RING 2, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO – Filips-Tutter-Doeright Ring

Meets 2nd Fri., Christ’s Church, 7155 Glenwood Ave., Youngstown, OH PETER LUCKE, Secretary

E-mail: [email protected]

Our February meeting was opened by President Nick Verina who began with the treas- ury report. He continued by passing out a sheet with committee assignments. Next, Nick com- mented on the new club roster that was sent to members. Fritz Coombs announced that we will be voting at the next meeting on a change to the club’s code of regulations regarding the number of allowed life members. Nick then commented on the Columbus Magi-Fest (nine club members Reports must be received by the 15th of each month to appear in the second following issue (your January meeting should appear in March or April). To insure accuracy, please limit reports to two, dou- ble-spaced pages; otherwise it will be pared down to meet requirements. Send to: T.J. Shimeld, 1129 Allman Ridge Road, Morganton, NC 28655; phone: 828-391-6934; or e-mail: [email protected] with “Ring Reports” in the subject heading (e-mailed reports will receive confirmation of receipt).

and friends attended). Tom Craven was one of the lecturers at the Magi-Fest. Nick concluded his remarks by reminding members of the upcoming Battle of Magicians convention in Canton. Tom Craven will perform at the Magic Castle March 9 through 15. Guests Scott Fillinger, Carrie Miller, and Jacob Linger were welcomed to the meeting.

Rob LaCelle opened members’ magic with a card effect. He laid out sixteen cards in a four-by- four array. Some were face up but most were face down. Following a volunteer’s suggestions, Rob picked up a card, turned it over, and placed it on an adjacent card. This was repeated as the cards accumulated in a packet. When all the cards were in the packet, the packet was spread out and there were four face-down cards; they were the four aces. Jim Klayder continued with Daryl’s “Jolly Jumping Joker.” Four small packets of indiffer- ent cards were placed on the table. Jim then placed a joker on each of the four packets. Magically the jokers disappeared from three of the packets and all appeared in the fourth packet.

Fritz Coombs began his effect by having three cards selected by audience members. The cards were replaced and Fritz made the first card rise out of the deck. He then produced a jumbo deck held vertically in a plastic frame, and the remain- ing two chosen cards rose up out of the jumbo deck. Casshan Wallace continued with his own effects, “Fresher Transformation” and “True Appearance.” A volunteer selected a card, and pretended to insert it in the deck face up. Casshan then found the card at the top of the deck. The imagined card was removed from the deck, and shown to be missing from the deck. Next, green and orange tissue paper sheets were torn up by Herb Niland. He squished the pieces into a ball, and when the ball was opened up, a paper ball cap appeared.

Valentine’s Day was Donna Campbell’s theme as she produced a dish of candy from a “Candy Pan,” (similar to a “Dove Pan”). Susan Campbell continued by using a box of Disney valentine cards. Two of the cards were selected and one was eliminated. This was repeated until only one card remained. Susan then opened an envelope and produced a prediction card, a Donald Duck valentine, that matched the final selection. Tom Craven’s effect was Card in Bottle. Tom placed a bottle on the table and had a volunteer select a card. An audience member opened the bottle and found some dry spaghetti inside. Tom then arranged the spaghetti pieces to make the letters K and H; the selection was the King of Hearts. He finally revealed that the selected card was inside the bottle. Nick Verina tore up a tissue square and restored it with a crooked magic wand. “Time

Stopper” from Joker Magic was demonstrated by Peter Lucke. He produced a square tube with a button on the side. The button was pushed eight times to make time stop for eight seconds. A small ball was dropped into the tube which retained the ball inside for eight seconds before it dropped out.

Ryan Hopson performed “Fair Play” by Steve Haynes. Three items (a card, a twenty-dollar bill, and a coin) were placed on the table. A volunteer chose where the items go: to a pocket, to the vol- unteer, or to the magician. Ryan then produced a key holder with a message written on it; it cor- rectly predicted the locations of the objects. Gary Morton had a coin chosen and signed by an audi- ence member. The coin was enclosed in a hand- kerchief and held by a volunteer. Another volun- teer held a small cylindrical box. After Gary pulled the handkerchief away, the coin vanished, and appeared inside the inner box; it was a nested set of five boxes. Bob Filips closed members’ magic with a card effect.

Guest magic was performed by Warren Campbell who did a mentalism effect using two sets of ESP cards. He and a volunteer mixed up each set of cards. Warren produced a frame with slots in it, and he placed his cards in the slots, and the volunteer selected where his cards were to go. When the frame was turned around, the patterns on the cards matched. Jacob Linger had two vol- unteers assist him. One selected a card, and tried to mentally transmit it to the other volunteer. Jacob spread some cards in his hand and had the other volunteer choose the card she thought was being transmitted; it was the correct card.

