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MagiCol
Special user
Dargaville, New Zealand
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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 4:36am
Mandarin and funsways posts just above mine are very good advice. It sounds like you need to widen the number of people you show magic to, in addition to working on making tricks entertaining. I learnt tricks, and didn't have the spectators. Rather than waiting for people to ask me to show them some magic I took the initiative and went out performing Street Magic with a set show. That got me involved in performing. Go up to the top of this thread, down to the 4th post, by Father Photious. He talks of the entertainment value of magic. I invented my signature line years ago when I realized that the trick is just one part of what magic is about.
The performance makes the magic.
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harris
Inner circle
Harris Deutsch
6140 Posts
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Posted: Oct 7, 2009 11:51am
Working at a school, I have to balance my work and request to share magic.
Sometimes I have someone pick a card and then move on to what we were talking about.
Other times I do something like lengthen my ring finger and then "shrink" it back to its regular length.
A few times I will go into a multiple pick a card with 4-7 people selecting cards. (thanks to Doc Eason)
Harris
Harris Deutsch
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magicbobc
New user
34 Posts
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Posted: Oct 8, 2009 12:22pm
We should always be one step ahead...or two!!!
Be confident in yourself, if you have performed before and practice properly it's as if you were born ready!
Learn from the experience that's why it happened, right!
BobC
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harris
Inner circle
Harris Deutsch
6140 Posts
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Posted: Oct 9, 2009 9:36am
Many times, I have learned more from a show (or even an impromptu bit) that did not go perfect/good than one that did.
Harris
still 2 old to know everything
Harris Deutsch
aka dr laugh
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music, magic and marvelous toys
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Herr Brian Tabor
Veteran user
West Virginia
378 Posts
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Posted: Oct 14, 2009 10:21pm
My favorite in that situation is Paul Harris's 11 card trick (that uses 11 cards).
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epsilon97
Regular user
105 Posts
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Posted: May 11, 2012 9:40pm
I am really trying to have three card tricks down pat--8 Card Brainwave, Chicago Opener, and Twisting the Aces.
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dpe666
Inner circle
Under your bed or in your closet
2782 Posts
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Posted: May 11, 2012 10:34pm
Bookworm 
Find my e-books at
http://www.mentalshocks.com
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