil game, using cards and coins. He
asked for help with some of the movements for a
YouTube recording. Needed a story and help with the
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August 2015 MEETING

Magic with Silks (or Any sort of Handkerchief)

Your secretary was vacationing in Michigan so was not able to be at the August meeting. I got a
verbal report on the meeting. I apologize in advance for any errors in this month’s report.
Jeff Dial gave a one hour presentation with props and PowerPoint on silk magic. It mainly covered the
history and props for silk magic. The major item he covered was “Rice’s Encyclopedia of Silk Magic
Trilogy”.
Ralph Huntzinger brought his usual box of magic stuff to show and educated the club.
There was a discussion about the clubs’ performance of walk-around magic at the Richmond Beach’s
“Night Out against Crime” event. There was a consensus of the group that we should make ourselves
available for more local community events. Christopher Hendricks(?) Volunteered to research for
more events and venues for the club to participate in.
We then had the drawing for some prizes.
Come to a meeting and show off your magic

Remember, to visit the club’s website, http://www.nwringoffire.com and also visit the clubs Facebook
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UPCOMING LECTURE

Hi everyone!Direct from Spain, we have the incredible Dani DaOrtiz joining us on The Can-Am Conjuring
Lecture Series this month. He’ll be in Seattle on Saturday, September 19th.

September 19th, 2015 - Seattle, WA

2:00 PM
Shawn O'Donnell's (lower level)
122 128th St. SE
Everett, WA

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Ring of Smoke Report

No Report this month CALENDAR OF EVENTS
NWRF – 2015 Meeting Themes

August 13 – Magic with Silks (or any sort of handkerchief)

September 10 – Impromptu Magic

October 8 – Magic with Paper – Newspaper, slips of paper, note

cards, stationery, origami paper – any sort of Paper!

November 12 – On the Ball – Magic with any kind of Ball -

Baseballs, Tennis balls, Billiard balls, rubber balls, cork balls,
Sponge balls, Marbles

December 10 – Finished Magic – Bring in Magic that you’ve been

working on that’s finished. –maybe the “unfinished’ Magic from
March’s meeting!
Make sure to check the website for upcoming
events and lectures.
HTTP://WWW.NWRINGOFFIRE.COM/INDEX.HTML
FACEBOOK :
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OF-FIRE/429616737105973

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Still Small, Still Deadly

By Paul Hallas
Everything you ever wanted to know about packet tricks, but were afraid to ask
$25.00
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Softbound 8 1/2” X 11 1/2” 183 pages
Reviewed by Payne
In his book Still Small, Still Deadly Mr. Hallas details, references and\or attributes a wide array of packet tricks. I
have never before seen a more concise compilation of packet tricks. But then I missed out getting his first volume
“Small But Deadly” which was published back in 2002 in England, finally reaching our shores here in the States
three years later when H&R Books published it in 2005.
If his first book was as thorough in his exploration of packet tricks as this volume is I am surprised there was
anything more that could be written on the subject. But somehow Mr. Hallas has found nearly five hundred different
packet tricks that didn’t make it into his first volume. But don’t get too excited. Of these twenty-fiveish score of
referenced packet tricks he only details the inner workings of a couple of dozen or so. This volume is mainly a
reference book for those among us, who like Mr. Hallas are not just fond of packet tricks, but seemingly obsessed
with them.
Thus those who are not aficionados or fans of packet tricks should steer clear of this volume as there would be little
of interest in it for them. The same goes for anyone simply looking for a few new tricks for their arsenal. While there
are many packet tricks explained in this book they are hard to locate. Which is my chief complaint about this book, it
is encyclopedic in scope but not in nature. It is poorly laid out and the information contained herein difficult to
access. The six pages long “Index of Tricks Referenced” would have been made much more useful if it had featured
an asterisked notation along side the tricks actually explained in the text of the book. A bibliography of the multitude
of magazines, videos and books that are referenced throughout the text would also have been a useful addition. A
more logical and consistent layout too would have been beneficial. Some chapters are about packet trick creators,
while others are about a specific type of packet trick and the multiple variations upon that particular theme. Some
chapters are just an explanation of a particular packet trick while other chapters might have the instructions to a trick
buried in the text. Some chapters seem to be leading towards an explanation of an interesting packet trick but end
up being a list of packet trick brainwaves or poker deals.
It ends up reading more like a series of papers or articles on packet tricks that have been haphazardly assembled
into book form than a book that was purposely written on the subject of packet tricks.
As for the tricks themselves, they cover a wide range of material. There are ESP effects, mathematical and spelling
tricks, effects with specially printed cards and tricks with regular playing cards, some with just standard cards and
others which require standard gaffs. While some of them require the basic arsenal of packet trick sleights (not all of
which are explained in the book) many of them are mathematical in nature and require an inordinate amount of
counting and dealing. While reading this book and coming across an effect you might be interested in it would be
best to mark the page as, it has been mentioned before, the tricks in this book can be difficult to wean out of the
text. Particularly because, as mentioned before, they all vary in format. Some have chapter headings with “Effect”
and “Setup” notations clearly laid out while others are buried as asides in chapters about a particular type of packet
trick or its creator. This is true too with the few sleights that are described for use in some of the effects. A good
editor would have standardized the format of the material and helped to make this a much more reader friendly
book.
Still it contains a treasure trove of information of value to the serious student of packet tricks and their entomology
and I’m sure references to this volume will find their way into bibliographies of future texts devoted to the serious
study of this topic. I only wish that this volume had one.

