RyanAn
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Growing up, I liked a lot of different things, but one of the things I absolutely loved was magic. No, not the "card game" but the slight of hand, illusion showcases. Is it just me or is the magic craze dwindling each year?
It seemed like there were several specials every year on the major networks showcasing the top talents - from David Copperfield to David Blaine, Sigfried & Roy and so many other great ones. While there is still Criss Angel and Penn & Teller, it's not really the same.
Just the other night, a talented up and coming magician in Sean Watson came to our local fair and put on a nice 25 minute show. Mainly slight of hand card tricks. I was actually involved with a trick towards in end in which Sean got out a "normal deck of cards" and after removing them from the packaging - rubber banded them and tossed them into the audience. After the initial person got it, it was tossed 3 more times till it got to me. We were all instructed to flip through the deck until we found a card and after I tossed it pack to him, he went on to name all four of our respective cards. It was awesome. And probably so simply done, but two days later I'm still trying to figure it out.
Are there still any magic fans out there? Do you like having the secrets revealed ala "Breaking the Magician's Code" - the one with the Great Valentino?
I'm definitely interested in learning how this wonderful craft actually works and would love to talk with you guys about it and some of it's best illusionsts and tricks.
Ryan
It seemed like there were several specials every year on the major networks showcasing the top talents - from David Copperfield to David Blaine, Sigfried & Roy and so many other great ones. While there is still Criss Angel and Penn & Teller, it's not really the same.
Just the other night, a talented up and coming magician in Sean Watson came to our local fair and put on a nice 25 minute show. Mainly slight of hand card tricks. I was actually involved with a trick towards in end in which Sean got out a "normal deck of cards" and after removing them from the packaging - rubber banded them and tossed them into the audience. After the initial person got it, it was tossed 3 more times till it got to me. We were all instructed to flip through the deck until we found a card and after I tossed it pack to him, he went on to name all four of our respective cards. It was awesome. And probably so simply done, but two days later I'm still trying to figure it out.
Are there still any magic fans out there? Do you like having the secrets revealed ala "Breaking the Magician's Code" - the one with the Great Valentino?
I'm definitely interested in learning how this wonderful craft actually works and would love to talk with you guys about it and some of it's best illusionsts and tricks.
Ryan