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RealityTwisterSFX New user 50 Posts |
I been thinking about getting into table hopping from my shows. my question is how does everyone carry everything?
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Fedora Special user Arizona, usa 746 Posts |
Pockets work well.
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MJ Marrs Inner circle Los Angeles 1124 Posts |
It’s taken me years to get things situated for an efficient, organized, logical retrieval system of items. Pocket management is tricky. The best investment I’ve made by far is a High Caliber Magic holster. Unfortunately Joel seems to have stopped manufacturing them, but second hand holsters still pop up periodically.
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MeetMagicMike Inner circle Gainesville Fl 3501 Posts |
Over many years of table hopping in restaurants I now carry the following.
An ordinary deck of cards Rope for Professor Nightmare (Fiber Optics) One or sometimes two other tricks which rotate week to week The deck of cards gives me plenty of variety if I end up spending more time at a table. The rest of my props are in the trunk of my car and can be retrieved if for some reason I want to do a specific trick that I don't have on my person. For instance, a guest may request a specific trick, or I may have a large table that requires a trick that plays bigger. |
TheMightyRicardo Loyal user 225 Posts |
If you have 10 tables to get around and you do 2 short tricks at each, it will take you over an hour to visit them all. At first, you will want to carry more items than you will use - the classic wisdom is three sets of 3.
Even without a jacket, you have 4 pants pockets for 2 tricks each, then add a belt pouch for a deck and packet tricks. Attach your keys and phone to your belt to keep them out of the way, and you are ready to entertain for hours. I often finish without using some tricks, but it is sensible to have a reserve. The Fibre Optics ropes get a pocket to themselves - such a great trick. |
RobertApodaca Regular user Henderson, NV 150 Posts |
I have a metal case I bring with me. I then load up my pockets. Pants have 4 pockets, jacket has 3.
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danfreed Inner circle West Chester PA 1354 Posts |
I am mainly a kids entertainer but I do lots of strolling close-up for kids. I don't really do fancy formal events, etc, so I always wear a buskers pouch with lots of pockets, I can carry everything but the kitchen sink. I don't wear a a suit jacket, but I usually wear a vest. It's not going to win me a fashion award, but it's very practical, nobody cares, it's a tool of the trade. If I wore a suit or did formal events it would look bad and I wouldn't use it. You can use it for switches and ditches also, kind of like a topit or servante.
I knew a guy who used a briefcase table with a nice cloth around it, with his name on it, he carried it around and had his own little table top to perform on, and stored his stuff inside.
Dan Freed
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FlorianHeller Regular user Bonn, Germany 200 Posts |
To carry stuff to a restaurant, I have a fake leather kinda bag that holds 6 decks, plus some other little stuff, like a sharpie and a small close up mat. Then, I work from the pockets of my suit, usually invisible deck 2x in either the inside or outside pockets, one marked deck, and one stacked deck in the other pockets.
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TheAmbitiousCard Eternal Order Northern California 13425 Posts |
Sounds like a pro to me...
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JayCee0919 New user 58 Posts |
My wife is my "Magic Sherpa" and usually accompanies me to gigs so she holds a bunch of stuff for me. Easy to introduce her as my "lovely assistant"
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om_darji New user South Orange County, CA 24 Posts |
Depends on your style and chops. I dress well so I don't want bulky pockets. I also have a skinny frame which helps hide some pocket bulges. My EDC is a standard deck of cards (maybe with a duplicate), load wallet, Peter Turner's Fraud, Loops Legends, and my business card with a prediction on it.
For my regular restaurant gig I carry these organized by pocket: Left Jacket-Blue Bikes Right Jacket-Sponge Ball routine: 3 sponge balls, goshman's sponge square Right Pant-Joshua Jay's Phantom Deck Pant Back Right-Load wallet and EDC above Pant Left-Lighter + Sticky Notes Back Pant Left-Jumbo sponge ball in back pocket plus phone (with mentalism apps) Left Inside-Double Cross, Normal Sharpie, Heat Vanishing Ink Pen, Business Cards I leave my right inside pocket available for a jumbo card reveal, packet trick, etc depending on how I feel that day. My breast pocket takes tips. I cut the lining in my left jacket pocket allowing it to work like a forcing bag. Sometimes I throw a one way force deck in there, othertimes just some extra materials (NFC, billets, etc) On the whole this allows me to maintain a sleek figure and still carry 2 hours worth of material.
Candidly,
Om Darji (he/she/xe) |
Avocat Elite user 446 Posts |
This company makes clothing with absurd amounts of pockets that are nonetheless well-engineered to look natural:
https://www.scottevest.com I'd agree, though, for table-hopping, you only need three or four effects, tops. |
Avocat Elite user 446 Posts |
Thought I'd add this: Scottevest's blazer's large tablet pocket works as an Ammar-design Topit
probably also true of some of the windbreaker and vest designs |
Cread New user Wisconsin 4 Posts |
I wear a a fanny pack as a cross body.
This definitely isn't for everyone, but if you have a style where you can pull it off, it's wonderful. |
raether New user Shorewood, IL 79 Posts |
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On Oct 13, 2023, Avocat wrote: Just came across this thread. The ScotteVest thing looks amazing.
Helmut Raether
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Alan Munro Inner circle Kentwood, Michigan, USA 5952 Posts |
If I have unsightly bulges in my pockets, that won't work. I may carry something that doesn't look good in my pocket, in my hand. But everything thing else must be tiny or stowable under my jacket in a place that doesn't cause a bulge. I learned several routines with tiny props because they were practical and worth a spot in a set. I don't like to carry more than 3 sets of two routines each.
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bhavz95 New user 51 Posts |
I have a little over the shoulder bag that carries everything I need. It's not too big but holds a good amount, few packs of cards, some rubber bands, ITR, things of that nature.
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umutK New user 31 Posts |
You need to try and practice for pocket management. It should become your second nature because you don t want any hesitation during performance.
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