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Magic Shops in the Area Magical happenings

Below is a list of the Magic shops in the Area. None
Magic Monday! Magic Monday is an hour of magic,
have paid for this listing and if anybody knows of others
conjuring, & prestidigitation which stars magicians from the
let me know and I will list them.
Northwest region on the second Monday of each
Seattle’s Market Magic Shop month. Location: Ravenna Third Place Books in the
Pikes Place Market Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle. 6504 20th Ave. NE,
1501 Pike Place #427 Seattle, WA. Time: 7-8pm Magic Monday is not only a
Seattle, WA 98101 great place to see local magicians doing what they do best;
www.marketmagicshop.com it is also a great place for YOU to perform. It happens the
(A store that many know about. In existence for 30 second Monday of each month. If you want to hone your
years)
magic skills, get in touch with Mark Paulson, the producer
Terjung’s Studio of Gifts of this venue ([email protected]). It is a wonderful
4547 Calif. Ave SW chance to perform for an appreciative audience. It’s been
Seattle, WA 98116 standing room only all year.
(This is a gift store with a counter in the back were they
sell magic) SEPTEMBER 14
Lakewood Costumes Jim Earnshaw-MC
5932 Lake Grove ST SW Hugh Castell
Lakewood, WA 98499 Michael Jacobs
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(Mainly Costumes and Clown items, they have a Steve Tyler
counter where they sell magic) Master Payne
Dave’s Killer Magic Shop
1707 Main Street OCTOBER 12
Vancouver, WA 98665
Mark Paulson-MC
360-448-9022
Jim Earnshaw
Philemon Vanderbeck
Brian Cook’s Xakary
WWW.MAGICCRAFTER.COM Master Payne

If you wish to perform contact Mark at:

Seattle Juggling and Magic Shop [email protected] or on Facebook at
9460 Rainier Ave South,
Seattle, WA 98118
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Delancey’s on 3rd 810 S 3rd St Renton, WA
1st Saturdays of the month. Doors open at 7:45pm
Food,Drinks Close-up Magic 8-9 pm
Emcee Tim Flynn
Stage Show 9pm. $10/$15
Call Seattle Juggling and Magic shop
206-859-8363

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Notes to Self - Karma Deck Review and special offer!

By Phil Reda
Do You believe in Karma - you should!
For years I played around with different stacked decks. One of my favorites is Richard Osterlind"s "Breakthrough
Card System". But their is a new kid on the block - The Karma Deck. This is a completely new and original stack
that goes far beyond what other stacks can do. This is also a memorized deck without any memory work! What? No
memory work! - I was skeptical. If you are like me I have shied away from learning a memorized deck. The main
reason is you have to constantly practice with your deck to keep the order memorized. It is great if you perform all the
time but for us weekend warriors it is just not practical. What a shame as there are so many great memorized deck
routines out there.
So I crossed my fingers and ordered this 41 page manuscript from Library.com. As usual my order was in my inbox
within minutes. I first read the forward by non other the Richard Osterind - well this is off to a good start. Then As I
read the method I marveled at the elegance and simplicity of the system. The add is completely true you will learn a
memorized deck in 5 minutes based on the algorithmic stack. There are just a couple of rules and if you need a crutch
there is a very clever gimmick that we all have that will guide you. The beauty of the gimmick is it sits there in plane
sight of the spectators and they will never notice it. But the gimmick is not required to use this deck it is only there if
you need it.
Here are some of the highlights I copied from the ad:
Karma Deck is a game changer. 100% intuitive with zero memory work.
If a 12 year old can learn Karma Deck in just 6 minutes, you can definitely learn in 5.
Karma Deck can be used as a stacked deck, memorized deck or an algorithmic deck.
Karma Deck is based on a very innovative and clever principle (probably the world's first)
Given a position you can know the card. Given a card you can know its position.
Given a card you can know what card is before it as well as after it. Also, how many cards are above it and
below it in the deck.
With Karma Deck, if you cut the deck you can know how many cards are in each pile. And also what cards
are in each pile.
If you distribute Karma Deck to 52 people you can know who has what card for everybody.
Karma Deck works with any suit order of your choice like CHaSeD, SHoCkeD, DuCHeS etc etc.
Karma Deck system allows you to do amazing routines even without a deck of cards.
Almost all existing routines of any stacked or memorized or algorithmic decks can be done with Karma Deck.
And much more easily.
The intro price is $12 but the price was going up this week so I contacted Chris at Library.com and told him I
was writing a review and could he extend the date. He contacted the author and they extend the date until
October 12th then the price will go to $18. They also are offering a package deal were if you buy this
manuscript you can get "Amazers with Karma Deck" for Half price - only $5. This book gives routines to
perform with the Karma deck. I would recommend the package deal. But the Karma deck can be used for
any stacked or memorized deck routine it is the versatile .
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