January Ring Report

RING 19, MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Carl W Jones Ring
website-www.ibmring19.com
Meets 2nd Monday at 7pm via Zoom Meeting
and in person 2nd Saturdays (location GameZenter, Roseville, MN)
Andrew Selbitschka, President

Our January meeting drew eighteen intrepid souls (we are Minnesotans, after all) in from the snow and cold to gather to view some wonderful magic.

Dan Norat started out the magic performances with a card trick. Assisted by Magic Brad Gudim and Paul Laidig, Dan performed Asi Wind’s “Double Exposure”.

Parker William, with the aid of volunteer Kyle Frisk, offered up his original trick “My Least Favorite Vermin” using the PATEO force. Parker then went on the provide a tutorial on the PATEO force and how to incorporate this brilliant force in to our magic.

Rick Hinrichs has been working on silk vanishes. He wowed us with his silk, purse and purse frame routine. We discussed the use of the purse as wand cover.

Blake Scholl, along with Parker William and Dan Norat, performed a card trick whereby a thought-of and a selected card were revealed in the card box. Not to be outdone, younger
brother Bennett Scholl performed paper origami magic.

Bob MIller, assisted by Sleven Olson, performed Simon Aronson’s “The Invisible Card”.

Paul Laidig performed a quick trick with AnnMarie Thomas, in which he made small balls change color in her hand.

Tyler Erickson offered the Teach A Trick section of the meeting by discussing the Gambler’s False Cut and the 10 – 20 Force. He then presented an original trick that he calls “Lying in White”, the
name alluding to the trick and its surprising finish.

Jean Robert LeMarchand auditioned for the Ring by performing a card/mentalism trick that he calls “The Envelopes of Mystery”. Jean Robert was enthusiastically welcomed to the Ring for
membership.

Our Monday Zoom meeting was attended by a small but dedicated group. Although we were attending for the magic, we were also distracted by the Wild Card matchup between the
Minnesota Vikings and the LA Rams. We did our best to focus on both the football game and the magic.
Rick Hinrichs performed what he called a Quick Mathematical Card Trick.

Dan Norat has been doing a lot of reading and was impressed with Smoke and MIrrors by Jon Armstrong and MIke Costa. Dan is also reading The MIllionaire’s Magician by Steve Cohen in
preparation for his upcoming birthday trip to New York City.

Rick HInrich performed some rubberband magic and Jennifer Graham, with the assistance of MIchael Barnard, offered up The Long Distance card trick, a perfect effect for Zoom or over the
phone.

We briefly discussed the snap change, but then spent the remainder of the virtual meeting watching the MInnesota Vikings being soundly defeated from another chance to go to the Super
Bowl. Enough said…

Jennifer Graham

December Ring Report

RING 19, MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Carl W Jones Ring

Meets 2nd Monday at 7pm via Zoom Meeting   website-www.ibmring19.com and in person 2nd Saturdays (location GameZenter, Roseville, MN)

Andrew Selbitschka, President

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Our Zoom Meeting topic for December was “Magical History”, which could be from a book, movie or personal experience.

Harry Entwistle shared memories of his days in Chicago, during the magical heyday of the magic scene there, in the Seventies and Eighties.  Harry rubbed shoulders with Ed Marlo, Jay Marshall, Simon Aronson, Al Andrucci (Heba Haba Al), Matt Schulien and Eugene Burger, to name a few.  Harry’s stories are always entertaining and memorable.

Jennifer Graham told the story of when, whilst visiting Chicago and Magic, Inc.,  her wife almost killed Jay Marshall as he was crossing the street to go home from the magic shop.  “That old man should watch where he’s going!”  She didn’t know who “that old man” was. Luckily for good brakes, Jay was with us for a few more years.  I was fortunate to meet Jay a year later, keeping quite about the almost near “run-in”.

Dan Norat is reading Steve Cohen’s book Max Malini – King of Magicians, Magician of Kings and has found it a fascinating read.  He was especially interested in the Spirit Bell information.

Rick Hinrichs likes the book, The Magician and the Cardsharp by Karl Johnson.  Rick, although not a “card person” enjoyed the information regarding the various deals – false, second, bottom, but the elusive center deal was the most fascinating.  Tyler Erickson provided a mini lecture on the various deals described in the book and did several demonstrations of the Kennedy Center Deal, as well as, discussing the AKA (Alan Kennedy Action).

Tyler also shared some thoughts on card magic.  His opinion of the side steal is that, when done badly, looks exactly like what it is.  A bottom palm or Erdnase replacement, to the dominant hand, is a much better option.  The best false shuffle is a deck switch and the best card control is a force.

