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MAGI-GRAM
Official Newsletter of IBM Ring 50 -- The National Capital Ring Volume 64 No. 9 September 2010
I.B.M. Ring 50’s September
1st meeting was opened by
President Arnie Fuoco . Two new
members we voted into the Ring:
Edward Kaczka of West River
MD and
John Kenny
of
Alexandria VA. Prior to the
meeting Theo Rushin had a short
Magi-Whirl meeting to begin
construction of the volunteer
teams. If you are interested in
helping with Magi-Whirl 2010
please contact Theo Rushin or
Bob Patterson.
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International Brotherhood
of Magicians Ring 50
The National Capital Ring
President
Arnie Fuoco
(703) 521 -6286
Vice President
Danny Selnick
(202)-250-3834
Secretary & Webmaster
Eric Henning
(301)-369-0025
Treasurer
Bob Patterson
(703) 490 -1222
Sergeant-at-Arms
Tom Paxton
(301) 596 -7407
Magi-Gram Editor
Bob Patterson
Without further ado, president
Arnie Fuoco, introduced our first
new performer, Bob Weiman.
Bob Weiman and assistant
Bob did an original routine
with a change bag. Up next from
the Counts of Conjuring was
Joseph Bailey . The youth did a
series of effects including a magic
coloring book, mystic knot in a
rope, plate thru arm penetration.
Then a shackles and handcuffs
Joseph Bailey & Theo Rushin
escape showing he was the Semi-
Transparent Kid. John Kenny
followed with a silk to egg
routine. Next Bob Patterson
presented a Random Treasure
Hunt Prediction and a magical
card routine with a jumbo deck
and a regular deck. Dr. Arnie
Levin opened with a few jokes
Arnie Levin (r) with Bob Patterson (l)
and then did a funny card routine
which resulted in the spectator
losing his watch. Then he did a
coin in the bottle effect followed
by a copper, silver, brass coin
routine. Dr. Greg Szlyk using an
Al Capone story did a coin switch
using a solid brass container as Al
Capone’s safe. Then he gave his
version of Gregory Wilson’s ring
and string effect. Greg Clements
assisted by Cassandra Rogers
performed a chain escape and
Cassandra was tied up with 20 feet
of rope and managed under cover
to put on a spectators jacket under
the ropes. Rucj Uffelman did a
Rucj Uffelman
mentalism routine about truth
tellers. Arnie Fuoco closed the
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show with his latest invention for
protecting a cell phone.
(More pictures and details are on
page 4)
OCTOBER MEETING
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
HOLIDAY INN
Alexandria, VA
6:00 Cocktails
6:45 Dinner
8:00 Meeting
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For our October 6th meeting
there will be a lecture by Ken
Trombly, a lifelong magic
enthusiast and longtime magic
collector. Ken is the proprietor
of magicposters.com, and
resides in Bethesda, Maryland.
Ken has been performing
magic since
the age of
10 and has
been a
serious
collector of
magic
posters and
related
items for at least the last couple
of decades. He began by
collecting original magic
posters from the "Golden Age
of Magic." Ken has shared his
knowledge of magic posters
with the Magic Collectors
Association, lecturing at their
1995 and 2000 conventions,
and has given his slide show
poster presentation to other
magic clubs
as well. He
has written
articles on
magic
posters and
collecting
that have been published in
MAGIC magazine, MUM,
Collectors Showcase, and The
Paper Collectors Marketplace.
Ken is a member of The
Magic Circle, the Society of
American Magicians (Past
President, Assembly 23,
Washington, DC) and the
International Brotherhood of
Magicians (Order of Merlin).
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At the September 1
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meeting the
members of the Counts of
Conjuring enjoyed an evening of
magic and creative role playing.
The meeting began with a
demonstration and teach-in of the
Professor's Nightmare trick by
Bert Udovin . The chief wizard of
Bert Udovin performing
the Counts of Conjuring, Theo
Rushin, led the group in a
creative, role-playing exercise
called "Get Your Act Together".
The exercise focused on each
member creating and acting out a
fictional magic act in a randomly
chosen location while equipped
with three randomly chosen
objects.
Don’t forget to encourage a
youth to attend the Ring 50 MYI.
The youth meeting starts at 6:00
pm at the Holiday Inn in
Alexandria. The Youth Ring is
open for children ages 7-17.
Please let Theo Rushin , Chief
Wizard for the youth group, know
if you are bringing any youths so
that we can be better prepared for
them.
