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dmagic Veteran user 384 Posts |
What trick do you recommend close or open the show?
And between At time I do this (only trick and music) * eat balloon * Salt pour I need more ideas Thanks David |
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mrunge Inner circle Charleston, SC 3716 Posts |
What kind of magic do you like to do? Who will you be performing for? Where is this taking place? Etc...
Your question is too wide open to be answered. Not enough information given. Mark. |
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John C Eternal Order I THINK therefore I wrote 12941 Posts |
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On 2007-07-22 16:53, dmagic wrote: THINK man THINK! J |
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dmagic Veteran user 384 Posts |
Birthday inside outside, school and etc ...
ideas around my point. |
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THINK man THINK! J [/quote] Maybe have somthing I don't know (great tricks ) I want special Thanks |
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Stevethomas Inner circle Southern U.S.A. 3728 Posts |
Pour the salt into the balloon then eat it.
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Andre Hagen Inner circle 1432 Posts |
Start by dropping the "eating the balloon" bit with children...Not a good idea.
Try the Miser's Dream for an opener . It works with all ages, and perhaps close with a production. That's pretty sketchy, but as mrunge said, you aren't giving us enough information. Good luck! Andy
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one - Albert Einstein
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Mumblemore Inner circle 1429 Posts |
The David Ginn approach is start with a warm-up/crowd interaction moment, then do some "wow" effects to music (here the Miser's Dream would be great). For finale, you should probably do your strongest effect (best comedy or most magical, etc.). I usually do a rabbit production finale. I do a few jokes as warm-up (a wand gag or lie detector) and then for a musical opener, I do the magic kettle in combination with Derek Rutt's Autoflower which doesn't pack overly light, but which is very impressive for kids. I'd recommend Dennis Michael's discussion on routining at the top of Little Darlings thread, and also Ginn's wonderful books on staging shows.
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Mumblemore Inner circle 1429 Posts |
If you are performing for kids (you implied this with birthday mention), then start with Ginn's "Crash Course on Kidshows" which explains his logic for routining which is quite accessible and sensible.
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DanielSteep Inner circle 1409 Posts |
If you are performing for children do not do balloon swallow.
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The Mighty Fool Inner circle I feel like a big-top tent having 2140 Posts |
I wouldnt open with anything but the comedey chair (Dwight Damon)--the ultimate in loosening-up-laughter. As for in-between tricks, I like to have little contests between myself and a volunteer, involving a yo-yo, or a paddleball, or a spinning-top. The kid's prop works fine, but my yo-yo rolls right off the string, the ball detatches from the paddle, and the top stays attatched & dangling from the string. Not only do these eat time & create mirth, they greatly encourage kids to volunteer.
Everybody wants to beleive.....we just help them along.
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drkptrs1975 Elite user North Eastern PA 452 Posts |
I have used the Color Changing Wreaths, a pretty good effect for kids.
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Dennis Michael Inner circle Southern, NJ 5821 Posts |
Watch a lot of different children performers on DVDs. From them you should get lots of ideas and modify some routiens to fit your style.
Dennis Michael
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chris mcbrien Inner circle Chicago 1235 Posts |
Or you could actually go to college like I did and bust your behind learning how to take almost any prop and write your own comedy from your life experience instead of "vampirically detaching" it from others....
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KC Cameron Inner circle Raleigh, North Carolina 1944 Posts |
While I don't agree with the attitude, I do agree with the direction Chris is going. There are tons of "tricks". Figure out your character, your audience and your location (birthday, school, etc.), and the rest will fall into place. There are thousands of great tricks you can manipulate to fit your show - or you can come up with some new ones.
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MikeRaffone Special user 623 Posts |
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On 2007-07-26 23:03, chris mcbrien wrote: Chris, Not to bring the topic back to positive and constructive... Do you have a suggestion where one could go to school to learn what you learned or some classes they can take. Jeff McBride's Master Class goes into depth teaching how to turn useless props into comedy magic. Would be nice to hear your sugggestions as well. Thanks, Mike
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chris mcbrien Inner circle Chicago 1235 Posts |
No, I won't help list sources for taking classes. Do the research like I did. Heck, when I was starting out, there wasn't an internet, so it was trips to the library and lots of phone calls...and travelling.
I don't believe in handing over something that one hasn't earned.... And "magicians helping magicians" doesn't always mean making it easy...nothing worth it's while is "easy"....my helpful advice: For some things (not all) one needs to do the research oneself, you'll not only gain the knowledge your'e after, you'll gain twice that in lessons along the way... |
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MikeRaffone Special user 623 Posts |
David is doing his research by coming to the Magic Café and asking.
I suggested a Master Class as a way to get started "doing his own work" to build routines he is looking for. You offered nothing but self-pity whining about how little you had how everyone else should "suffer" like you did.
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chris mcbrien Inner circle Chicago 1235 Posts |
No "self pity" here, and ask anyone, Mike, I've helped many here over the years...but for this help, this isn't even "magic".....
And I never said I "suffered", I did'nt. However, I did actually tell you, and you didn't catch my clue. "library". Mike, your'e a mean man. See,now I handed it over and made it real simple.... |
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Terry Owens Inner circle Ft. Wayne, Indiana 1707 Posts |
I like Dennis Michaels opener that he mentioned on another thread...He asks how many magicians do we have here today? Then he has them say abracadabra...he does this twice more (if I remember right) at the end of the third time you produce a cane...This does a couple of things, warms up the audience and gets the audience involved and great a good magicial moment happens....Thanks Dennis for that idea.
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