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MAGI-GRAM Official Newsletter of IBM Ring 50 -- The National Capital Ring Volume 65 No. 1 January 2011

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I.B.M. Ring 50s January 5thmeeting was opened by President

Arnie Fuoco. Seventy-Four

members and guests were present.Tommy Meeker (37714M) of

Annandale VA, a former membermany years ago of Ring 50, wasre-instated into the Ring and

welcomed aboard. A Counts ofConjuring youth member KarlKeat (69113J) of Alexandria VA,was voted into the Ring.

.uestions covered many areas relate

to performing magic. Manyquestions were discussed in depth.The following are just some of thehighlights.

One person asked how toovercome anxiety or shakinghands while performing card

tricks. Several members of the panel gave suggestions. Most all

performers have a certain amount

of nervousness before a performance. Over time you may

overcome some of this but not all.Mainly practice and build your

confidence in the effect you are performing. You can always usethe gag line from Hugh Turley ,

My hands a shaking because Ilearned this trick in Minnesota.Al Cohen once said: Just tell

them a story that you just got offthe plane from Alaska, and youare still recovering....

Another person said he

occasionally would like toperform using a stage illusion likea sub-trunk or Zig-Zag but doesnt

have the resources for building,

The 50/50 drawing was won byEric Wolfson and he donated the

money to Ring 50. The youth

attending the most Counts ofConjuring meetings for 2010 was

Avi Littky and he was awarded apaid membership in the I.B.M. for2011. Congratulations to Avi!

President Arnie Fuoco

introduced the lecturer for theevening, Andrew Mayne. Mayneis a magician, paranormalillusionist, inventor, TV producer,

and skeptic. He was the secondyoungest illusionist to everembark on a world tour. He

performed in resorts, on luxuryliners and exotic locales aroundthe world. Bored with putting

beautiful girls into boxes only to be cut in half, Mayne decided tocall it quits on anything that was

beginning to look like a normal

career in magic. Although anestablished performer at the top of

his career, there wasn't a place forthe kind of magic Andrew reallywanted to perform. Then through

books and DVDs, Mayne's unique

ideas began to spread throughoutthe magic community. He is

widely considered one of the most

creative magicians of hisgeneration.

His lecture featured never-seen-before unpublished material.He showed visual, practical real-

world magic that you will beusing. The material ranged fromclose-up, stage, mentalism andeven illusion. He'll explain his

creative process and showed howyou can apply it to your ownshow. The audience was able to

learn some of his incredibleimpromptu effects using everydayitems suitable for close-up andstage.

Mayne began the lecture byunfolding an apparently empty

grocery bag. Suddenly a bowlingball fell from the bag to the floorwith a thud. He went on to explain

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International Brotherhoodof Magicians Ring 50

The National Capital Ring

PresidentArnie Fuoco

(703) 521-6286

president@ibmring50.org

Vice President

Danny Selnick(202)-250-3834

vp@ibmring50.org

Secretary & WebmasterEric Henning

(301)-369-0025secretary@ibmring50.org

TreasurerBob Patterson

(703) 490-1222treasurer@ibmring50.org

Sergeant-at-ArmsTom Paxton

(301) 596-7407

sgtarms@ibmring50.org

Magi-Gram Editor

Bob Patterson

magi-gram@ibmring50.org

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The February 2nd meeting willshowcase variety of talents by the

Past Presidents of Ring 50. Thisevening will be packed witheffects ranging from the sublimeto the miraculous. The following17 Past Presidents still have anactive membership in the Ring areask to contact Arnie Fuoco toconfirm their performance at themeeting: Al Cohen (1957-58),Stan Rosenthal(1968-69), BillWells (1974-75),

Buddy Smith(1978-79), AugieArnstein (1979-80), Ray Eyler(1982-83), Jack Nance (1982-83),John Roberts (1992-93), Ken

Norris (1993-94), Stuart Finley(1994-95), Robert Greenwald(1995-96), Larry Lipman (2002-03), Eric Henning (2003-04), DonFreedman (2005-06), DwightRedman (2006-07), Mike Taggert

(2007-08), Louis Meyer (2008-10).

