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Tom DV Special user 694 Posts 
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Hi everyone, I'm curious to know whether most of you begin your peformances with something very quick and attention grabbing, such as a swami effect, or a more subtle, relaxed opener, for example bank night.
(The two examples just being basic, well known effects used her to represent many of similar ilk) Also, I'm quite intersted to know whether you introduce the show etc before or after your opening effect (excluding pre-show performance) thanks a lot |
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munger Loyal user austria 265 Posts
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Hi!
I begin my act telling the audience a little story about time and start with bob cassidys chronology as an opener. I introduce the show before the opener hope this helps mario |
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Tom DV Special user 694 Posts
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Thanks mario, much appreciated
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KiKi Inner circle GERMANY/ Hannover 1143 Posts
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I introduce the show also, and then I start with a short demonstration
with a swami! (number between 1-50) kiki |
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mrfluffy Loyal user 250 Posts
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Luke jermay's dangerous opener
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munger Loyal user austria 265 Posts
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Where can I find this opener from jermay?
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Lord Of The Horses Inner circle 5406 Posts
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On 2004-12-26 16:16, munger wrote: Try on Jermay's new book "THE CORAL FANG"... 
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JChristensen New user St. Louis, MO 71 Posts
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I recently switched to Osterlind's Bank Night and love it. You begin by having fun with the audience.
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Tom DV Special user 694 Posts
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Thanks guys, just what I wanted.
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ShaunRobison Loyal user 255 Posts
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I use an opener from Paolo Cavalli's book.. It is called Chairvelopes
Contact him and buy his book if it is still available. VERY STRONG MATERIAL!!! Shaun Robison
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Lord Of The Horses Inner circle 5406 Posts
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Shaun, glad you like it.
CHAIRVELOPES has been my opener of choice during this whole past year. It's a very strong and a very flexible routine which has always gotten great reactions from my audiences!
Then you'll rise right before my eyes, on wings that fill the sky, like a phoenix rising!
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rickmagic1 Inner circle MIddle Tennessee area 1545 Posts
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For me, it depends on my mood and the audience that I'm performing for. Most of the time, it's Richard's Bank Night. Lately, if I feel that the audience is not quite ready for the performance, I'll do the swami opener.
One of the best (and most used) openers that I've seen is the Magic Square. I saw Marc Salem open with this, then hear that a lot of others began doing it as well. Rick
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Ken Dyne Inner circle UK 2268 Posts
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I begin with a suggestability test on the whole audience, showing them "the powers within their own minds"
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SpAgHeTtI Regular user 166 Posts
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Rick how does the magic square is presented as an opener?
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Bennettjc Loyal user Brooklyn, NY 257 Posts
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SpAgHeTtI
When I saw Salem do it he opens with a big square on a big board on the stage (of a Broadway theater). I forget how many squares but it has and how the audience selects the numbers. At the time I was not familiar with magic squares. What he does is talk about how doing the square is like a "warm-up" for his mind and subsequent feats. By the way, I saw Harry Lorrayne do the old 4x4 square on a memory tape of his as a closer. The whole thing had a very infomercial feel to it. But he had 100s of people hooting and dropping their jaws. |
Sven Rygh Inner circle Oslo, Norway. 1945 Posts
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I have opened with Richard Osterlind's Bank Night since I first learned it.
It is fun to do and watch, opens for the interaction with the spectactors, and establishes you as "Mr. Nice" I did a smal informal performance for 25 people or so yesterday, and for the first time I did a Swami opener. It was great and did immediately draw the attention. I guess I will put in an "opener #2" if I should use it for a larger audience. El Numero also plays very very good, and I have planned to use that in a future performance to test it out. Sven
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Rabbitless Hat New user 65 Posts
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Using the magic square as a prediction and combining it with a mnemonics demonstration is also explored in Invisible Book Test from Mind Explosions by Bob Cassidy. Includes some clever memory aids for the magic square and a nice presentation angle.
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pointStack New user 90 Posts
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I like 'The Bold and Beautiful Prophesy' by Ted k from Syzygz. It's stright forward and very quickly to the point. I think that a good opener should not involve spectators having to leave seats and come to the stage. This is dead time and bad rhythm for the performance. I have also used Cassidy's Chronolgy but it can play a little long.
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On 2004-12-31 03:05, Sven Rygh wrote: El Numero. Thank you Syd. R.I.P. Candin
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Greg Arce Inner circle 6732 Posts
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On 2006-09-05 18:00, Candini wrote: For those that do El Numero you might want to check out my post called El Time-Oh! for a different presentation using the same method. Greg
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