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Society Lectures
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Society Lectures
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Written by Dale Shrimpton
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Friday, 17 April 2009 11:52 |
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To start to list the reasons why one should go and see Greg Wilson lecture, is nigh on impossible.
His lecture at the Home Counties last night has to be one of the most informative, educational, and enjoyable lecture I have seen in many, many years, probably ever. The first half of the evenings planned event, covered material from his dvds, off the cuff, on the spot, pyrotechnical pasteboards, and card stunts.
He also demonstrated his super bill changing effect “foreign exchange”, and an effect that matches his classic impromptu routine re-capped, in which a pen turns around, under increasingly more, and more impossible conditions.
After an excellent and much needed cup of tea, in the second part of the planned event… (there’s those words again) Greg shared some fantastic stuff that you can do impromptu in your favourite coffee house, or burger bar.
A particular favourite, and one that extracted a genuine layman’s reaction, was a two cup, sugar monte`
The method was fiendishly simple, the effect was sublime. As indeed were all his coffee house effects.
More cards, coins and tips followed… (Or not, in the case of his vanishing sugar. No tip required)
And the planned event came to an end.
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Society Lectures
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Written by Andrew Webb
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Saturday, 06 December 2008 12:48 |
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 A small group of us gathered for the last HCMS meeting of the year, the theme being getting in the 'Christmas Mood' with magic, betcha's puzzles and games to make your Christmas go with a swing.
After an information session at the start of the evening, where we had tea and biscuits early, and played with various coin snatches and the Max Malini Coin game, we got onto some effects and puzzles for the members. Brian Dodridge came well prepared and amused us all with some frustrating games involving various items, and some origami. Chris Marris did some pick pocketing and demonstrations of PK touches, and Keith Churcher ran through some puzzles and bits, including a wonderful puzzle with a pencil thorugh button hole that kept Rob Bone busy for hours!! A fairly quiet night, but was suprisingly fun and different to round off the year. |
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Geoffrey Durham Lecture 20th November 2008 |
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Society Lectures
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Written by Andrew Webb
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Friday, 21 November 2008 08:09 |
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 Geoffrey Durham is probably one of the most well known faces in magic, he's appeared on countless TV shows, and is constantly 're-inventing' himself to stay at the top of his career.
His set of lectures are based around his book, 'Professional Secrets - A Life in Magic', and in a completely different approach to lectures, he's strived to make each one different.
The Home Counties Magical Society enjoyed lecture number five.. which I feel was one of the best, as Geoffrey talked about routining, harmony, volunteers and running orders.
One of the first things Geoffrey talked about was Harmony, or the audiences need to have something ‘completed’ an end to an effect, for instance, the torn and restored newspaper. Geoffrey talked about how the trick was perfect and an audience loved it, because the newspaper was restored, there was a logical end, you have torn up the newspaper, you've restored it, and from an audience point of view.. the trick is complete, unlike tricks where you vanish something, to have it not re-appear, these 'complete tricks', from Geoffrey's viewpoint make an audience feel happy, and comfortable.
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Society Lectures
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Written by Andrew Webb
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Thursday, 19 June 2008 22:00 |
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The club room was packed on a very warm Thursday night, and a large number of guests and respected members including Bob and Val Swadling attended to see the multi award winning Etienne Pradier lecture. Etienne started with a blank notes to real notes effect, ala Fred Kapps, the money? Iraqi, one of the notes was placed onto the table and the remaining notes transformed into British £20 notes. The tabled note was picked up and a member of the audience asked for a currency, euros, how much? 20, and as the Iraqi currency was folded and unfolded it turned into euros, a final kicker being that the audience member chose either a single 20 or two tens, the chosen two 10's effortlessly appeared in place of the original Iraqi tender. Etienne explained the effect in detail, and showed how almost any currency called for could be revealed. An excellent first effect. |
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Mark Elsdon Lecture -Tricks You Might Actually Do |
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Society Lectures
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Written by Andrew Webb
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Friday, 18 April 2008 08:15 |
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 The club room was very full last night with members, and a large number of prospective members who had traveled to see Mark Elsdon lecture. They were in for a treat as Mark delivered a fantastic lecture of visually stunning magic ranging from close-up to mentalism, mixed with Marks own unique sense of humor. Ambitious Cards, the stunning Rubik Cube effect, predictions, triumph, changing cards and a fantastically open and honest demonstration of each effect gave us an evening that was brilliant.
Mark started the lecture by performing 'Balance', where a seemingly normal deck of cards (not in the box) where shown to balance on firstly his finger tips, and then a single finger. The effect was quite eerie as he freely showed the audience up close the deck balanced at one end on his fingers. He then completely foxed the onlookers by letting people look under the deck, and removing the bottom card and encircling the deck to show that there were no wires, magnets attachments holding the deck up. |
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