International Brotherhood of Magicians St. Leon Ring, Sacramento, CA

The Gimmick

Contact: David Wright, President http://magic1.org/ibm192 wright.davida@sbcglobal.net

November 2016 Issue Number 10

Election Day Magic

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IBM 192 Meets at

7:00 p.m.

2nd Wednesday of each month

at Mission Oaks Community Center

4701 Gibbons Drive

Carmichael, CA 95608

http://magic1.org/ibm192/

(Note that SAM meetings are back at

Ronald McDonald House)

Officers for 2016

David Wright, President

Mary Mowder, Vice-President

Harry Mossman, Secretary/News Letter

Editor harry_mossman@yahoo.com

Dick LaVergne, Treasurer

Tom Allen, Sergeant at Arms

Rick Hill, Member at Large

John Iacono, Member at Large

David Wright, President

Come to our next club meeting on November 9th to celebrate that

the U.S. 2016 presidential Election is finally over! No matter how

you voted this year you this year you will probably happy to see it

done. And while you are at the meeting, you can help elect club

officers for next year.

In honor of the end of elections, our performance theme for the

next meeting is ‘Election Day Magic.’ Tie your magic effect to the

elections anyway you want to make use of the theme. Otherwise,

perform any trick you like, or just come and enjoy the festivities.

On November 2, we are co-sponsoring a Kyle Littleton magic

lecture with the Magicians’ Circle of Elk Grove and SAM 72. The

lecture will be held at the historic Elk Grove Grange Hall at 9101

Elk Grove Blvd., Elk Grove, 95624. The lecture starts at 7:00 PM

and is free to all club members.

Kyle Littleton is a bright, new talent with a fresh approach to

magic, strong technical skills, and a cleaver mind. He is a real

star. His magic is visual, engaging and funny. He will be lecturing

on close-up magic with bills, gum, stickers, cards and coins. This

last minute addition to our calendar of events is something you

won’t want to miss. We just couldn’t pass it up.

Reminder: IBM 192 and SAM 72 will hold a joint holiday club

meeting in December on December 14. The meeting will be held

in the back conference room of the Mission Oaks Community

Center.

ST. LEON IBM RING 192 ~ Calendar for 2016

Date Performance Theme Workshop Theme Location

Nov. 2 Kyle Littleton at Magician Circle of Elk Grove

Elk Grove Grange Hall 9101 Elk Grove Blvd. 95624. 7 pm

Nov. 9 Election Day Magic Teach-a-Trick Mission Oaks

Nov. 19 Grand Illusions Magic Party Video of 1/23/2016 party

Grand Illusions, 1-5 pm

NOTE! Ronald McDonald House decided to only have craft activities as part of their Can-Tree Lane Open House the first weekend of December. So no strolling magic this year.

Dec. 14 Holiday Magic. Joint IBM 192 and SAM 72 meeting.

Social Mixer Back conference room of the Mission Oaks Community Center.

Dec. TBD Annual Dale & Elaine Lorzo Holiday Party Lorzo house

*T.I.P. = “To Improve Performance”

Business Meeting Mary Mowder, Vice President

We talked about possible upcoming lecturers, Tony Clark, Duane Laflin and Shawn Farquhar. All of the possible

lectures got a favorable response but they are all at nearly the same time early in 2017. [Shawn Farquar has

now been booked for January 4 by Scot Smith for the Elk Grove Magic Circle.]

We had a visitor Bryan Patrick Avery, Amateur Magician, Professional Children's Book Author from Fairfield?

Rick Hill received the magnet shipment he had ordered on behalf of the club and passed out two very thin

magnets to each member attending. If you did not attend, remind Rick before the next meeting so he can bring

them.

The new Magic Dining venture in Folsom, Mystique Dining was discussed. Looks like it will open Nov. 28.

www.mystiquedining.com/index.php

Held early nominations for IBM officers.

President: none

Vice Pres. Scot Smith (Mary declined)

Treasurer, Richard Lavergne

Secretary/Newsletter editor, Harry Mossman

Sgt at arms, none

2 members at large, Rick Hill and Dale Lorzo

If Dave Wright does not become Pres. he will automatically become one of the Members at large. If you are a

member of Ring 92 you are invited to nominate yourself for any position or ask any member to nominate you.

We welcome your involvement.

The Door Prize of $50. Murphy's Certificate was won by Al Levasseur.

The Performer's prize of $50. Murphy's certificate was won by Scot Smith.

Thank you Murphy's Magic Supplies.

October Performances

Spooky, Scary, Creepy and Bizarre Magic

Photos ©John Iacono

October Performance Notes Marry Mowder, Vice President

Scot Smith performed a Ghost card effect where Mary Mowder's signed

card which was mixed in the deck, ended up sandwiched in between two

Jokers that had been outside of the deck till the very end.

Dale Lorzo showed 4 colorful wooden disks with a hole in the center and

said they represented Wampum, Native American Indian money. He

threaded the Green one onto a rope and tied the rope into a loop

trapping the Green Wampum. He threaded the loop into the holes of the

Blue, Red and Yellow Wampum and hung all the Wampum behind Nelson

Wilcox's back with the rope loop around Nelson's neck. Playing the part

of a Magical Shaman, Dale freed the Red, Yellow and Blue Wampum one

at a time without untying the knot or releasing the loop from Nelson's

neck.

Harry Mossman did a show and tell of several interesting skeleton keys

he'd collected for performing Ghost Key, his point being that you don't

have to buy a "trick" key. Any well balanced key could work if you know

the secret. In a spooky echo of Harry Mossman's show and tell, Rick Hill,

performed Haunted Key and gave some tips on performance. He

explained that if you just imagine the key moving, it will. [Although

there are cheats such as raising and lowering your hand.]

Bill Etgen had a very spooky Skull with electronic glowing eyes and a

strange voice effect on a sound activated microphone. Bill recounted

making the skull help find a chosen and lost card for Halloween shows.

The Kids loved it.

Our guest, Bryan Avery, related an unlucky but magical hand in poker

where he thought he held a straight flush in diamonds but his ace

magically changed places with a four of clubs leaving Bryan as a four

flusher. Bryan demonstrated this by having Scot Smith sign an Ace of

Diamonds and cover it face down on the table with his hand. Bryan then

signed a Four of Clubs and buried it in the deck. When Scot lifted his

hand, Bryan's signed four of Clubs was under Scot's hand and Scot's signed

Ace of Diamonds was in the deck.

Mary Mowder performed Mis-Made Jack O'Lantern silk.

Al Levasseur did an in hand 3 coins across (and back) with a beautiful set

of old coins.

Pepe Puglisi showed a very nice remote control candle and showed a

wonderful silk handkerchief trick where two colored silk handkerchiefs

were threaded at right angles through two nested tubes with holes in

them. Pepe then put the "lit" candle through the tubes and then pulled

the silk scarves out, completely unscathed. Pepe exposed the trick for

the members.

Ronald McDonald House

2016 Fall Carnival

Photos ©John Iacono