I want to thank all who performed
at the September meeting. The
performances were superlative for
first time performers and we hope
to see the same magicians in
future shows. For October we
have Ken Trombly, a lifelong
magic enthusiast and longtime
magic collector presenting
"Collecting Magic Ephemera". He
has written articles on magic
posters and collecting that have
been published in many magic
publications. For November we
have scheduled The Linking Ring
reviewers from Ring 50. They will
be performing one or more of their
favorite magical effect(s) that they
reviewed in The Linking Ring.
Finally don't forget that our own
Dick Christian will be performing
Comedy Cabaret Magic
at the
Helen Hayes Galley in National
Theater on September 27th. And
our past President Louis Meyer is
presenting a Dan Harlen lecture at
the ChildTime Magic Party Place
in Vienna VA on September 14th.
Be sure to maintain
your membership
with the International
Brotherhood of
Magicians each year. Send your
dues to the I.B.M. office at: 13
Point West Blvd, St. Charles,
Missouri, USA 63301
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Coming Events
Washington DC: January 27 –
30, 2011. This year the location
has changed! Because Kapital
Kidvention sold out last year the
only direction was to get
BIGGER. So, now right outside of
Washington DC is the National
Conference Center. This place is
HUGE, nestled in the forests of
Virginia is this resort for
education. The vendor room is 3
times the size of last year’s!
Kapital Kidvention is THE
convention to pick up the needed
skills to increase business and
learn more marketing secrets from
24 presenters or more. Details at:
http://kapitalkidvention.com
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“Monday Night At The
National” is a series of free public
performances in the Helen Hayes
Gallery at the National Theater on
Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. The
"Stars Of Magic" series begins on
Monday, September 13 and runs
through Monday, December 13
with performances at 6:00PM and
7:30PM. Wayne Alan and Dick
Christian are among the local
performers who have been
selected to appear. Dick will be
performing on Monday evening,
September 27 and Wayne will be
featured on Monday evening,
October 25. For more details see:
http://www.nationaltheatre.org/mo
nday/monday.htm
At the August meeting Stan
Rosenthal donated over 144 trick
decks of cards to Ring 50
members.
IBM Ring 50 Schedule
Oct 6 ….. Ken Trombly Lecture
Nov 3 …. Ring 50 Reviewers
Perform
Dec 1 …. TBA
2011
Jan 5 ….. TBA
Feb 2 ….. TBA
Mar 2 …. Auction Night
Apr 6 …. TBA
Apr 29 & 30 … Magi-Whirl 2011
Mar 4 …. Dan Lacey Contest
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Harlan is famous for unique
magic creations and his incredible
versatility, Harlan invents and
performs cutting-edge miracles
influenced by ancient mysteries.
His wit, wisdom, and whacked-out
weirdness always "wows" all
wide-eyed witnesses. His new
lecture, “Meaningful Magic,” is
about making our magic relevant
in the modern world. He explains
how we can use the principles of
performance to make a connection
with our audiences. Many of the
effects are brand new, never
before seen by the magic
community.
When: September 14th 8pm
ChildTime Magic Party Place
312 Dominion Rd. NE
Vienna, VA 22180
Cost: $15 per person
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The Society of American Magicians
will be hosting the North American
Championship of Magic as an
integral part of its annual four day
convention to be held in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 13-
16, 2011. The convention will be
holding up to six contests of
magic to accommodate the 50
contestants who will be selected
to compete for the title of North
American Champion of Magic.
Multiple winners across six
categories of magic will be
guaranteed a position if they wish
to compete at the FISM World
Championship of Magic to be held
in Blackpool, England, in July
2012. Future S.A.M. Conventions
are scheduled for: 2012 Las
Vegas, NV, 2013 Arlington, VA.
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All members in good standing can
advertise your item free. Just
include a picture and a description
of your item along with your
contact info to: Bob Patterson,
The headliners for Magi-Whirl
2011 are Dirk Losander, Luna
Shimada, Keith Fields, and Danny
Garcia.
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Before a room packed with 54 people an
amazing magic show was presented by new
members and some members that had not
performed at the meeting for a long time. There
was a variety of magical effects to amaze the
audience. The performers and some of their
effects follows:
Bob Weiman displayed a vintage mahogany
handled; plush velvet magic bag that he got on
eBay and was told it would hold anything. But
he had problems
with the silk
falling out the
bottom as the
zipper was open.
Once close it did
hold the blue
silk. Then he
vanished a
signed yellow
silk saying it
would appear
tied to the blue
Bob Weiman and assistant
silk in the bag. When the blue silk was removed
from the bag it was found to be tied to an old
sock. Reaching into the sock he found the
signed yellow silk.