The evening’s presentation was by Casshan Wallace who explained his effects, “Fresher Transformation” and “True Appearance” (you can see them on YouTube). Peter Lucke

RING 5, DAYTON, OHIO – Dayton Magic Club

Meets 2nd Fri. each month at 7:30pm, Mighty Fortress Lutheran Church, Kettering, OH.

DAVE DAVIS, Ring Reporter / E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.sites.google.com/site/daytonmagicring5

The January meeting was on a cold winter night but, the meeting was still well attended. Several guests and new members were present. The business portion of the meeting was handled swiftly by outgoing President John Love. Refreshments were provided by Scott Miller (snacks) and Ralph Steinlage (drinks). The new Ring 5 officers for 2015 were installed by TVP (also an honorary member) Ron Frank: President Scott Miller, Vice President Dave Davis, Secretary Barbara Pfeiffer, Treasurer John Love, Sergeant-at-Arms Ralph Steinlage, and Board Members Mike Bayer, Bob Pocius, Rufus Walker, Buzz Westergaard, and Fred Witwer.

The theme for the meeting was “Magic New to You,” hosted by Scott. Ron Frank started the magic off with the “OHM” effect by Taylor Imagineering; with help from Scott, he showed how water can amplify thoughts. Fred Witwer demonstrated his new canary box where a “mummified” canary and a red silk vanished. He then showed a Ball and Vase where the ball dis- appeared and the red silk appeared in the vase. Next, Millie Witwer showed four different cards with symbols on them and with the help of Buzz Westergaard, Barbara Pfeiffer, Jeff Porges, and Fred Witwer was able to tell each of them what card they thought of. Ryan Westergaard did an Origami Rabbit card trick showing how a card magically turned into a rabbit. Dave Davis then showed the optical illusion (“Card Warp”) with a card and a two-dollar bill. Steve Sayer demon- strated a dollar levitation that he learned from a DVD on levitating almost any small object. John Love demonstrated a Silk through Mirror effect that was for sale by the Ring. Roland Newton with the help from Buzz showed his version of an Ambitious Card effect. Scott, with help from Jeff, finished with a Eugene Burger coin effect “Imagination and Magic.” Several small groups gathered talking/showing magic effects and sto- ries of magic adventures.

Several guests and new members were present at our February meeting. The business portion of the meeting was handled quickly by President Scott Miller. Refreshments were provided by Jeff and Min Porges. The main discussion for the business was the upcoming Ring 5 close-up show in March. The Ring is trying a new format where the business and refreshments are being done at the same time. We are hoping that this will allow the Ring to get to the formal magic portion of the meeting quicker.

The theme for the meeting was “Optical Illusion Magic,” hosted by Dave Davis. To start the formal magic part of the meeting was guest David Manguiat. He showed his version of mul- tiple cards selected and revealed. Josh Burkheiser, with the help of David, performed his version of Slydini’s Paper Balls Overhead routine showing the principle of misdirection. Matthew Reuter performed his version of color changing cards/deck times two.

Mike Bayer demonstrated two effects with two different cylinders. The first was with a clear cylinder and where a green silk magically turned into a red silk. The second a solid silver cylinder was used to have a red and blue silk vanish and a streamer of multiple colors then appeared. Ron Frank performed his version of “Cody Fisher’s Comedy Book Test.” Roland Newton with the help of GM Manguiat performed his sponge ball

routine. Oliver Newton, with the help of Ron, did a card effect where the card selected was found reversed in the deck.

Jonathan Liu with the help of Buzz Westergaard performed his version of “Out of this World.” Scott Miller performed two effects. The first with the help of Min Porges, he showed two disks with one center hole in each of them. Min selected one disk and held it in her hand, Scott then removed the hole from his disk and the vanished hole was found in Min’s closed hand. Scott, with the help of GM and Steve Sayer, did a routine where GM selected and out jogged an imagined card from her imagined fanned deck of cards. Scott took a real fanned deck and with Steve’s directions out jogged the imagined card where it was out jogged in the same location as GM’s imagined card.

Dan Harrison performed his version of Irving Quan’s “Inverted Kings.” John Love, with the help of GM, did his version of a Tom Craven keeper effect where the selected/signed card on back was found to have the message “Will you be my Valentine” on the face. Dave Davis then per- formed the “Trick of the Month” an optical illu- sion using two curved pieces of plastic; when one was “stretched” it became larger than the other one. Dave then performed “Professor’s Nightmare” as an optical illusion. David Manguiat came up again and did another card effect and finished the formal magic part of the meeting. Dave Davis

RING 6, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA –