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magicsecure New user 80 Posts |
Has anyone used Chinese sticks for street magic? if so tell me about it also anyone have a good ideal for a build for Chinese sticks that kind of takes it away from the wand or just plane stick look. something more modern a new look to an old trick
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Nala Nosmoht Special user Surrey,B.C. Canada, 641 Posts |
I was given Kovari Pom-Pom stick years ago, 30! I used very rarely as I couldn't find a patter or a routine that appealed to me.
Itspent the next 29 years in a drawer. But I recently added it to our busking sets without patter, but with music. With the "right" music and add your personality it works very well. Just a short bit about a minute, but it has finally found a home in our shows. |
magicsecure New user 80 Posts |
That's great to hear thanks so much for the reply.
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Magic_son Regular user 195 Posts |
Try Martin Lewis, he teaches you how to make your own, and tears them apart at the end.
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MagicDan3333 New user Sun Prairie, WI 38 Posts |
I use pom poms in my street and rensaissance faire shows, it gets a good response.
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Harry Murphy Inner circle Maryland 5444 Posts |
As much as I like Martin Lewis' "Tear-Apart-Sticks" (and I have made and used them from time to time). I find them impractible for the street. If you do 10 shows a day you will have to make, carry, store on site, and use 10 sets of sticks. They become a consumable and add a degree of additional expense to the show and bother keeping track of the sticks on site.
Honestly I would avoid using the "wand" looking (round cross section) sticks. They telegraph hollowiness. I'd find (or make) a set of square cross section sticks to look more like solid lengths of wood. I'd also leave then a more natural wood finish to reinforce their solidness. George Millward makes a great set of natural wood, rectangle cross-section, Chinese Stick. They are sold in sets of three (3) to perform the, not classic Roy Benson routine. Not inexpensive but perhaps the best of the kind on the market right now. Jay Leslie makes the Kovari "Ultimate Chinese Sticks". They are a smooth working, square cross-section Chinese Stick. They are a great take on the Sticks with built in comedy and a built in suprise ending. They reset easily (instantly). I have used them on the street (fairs, not busking to be honest) and got great reactions from them. I'm a pretty undertall person and stand on a milk crate to get the full effect of the climax (adds to the comedy). Please note that the Kovari "Ultimate Chinese Sticks" are not the Kovari "Pom-Pom Pole". Two different props and routines. I really like Nala's use of music and no patter for the Pom-Pom Pole. I can see how it would be instantly hypnotic to an audience. Good thinking there man! Wayne Dobson sells "Ping and Pong" Chinese Sticks. They are metal, square cross-section sticks with ping-pong balls on the ends of the strings rather than tassels. The sticks are smooth working and nicely made. The real sales point to them is that you get the Dobson script and routine that makes the ping-pong balls meaningful. It is a fun little routine. I think of the versions I've mentioned above I'd go with the Jay Leslie made Kovari Ultimate Chinese Sticks. Durable (will take a beating), quick reset,fairly easy to use (quick learning curve) and great visual comedy. I think that Jay even makes them in different colors to best match your look. My discussion and recomendations are better served for busking not gorilla/street magic per se. Sorry I forgot the forum I was in!!! For Gorilla magic on the fly I'd probably make a set of Chinese sticks out of ball point pens to keep them super small and for use with one to three folks.
The artist formally known as Mumblepeas!
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