Oct 2010 Ring 50 Magi-Gram

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MAGI-GRAMOfficial Newsletter of IBM Ring50 -- The National Capital Ring Volume 64 No. 10 October 2010

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meeting was opened by President

Arnie Fuoco. One new member was voted into the Ring: John

Cloninger of Woodbridge VA.President Arnie Fuoco encouragedmembers to sign up as volunteers

for Magi-Whirl 2011. If you areinterested in helping with Magi-

Whirl 2011 please contact TheoRushin or Bob Patterson. The

50/50 drawing was won by Arnie

Levin and he donated hiswinnings to Ring 50.

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50 International Brotherhoodof Magicians Ring 50

The National Capital Ring

President

Arnie Fuoco(703) 521-6286

[email protected]

Vice PresidentDanny Selnick (202)-250-3834

[email protected]

Secretary & WebmasterEric Henning

(301)-369-0025

[email protected]

Treasurer

Bob Patterson(703) 490-1222

[email protected]

Sergeant-at-Arms

Tom Paxton(301) 596-7407

[email protected]

Magi-Gram EditorBob Patterson

[email protected]

Without further ado, PresidentArnie Fuoco, introduced our

lecturer, Ken Trombly. Ken, a lifelong magic enthusiast andlongtime magic collector is theowner of magicposters.com,and resides in Bethesda,

Maryland.Ken had been performing

magic since the age of 10 andhas been a serious collector of magic posters and related itemsfor at least the last couple of decades. He began bycollecting original magic

posters from the "Golden Ageof Magic."

Ken presented his Ring 50

lecture called “Paper Treasures:Collecting Magic Ephemera”. Heshowed many slides andexplanations of the items he has

collected over many years. Thisincluded letters, ads, postcards,

pictures, and etc.

Harry Houdini and Family

Ken has shared his knowledgeof magic posters with the Magic

Collectors Association, lecturingat their 1995 and 2000

conventions, and has given hisslide show poster presentation

The Juggler of the Chateau d’Eau

to other magic clubs as well.He has written articles onmagic posters and collectingthat have been published in

MAGIC magazine, MUM,Collectors Showcase, and ThePaper Collectors Marketplace.

Young Harry Houdini

Ken is a member of TheMagic Circle, the Society of American Magicians (PastPresident, Assembly 23 of Washington, DC) and the

International Brotherhood of Magicians (Order of Merlin).



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NOVEMBER MEETING

Wednesday, November 3, 2010 HOLIDAY INN Alexandria, VA6:00 Cocktails6:30 Dinner

8:00 Meeting

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be demonstrations of the latestmagic items on the market by our

Ring 50 Hocus in Focus

LinkingRing reviewers. New items arriveat TLR editor’s office for review.He sends them to the associateeditor, Jason Goldberg, for hisreviewers to examine, tear apart,

perform, and evaluate. Many arenew items, books, DVDs, andsome are revisions or modifications to classic magiceffects. This will be a good chanceto see a demo of an item you sawadvertise and wanted to knowmore about it.

We appreciate the time theHocus in Focus team spends ontheir reviews. It is not an easy task to critically examine the hardwork of others. Ring 50 reviewersare: Jason Goldberg, Dick Christian, Eric Henning, BillWells, Paul White, Ed Spells,Larry Lipman, Louis Meyer, SamBrothers, Rucj Uffelman, Dick Kahane, Bob Patterson, DaveShepherd, Arnie Levin, TomPaxton, Mike Taggert, DwightRedman, Tom Bohacek, DannySelnick, Geoff Weber, and KevinMcGuire.

Be sure to maintainyour membershipwith the InternationalBrotherhood of

Magicians each year. Send your dues to the I.B.M. office at: 13

Point West Blvd, St. Charles,Missouri, USA 63301

Ring 50 Treasurer CollectingDues for 2011

Ring 50 annual dues of $15 for 2011 are due by the February.Anyone, wishing to do so, can paytheir dues at the November 3rd

meeting. The Ring50 Treasurer, BobPatterson, requeststhat you pay bycheck, as thiseases the record

keeping. Make checks payable toIBM 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 home

address at 3450 Wainscott Place,Lake Ridge, VA 22192-5362.Enjoy your Ring activitiesthroughout 2011 by paying your dues now.

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Dick Christian was the guestwizard for the October meeting of

the youth group “Counts of Conjuring”. The lesson coveredtwo different effects. He presented"Sucker Monte" (a three cardmonte effect). Several differentversions of thetrick were taughtand each studentreceived all thenecessary cardsfor each versionalong with illustrated instructions.

The second effect was the classic"Buddha Papers." After the trick was demonstrated the students

were givenillustrated

instructionsand materials.

They eachassembled

their own setof "Buddha Papers" as part of thesession.

Don’t forget to encourage ayouth to attend the Ring 50 MYI.The youth meeting starts at 6:00

pm at the Holiday Inn in

Alexandria. The Youth Ring isopen for children ages 7-17.Please let Theo Rushin, Chief Wizard for the youth group, knowif you are bringing any youths sothat we can be better prepared for

them.

