March was our Annual General Meeting (AGM). A total of 37 members and 2 guests gathered at the Drama Centre. The AGM commenced at 7.15 pm as soon as we had the required quorum of 20 members.
The following were elected / re-elected to the following positions:
- President: John Teo
- Vice-President: Ng Kah King
- Hon. Secretary: JK Tan
- Asst. Secretary: Ivan Lee
- Hon. Treasurer: Ian Tan
- Asst. Treasurer: Victor Heng
- Committee Members: Baharudin, Kenneth Chia, Wee Kien Meng, Luke Tan and Joseph Then.
- Auditors for year 2025: Curtis Choy and George Seam.
- Auditors for year 2026: Kogi and Dr Loke Han Ying.
A short break was held where members were treated to snacks and drinks.
After the break, our guest magician from Hawaii, Glen Bailey, gave a 20 minutes children show where all of us acted as 9 to 10 year old kids. His act comprised sucker appearing flowers, 6-feet gag, double colour changing hankies, Ton Onosaka’s Fish Bowl Mystery where fishes vanished because a cat eat them, headless silks, rabbit in hat scarf, mouth coil from fist to garland, Daryl’s rattling & squeaking toys transpo, rabbit vanish from hat to magician’s back, multiplying bottles and break-away wand. Glen also provided valuable tips on how to perform better kids magic and took questions from the floor.
Harapan Ong did a 9-fingers-on-one-hand gag with the entire audience. A volunteer then mimed putting a cross on the backs of every card in a deck of playing cards except one card of his own choice. This imaginary deck became a reality when Harapan took out the cards from a card box visible all the time on the table and spread to show that the only card without a cross on the back was the very card named by the volunteer.
Tommy Kian performed “Spread” where a volunteer chose a playing card from a deck of cards featuring popular travel countries and cities in the world. Tommy was not only able to pinpoint the chosen city as London, but when he spread the rest of the cards in the deck on the table, the back design revealed a large picture of the Big Ben of London. In addition to this, the volunteer was told to imagine the exact time he saw the Big Ben. Tommy produced a picture of a watch with the exact time named by the volunteer. This was Masuda’s “Frozen In Time” effect.
Joseph Then did Jota’s “Dream Box” where a volunteer freely chose a country, an artist, a drink, and a celebrity. All these were predicted exactly in a badge won by the volunteer at the start of the performance.
To end the evening, all those who attended were each given a gift by courtesy of Kenneth Chia and Baharudin. As the gifts were limited in quantity, they were given out on a first-come-first-served basis.