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Ring 50 annual dues of $15 for2011 are due by February .Anyone, wishing to do so, can paytheir dues at the February 2ndmeeting. The Ring 50 Treasurer,

Bob Patterson,requests that

you pay bycheck, as thiseases the recordkeeping. Makechecks payable

to IBM Ring 50. Cash will beaccepted providing you have thecorrect change ($15). If you areunable to make the meetings, youcan also send a check to his homeaddress at 3450 Wainscott Place,Lake Ridge, VA 22192-5362.

Enjoy your Ring activitiesthroughout 2011 by paying yourdues now.

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For the January meeting of theCounts of Conjuring, ChiefWizard, Theo Rushin , (alsoknown as "The Duke"), lead thegroup in a presentation about"What I Learned About

Performing At Birthday Parties"He covered dozens of tips, ideas,and stories based on his years of

performing at birthday parties forolder children - ages 8 through 12.Theo completed the presentation

by performing one of the effectshe performs for older kids. It washis variation of the Will Our CardsMatch effect. The counts reallyenjoyed the presentation.

Avi Littky was awarded a paid

membership in the I.B.M. for2011 as the youth attending themost Counts of Conjuringmeetings for 2010.

Dont forget to encourage ayouth to attend the Ring 50 MYI.The youth meeting starts at 6:00

pm at the Holiday Inn inAlexandria. The Youth Ring isopen for children ages 7-17.Please let Theo Rushin , ChiefWizard for the youth group, know

if you are bringing any youths sothat we can be better prepared forthem.

Thanks to all who had dinner atthe Holiday Inn at the Januarymeeting. It was a great turnout.I'm sensing the Inn is struggling inthe economic downturn so pleasetry to continue eating in the diningroom and I'm sure the Holiday Innwill continue to be good to us.

Dont forget Ring 50 PastPresidents will be performing atthe February meeting. I'm looking

forward to Wayne Alans lectureat the April. Also remember DickChristian is performing with agreat show in Vienna on January15th at Louis Meyer's Magic PartyPlace. Finally, why not join me atKapital Kidvention the last weekin January.

If you haventalready, dont

forget to keep yourmembership active

in the International Brotherhoodof Magicians to enjoy the benefitsof membership. Send dues to:International Brotherhood ofMagicians, 13 Point West Blvd,St. Charles, Missouri, USA 63301

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE A

MAGICIAN WHEN... You havea tie with playing cards on it.

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Coming Events

Washington DC: January 27 30, 2011. This year the locationhas changed! The KapitalKidvention sold out last year, sothe only direction was to getBIGGER. Now right outside ofWashington DC is the NationalConference Center. This place isHUGE, nestled in the forests ofVirginia is this resort foreducation. The vendor room is 3times the size of last years!Kapital Kidvention is THEconvention to pick up the neededskills to increase business andlearn more marketing secrets from24 presenters or more. It is forchildren's entertainers includingmagicians, face painters, clowns,

balloon artists, or ventriloquists.More details can be found at:http://kapitalkidvention.com.

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The Society of AmericanMagicians will be hosting the

North American Championship ofMagic as an integral part of itsannual four day convention to beheld in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,July 13-16, 2011. The convention

will be holding up to six contestsof magic to accommodate the 50contestants who will be selected tocompete for the title of NorthAmerican Champion of Magic.Multiple winners across sixcategories of magic will beguaranteed a position if they wishto compete at the FISM WorldChampionship of Magic to be heldin Blackpool, England, in July2012. Future S.A.M. Conventions

are scheduled for: 2012 Las VegasNV, 2013 Arlington VA.

