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