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Volume 5, Issue 3 9 March 2016

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Words from the Secretary

1 Secretary’s Message
Craig Colombel
February 2016 – [email protected]

1 Ring of Smoke A lot of new things are happening with the club. If you have
not been to a meeting lately come and see the changes. Also

2 Presidents Message
plans are being made for the club to put on the 3 of Hearts.
Now is your chance to put on a magic convention. If you are
performing or have performed let me know and I will put it into
3 An Unintended Reversal – Andrew the newsletter. Also if you have some thoughts you will like to
see in print send it to me. Send the articles to
Olmstead
[email protected].
Also it is that time of year again Time to pay your dues.
4-5 Zinger’s Thoughts The cost is $25 (for a single membership) or $35 (for a family
membership). Help support your club. You can send your
6 Evan Reynolds -Article membership dues to:
Craig Colombel
7 Cooks Challenge 509 So 165th St
Burien, WA 98148
Make the check out to NWRF
8 Payne’s Review

9 February Meeting

10 Calendar of Events
11 Christian Engblom Lecture
12 Magic Shops and Magical Happenings
Ring of Smoke Report
The meeting on Sunday, March 6 was a well attended
event at Shawn O'Donnell's, hosted by JR, Ralph and
Lance Campbell Between Two Minds Mark. JR worked with the older kids on close up magic
13 and honed their skills, and showed off new tricks. The
whole group discussed organizing an upcoming Mystic
14 Lecture Series Pasta event, and enjoyed jamming together. All in all, a
great time was had by all on a very rainy day.
15 Jeff McBride Show Ben and Marty

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President’s Message
Ralph Huntzinger
End of the quarter, Jeff McBride, and allergies -- luckily I can take the hands off the club’s wheel for a while and
the world does not crash and burn.
Before I ramble let’s get the business items out of the way: If you want to do the opening or closing performance
at the meeting, let me know, otherwise you get me; I’ve finally convinced someone to plan a “teach-in”, if you
want to share your knowledge, (I know) “… let me know”; Guess I’ll have to come up with another three months
of themes since no one has stepped forward to head that “falling off a log” team; I’ll be asking what book you
have been reading and possibly add, “and what have you been practicing” – if you have not been practicing, why
not?; Remember this is a sharing and discovery organization; oh yes, pay your dues and bring a friend who is
interested in magic.
It seems that even in the sunny part of the year magic enthusiasts don’t travel far for magic shows, don’t know
why (I don’t count convention shows because the audience reacts differently). Well, 90 minutes of a seasoned
performer for $30 is a show we should be telling all our friends and families about and it’s only a short drive into
Seattle on this Saturday afternoon (show time 1:00) – Jeff McBride’s show. We normally only see his shorter
show although I enjoyed being recognized in his Vegas “Edge Show”, could be that we didn’t have time to change
costumes so showed up in full Renaissance finery. On the same note, Lance Campbell is performing next week,
That’s Impossible Presents has a child I remember seeing at an early Lynnwood Magic Ring meeting night who
has grown up (Aaron Wheeler) this Saturday. I’ll just note that very few members traveled to Portland for an
enjoyable Portland Magic Jam. TV, videos, and YouTube are stimulating but live performance cannot be
duplicated.
I’ve often wondered why the song talked about April showers and May flowers when the flowering trees of the
Pacific Northwest greet us in late February after months of rain from November through March. I guess Seattle
Blues coupled with runny noses and dysfunctional bodies don’t sync and scan with the winter months. The song
derives from an English 1610 poem/folktale (1920 song is more familiar) and we’re in similar climate zone, but it
still bugs me especially when I’ve lost months waiting for sunshine and the histamines kick in. That relates to
magic only because my energies go to allergies with a little left over to be pleasant to people, nothing much
except spurts for creating, directing, and performing magic – great excuse. I recommend Dr. Norman Rosenthal’s
“Winter Blues” along with a healthy dose of daily exercise plus sitting and reading from a great magic library, this
concoction results in creative ideas for me that push me into creating when the sun shines again.

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An Unintended Reversal – Andrew Olmstead – Another effect shared by Andrew Thanks again

Effect: In order to read the identity of a selected card, the spectator is told to mentally turn a card they're
picturing towards the performer. As a side effect of this mental process, the card is found physically reversed in
the center of the deck.