Rick offered a few tricks using string, ropes and rings.  He provided a mini tutorial of the tricks performed.

Tyler Erickson wowed us with a trick using dice and a tin can.  Any small objects and small container will work, as he demonstrated the classic transposition.

Our in-person meeting showcased quite a bit of magic – we saw everything from cards, coins, ropes, and other objects.

Tyler Erickson started off with the Bullet Card Trick.  We discussed potential other names to call the trick that might not need to refer to the deck as a gun. 

Rick HInrichs showed some refinements that he has been working on with his rope, ring and string routines.  He also preformed Grandma’s Necklace.  He provided a demo of real vs, false knots.

Sleven Olson worked with Bob Miller for a lession on Bob Hummer’s Mental Monte (3 Card Choice).

David Hansenm with Parker William, shared his healed Skittles package.

Bob Miller performed Copper/Silver?Brass, Invisible Coins and Coins Across.  Bob mentioned that his new book, Remember The Room, will be available on Amazon.

Alex Madsen showed his version of the card trick Soul Mate.

Sleven Olson offered up several small tricks – Brent Braun’s 4K Color Vision Box, as well as, Burglar Ball, assisted by President Andrew Selbitschka.

Fast Eddie Olson showed off his new magic case and performed Rope Through Neck, Professor’s Nightmare and Not a Knot.

Monty Cook joined the Ring by auditioning with a card trick – Thought Echo.  He was unanimously approved to join.

Tyler has upcoming lectures in Michigan and Texas.  Anyone who gets to see his will be amazed at his knowledge, passion and techniques in the art of magic.  And we get the for free at every meeting! 

We ended the meeting with Tyler teaching the Piano Card trick.

If you are ever in Minnesota on a meeting day, please join us!

Jennifer Graham,

Remember The Room : New Book From Bob Miller

IBM Ring 19 member has released a new book on his memory system based on his years of experience as a performer and in marketing.

​Do you immediately forget someone’s name as soon as you meet them?
​Would you like to be able to remember everyone you meet at an event?​
Bob Miller learned this skill during his 20 years as a professional magician. You can see a video of Bob recalling the names of 80 people he’d just met at a magic show.

The paperback version of his book for sale on Amazon: 
https://www.amazon.com/Remember-Room-Everyone-Meet-Event/dp/B0DM4YG52S

Or buy it in PDF directly from Bob at:
https://store.memorymagic.info/digital-1/10-remember-the-room-pdf


November 2024 Ring Report

RING 19, MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Carl W Jones Ring

Meets 2nd Monday at 7pm via Zoom Meeting   website-www.ibmring19.com and in person 2nd Saturdays (location GameZenter, Roseville, MN)

Andrew Selbitschka, President

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As always, we hold two meetings each month, one in-person and one via Zoom.  Depending on your location, your tech savvy and/or your preferences, both meetings are well attended and very different.

Our in-person meeting started off with Rick Hinrichs’ presentation of Grandma’s Necklace.  Tyler Erickson provided some embellishments to the routine and referenced some nuances found in Mark Wilson’s Magic Course for additional routining.

Bob Miller shared a routine, using playing cards and mentalism, that he will be presenting at Magic Underground in Minneapolis. He was looking for feedback from the group and Kyle Frsisk was kind enough to assist as a volunteer. 

“Fast Eddie” Olson performed his version of Larry Becker’s “Will The Cards Match” with Michael Barnard.  With his crazy persona, Fast Eddie used the phrase Nutz Are Never Wrong (Right) and welcomed advice/suggestions from the group.  It is a funny and entertaining routine!

AnnMarie Thomas, who is an engineer, educator and lecturor, presented a talk at Creating Mornings in Minneapolis in November, on the subject of “Threads”.  She wowed us with a preview of her Gathering Threads talk, surrounding an idea or concept regarding weaving threads.  She provided a unique presentation of a reverse engineered “Professor’s Nightmare”.  Some of the best magic is magic you don’t see coming – AnnMarie certainly provided that!

Jody LeBlanc is creating a book of self-working card tricks.  He, with Blake Scholl, provided us with a packet trick called “Drop One, Duck Two”. 

Tyler Erickson gave a mini-lecture on structure.  He emphasized several principles –

  • stopping to engage the participant/audience between phases; shaving off extraneous procedures before starting a trick;
  • use of the “Bing Theory” – using every connection to create a ‘bing’ moment – action – bing – action – bing – result – bing. 
  • Using non-chalance – emphasizing choices that matter (or in some cases, don’t matter). 
  • Audiences needs to have the gift of patience, because only the performer knows the outcome.  People have short attention spans. Be patient and be in the moment. 
  • Get your head in the game and acknowledge mistakes with humor.
  • Exceed your audience’s expectations.
  • Compress your actions – eliminate “dead air”
  • People are there to see you – don’t let your thoughts take you away from the moment.  Audiences are on your side and want you to win.
  • Look at people when doing anything sneaky – adjust where you want the focus to be.  People won’t “burn” your hands if you are looking at them – you are making them important.
  • Don’t step on the magic moment with comedy or something that distracts from the magic moment.

