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MAGI-GRAM
Official Newsletter of IBM Ring
50 -- The National Capital Ring Volume 63 No. 7 November 2009
“Kids Magic” November Meeting Theme
Seventeen children and fortyadults packed the meeting room atthe Holiday Inn in Alexandria towatch members of Ring 50 perform “Kids Magic”.
PresidentLouis Meyer
(
right
) was the lead-off magician. He introduced hisfriend “Rodney” who perchedupon a lota bowl. Louis emptiedthe bowl throughout his act andthe bowl appeared to hold gallonsof water.
R I NG50
International Brotherhoodof Magicians Ring 50The National Capital Ring
President
Louis Meyer (703) 765-1923
president@ibmring50.orgVice President
Arnie Fuoco(703) 521-6286
vp@ibmring50.orgSecretary & Webmaster
Eric Henning
secretary@ibmring50.org
 
Treasurer
Bob Patterson(703) 490-1222
treasurer@ibmring50.org
 
Sergeant-at-Arms
Tom Paxton(301) 596-7407
sgtarms@ibmring50.orgMagi-Gram Editor
Jim Flanigan(202) 554-3775
magi-gram@ibmring50.org
“
Lorenzo the Great
” (LarryLipman,
 below
) got on his kneesand entertained the littlest of thekids with a silk routine. Each of the little kids held a silk andhelped “Lorenzo the Great” makeit disappear. He followed this witha Jasper the Ghost Halloweenroutine.
Noland Montgomery
(
upper right
) performed a miser's dreamroutine using a boy from theaudience as a helper, pluckingcoins from the boy’s ear, shirt,elbow, collar, and hair, and thenfinishing with a stream of coinsfrom the boy's nose. This wasfollowed by a puppet routineusing a rabbit-in-hat puppetnamed "Chester," who did exactlythe opposite of everything Nolandtold him, to the hysterical delightof the audience.With Hippity Hop Rabbits,"Whitey" and "Blackie",
JohnRoberts
(
 below
) had the kidsscreaming "turn them around" -adults laughing - the kids yelling -"No, The other way!” Then at theend there was absolute silencewhen the surprise ending occurredwith the back side of "Whitey"and "Blackie" rabbits were nowred and green.
(Kids Magic continued on page 2)
DECEMBER MEETING
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
 HOLIDAY INN  Alexandria, VA6:00 Cocktails6:45 Dinner 8:00 Meeting 
 
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2
“KidsMagic”
(cont)
 
Bob Mills
(a guest) did somefunny gags then he did a routine inwhich the Mom knew ahead of time which color Peanut M&Mwould be taken out of the bag byher son, and then the remainingM&Ms all changed to her chosencolor, blue.Past President
Eric Henning
 folded a handkerchief into amouse, then wound it up (to thedelight of the kids) and chased itaround the room as it jumped outof his hands. He then told a story(set to music) about a kingdomwithout colors, and had thechildren collect the colors fromtheir clothes and toss them at atube and a black-and-white flower silk became colored and grew tofour times its size. His energykicked the show up a notch."
Dwight Redman
performed 'DotsImpossible' showing a two-sided giant domino card with aspot on one side and four spots onthe other. He turned the dominocard back to the first side- nowthere were three spots instead of one! He turned it over again, andnowthere were six spots instead of four! If that wasn’t amazingenough, he pretended to
 
"teach thesecret" to the audience. Just whenthey thought they knew how it'sdone- there were now eight spotson the card! Then Dwight performed his version of MartinLewis’ Cardiographic. Themagician had a spectator select acard and then he took a sketch padand began to draw what he believed will be the selected card.Then he told the audience that it isreally just the deck of cards hewas drawing. As if by magic, thechosen card appeared from thesketch of the deck! Then thesketch is torn from the pad andgiven to the spectator to keep!
Theo Rushin
presented hisversion of the Benson Bowlroutine with a young lady from theaudience. This is a true classic of magic in which sponge ballsmagically disappear and reappear one at a time under an inverted bowl.
Dick Christian
did two effects,his classic egg bag routine with agirl (Sarah) and boy (Robert) fromthe audience. Then after  producing several colorful silks he produced a seldom-seen classiclive rabbit ("Snowball, the MagicBunny") from his empty top hat.At the conclusion of the show, thechildren were invited to the stageto pet “Snowball”.
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Three new members were votedinto Ring 50 on November 4,2009.
Robert Brantner
is anamateur magician and a pilot withthe airline industry. He hails fromWest River Maryland.
HerbHughes
form Alexandria Virginiais an orthodontist and becameinterested in magic in 1990. Hestarted performing illusions for his patients and subsequently performed at elementary schools,Fall Festivals, Christmas showsand dental illusions during DentalMonth.
Greg Szlyk 
, fromFredericksburg Virginia, has beeninterested in magic since he was achild. He is most comfortable withclose-up magic with coins andcards. Congratulations to thesenew members of I.B.M. Ring 50.
 
