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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts 
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So Tom are you trying to say that there are a thousand card trick posts for every one rope trick post at this forum? What ever you do don't let any of those "pick a card" magicians know that card tricks put audiences to sleep, because I rather enjoy being special.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
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kosmoshiva Loyal user Canada 255 Posts
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Three cheers for Professor Cheer !
Don't forget to breathe.
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Darkwing Inner circle Nashville Tn 1850 Posts
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I hope this applies to this subject. I did the Tabray rope routine at a show in front of 250 people. It got a standing ovation. I think the rope routine is very visual and very magical.
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Darkwing Inner circle Nashville Tn 1850 Posts
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On 2007-09-06 16:23, Al Angello wrote: Al, You got that right. He was the forunner for all the modern rope magic you see today. David |
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts
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Dave
I hate to repeat myself, but how many card magicians get standing ovation. Congradulations you must be really good to have mastered such a dufficult routine.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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Father Photius Grammar Host El Paso, TX (Formerly Amarillo) 17161 Posts
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I've always liked rope magic. One reason that there may not be a lot of posts is that I've always found rope tricks fairly easy to learn from both books and videos. I don't have the kinds of problems I've experienced with card and coin moves. Possibly others have had the same experience. I have found rope tricks far more flexible in terms of being reworkable into new routines and patter. It is very easy to link a number of them together into a good long routine. Last, but not least, it is one of the most inexpensive forms of magic. I know a good number of magicians shy away from routines that aren't in vogue, meaning Copperfield, or someone on TV isn't doing it. But I never liked copy cat magic. I have had tremendous reactions with rope routines and ring and rope routines. Easy to carry, or be impromptu with if the party at had has a piece of rope available. Sometimes the simplest effects play best, but some magicians get caught up in the techniques of magic, and feel that they must only perform effects that require complex sleights. I still get good response off of Budah paper, which was the very first trick I ever had from a supermarket performance promo give away from Mark Wilson back in the early 50's. I make my own now, but it still plays well with a good patter to spice the routine. Nice thing about magic, there is something for everyone, and you don't have to be the world's greates manipulator, sleight man, or even wealthiest person to do magic.
"Now here's the man with the 25 cent hands, that two bit magician..."
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Darkwing Inner circle Nashville Tn 1850 Posts
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On 2007-09-30 21:16, Al Angello wrote: Thank you, Al. I think it got a standing "O" because it is a great routine and not because I'm a great magician (boy that scares me just thinking about it). David |
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Vincent Loyal user New York Metro Area 270 Posts
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For All:
I Have Been Reading All Of Your Rope Posts For Quite Some Time Now And Your Enthusiasm Has Convinced Me To Give Rope Magic Another Shot. I Think This Was Some Of The First Magic That I Learned Some Forty Odd Years Ago And For Some Reason It Fell By The Wayside When I Became Older And Not Necessarily Wiser!! Thanks For The Shot In The Arm. I Just Bought Two Spools Of White Rope. Here We Go!!!! Thanks Again, Vincent  
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts
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Vincent
If you go to Metro Magic III look for me and we can share some up to date rope routines. Al
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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Darkwing Inner circle Nashville Tn 1850 Posts
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Vincent,
As Aldo Colombini says " Take this rope, go home, and have some fun!!! I think you will truly enjoy yourself with rope magic. David |
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yin_howe Special user Malaysia 985 Posts
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On 2007-09-30 22:30, photius wrote: Copperfield did perform a rope routine in his Mystery On The Orient Express Special.
"Talent without passion is talent wasted.."
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robwar0100 Inner circle Buy me some newspapers.Purchase for me 1 Gazette and 1747 Posts
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On 2007-09-30 22:30, photius wrote: Photius, I recently combined my love of rope magic with the Buddha papers after seeing Mac King do his cut-and-restored rope where he cuts the rope into several pieces and they are all tied together. I decided to try something similar with a length of string and the Buddha papers. I use a Christian-themed story for the trick, but I am sure someone can easily adapt it for a general audience. I tell the audience a strange old man came up to me and told me only Jesus can restore broken things. To help me remember the lesson, he gave me these strange papers. I tell the crowd I walked away believing whatever broken thing was placed in those papers would come out restored. I have someone come up and cut a string (it's about 10 inches and like the one used in the Jawdroppers video to make to pieces of string into one) into eight pieces. Those eight pieces are placed in the papers and folded up. When the papers are unfolded I pull out the last one and have the spectator remove the string. Instead of seeing the string restored to one full-length, the eight pieces have been tied together and the crowd can see the knots. I wrap up by saying something along the lines of "remember what the old man said, only Jesus restores things. I am not Jesus." I have discovered that my Christian-based patter is easier to develop than when I am performing something for general audience. Bobby
"My definition of chance is my hands on the wheel," Greg Long.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts
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Bobby
Welcome to the magic Café. Everybody talks about the Mac King trick, I've never seen it done. How does he do it? Al
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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robwar0100 Inner circle Buy me some newspapers.Purchase for me 1 Gazette and 1747 Posts
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On 2007-10-19 09:37, Al Angello wrote: In a word, well. He does it well. He talks about how his grandfather showed him this trick with a rope that has two ends and one middle. He cuts off an end, then says he now has a rope with one end and one middle. Cuts off the other end, now he has a rope with no ends and a middle. Then he cuts the middle and has a rope with no ends and no middle and restores it. Then he proceeds to make multiple cuts to the rope. When he opens his hands, there are several knots in the rope. Then the knots pop off resulting in a restored (though it seems very much shorter) piece of rope. I have seen the C-n-R rope where three cuts are made and three knots pop off. However, I do not have a clue how Mac King set it up, but he did it very well.
"My definition of chance is my hands on the wheel," Greg Long.
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts
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Interesting. I do know how to do the three pop knot finish. I guess I'll have to go out west to see how he performs this trick that everybody talks about.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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John Long Inner circle New Jersey 2826 Posts
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By the description, Mac's method must be totally different from the Panama Rope (w/3 pop offs). Sounds like it could be a variant of Neffs Miracle rope, or renaissance rope.
Breathtaking Magic;
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts
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John
That is exactly what I was thinking, but Mac performs it every night on stage at the Vegas strip, and he's not talking. He has two rope lecture notes on his web site for sale, but not this one.
Al Angello The Comic Juggler/Magician
http://www.juggleral.com http://home.comcast.net/~juggleral/ "Footprints on your ceiling are almost gone" |
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magicians Inner circle Teacher and Legend 2898 Posts
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On 2007-09-02 19:02, Al Angello wrote: I saw my first lecture by George in 1974 in Poughkeepsie ny. I went home and started writing rope routines. Here is one of the last Sands videos: Sandsational ropes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a49-1nFl_UA
Illusionist, Illusionist consulting, product development, stage consultant, seasoned performer for over 35 years. Specializing in original effects. Highly opinionated, usually correct, and not afraid of jealous critics. I've been a puppet, a pirate, a pawn and a King. Free lance gynecologist.
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