Our Zoom meeting has evolved into more theoretical discussions of magic.  This month’s ice breakers was “What is your go-to-trick?”  Jennifer Graham likes “Double Spell”, David Hansen usually performs “Twisting the Aces” or brings out the rubberbands.  Dan Norat shares his cardistry and his skill at the Top Shot.  Fast Eddie Olson likes to wow the crowd with money magic and making coins vanish.  Harry Entwistle borrows a deck and performs Daley’s Aces and Jackrobats.

We discussed things that we are routining or working on including rope magic and deck color separations.

David Hansen shared a healed/sealed candy trick.

Please join us, either in person or via Zoom – if you love magic, you are always welcome to join us!

Jennifer Graham

October 2024 Ring Report

RING 19, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – Carl Jones Ring
Meets 2nd Mon. each month, 7:00 p.m., via Zoom and in person 2nd Sat. 11:00 a.m.
(Gamezenter 1975 County Road B2 West Roseville, MN)
ANDREW SELBITSCHKA, President / Web site: www,IBMRing19.com

Our in person meeting was is always kicked off with performances. Dan Norat looking
for help with scripting an impromptu key bend routine. Tyler Erickson lead a discussion
on the differences between “Retention of Vision” vanishes and Goshman / Schneider
style “Illusion of Motion” false transfers. This also covered false transfers that fall in
between like the Snapback Vanish. Brad Gudim did two great tricks, first was a cylinder
& coins routine themed around crystal radios. He then performed a fast-paced ring on
string routine. Performances were closed by“Fast” Eddie Olson performing Professor’s
Nightmare. The meeting moved to club business, before breaking out into smaller
groups.


The online session started with David Hansen floating some ideas for theming Color
Monte and some other tricks. Rick Hinrichs and David did a number of rubber band
effects, covering the work of Dr Cyril Thomas and Hanson Chien. The group reviewed
versions of the Oil and Water premise using packets and the full deck. Tyler covered the
Green Angle separation and using the slop shuffle to perform a hidden whole deck
separation. The online group decided to return to having themes to start the meeting, in
order to give structure to the meetings
We look forward to seeing you in person or online next month!
Dan Norat

Thank you for an amazing show

Wow, what a weekend!
There will be a detailed recap of the show in the next month’s Ring Report, but for now I just want to quickly say thank you to everyone who contributed to the show.

First I want to thank our host, Felicity, for letting us use her amazing home. It is hard to describe her Living Room / Basketball Court / Theater / Loft, but it was cozy and welcoming.

Thank to Roger Wells for his footwork booking the space and talent. You did 99% of the running and we just had to push it past the goal post. We literally could not have completed this without his initiative and planning.

Thank you to Roman and Mike Davis for performing close-up for nearly a hour each. We got hit by a mass of people earlier than we thought, and you immediately jumped into action.

Thank you Parker William and Tim Gabrielson for two amazing shows! The audience was amazed and absolutely popped! Just an amazing show to have in such an intimate space.

Thank you to Andrew Selbitschka for MCing. Thank you for Jody LeBlanc and Michael Barnard for greeting and manning the itty-bitty, box office table. Thank you to “Fast” Eddie Olson and Chris Leuck for helping with set up and tear down.

Thank you to Yer at the Honeysuckle Baking Company for catering those delicious cookies. At least 3 people said, “this is the best cookie I have eaten in my life.” Thanks for the revelations.

Lastly, “Thank You!” to everyone in the audience for coming! Magic is a performance art and you were engaged and ready to be amazed. You also left the space tidy, which is conscientious of you.

I am sure I have missed some people, but this is a good start.
This was a lot of fun. Let’s do it again sometime.

-Dan Norat

Big Week of Events – Sept 9th through 15th

We are excited to announce an reminder to a big week of events :

  • Monday, September 9th @ 7 PM : The IBM Ring 19 Zoom call will be happening here! Come join us from the comfort of your own home, and share what you have been working on.
  • Saturday, September 14th @ 11 AM : The IBM Ring 19 live meeting will be happening at Gamezenter (1975 County Road B2 W, Roseville, MN). This meeting is open to the public and a great place to jam.
  • Saturday, September 14th @ 6 PM : IBM RIng 19’s fundraising show, Illusion & Mystery on the 3rd Floor is happening at 2720 W 43rd St in Minneapolis. For just $20 in advanced or $25, see close-up and parlor magic from Roman, Mike Davis, Parker William and Tim Gabrielson! Tickets and info here!
  • Sunday, September 15th @ 10 AM : After a long week of magic come relax at the IBM Ring 19 Annual Picnic at the Central Park, Lions Shelter (2527 Victoria St N, Roseville). Bring a snack and hang with us at the park.

