Just interested how many of you do the cups and balls in the street (busking)?

I will put my name down for starters!

Matthew

I am a cups guy to be sure.

Best,

Dan-
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I use them.

I do too

I'm a cups guy. Love em. My local zoning people are trying to make me a "not cups guy" with their new table license, but I think I'm going to get around it with a cigarette tray set up.

Mark

I'm a Cups and Balls performer. I am also a Chop-cup performer (when I need to keep the equipment and props to a minimum).

While I don't do street work, per se, the cups are, and have been, a regular part of my close up work, whether strolling, at trade shows or in formal work.

I use combo cups because I love the idea of using the gaf with the :galloping post" move first to pass a ball UP through the cups, then to make it vanish.

Obviously, the Chop Cup is also a favorite as well. One of the great close up and cabaret tricks ever!

Just my tuppence worth!

Lee Darrow, C.Ht.

Well, the question is? Who do not the Cups and Balls to close a pitch

Smile Shorty???

I use them. I'm not a street performer per se, either, but it just seems like the right thing to do.

A spectator should see magicians doing the cups and balls. It's sort of an icon.

I also feel that I should be able to do the cups and balls as a magician.

I just started doing the Ninja Rings outdoors as well and it was definitely a crowd pleaser.

I'll take that to a different thread, however.

Frank

So how many people would be interested in a magicians only cups and balls website.

Discuss your lines... routines... cups... etc?

I like it here just fine. Why don't we just start a "Cups and Balls" thread in "Secret Sessions?"

True... true. Do lines have to go in the secret sessions do you think?

I use them

I use them
Nice

I have yet to use cups and balls on the street. I close with my 3 ring routine.

But I am getting my cups routine ready to alternate with my rings closer. Not that the rings don't get a good reaction, but it is just a change of pace for me.

I got my Gazzo cups with a nice patina from a little handling and being stored in my damp, recently flooded basement.

And I got really nice realistic fake oranges from Walmart, so I don't have to get new ones every time one gets squished. These things are quite durable and cheap too, less than a buck. I am still working on a final load though, and havent found anything that really speaks out for me. So until I get that done, I won t be bringing it to the street.

So for now, I have to say, I don't do cups on the street....yet

BrodDavid

I use cups typically as my finale. My only problem is that I can not decide which cups I want to use. I use my Gazzo cups due to the larger load capacity, and they are excellent cups. I really like using Phoenix cups though. They fit so nicely in the hand, but do not accomodate a large load.

I've just started using cups and balls, and I can fit it into most of my acts.

I always thought the Gazzo cups would just be too big for my table, along with the oranges and hat etc.

For now I'm using the Babe set producing baseballs.

matthew

Hello All

One set of Millennium Cups, Which produce 6 LARGE Oranges, & a Hat from which Appears one "Big Mother " of a Honey Dew Mellon... C&B......Ya I do em!!!!!


Michael Lee

I haven't done them on the street. I have a nice 2 cup routine, but find the street, at least in my area requires effects that are short and spectacular.