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May 4 . Dan Lacey ContestJun 1 .. Winton Carroll ContestJuly . No Meeting in JulyAug 3 .. TBA

Sheraton Hotel - Dallas, TexasJune 28 - July 2, 2011

FOUR big evening stageshows! You also get a fun andexciting banquet included withyour registration. Learn from the

best in the business with a stellarline-up of lectures and teachingsessions. Youll see great close-upshows, cabaret shows, fantasticnew youth activities and eventsare in the works, and some great

new activities for spouses, and theOrder of Merlin. Were redefiningthe dealers room experience!And youll see the Gold Medaland Gold Cups Contests - oftenregarded as the best-run contest inmagic! Register at I.B.M. websitewww.Magician.Org.

March 2nd

is Auction Night.Gather up those great effects thatyou no longer need and put themin the Auction (include theinstructions too, if you can findthem). There will be a silentauction for small items and forthe bigger items with a retail valueover $20 we will have a live

auction. Please keep ALL BIDSin even dollars. Last year 183items were sold at the auction.

FEBRUARY MEETING

Wednesday, February 2, 2011HOLIDAY INNAlexandria, VA6:00 Cocktails6:30 Dinner8:00 Meeting

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relationship with the Managementof the Holiday Inn. They give usthe meeting room free in return forour members eating at the

Eisenhower Station Restaurant inthe hotel. The restaurant justifiably expects those to whomit gives meeting space to USE itsdining facilities.

Over the last few months hotel

management has noted the Ring50 attendance at the dining roomhas dwindled. This may

jeopardize our relationship for thefree meeting room. The people atthe Holiday Inn have been morethan courteous to us. Members areencouraged to make a concertedeffort to eat dinner at theRestaurant. So come to themeeting at 6:30, have a nice mealin the dining room, chat with the

other members, and then attendthe Ring 50 meeting.

MMeemmbbeerrsshhiippHave YOU

brought aprospectivemember to themeeting? They must be interestedin magic and be a member of theInternational Brotherhood of

Magicians. Applications areavailable from the Treasurer, BobPatterson.

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Magi-Whirl is a Ring 50 production. We need

everyone to pitch in and help anyway they can.Everyone has skills and can contribute in someway. To volunteer, contact Theo Rushin atrushint@yahoo.com.

The Magi-Whirl Lecturers are: Dirk Losander,Luna Shimada-Losander, Keith Fields, and MarkMason. The Close-up performers are: DirkLosander, Luna Shimada, Keith Fields, and MarkMason. The Saturday night 90 minute Gala showwill have: Keith Fields, Magician of the Year

Noland Montgomery, "Taking it to the Street"Magic Contest videos, Dirk Losander & Luna

Shimada, and emcee Dick Christian.We plan on having ten dealers scheduled for the

dealer room. Dealers contracted so far are Dirk andLuna Shimada Losander, Keith Fields, MagicGoods - Pravin Ponnuri, Sorcery with Class - ScottCorrell, JB Magic - Mark Mason, Magic & SoundSystems Joe Lefler, DoveLite Silks BobSanders, and Fred's Books Fred Mitchell. Youcan see and talk to professional magicians and lookat new magic items for sale, touch them and seethem in action before making a purchase.

Magi-Whirl is held at Bishop Ireton High

School, 201 Cambridge Rd, Alexandria VA. Fordetails go to: www.Magi-Whirl.Org. Come and

join the fun and meet new magical friends.Registration forms will be available at the

February meeting. Registration for memberssigning up at the meeting until April 1st is $45,non-members $50. After April 1st it will be $65 foreveryone.

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President John Roberts jumped quickly intothe program portion of the meeting, and got thingsrolling with one of his quick tricks, which by theway, was the theme of this months meeting. Johntried to show us a flash cube effect, but it went off

prematurely. I think I heard him mumblesomething that being the story of his life Im notreal sure what he meant. Ask him the next time.

