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obsidian52 Veteran user United States 372 Posts |
I happened to be at a concert last night and one of the performers used a D'Lite and a small piece of flash paper (2 seperate effects, and NO, he wasn't a magician) anyway, I met him after the concert, in a reception area, we exchanged cards, and I wanted to show him (or to have with me) something very very quick, and amazing. Any thoughts or ideas? No tables, surrounded, performed in my birthday suit as it were.
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funsway Inner circle old things in new ways - new things in old ways 9982 Posts |
Seems to me that if he created a mystery, entertained people and left them with a memory tinged with uncertainty -- then he is a magician.
Since he is impressed with gimmicks, do something else -- a nice coin routine possibly with a borrowed coin. Definately not card tricks as they fall into the "everybody knows one" category. Paper money effects would work also.
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MarkR New user 54 Posts |
I have found that changing a coin into another coin or vanishing a coin or producing a coin from a bill is great on the spot. I often spellbound a coin into a pocketknife or cig. lighter.
Ring and string with an available shoelace. Also a no thumbtip bill switch routine. Markr |
WayneL New user 34 Posts |
I agree, even making a coin vanish is enough for most spectators. Lay people just don't see magic everyday like we do. So, the rule is: keep it simple.
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DaleTrueman Veteran user Australia 317 Posts |
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On 2009-10-26 08:29, WayneL wrote: I have been surprised at how well a simple coin vanish works when people ask to see something. Several times now after a request to see some magic I have just said "ok" in a sort of aloof fashion then pulled a coin out of my pocket, palmed it in a transfer then blown it into the air. The reaction has been great every time. I guess people are blown away even though it's such a simple trick because they ask me to prove I know about magic and five seconds later a fifty cent coin has disappeared into thin air |
mamutrance New user Ireland, living in London! 46 Posts |
A simple retention vanish of a coin, often astonishes people, especially when they ask to see something in a casual manner.
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dabah2014 Regular user Texas 157 Posts |
I'll have to say that my favorite imromptu effect is the Miser's Dream using the Slyvester Pitch. Dan Sylvester created this technique a few years ago and is selling a video revealing the secret. This effect is absolutely amazing! You can create countless effects using this technique. Here's the link for the effect. http://www.penguinmagic.com/europe/product.php?ID=312
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