Mordecai's Journal

The Society of American Magicians
Northern Connecticut Assembly #21
Newsletter for June 2009
Mordecai

 

 

Meetings:

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
June Meeting:
Lecture by Gazzo

TThe legendary street performer Gazzo will be lecturing for us this month, but remember, June’s meeting is early!  Be with us on June →1← for one of the final lectures from this outstanding performer.  Join us at 7:30 PM, preceded by dinner at 6:00 PM.

Minutes of May Meeting

11 May 2009 7:37 PM

VP Dan Sclare called the meeting to order.
The Secretary’s report was accepted as published.
The Treasurer reported our balance.
Old Bus.:  Next meeting is a lecture by Gazzo.  The meeting date will be June ONE.  Non-members will be charged $15 to attend.
Elections:  The current slate was re-nominated, with Ron Strong being re-named for Board of Directors.  All were elected by acclimation.
A lecture by Tim Sonnefeldt is possible for September if we can change the date to the 21st (3rd Monday).
New Bus.: Dan will perform magic at the South Windsor Relay For Life on June 13th.
Good & Wel.: Dan handed our Houdini pins to those members who had “sponsored” our recent new members.
Dan is looking for a DVD he loaned out at last fall’s “History Night.”  Anybody know where it is?

Adjourned at 8:16 PM.

The theme for the month was "Easter and Passover magic."  VP Dan Sclare started off by taking a white marshmallow "Peep," lighting it on fire, and eating it!  He then poured water into a Starbucks bottle and covered the bottle with a playing card.  Upon inverting →

When Last We Met

Dana Ring invisibly passes a card over there.
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the bottle and removing the card, the water stayed in the bottle and would not "pass" out until commanded.
Cal Vinick showed us an empty matzoh box.  From this box he proceeded to produce matzoh slices, pieces of cardboard (which the matzoh tastes like), and some Ex-Lax (to take when you eat too much matzoh.)
Ed Cook showed us his square circle and from it produced a (Easter) bunny.
John Marenholtz showed us a rolled-up tube of newspapers.  He tore one end and pulled on it producing a seven-foot "tree."
Dana Ring took out a wand which was actually a wooden spoon with the letter "E" on it, and made a stirring motion.  E-stir.  There were several groans from the crowd.  He then performed Max Maven's "Puddle Jumper" in which a selected card "passes" from one pile "over" to another.
Finally, Chris White had a card selected and lost.  When he produced the wrong card, he tossed it in the air and yelled, "Passover," and the card changed to the correct one in mid-air.
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