Why I Like This Trick:

I'm not the authority on magic or mentalism, but I know some people think these two branches of deception
don't mix well in the same performance. I think this is only a problem when the effects created conflict with
each other. Mental effects often get the spectator asking, “How did they know that?”, while for magical effects
it's “How did they do that?” Is your effect contained in the mind or does it spill out into the physical world? One
common presentation for the following effect is to say “A mentalist reveals cards by naming them, and a
magician reveals cards by doing [action xyz]”. My humble opinion is that there is nothing interesting in this
presentation. Additionally, by doing both effects, you are technically indicating you are neither a mind-reader
nor miracle-worker. The lighthearted presentation below is an attempt to connect the mind-reading bit to the
physical world, making the unified effect a magical one.

Credits: A multitude of card reversal effects which involve facing the pack.

Script/Method:

1. Use a red deck.

2. Reverse the bottom card before starting the trick. Start spouting your favorite mind-reading nonsense as
patter now.
3. Force a black card. I use the cull, but you can use your favorite method, as they say.
4. Under misdirection as the card is shown around, turn over the pack.
5. Holding the deck square, have the spectator return the card to the middle of the pack. If the cards are worn,
it may be easier for you to return it. Make sure it is clear that you do not look at the card.
(Position check: The top card is face down. Below it are fifty face up cards, with the selection face down in the
middle.)
6. Ask them to picture an image of the card blown up in between you both. Draw a rectangle in the air and tell
them you will attempt to see the image of the card.
7. Confidently say the card is red. When they say it is not, tell them all you see is a big red rectangle in the air.
Wait a moment. The may realize that you are “looking” at the back of the card.
8. Say something to the effect of, “Oh, you're looking at the face of the card? You'll have to look at the back for me to see
what the card is. Turn it around.” When they laugh or turn the card around, half pass the bottom 51 cards. Now all of the
cards are face down except for the selection.
9. Promptly reveal the card as if you can clearly make it out now. Take your applause. Set the cards down if you
get a chance.
10. As an afterthought, mention that you'll have to turn the card back the right way around in the deck. Spread
through the cards with the faces towards the spectator. This way when you get to their card, the back is
towards them, which matches the image you told them to create. Turn the card around so they can see it and
thank them for having a very active imagination.

Notes on Method: I actually use a different method, Hideo Kato's “Hands Off Reverse”. It's a very clean force of
a card and reversal published in the Hierophant. I'm not sure, but I think I heard about it when Hideo
mentioned it once on the Magic Cafe. I'll perform it at the meeting if there's any interest. There are many card
forces and almost as many card reversals. Use your favorite combination

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A Ramble though “Do Get The Name Right” by Zinger(Ralph Huntzinger)

I recently performed in three shows before magic enthusiasts, the Friday and Saturday night shows at the
Portland Magic Jam and the dinner social of the Emerald City Wizards. Performing before magicians is different
than before a lay audience but that’s another ramble. The three opportunities gave me the pleasure (and in one
case the horror) of working with different approaches to the role/job of Master of Ceremonies, “MC or
Compère” -- one was excellent as an entertainer and MC, one was very good, and one needed an MC to get him
on and off.
I cooled off and became rational after the terrible experience and started to rethink what would be required in
an MC. (One irrational note to myself requires more thought, “perhaps regional conventions are setting new
standards by accepting behavior lower and lower than previous standards.”
Face facts, there are fewer and fewer places to gain “flight time” and “learn not to be bad.” Other notes may
arise as our 2017 public performance gets closer.)
But back to “MC-ing”, I supplemented my self-centered experience as an audience member and performing artist
by rereading the most concise statement I’ve seen on the subject, “Do get the name right (the pro. Guide to
better compèring)” by John Wade, 1st published in Abracadabra (1984) with intro by Billy McComb. Because the
obscure pamphlet is in few personal libraries, I have taken pieces quite liberally; please read the full publication if
you plan on being an MC (compère).

Here’s my short list of the tasks required of the theatrical role we describe as an MC:
• introduce acts,
• set the tone for the performances,
• move from highlighting one act to the next,
• possibly “frame” expectations of an act,
• fill time between acts,
• give announcements,
• recognize members of audience, and
• perhaps, do own short act.