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Coming Events
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Devin Knight’s
lecture is acombination of comedy, close-upstage magic, and mentalism. Hehas something for everyone.Devin has a long list of effects to be taught during his lecture. Itemssuch as: One-By-One, Tele-Food,Impossible Prediction, Sanda-Panda, Improved Baby-Gag,Around The Square, Salt To Bulb,Random Thoughts, Predictionary,Paint Surprise, Borrowed Ring ToLight bulb, Farsight, PsychicSpectator, Chess Gambit, TheBest Of Al Mann, Plus other surprise items to be added. Thelecture is free to paid-up Ring 50members, all other magicians $10at the door.
“Washington DC’s Convention for Children’s Entertainers”
Dates: Jan. 27 starting at 5 p.m. toJan.29, 2010Where: Washington, D.C.Host: ChildTime MagicCost: $125.00 per personContact: Louis Meyer, (703) 765-1923 or www.kapitalkidvention.com
IBM Ring 50 Schedule 
Dec 2 Lecture, Devin KnightJan 6 TBAFeb 3 Houdini Magic NightMar 3 Auction NightApr 7 TBA, Nominations for OfficersApr 9 & 10 Magi-Whirl 2010May 5 Dan Lacey Contest
 Magi-Whirl 2010,
 Washington, D.C.
“
The best little convention inthe National Capital Area
”
 
Don’t miss the InternationalBrotherhood of Magicians, NationalCapital Ring 50,
 Magi-Whirl 2010,
 
April 9 & 10, 2010. There will befour lectures, plus three close-up performances, and a Gala eveningshow. Magi-Whirl is being held atBishop Ireton High School, 201Cambridge Rd, Alexandria VA.
Only $50 until March 21st.
After March 21st it’s $65 for everyone.You can register and pay on our website: www.Magi-Whirl.Org
 
or download the registration form andmail it in. Save money and register early.Come to Magi-Whirl and hangout with other magicians and peopledevoted to magic. You may learnnew tricks, ideas, presentations, andof course see some great performances. You won’t want tomiss these great lecturers:DuaneLaflin, Sammy Smith, and Jim Sisti.We have ten dealers scheduledfor the dealer room. You can seeand talk to professional magiciansand look at new magic items for sale. This gives you the chance tosee them, touch them and see themin action before making a purchase.The dealers are: Magic Goods-Pravin Ponnuri, Magic Vault-Mark Reed, Sorcery with Class-ScottCorrell, Magic Stars Studio-JoeMogar, Wizard Craft Magic- CraigR Dickson, Duane Laflin, SammySmith, Jim Sisti, and more TBA.The 90 minute Saturday nightGala Evening Show includes:Duane Laflin, Sammy Smith, JimSisti, DC Magician of the Year-Dick Christian, with MagicalMaster of Ceremonies-TBA.
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The I.B.M
“Greatest Annual Magic Convention”
for 2010 will be held in SanDiego California,July 6 - 10, 2010.Be sure to register thru the I.B.Mwebsitewww.Magician.Org, click the“convention” tab in the upper rightcorner, and then click on “Register Online”. Read the pricing matrixand begin registration at the bottom.You will need your IBM number.Be sure to check the box for your spouse if you are bringing one andgive her name in the “AdditionalRegistrant Information” section. If you are unable to register onlineyou may download a printable formand mail it in. I.B.M members canregister before January 31 for $235and save. After January 31 theregistration fee will be $260 untilJune 21. After June 21 and at theconvention the price will be $285.The convention will be held atthe
Town and Country Resort Hotel and Convention Center 
. The rate atthe
Town and Country Resort Hotel 
 is $113 plus taxes per night. Youcan make the hotel reservations on-line though the IBM website. Click on Convention (upper right corner),then click on “To Reserve Your Hotel Accommodations”. Or youmay call them for room reservationscall 1-800-772-8527; tell them youare with the InternationalBrotherhood of Magicians. Anyquestions contact, Bob Patterson,I.B.M. Registration Chairman for 2010 San Diego atMagic.Bob@Comcast.Net.
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