Thanks to Ken Trombly for aterrific presentation on "Paper Treasures." It has inspired me to

explore more information on thehistory of magic. I was

particularly fascinated by the 1897receipt for magic props purchased

by Houdini and then a follow up poster of Houdini with those same props on a nearby table and in hishands.

Next month we have our ownLinking Ring magic reviewers

performing their favorite magicmaterial that they reviewed for the

magazine. It could also be their least favorite--we are openminded. Reviewers--please emailme if you want to perform.

Future themes that I am pondering include a night for Children's magic and an eveningwith a panel of experts on subjectslike illusions, close-up, parlor, etcwith a Q&A theme.

Finally, please remember thatour own Wayne Alan is

performing "Wonders andWizardry" on Monday night, Oct25, at the National Theater.



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Coming Events

Washington DC: January 27 – 30, 2011. This year the locationhas changed! Because KapitalKidvention sold out last year theonly direction was to getBIGGER. So, now right outside of Washington DC is the NationalConference Center. This place isHUGE, nestled in the forests of Virginia is this resort for education. The vendor room is 3times the size of last year’s!Kapital Kidvention is THEconvention to pick up the neededskills to increase business andlearn more marketing secrets from24 presenters or more. Details at:http://kapitalkidvention.com

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“Monday Night at the National” is

a series of free public performances in the Helen HayesGallery at the National Theater onPennsylvania Avenue in DC. The"Stars of Magic" series has begunand runs through Monday,December 13 with performancesat 6:00PM and 7:30PM. WayneAlan is among the Ring 50

performers who have beenselected to appear. Wayne will befeatured on Monday evening,

October 25. For more details see:http://www.nationaltheatre.org/monday/monday.htm

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PerformDec 1 …. TBA2011Jan 5 ….. TBA

Feb 2 ….. TBAMar 2 …. Auction NightApr 6 …. TBAApr 29 & 30 … Magi-Whirl 2011May 4 …. Dan Lacey ContestJun 1 ….. Winton Carroll Contest

Sheraton Hotel - Dallas, Texas

June 28 - July 2, 2011FOUR big evening stage

shows! You also get a fun andexciting banquet included withyour registration. Learn from the

best in the business with a stellar line-up of lectures and teachingsessions. You’ll see great close-up

shows, cabaret shows, fantasticnew youth activities and eventsare in the works, and some greatnew activities for spouses, and theOrder of Merlin. We’re redefiningthe ‘dealer’s room’ experience!And you’ll see the Gold Medaland Gold Cups Contests - oftenregarded as the best-run contest inmagic! Register at I.B.M. websitewww.Magician.Org.

The headliners for Magi-Whirl

2011 are Dirk Losander, LunaShimada, Keith Fields, and DannyGarcia.

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The Society of American Magicianswill be hosting the North AmericanChampionship of Magic as anintegral part of its annual four dayconvention to be held in

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 13-16, 2011. The convention will beholding up to six contests of magic to accommodate the 50contestants who will be selectedto compete for the title of North

American 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 held

in Blackpool, England, in July2012. Future S.A.M. Conventionsare scheduled for: 2012 Las VegasNV, 2013 Arlington VA.

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presentation for S.A.M. Assembly23 members and their guests on

November 17th @ 8pm.

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Magi-Gram. Just include a pictureand a description of your itemalong with your contactinformation to: Bob Patterson,[email protected]

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Be sure to visit the “StreetMagic Contest Page”.



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T o n y C u r t i s

“ H o u d i n i ” D i e sTony Curtis passed away on September 29th 2010.He starred in over 60 film roles and made

numerous TV appearances. In the magic world hewas most famous for the movie “Houdini”. This isa highly entertaining film has Tony plays HarryHoudini, the legendary escape artist. We seeHoudini's early life in the circus, the meeting of hisfuture wife (Janet Leigh) and some of his mostfamous tricks. Curtis, a talented amateur magician,

performed most of his own tricks in this film.In the film he runs into

a prop sword handle andruptures his appendix,then almost drowns in the

torture tank trick and dieson the stage in the armsof his wife. In real life hewas punched in thestomach by a collegestudent who had heardthat Houdini couldwithstand any blowwithout harm. This did,

indeed, rupture his appendix. He later collapsed onstage, was taken to the hospital and died there.Although Houdini didn't die onstage at a

Halloween performance, as this film would haveyou believe, he did, indeed, die on Halloween,1926, several weeks after his last stage

performance. To this day, in Houdini's memory,October 31st is celebrated as International MagicDay.

This movie has it all; a love story, suspense,comedy, and of course magic. We will miss TonyCurtis.

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

month (except July) at the Holiday Inn I-95 atTelegraph Rd., Alexandria, Virginia.- Easy access from all parts of the DC metro area.- Across a parking lot from Metro (Yellow Line -

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 andafter the meeting. (We can perform in the restaurant,too.)

You Know That You're A Magician When...

♦ The only unbent forks in your house are plastic.♦ You never throw old decks away because "I can

make something out of it"♦ You have never been to the loony bin, yet youown a straight jacket.♦ After viewing magic on TV, everyone in theroom looks at you asks, "How'd they do that?"And, all you do is smile and say, "It's really easy if you think about it, but magicians can tell." Andyou're really thinking "How the heck did they dothat?"

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