In honor of Nancy Keener who passed away recently, club member Brad Zinn gave us a history of her career with her husband, and then we attempted to watch a video of their act that took them around the world for decades. Unfortunately, tech gremlins caused problems and members were encouraged to watch it on their own. It’s well worth the nine and a half minutes: https://youtu.be/ZI-VoyxKXuc
We then moved on to a recap of our first public show in decades, by President Tank Hanna. It took place at ASU Kerr in Old Town Scottsdale, and we ended up with more than 100 tickets sold! Even after splitting the sales with the venue (there was no money out-of-pocket for that!) the club will realize a good profit. Profit that we can use for more lecturers, etc. Club member Ravi Gahunia took many many pictures and you can see a lot of them here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cmHJaw-7-SwH0A8wM56br9cOIW-XnRmu
(Secretary Sidebar: I’d like to see this become an annual spring show, and in the fall the club could do a close-up show.)
We then discussed the upcoming election, which will take place on April 15th. We’re looking for a new President and new Secretary — but you are invited to nominate yourself or someone else for any of the positions.
Then we started the magic portion of the meeting with a performance by Secretary Jay Jennings, who performed Ted Annemann’s Extra-Sensory Perception and then explained his process for creating the props needed for the effect. The trick itself comes from Issue #10 of The Jinx.
Club VP David Boehm brought a knife to a card trick, since Danger Magic was the theme. He blew our minds with Position Impossible, a CAAN by Brent Braun.
Frank Pastula performed A Very Dangerous Card Trick, Gary Lazok performed an egg bag, but differently than most people do it, and Brett Colbach performed a neat routine with a coffee mug and two sponge balls. He was looking for feedback and got some good ideas to ponder, afterward.
Club Treasurer Doug Northway showed off some danger cards (if your spouse catches you with them!) and then performed Petshop Terror, new member Jose Uribe wanted to perform his fire wallet routine, but we said “no fire!” since Denny’s doesn’t like that. So he performed it and basically mimed the fire part! The show must go one!
Ravi Gahunia combined the Hook effect with a locked money routine, that was really different than the “don’t make me call an ambulance” way that Hook is usually performed. James Knight closed the meeting with a 50/50 roulette routine with an audience member choose which bag he had to smash with his hand.
I’m pleased to say that no mystery performers were harmed in the making of Danger Magic theme night.
