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charlie_d Loyal user 247 Posts |
Hypothetical scenario:
This is wildly unrealistic but - for the sake of argument - you are meeting a potential client in a Starbucks. As strange as it may sound, you have nothing on you apart from your normal clothing - no money, no phone, no keys, bills or change. You can use anything available in a regular starbucks to create a show, that you'll perform either seated or standing. You have 10 minutes to prepare anything that needs preparing. You can assume you have the use of a regular starbucks table and a couple of regular chairs. What's the best 15 minute show you can do? Here's my attempt: Opener: Miser's dream with a mid-sized paper cup. Surprise large chocolate coin production mid routine. Stream of coins from both hands finale. You get to interact with tons of people quickly. Two: Ring on stick / ring on string using coffee stirrer, borrowed ring and a shoelace. Two volunteers. Finale: Cups and balls with paper cups, rolled napkins as balls and four muffins as loads. A few volunteers. |
ottphd Loyal user 243 Posts |
I like it Charlie
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David Fillary Special user 662 Posts |
Seems a shame to use rolled up napkins without also using them as sponge balls!
So I'd do "sponge napkins", some sort of coin routine using borrowed coins. Probably 4 coins across or through table, although, if you put a few napkins together, it would be possible to do expansion of texture... cups and balls and I don't think muffins can be beat as a finale! Greg Wilson has a broken and restored coffee stirrer effect designed specifically for starbucks, so that would be a good time for it. |
charlie_d Loyal user 247 Posts |
Some more:
Coin in sugar packet, Torn and restored napkin, Paper balls over the head. Skinner's broken and restored match (but use a wooden coffee stirrer) described in "Taking Our Lumps", in "Classic Sampler". Also, "Torn and restored soda straw wrapper", from the same book. Ingeniuous method and solid routine. |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
Some bottle caps for a chink-a-chink effect, caps thru table, disappearing saltshaker trick using a styrofoam cup, napkin and a cap
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Nick W Special user 515 Posts |
For the sake of arguement, why would you meet a potential client with no money, no phone, no keys, bills or change?
just sayin' |
landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
'Cause you're not wearing any clothes?
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