There are also many other unaffiliated events like Magic Undergrounds Open Mic, Twin Cities Magic 2nd Saturday Sale, and Smokus Pokus at the Southern Theater.
Keep up to these and more upcoming events on the IBM Ring 19 event calendar.


August 2024 Ring Report

RING 19, MINNEAPOLIS, MN – The Carl W Jones Ring

Meets 2nd Monday at 7pm via Zoom Meeting   website-www.ibmring19.com and in-person 2nd Saturdays (location GameZenter, Roseville, MN)

Andrew Selbitschka, President

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Our in-person meeting at GameZenter typically attracts magicians, from far and wide, to come to the Twin Cities to view and share magic, and our August meeting was no different.

Blake and Bennett Scholl, two of our youngest members (under 12 years of age!) shared a vanishing ace/transposition routine and a nice rendition of the Linking Rings.

Daniel Norat, with spectator Sleven Olson, performed a card to mouth trick that used a copious amount of hand sanitizer! Sleven Olson returned the favor by sharing a coin flurry/coins across routine and asked for feedback before presenting it to a lay audience.

Tyler Erickson shared two card tricks – the Jack Detectives and the Mind-Reading Poker Chip trick with Miriam Olson.  Tyler is a master at engaging the audience and making miracles happen with a deck of cards.  He never disappoints!

Roger Wells followed Tyler with his version of a Michael Close card trick, Moving Hole.

The Ring is putting on several magical events in the Twin Cities, including a show on September 14th and a barbecue on the 15th.  Information on upcoming events may be found on the IBM Ring 19 website – www.ibmring19.com

Our Zoom meeting attracted viewers from all over the US, as well as, England and Australia.

Rick Hinrichs started us off with a card trick –  his version of Paul Gordon’s Spectral.  Tyler Erickson performed an original card effect that he calls The Big Red Card.

Tyler provided a tutorial on the Bottom Deal and we also discussed evaluating tricks.  Every trick may be performed using many methods, but one of the most important things to do is to not to fall into the trap of “analysis paralysis”.  Find the one most effective method and stick to it. 

We also talked quite a bit about Tommy Wonder and his philosophical ideas around magic.  Deciding what the primary focus of a trick is; eliminating everything that draws attention away from that focus and shifting attention to what is most important.  Tyler also embellished on the “School of Fish” theory – directing attention where you want it to be, using eye contact to get people to look at what draws your attention to objects – focus on the person for whom you are doing the magic. Eye contact, eye contact, eye contact!

Rich HInrichs shared some pen magic that he has been working on and Dan Norat offered up “Petit” by Rian Lehman.  David Hansen rounded out the meeting with a demonstation of how you can make an impromptu floating card box.

Please join us if you are in the Twin Cities for our in-person meetings or contact us for a Zoom link to our 2nd Monday evening meeting.

Jennifer Graham

IBM Ring 19 Presents Illusion & Mystery on the 3rd Floor

IBM Ring 19 is incredibly excited to host an evening of magic to raise funds for the club.

Join us for an evening of magic on September 14th starring Roman and Mike Davis performing close up magic and Parker William and Tim Gabrielson on stage. This is going to be an exciting night and a great chance to see some amazing performers up close and personal.

Saturday September 14th : Doors and close-up at 6 PM and Stage show at 7 PM!

2720 W 43rd St
3rd Floor
Minneapolis, MN 55410

Tickets are $25 at the door (Advanced sales are closed)

2024 IBM Ring 19 Picnic

We are excited to announce that the IBM ring 19 picnic is returning on Sunday, September 15th! We have The Central Park Lions Shelter (2527 Victoria St N, Roseville, MN 55113) reserved from 10 AM to 3 PM. This is going to be a great chance to chat magic with a little more sunshine than our usual meetings.

Please let us know if you are coming, if you have any allergies, and what you plan to bring in the GoogleSheet below:
https://tinyurl.com/IBMring19-picnic

Not sure what to bring?
If your last name starts with A-H : Bring an Entree
If your last name starts with J-O : Bring a Savory Side or Snack
If your last name starts with P-Z : Bring a Sweet Snack or Dessert


Look forward to seeing you then,
-Dan Norat