Joseph Bailey, a member of Counts of
Conjuring, performed for the audience as the
Incredible Jozini
. He began by warming up the
audience with the Magic Coloring Book
showing blank pictures
common to all unused
coloring books. Then,
with a wave of magic,
he revealed that the
pictures had all been
colored. Next he took a
long piece of rope with
the ends in each hand,
he was able to perform
an instant knot in the
rope without letting go
of the ends of the rope.
Joseph Bailey,
the Semi-Transparent Kid
Then, with the help of his uncle Theo Rushin,
he performed the Plate Thru Arm Penetration.
Joseph’s arm was placed through the hole in the
frame, and the plate was pushed down. It
penetrated right through his arm. Next he did a
Shackles/Handcuffs escape that proved his
ability to pass thru solid objects thus proving he
really is the Semi-Transparent Kid.
John Kenny pushed a silk into his hand,
where it changed to an egg, but then the silk is
shown to have actually
travelled to the pocket.
After changing the silk
into an egg, he
explained that the egg
is hollow and the silk
is inside. He then
repeats the effect to
show exactly how it
was done. He went
through the motions,
"explaining" what you
do and how you do it.
The payoff at the end
was he broke the
John Kenny
supposedly fake egg to show it as real and the
silk had vanished!
Bob Patterson presented a Random Treasure
Hunt Prediction. Bob introduced four different
colored paper bags and four different colored
boxes. He explained that each box contained a
treasure and one contained $50. Random
spectators were chosen using a deck of cards
and were asked to place a colored box in each
bag in any order they chose. The spectators then
placed post-it notes numbered from one to four
on the bags in any order they chose. Bob handed
a deck of cards to one of the spectators. The
spectator shuffled the cards and dealt them face
up. The first ace, two, three, or four that came
up was that spectator’s bag and the box inside.
Two more spectators repeat the same process
until the magician was left with the only
remaining bag. A spectator then opened a
prediction that was on the table and revealed it
stated the exact color of bag and color of the
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box the magician had. The spectators got to
keep their treasures (a candy bar) and in Bob’s
box was a $50.00 bill. Then he did a routine
having Arnie Fuoco select a card from a jumbo
Bob Patterson and Treasurers
deck and neither of them knew what the card
was as he hung it from a ring in a stand. Using a
regular deck that he placed in a basket, he
moved cards from the basket on one side of the
ring to the other. Arnie was told to stop him at
anytime while a card was going from one basket
to the other. After several cards were passed
between the baskets, he stopped Bob the regular
card was shown. The jumbo card was turned
around and found to match the regular card.
Dr. Arnie Levin was one of the first time
performers who entertained. He began his
routine with his humor, telling jokes and having
funny props to enhance his magic. He started
Dr. Arnie Levin ( r) and assistant
with a funny card reversal routine that actually
ended up with Arnie removing the assistant’s
watch which later was revealed. This was
followed by a coin in the bottle routine; where
he visually slammed a coin into an ordinary
bottle. The bottle and coin were completely and
examinable free of any holes, slits, or openings
of any kind. The coin was genuinely trapped
inside the bottle and far too large to get in or out
of the bottle. The bottle was completely sealed!
He immediately handed it out to the spectators
for thorough examination. Next Arnie did the
copper, silver, brass coin routine. He showed a
brass Chinese coin, a copper Mexican centavo,
and a U.S. silver half dollar. He placed the 3
coins in his closed hand and removed the half
dollar placing the half dollar in his pocket.
When the hand was reopened, the copper and
brass coins had changed into the half dollar! In
his pocket were now the two foreign coins! He
did a series of incredible transpositions and at
the end all coins were handed out for inspection!
Dr. Greg Szlyk told the story about Al
Capone & TJ O’Hare and two sets of books
using coins in place of the books. Real set of
books (gold coin) and fake set of books (silver
coin). The two coins were examined and marked
Dr. Greg Szlyk and assistant
Gold coin place in to gold safe (brass box) and
the silver coin into a hanky for safe keeping.
The silver coin disappeared from the hanky and
the gold coin was found in its place. Looking
into the gold box (brass) there was the silver
coin. Next Greg performed a Gregory Wilson
routine with a ring and string. The sting was
threaded thru the ring and the ring was
magically plucked off the center of a rope and
just as effortlessly thrown back on without
letting go of the ends! In a flurry of action, the
ring takes on a life of its own - it hops and pops,
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slips and slides, moves and grooves on and off
the string. Then he threw the ring at the string
and it pops right into the middle the string. With
the ring on the middle of the string, he handed
one end of the string to a spectator and the other
end to another spectator. Then he plucked the
ring from the middle of the string. He made it
disappear only to be found on his finger.
