SINGAPORE RING 115 – Apr 2013 Magic Meeting Report
IBM and SAM (“Singapore Association of Magicians”, which is the local chapter of “Society Of American Magicians”) had a special combined meeting on the evening of 24 April 2013 at Roland’s Restaurant, Marine Parade Central. This is to foster camaraderie among the magicians from the 2 different associations. Thirty-one IBM members turned up at […]
BIG REVELATION! by Wayne Dobson
This is an unique card trick. It is a card trick without the use of actual playing cards. It is a comedy revelation of not one, but two, thought-of playing cards. In its basic effect, a spectator merely thinks of any card in a deck. Performer shows a kind of eye chart and asks […]
FURTHER EDUCATION by John Archer
John Archer is well known as a comedy magician. There are 10 effects in this set of DVDs. All the 10 tricks are of mental magic in nature. John Archer has a comical way of interacting with his audience in each of these tricks. It is not easy to combine comedy with mentalism. John […]
EXPERT DECK by Haim Goldenberg
Haim Goldenberg is an Israeli living in Canada and works there as a mentalist. My first encounter of him was in a 3-set DVD entitled “Between 2 Minds”. I found all his effects to be cleverly conceived. Therefore, I had high hopes of his “Expert Deck”, which is being promoted as “the effect so clean […]
PIRATE MONTE by Tim Sonefelt
There are many variations to the classic “Colour Monte” card trick marketed by Emerson & West. Pirate Monte is an interesting presentation of Colour Monte that is suitable for both children and adults. 3 cards with treasure map backs are shown. One card has a treasure chest on its face, and the other […]
THE APPRENTICE by Darryl Rose
This is a presentation of an ACAAN effect for a corporate show. It is based on the popular TV reality show “The Apprentice”. The entire audience is asked to stand up. They represent the apprentices. The Boss is called on stage and a deck of cards is shown to be shuffled and mixed […]
KNOCKOUT PREDICTION OUTDONE by Wayne Fox
This effect got its title from a trick called “Knockout Prediction” described in Eddie Fletcher’s book “Magician Nightly”, written by Jerry Mentzer in the 1970’s. This is the “outdone” version of the trick in the sense that it is almost self-working, and the deck of cards is reset each time after performance. This makes it […]
SINGAPORE RING 115 – Mar 2013 Magic Meeting Report
The evening of 15 March 2013 was themed “Special Meeting” and attracted a turnout of 42 people at the function room of Bayview Hotel. In this special meeting, we had some very special guests. Mr. William Gwee, who is today an authority on the early history of magic in Singapore, and Mr Jervals Choo and his […]
SINGAPORE RING 115 – Feb 2013 Magic Meeting Report
The February meeting scheduled on the 15th was changed to 19th February because of the Lunar New Year celebration. It was held at the Emerald Function Room of the Bayview Hotel. Altogether, there were 32 attendees, including a patron and one associate member. The first half of the evening was the conduct of the 62nd […]
SINGAPORE RING 115 – Jan 2013 Magic Meeting Report
The first meeting of 2013 was attended by 35 members and 6 guests. Co-hosts Derek Lee and Jeremy Tan welcomed the guests who included a French police attaché and Great Wong’s youngest daughter who was also in foreign service. President John Teo broke the sad news about ex-member Tang Yeng Fun’s passing away on 3 […]