Let me allow John Wade to present a couple of his views; I’ve only grabbed some views that compliment,
supplement, or contradict my short list – I’d love to reprint all his comments, but ...
The first responsibility is to the audience, “Primarily the compère is the link between artists and audience. He is
the unobtrusive host introducing his special guests at a party.” “My analogy of the host at his party is quite
valid. All those participating, those behind the scenes as well as those invited, should be relaxed and able to give
of their best, unworried by technical hitches and possible personality clashes. Such a situation never happens by
accident, but can only be avoided by hard work in preparation and planning, by the host.”
“He will arrive well before the start of the show, during band call or rehearsal.” “He will need a running order. …
which side [the artist] comes on and which side he goes off … how many mikes, where placed and what height;
what props or furniture he needs; what his last item is, and finally anything special the artist wants [said} about
him.”
“Half an hour before the time for the curtain to go up, our compère should be made-up and ready to go on. He’ll
have done this in order that should there be any last minute hitches, at least he won’t have to cope with them
while only half dressed. There can be tensions backstage and the few minutes leading to curtain time can be
made a lot easier if artists, stage staff, musicians and management can rely on the reassuring figure of the
compère, ready and prepared for any hazard that might appear.”
“A compère will have to do a short spot early on in the show in order to establish himself with the
audience. After that he must keep his appearances as brief as possible.”

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From Previous page:

“It is not a compère’s function to --- show how versatile he is; be some sort of artist’s labourer; announce the
number of cars that need shifting, items of lost property found, or mislaid babies; not a vendor of ice-cream or
nuts; he is not a critic, that is the privilege of the audience.”
“A compère’s job is complex enough without being a furniture remover as well.” “Microphones play a major part
in modern entertainment and the placing of them is something that must be discussed in detail before the
show.” “Most artists like to work as near as possible to the audience … so only the compère can set a mike
smoothly … If an extra mike is needed the compère will take it on. If the act doesn’t need the mike, the comère
will take it off.”
“To start with, I never start to introduce an artist until I can see him ready at the side --- and I tell him this
beforehand. I’ll keep on chatting until I get a ‘read’ signal, but usually I make sure he’s ready even before I walk
out to introduce him.”

“Incidentally I don’t believe it absolutely necessary for a compère to go on before every act. … ‘back-announce’
them, getting them an extra round of applause possibly, before introducing the next artist. This sort of ploy
saves minutes on a long show, helps the audience combat “compère fatigue”, and saves you material.”
I wish and hope all MCs and compères remember two points from Wade: “... link the artists entertainingly and
smoothly.” And “… present artist to the audience in an entertaining manner – that’s all!”

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This month I promised to say what it’s like to bring Jeff McBride to town for a show and lecture combination!

Well, first, he’s coming on March 12th and you can get tickets here:
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I like magic. Obviously, I’m a magician, so I’d hope there is some affection for the art form there. I’ve always tried
to have a magician in my Variety show every month - we’ve had other local magicians perform (Master Payne
was in our February show!), we’ve had Las Vegas magicians perform, cruise ship magicians, even some magicians
traveling the country who happened to be in town. Frankly the magicians I’ve been able to talk into performing
in the Variety has really surprised me. And that’s not even getting into some of the other variety acts we’ve had -
Teatro ZinZanni headliners and much more. It’s given me the confidence to feel like I can ask, why not?
I read in one of Jeff McBride’s newsletters he was on a world tour. And I figured why not and emailed him to see
if he was going to be anywhere near Seattle. At the time I was just thinking about a show, and was just curious to
see if we could make it happen. He came back offering a show, lecture and workshop combination and honestly
his terms are really designed to make it workable. He gets most of the ticket sales, that’s what makes it worth his
while, and we will basically just be breaking even - but that’s OK. I really just wanted to see his show again!
The real issue was finding a venue. We had to work with his schedule, and he only had a few weekends available.
We wanted an evening show, he normally does a 7pm show and a lecture afterwards. But our normal venue was
booked in the evening, and could only do a day show. So we looked around but the only venues we found that
we could make work were FAR more expensive - so we finally figured OK, an afternoon show it is! It was going to
cost us over a thousand dollars more to move to a venue that could handle a 7pm show, so that just kind of
forced the afternoon show on us. (So if you wonder why we did things the way we did them - that’d be it!)
That’s also why this ended up happening at what might seem to be last minute - I was trying pretty hard to find
other venues, but everything’s slow! So it took a while to get everything settled with McBride, then it took a
while to find a venue, then my business partner had some questions and those took a while, and then by the
time we could announce a lot of time had passed. There’s a lesson there but I’m not yet quite sure how to apply
it - venues were just tough!
However he’s been really easy and pleasant to work with. They gave us some press releases and a poster
template, so we’ve been running those around. And as always everything depends on ticket sales, so … feel free
to pass that link around to your friends!
We’re publishing this one to several places. We are going out to all the neighborhood blogs, online calendars,
several email lists, and have put out a press release we’re shopping around. Generating ticket sales is always the
hardest and scariest part - not in the least because everyone buys tickets in the last week, so a week before a
show things always look dismal. It makes it really hard to tell if you’re doing well with a show or if you’re going to
bomb! And shows tend to be seasonal, so some months (January is a big example) ALWAYS do badly.