Next, Ray Eyler brought out a packet of cardswith holes cut out of the center. A spectatorsfinger was placed through the open card and a

solid card was forced down through the slot. Wasthis a card trick or finger chopper? Well the fingerwas ok, so it must have been a card trick.

Jack Nance blew our minds with a packeteffect Four blue back cards of different suitssingly reversed themselves within the packet. Asnap and they all became red backed cards. Thenthe red backs went back to blue. Jack showed ushow this was done. MIRRORS! All four cards hadchanged to mirrored back cards. Super trick Jack! Dick Steiner spends a lot of time rehearsing,and it shows in everything he does. As a full-time

mentalist, you expect good things, and Dickdelivers. A random setting was made on his watch.Spectator one calls out a single digit, spectator twocalls another. A third spectator calls out anotherdigit. ONE, TWO, SEVEN The time on thewatch one twenty-seven. A total fooler.

Sarge-at-Arms Bob Greenwald stepped up todizzy us with a gem stick containing differentstones, one color was selected, and with a wave ofthe hand, the stones all became the selected color.

Eric Wolf performed Paul Harris linkingcards. Holes were ripped into two cards. In a blink

the cards were popped together; linked. The onlyway to separate them was to tear into the holes.

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how this was done and how to obtain the materialswhile traveling. He also included several otherideas to vary the production from the bag insteadof a bowling ball, such as a cup of coffee or bottleof wine. Next he had a spectator select a magazineand to slide a card into the magazine at any page.The spectator was to open the magazine and lookat the picture on that page. Using his mentalism hewas able to describe the

picture on that page.He then went on to

do a favorite part of hisstage routine. Its was adeadly Russian roulettestyle that he calls Shiv

performed with anaudience member. Asharpened pencil was

placed into one of four envelopes and then mixedup. A spectator was given acompletely free choice.One-by-one, the threeenvelopes were smashedinto Maynes chest,stomach, and other vitalareas to no harm. Thelast envelope was rippedopen to reveal thesharpened pencil.

Next up was his versionof a newspaper tear (based

on Jim Steinmeyers Incessant Newspaper). Aspectator was asked to sign a totally unpreparednewspaper right off the newsstand. The magiciantook the paper and ripped it to shreds. He crumpledthe pieces together and then visually restored thenewspaper! The restored newspaper, complete withsignature, was handed back to the spectator toinspect and keep as a souvenir. He then passed outnewspapers for all audience members to practicethe plot.

Maynepresented Ghostbillsa visual close-up illusion usingtwo borrowed bills. Aspectator folded one bill andMayne folded the other. One

bill is placed horizontalityinside of the other. The billswere visually passed through

one another.

As the lecture was drawing to a close, like allmagicians, he presented a card trick. A deck wasshown front and back. A spectator was asked toselect a card. The card was returned to the deckand Mayne explained this was deck has an

invisible mouse that can find selected cards. Uponspreading the deck face down there were tinymouse foot prints across the back of the deck andstopping at a card. The card was removed and itwas noticed that a piece had been chewed from thecorner. When turned over it was the spectatorscard. All items in Mayne lecture were explainedand many variations and presentations were given.Following the lecture DVDs of the items in thelecture were available for sale. Members of Ring50 and guests all enjoyed this lecture.

Lecture attendees make fantastic purchases from

Justin Young, Andrew Maynes helper.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE A MAGICIAN

WHEN... There is a pack of cards in sight as you read this.You pull the four aces out of the deck, only tolose them back into the deck, just so you can findthem again!

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I.B.M. Ring 50 meets the first Wednesday of

each month (except July) at the Holiday Inn I -95 at Telegraph Rd., Alexandria, Virginia.

- Easy access from all parts of the DC metroarea.

- Across a parking lot from Metro (YellowLine - Eisenhower Ave.)

- Full service restaurant with entrees from$7.00 and up - The hotel has added a one -

price buffet for our convenience- Full bar that welcomes members to perform

before and after the meeting. (We canperform in the restaurant, too.)