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HenryleTregetour Regular user 184 Posts |
Hi All,
I am writing concerning practicing tricks that require more than one person to perform. I am thinking specifically about rope and string tricks where the magician performs while someone else holds the rope. Any suggestions on how to practice these? I don't have anyone I can enlist to assist me. Plus, if I did so, it seems like they would have to know how the trick is done. HLT |
funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9982 Posts |
Having a practice buddy has always been a desirable/preferred way of learning. Both magicians learn together, and also get a feel for audience engagement.
It used to be a local magic club was a good way to find one. Not sure any more. Lots of folks want to learn tricks - few desire to learn magic. (opinion) a poorer alternative is finding folks who you don 't care if they "learn the secret." Go to hospitals and nursing homes. They enjoy the company and entertainment.
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Mary Mowder Inner circle Sacramento / Elk Grove, CA 3659 Posts |
I've become a little more limber by doing rope tricks on my ankle instead of a wrist and holding a ring in the crook of my knee to simulate a spectator holding the ring. Some things can be done by using a broom stick instead of a thumb or clamps instead of a hand. If you start thinking that way, you will get inventive.
Eventually you will need another person but by then you may have the early practice well on the way. You might be able to find a study partner through craigslist or something like that. Good luck. -Mary Mowder |
Dick Oslund Inner circle 8357 Posts |
Turn a four legged chair upside down and use two of the four legs like the spectator's hands! Just clove hitch or two half hitch the ends of the cord to two of the chair legs.
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9982 Posts |
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On Dec 14, 2017, Dick Oslund wrote: so that is what the famous "rope in every bedroom" is for
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HenryleTregetour Regular user 184 Posts |
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Mary I find your suggestion especially intriguing. Dick, as always, thanks for the great advice. And Funsway, I will see what I can do.
Thanks again, HLT (Yes Mary, I still need to change that name! Actually, if I go public I might use Lord Henry, Medieval Magician--in my organization my title is "Lord" and I have an off-and-on business called Lord Henry's Medieval Miscellanea.) |
warren Inner circle uk 4138 Posts |
In the past I've used a weight to hold one end of a rope etc in place to allow me to complete a move that requires a spectator to hold on to one end of the rope.
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