Which is why the next month will have to cover marketing … something I’m not the best at, but I have a few tips
that have helped!

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Two peanuts crossed the street. One was assaulted.

The other was turned into peanut butter, which made it assault and buttery.
Then the cops came and everything was nuts,
but the found the culprit - he was a roasted.

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COOK’S CHALLENGE
February 2016
By Jim Rodgers
Cook’s Challenge – February
Our first Cook’s Challenge performer at February’s meeting was Sara Seigneuret. Sara started off with a handful
of alphabet flash cards. She asked the audience to join her as she flipped thru the flash cards and, one letter at a
time, spelled out the words ‘Magic Money’. Then, the flash cards suddenly changed to a hand full of bills: Magic
Money.
Next, Sara counted out 4 bills. (okay, they were fake bills, but you get the idea.) She took away 3 of them.
When she counted the bills again, she still had 4. She repeated the same actions as before, only this time the 3
bills she took away were 3 different colors. And, just like before, she still had 4 bills left.
Back in January, Sara received a Cook’s Challenge envelope that contained Bill Severn’s book ‘The Complete
Book of Magic’. Sara select the two effects above, ‘Magic Spell’ and ‘Rainbow Repeat Bills’ from that book and
made her own props for this performance.
At the end of her challenge, Sara kept ‘The Complete Book of Magic’ to add to her Magic library.

Our next performer was Rich Waters. Rich introduced 3 Chinese coins and a length of ribbon. He threaded the
ribbon thru the holes in the centers of the coins. After an audience member verified that the coins were truly
threaded on the ribbon, Rich slowly and methodically caused one coin to dissolve thru the ribbon.
The two remaining coins were shown to be still threaded on the ribbon and were verified by a spectator.
Another spectator held them between his first finger and thumb. Rich pulled the ribbon, leaving one coin
pinched between the spectator’s fingers while the third coin stayed on the ribbon. Rich then caused the third
Chinese coin to penetrate off the ribbon and then back on in mid-air. Finally, the third coin disappeared off the
ribbon and reappeared with the other two coins held tightly in a spectator’s hand.
The envelope Rich received at January’s meeting contained a handwritten challenge that said:
“There’s a book on your book shelf – you know the one. In it is a trick you said you’d learn SOMEDAY.
Congratulations – today is SOMEDAY.
Your challenge is to learn that trick. If it’s fairly simple, perform it at the next Club meeting. If it’s more
involved, give us a presentation of your progress so far. Either way, be prepared to discuss the moves or skills
you needed to develop, the challenges you faced, your ideas on scripting, etc.”
Many of you may recognize Rich’s performance above as ‘Charming Chinese Challenge’ by Troy Hoosier. Rich
claimed that he had been “meaning to work on this effect” for some time and so he used this challenge as
motivation. ‘Charming Chinese Challenge’ can be found in Troy Hoosier’s book “DesTROYers”, but there is also an
instructional DVD available.
Our third Cook’s challenge volunteer didn’t make it to the February meeting, so we hope to see his
performance in March.

