Mordecai's Journal

The Society of American Magicians
Northern Connecticut Assembly #21
Newsletter for August 2007 page one of three

Meetings:

Second Monday of every month except December at Angelo's on Main in West Hartford
(I-84 exit 41)

MASKLYN’S LAW OF MAGICK:

The day you’d sell your soul for a good mental effect, souls are a glut.

August Meeting:
Jim Pace Lecture

Inventor Jim Pace will present a lecture for us on August 20—note the date. Free to all club members in good standing, $15 to everyone else. The meeting starts at 7:30 PM, preceded by dinner at 6:00 PM.

Minutes of July Meeting

9 July 2007 7:36 PM
Sec’y’s report: accepted as printed.
Treas’ report: Our balance was reported.
G&W: Fr. Cyp was ill and unable to attend Tom Prete’s service.
Pres. Angelo Chirico has announced that November 17 has been set for the date of the Fall Spectacular Magic Dinner Show. Details to follow.
Both Angelo and VP Dan Sclare had to be absent, so Sec. Dana Ring ran the meeting. Miraculously, the club survived. He announced that in addition to next month’s meeting being a lecture by Jim Pace, the September meeting will be a lecture by Kenrick “Ice” McDonald. He also reported that the Dallas convention was terrific with great performances by everyone. They all paled in comparison, however, with the “Disappearing Luggage” trick pulled on him by the airlines.

Adjourned: 8:14 PM

Aftermeeting — Theme: Sleights and manipulations.

We had a guest at the meeting, so he was treated to an extensive “crash course” in various magic techniques by the membership. Len Lazar started with basic card palming, with an assist from Soll Levine. Walt Umberfield demonstrated the intricacies of the Elmsley Count and the Flustration Count. —>

At The Dallas Convention

One of the conventions’ special Lecture Series: The Oceans 7 Cruise Ship Magic Panel Discussion with Chris Mitchell, Gregory Gleason, Fred Becker, and Chip Romero.
John Shryock moderated.

<— Soll Levine demonstrated several forces, including riffle, hindu, and “magician’s choice.”
Dana demonstrated a Bobo coin switch.

Jokes To Fill The Whitespace

Q: How many magicians does it take to change a light bulb?
A: It depends on what you want to change it into.

Q: Have you heard about the lawyer’s word processor?
A: No matter what font you select, everything comes out in fine print.

A biologist, an engineer, and a physicist are assigned to monitor a building. After watching for an entire day, two people are observed going in and three people coming out.
Biologist: “They must be breeding.”
Engineer: “There must have been a measurement error.”
Physicist: “Now if one more person goes in, the building will be empty.”

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