Greg Clements performed an escape from a
Siberian Chain and lock. Houdini discovered
this system in use to transport prisoners in
Siberia Greg’s wrists are securely bound with
the steel chain, padlocked and covered by a
spectator. He was able to get in or out of the
chains in a matter of seconds. The chain and
padlock were still intact and impossible to put
back on without unlocking the lock. Next he did
the Gypsy Rope Tie and Cassandra’s wrists were
tied behind her
back, then with
about 20 feet of
rope she was
completely tired
up and wrapped
up with rope
from her neck to
her waist. Dr.
Arnie Levin was
the observer and
assistant in tying
the knots. Then
Arnie stood in
front of her and
Greg Clements & Cassandra Rogers
they were concealed from the audience with the
curtain of mystery. In about 25 seconds the
curtain was dropped and Cassandra was wearing
Arnie’s jacket with the knots and ropes still tied
on the outside of the jacket.
Rucj Uffelman performed a mentalism
routine based on an effect described by Donald
Engstrand in his book, "Secrets of Mind
Reading and Telepathy Revealed." Cassandra
Rogers and Wayne Alan assisted Rucj by
secretly adopting the roles of someone who
always lies or someone who always tell the
truth. They also hide a ring between them. No
one, including the audience, knew which role
each had assumed, or which had the ring. With a
Rucj Uffelman (c) with Cassandra Rogers (l)
and Wayne Alan (r)
few simple questions, Rucj quickly divined who
was lying and who was telling the truth and
announced correctly which of them had the
hidden ring.
Arnie Fuoco closed the show with his latest
invention for protecting a cell phone. Citing that
those expensive leather protectors do nothing to
protect the cell phone from moisture and shock
if dropped, he
revealed his
solution -- a
balloon. He
magically
inserted his
cell phone into
the balloon
which protects
it from
moisture. He
then blew up
the balloon
Arnie Fuoco
providing a mini-air bag to protect the cell
phone from shock. Finally, he told the audience
the cell phone wasn't real and it vanished.
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I.B.M. Ring 50 meets the first Wednesday of each month
(except July) at the Holiday Inn I-95 at Telegraph Rd.,
Alexandria, Virginia.
- Easy access from all parts of the DC metro area.
- Across a parking lot from Metro (Yellow Line -
Eisenhower Ave.)
- Full service restaurant with entrees from $7.00 and up -
The hotel has added a one-price buffet for our
convenience
- Full bar that welcomes members to perform before and
after the meeting. (We can perform in the restaurant,
too.)
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World Champion Illusionist Wayne Alan Presents
World’s First
Magician’s Yard Sale II
Saturday, September 25, 2010
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Rain or Shine (we’ll have tents)
Wayne Alan, America’s Only World Champion Illusionist, (FISM 1982 Gold Medal winner for
Grand Illusion) presents a yard sale featuring magician’s illusions, stage and parlor magic, close-up
magic, books, posters, memorabilia and even costumes. Come join the fun with fellow magicians. A
small sample of the 100’s of items available:
Illusions Include: Zig Zag Illusion ●Balloons Thru Child-Midsection Vanish
Illusion ● Levitation (Maybe Phil Moore’s Lighter than Air) ● Osborne’s
Laser Cannon by Chalet ● Double Sawing in Half Illusions by John Gaughn,
Chalet, David Mendoza, Owens, etc. Also sound equipment and stage set
pieces.
Stage and Parlor Magic include: Collector’s Workshop Jumbo Sidekick ●
Delbin’s Hand Chopper
A $10.00 admission will be charged to deter the curious and help defray drink and snack
costs. MAGICIANS ONLY. A valid ID from a magical organization such as IBM,
SAM, or other proof of a serious interest in magic is required for entry.
Directions from Baltimore-come south on I-97 and when you approach Rt.50 stay to the
right and get on Aris T. Allen Blvd toward Riva Road. Take Riva Road south, over the
South River Bridge, past the firehouse on the left, turn left into the community - Annapolis
Landing, take the first right onto Newcastle Lane-2
nd
house on left.
Directions From Washington DC-Take Rt. 50 east, after passing Rt. 301, take the
Davidsonville Rd. exit, left at the first blinking light onto Governor’s Bridge Rd until it dead
ends into Riva Rd. Left on Riva Rd. for about 4 country blocks and turn right into the
community - Annapolis Landing, make the first right onto Newcastle Lane-2
nd
house on left.
Hotels Just 5 miles away: Courtyard by Marriott-410-266-1555; Hampton Inn-410-571-
0200; Homestead Studio Suites Annapolis-410-571-6600; Extended Stay Hotels-410-571-
9988
3103 Newcastle Lane,
Riva, MD 21140
RSVP-410-956-8132