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Three Card Joe

Joe Monti
Jumbo Three Card Monty
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Reviewed by Payne

This is the “Best Three Card “Monti” in the World”. Well at least that’s what the ad copy says on 3CardJoe.com.
There you will also find stellar testimonials from such folk as Jeff McBride, John Carney and Jeff Hobson. Each
affirming that, they too, believe this is the best three card monte that ever there was. So who am I to argue?
It certainly is a fine, praiseworthy routine. The props are of a quality rarely seen these days. And the packaging
makes you feel that you’ve purchased an effect worth twice the price.
But. the “Best Three Card “Monti” in the World”? Even I, Master Payne, who has “Histrionics a Specialty”
emblazoned on my business cards would feel amiss to stoop to the use of such hyperbole in advertising this trick.
Don’t get me wrong, “Three Card Joe” is good. It will certainly find a place in my working repertoire. It’s got that
“Packs Flat, Plays Big” quality I so dearly love. It’s something that you can keep in your case as a backup trick as it
takes up zero amount of room. But more than likely you will use this effect as a feature in your act. It has the
rare ability of being able to be used as an opener, a closer or a stand-alone effect. It’s extremely versatile. But
does this make it the “Best Three Card “Monti” in the World”?
Sure the cards are huge (8”X12”) with oversized pips so they can easily be seen in those typical living room,
banquet hall, gymnasium venues your average performer finds themselves working in. For arena work or those
who have secured a booking at the Radio City Music Hall might wish to invest in the larger 11”X17” set of cards.
But just because they can be easily seen in the largest of venues does that earn them the “Best Three Card
“Monti” in the World” award?
There are those out there who would say it does simply because of the quality of the prop and the ease of the
routine. The 8”X12” cards are made of a high quality plastic (styrene I think). The faces and backs have been
screen printed. A more professionally crafted prop would be hard to find. The 11”X17” cards I’ve been told are
vinyl clad cardboard and are equally as durable and well produced as their smaller cousins. My only complaint
about the cards is that the smaller set is somewhat translucent so you’ll have to watch your back lighting. Other
than that these cards should last a lifetime of performing and stand up to the rigors of even the busiest of
workers.
Mr. Monti has constructed a routine that is simple to master allowing one to concentrate entirely on the
presentation instead of wondering if during this phase of the routine if the “ace” goes on top or the bottom of
the stack, or if it’s now the time to flip the packet over or do that sidewalk shuffle move. Only three cards are
used so there’s no trying to clumsily pass four or five cards off as only three or trying to hide double faced cards.
But, “Best Three Card “Monti” in the World”?
Yes, it’s a well-structured routine. As Mr. McBride succinctly says, “3 Big Cards, 7 Big Laughs, 6 Applause cues, 3
HUGE Wows! A priceless Comedy Magic Routine. It has everything one could ask for in a magic routine. Well
nearly.
Those wanting a magical transformation of the cards at the end of the performance like one finds with ‘Sidewalk
Shuffle” or Harry Anderson’s “Three Card Monarch” might find this routine somewhat wanting and thus not wish
to elevate “3 Card Joe” to the status of “Best Three Card “Monti” in the World”.
But for those who realize that a perplexing transposition can play just as strongly as a transformation and not
everything needs a “kicker” ending will, if not decree “3 Card Joe” as the “Best Three Card “Monti” in the World”
at least place it very much towards the top of the very short list of entertaining three card monte routines.

