Do you have a routine using birds?

What's your,
• Favourite appearance? • Favourite vanish? • Favourite transposition?

I don't do birds anymore, but my favorite appearance was Gloves to Dove (table model). I first had Abbott's make, and later made my own. I used this in a Nissan commercial and it really looked like trick photography.

I actually have one other production that was a personal favorite, but I would risk giving away too much info if I explained it... basically, a fireball to dove between my assistant and I. Cool effect and killer crazy method.

One that I wish I had was the Doves in Net (from air). Love it!!

Favorite vanish was probably the Newspaper Tear-Apart, although I sometimes used it to change two birds into a cat... so maybe it was also a transposition. I had a dove cage vanish, but the Newspaper Tear Apart was still a very good trick.

Favorite transposition was changing me into a dove. This involved a complex French door backdrop that served as a flash appearance from which I appeared. I then produced many doves which were perched in the windows of the doors. At the end, I vanished and one more dove appeared in the window, as if I became one of them.

There is one transposition that I want to eventually build for my collection where birds vanish from one cage and appear in another, like Owen's Master Cage Illusion.

Tom and sherry doing newspaper tear appart vanish was ****ing sexy back in the day and still is f you can find video - just bam bam bam gone it was awesome -- really a great dove act and one of my favorites of all time

Last I heard, when Sherrie died, Tom got out of the business and is/was selling furniture.

Yes, T&S had a real class act. We worked together on a corporate date in West Virginia for Howard Schultz. They were a delight!

I uaed doves in the school show (1968--1995)and those two birds "did" eight minutes! Two productions and LOTS OF SCHTICK! They really earned their seeds!!!

Here it is : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EK-mqXZZ0g

Thanks for that!

Appearance with a Dove Frame.

Dove bag is a great item. I use apparatus and loads, but this is always my favorite (and gets a great audience reaction); both to music and patter. The key is to be able to really show it enmpty (and be gentle on our little friend).

Rick

And I agree, Tom and Sherry a GREAT act!!

I have one of those tear apart vanishes in my shed somewhere. That awesome video makes me want to get dig it out a start doing it again! I forgot how much I liked Tom and Sherry's act.

Favorite that I do: Dove Pan. I don't care want anybody says, It gets a jaw dropping reaction every time!

Favorite that I don't do: Gloves to dove. Is there anything more magical?

I must admit I think my silk fountain to doves is my favorite right now.
all those silks fluttering out and then bam dove.
i also like my new custom doves to girl blammo I had rich hill make me.
its the perfect ending to my routine. gets a holy smokes look on their faces every time.