On 8 March, some of us decided to go to Ngee Ann Primary School at the behest of some students from Nanyang High Girls' School(EAST COAST... Goodness - at the other end of Singapore) to perform strolling/tabled closeup for the children of TOUCH Community Services.
Many thanks to the performers who came to help - I know you guys have your own schedules and all; I am truly grateful that you responded with the zeal and enthusiasum with which you showed to the children that day.
I wasn't prepared to perform anything, having just barely recovered from a really really bad viral infection, but ended up doing a little work anyway to get into the spirit of things. I think special mention has to be made of Axl, who was EVERYWHERE - he scoured the entire area from the booths to the basketball courts and truly lived up to his name as the MM3, TBMIS, etc.
Thanks also to Pei Ling and her friends for having us at this event. :) Best of luck on your project!
Some of the pictures are posted here:
Friday, March 21, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
The Curry Change
The Curry Change was originally intended to perform a 1 for 1 switch of a card while seeming to turn it over on the table with the deck hand.
I’ve always felt that the Curry Change was under-rated and given much less credit than it’s worth. The ‘funny’ break held by the left third finger made it a little awkward for more than a few magicians – getting into it and executing it notwithstanding. However, practiced execution look elegant and allows the practitioner of the art of magic to perform near miracles under seemingly impossible conditions.
Ed Marlo (as usual) devised a similar move based on the Curry version that didn’t require such a contortion of the left fingers in acquiring the aforementioned break – this made the move much more versatile (it takes less than a second to setup for the move and it is completely invisible to all but the keenest of eyes). I understand that Daryl also came up with this independently.
But Marlo also added a killer twist to fool the wisest of magicians – he did a 1 for 2 switch; switching out a single card on the table for a double while seeming to turn it over to show its identity. The double is then used to bamboozle his magician friends. This was published in Kabbala (page 68 – 70). Included was an effect Marlo had used to great success – NO WAY – where an unknown card is tabled face down and two selections were made; the previously tabled card turns out to be one of the selections and then this first selection changes into the second selection. Finally, the first selection ends up in the pocket/wallet of the performer.
I’ve always felt that the Curry Change was under-rated and given much less credit than it’s worth. The ‘funny’ break held by the left third finger made it a little awkward for more than a few magicians – getting into it and executing it notwithstanding. However, practiced execution look elegant and allows the practitioner of the art of magic to perform near miracles under seemingly impossible conditions.
Ed Marlo (as usual) devised a similar move based on the Curry version that didn’t require such a contortion of the left fingers in acquiring the aforementioned break – this made the move much more versatile (it takes less than a second to setup for the move and it is completely invisible to all but the keenest of eyes). I understand that Daryl also came up with this independently.
But Marlo also added a killer twist to fool the wisest of magicians – he did a 1 for 2 switch; switching out a single card on the table for a double while seeming to turn it over to show its identity. The double is then used to bamboozle his magician friends. This was published in Kabbala (page 68 – 70). Included was an effect Marlo had used to great success – NO WAY – where an unknown card is tabled face down and two selections were made; the previously tabled card turns out to be one of the selections and then this first selection changes into the second selection. Finally, the first selection ends up in the pocket/wallet of the performer.
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