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January 2016 MEETING

January – Water, Water Everywhere…

The opening of the meeting was again Ralph Huntzinger performing as the Medieval/Renaissance magician Zinger the Magick.
He asked if anyone have seen him pull nothing out of the air. He proceeded to reach and pull nothing and to emphasize, he
reached out and again pull nothing and then spit on it. He then produced a silk from his bare hands and with some medieval
style comedy patter produced a second bare handed silk production.
The theme for the night was “Water, Water Everywhere”
Craig Colombel led off with a demo of diminishing liquid. He explained how he used it as a running gag in his shows.
Evan Schuster brought out two books and had a spectator chose one and look at the last page to determine the number of
pages in the book. A second spectator then determine what page to turn to. The first spectator looked at the first word on the
page and Evan determine the thought of word. Another page was chosen and the last word on the page was read and Evan
determine the word.
Brian Melicher had a glass goblet, a plastic cup and a bottle of water. He poured the water into the glass and it turn to wine,
he poured the wine into the plastic glass and it turned back to water. He also showed the club the large (3 foot) plastic coke
bottle he bought.
Two of the three volunteers of the Cook’s Challenge were at the meeting and demonstrated how they handle the challenge.
The write up on the Cook’s Challenge for the meeting is written up elsewhere in this newsletter. Thanks to Jim for the write-
up.
Ralph Huntzinger showed how to get into a 100-dollar bill switch without using a thumb tip. He shared some subtitles on the
handling of the bills.
Payne talk about his performance at the Magic Castle. He performed 3 shows a day and got a good response. He felt it was a
good experience.
The librarian challenge was for everyone to read cover to cover a magic book. Ralph Huntzinger was reading a book by Eric
Lewis and gave us some history of the book and Eric Lewis. Club members then shared what books they were reading in the
past month.
Tom Payne performed a routine of having rubber bands penetrated each other then had a spectator hold one band and Tom
penetrated the band with another rubber band. He then did some linking and unlinking of the rubber bands.
Rich returned with a set of Jumbo cards, the fronts were postcard with pictures of different countries/cities. He had someone
pick a card without him seeing it. Rich then tried to draw the picture on the postcard on a tablet. When he finished it was not
the card. He then drew a box around the picture. The picture then was animated and the correct card with picture came out.
He then removed the sheet of paper from the tablet and gave it out as a souvenir.
Lance Campbell performed a mentalism effect with a deck of cards. One person thought of a card, then another person
thought of a number with a third picking another number. The two numbers were added together and the cards in the deck
were dealt down to that number and the thought of card was at that number.
Jeff Dial took a card and tore it into quarters. He then had 4 people pick 4 cards and replaces and lost in the deck. The deck
was spread and the 4 cards were face up, 2nd surprise all 4 cards were missing corners and the final climax was the 4 cards
pieces all match the missing corners of the cards.
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Calendar of Events
NWRF – 2016 Meeting Themes
Jan -- "All I got for Xmax was ..." Related to holidays, actual magic gift from holiday, "wished I'd received",
previous year's magic gift, etc.
Feb -- "Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink" Coleridge's poem directs us to liquid including
dreary outdoor weather. Containers (bottles, glasses, bowls), liquid color changing, vanish & appear, etc.
Mar -- "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt in our philosophy" Act I, scene 5
from Shakespeare's Hamlet suggest anything and everything except what is expected.
2016's "Aspect Themes":
Jan --- Production and Multiplication (quantity production)
Feb --- Vanish (most common in magic)
Mar --- Color Change (suitable for any object)
April --- Transposition or Substitution (object travels or changes places)
May --- Transformation (object changes to another object)
June --- Penetration (solid through solic, including Ties, Releases, and Escapes)
July --- Restoration (mending a mutilated object)
Aug --- Diminishing (object diminishes in size or shape)
Sept --- Growing (object becomes bigger, longer or larger)
Oct --- Deterioration (often in comedy and pseudo-psychic effects)
Nov --- Mental Magic (Divination, ESP, Mind reading, Telepathy, etc.)
Dec --- Levitation (rising, floating, flying or suspended objects)

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Christian Engblom Joins The Can-Am Conjuring Lecture Series

Christian Engblom is a magician who became known to cardicians around the world for the creation of a unique move, the
anti-faro, an extraordinary move that literally unshuffles the deck.
The award winning Engblom (one of the three “Fat Brothers,” alongside Dani DaOrtiz and Miguel Angel Gea) has had an
interesting and varied career in magic, having performed throughout Europe and the United States (and now Canada).
He specializes in close-up magic as well as card magic, and spends a good deal of his time performing at corporate events,
private functions, on cruise ships, on TV, and at festivals and convention all around the world.
As a competitor, Christian has won a variety of awards for his close-up magic, including the coveted Close-up Finnish
Championships in 2003.
Since 1999, Christian has participated in Las Jornadas de Cartomagia de El Escorial, in Spain (only for invited participants).
Since 2001 he has lectured for magicians all over the world, and in 2008, he joined as visiting lecturer for the Gran Escuela de
Magia Ana Tamariz magic school in Madrid.
He has performed multiple engagements at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, and most recently participated in the Genii
Convention in Orlando, Florida where both his performance and lecture were met with standing ovations.
It is with great pride that we have been able to bring his lecture to the Pacific Northwest on the 2016 season of The Can-Am
Conjuring Lecture Series.

Christian Engblom Seattle Lecture

April 9th, 2016
2:00 PM
Shawn O'Donnell's (lower level)
122 128th St. SE
Everett, WA

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Magic Shops in the Area

Magical happenings
Below is a list of the Magic shops in the Area. None
have paid for this listing and if anybody knows of others Magic Monday! Magic Monday is an hour of magic,
let me know and I will list them. conjuring, & prestidigitation which stars magicians from the
Northwest region on the second Monday of each
Seattle’s Market Magic Shop month. Location: Ravenna Third Place Books in the Ravenna
Pikes Place Market neighborhood of Seattle. 6504 20th Ave. NE, Seattle,
1501 Pike Place #427
Seattle, WA 98101
WA. Time: 7-8pm Magic Monday is not only a great place to
www.marketmagicshop.com see local magicians doing what they do best; it is also a great
(A store that many know about. In existence for 30 place for YOU to perform. It happens the second Monday of
years) each month. If you want to hone your magic skills, get in
touch with Mark Paulson, the producer of this venue
Terjung’s Studio of Gifts ([email protected]). It is a wonderful chance to
4547 Calif. Ave SW perform for an appreciative audience. It’s been standing
Seattle, WA 98116 room only all year.
(This is a gift store with a counter in the back were they March 14, 2015
sell magic)
Mark Paulson
Lakewood Costumes Philemon Vanderbeck
5932 Lake Grove ST SW Josh Cizek
Lakewood, WA 98499 Master Payne
http://www.clownshop.com
(Mainly Costumes and Clown items, they have a April 11, 2015
counter where they sell magic)
Mark Paulson
Dave’s Killer Magic Shop Jim Earnshaw
1707 Main Street Craig Friedman
Vancouver, WA 98665 Jeff Dial
360-448-9022 Master Payne

If you wish to perform contact Mark at:

Brian Cook’s [email protected] or on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/thirdplacebooksmagicmonday?fr
WWW.MAGICCRAFTER.COM
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Illusion Factory Now known as “That’s Impossible

South Seattle Magic and Novelty
9460 Rainier Ave S Presents” (Seattle’s Best Magicians)
Seattle, WA 98118 Delancey’s on 3rd 810 S 3rd St Renton, WA
206-321-1291 1st Saturdays of the month. Doors open at 7:45pm
Food, Drinks Close-up Magic 8-9 pm
Emcee Tim Flynn
FunkyFun Magic Shop Stage Show 9pm. $10/$15
Capital Mall
Call Seattle Juggling and Magic shop
625 Black Lake Blvd
Olympia, WA, 98502
206-859-8363
http://Funkyfunmagic.com See the write up on the Illusion Factory on the page
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March 15th, 2016, at 7:30 PM

Between Two Minds

Starring Lance Campbell

Doors open at 7:00

Sanctuary at Admiral
2656 42nd Ave SW.
Seattle, WA 98116
Only $15.00
Click Here for Tickets

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Article from Evan Shuster. He is in charge of producing the club’s lectures. Let The Lectures Begin!

On Saturday, January 23rd, Jamy Ian Swiss performed an exclusive “Seattle only” lecture, which served as an
unofficial kick-off to the current season. Following on the heels of that lecture we welcomed Kainoa Harbottle
in February for the official start of The Can-Am Conjuring Lecture Series of 2016. Both lectures were well-
attended, which is an encouraging sign (and much appreciated).

Each of the lectures offered a good variety of material (mostly cards and coins), and peppered in an excellent
amount of performance technique, crediting and history.

The rest of the line-up for this season is a stellar cast of well-seasoned, world-class, professional magicians.
Over the next 10 months you will have the opportunity to enjoy the work of Christian Engblom, Daryl,
Diamond Jim Tyler, and John “Handsome Jack” Lovick. We may even have a surprise guest or two along the
way.

Thanks to all of you who support the tour and keep live magic alive and well in Seattle. For more information
on The Can-Am Conjuring Lecture Series please visit our website at http://nwringoffire.com/lecturers.html

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March 12th - 13th, 2016

Jeff McBride Show, Lecture and Workshop

Magician Jeff McBride will present his Las Vegas style magic show "Magic UnMasked" for one day only
at 1pm, March 12th.

Following the show, McBride will present a special ‘for magicians only’ lecture, teaching some of his
unique professional secrets, based on his new book “The Show Doctor.”

The following day, McBride will be joined by a small group of local magicians for his “Super Session
Workshop,” a kind of one-day Hogwarts school for performing magicians.

Phinney Center
6532 Phinney Ave N.
Seattle, WA

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