PEORIA MAGICIANS ASSEMBLY

IBM RING 48 - SAM ASSEMBLY 51 - PEORIA , IL

OCTOBER 2004

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ANNUAL MAGIC AUCTION – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2004 - 7:00 P.M.

West Bluff Christian Church, 2018 W. Kellogg, West Peoria, IL Click here for map

- Bring magic items to sell. Bring money to buy. Everyone welcome! - Auction starts at 7:00 p.m. Sellers bring items with minimum bid for labeling at 6:30 p.m. - The club receives 10% of each sale. - No admission charge, just get a bid number from the main auction table. - The auction usually runs for about two hours, but length will depend upon the number of items for bid.

CLUB NEWS

The club picnic was held on Sunday, September 19 at Ault Park in East Peoria. Over 30 people enjoyed fried chicken, baked ham and

soda provided by the club as well as pot-luck items such as salads, baked beans, brownies, pudding, Gondola bread, lemon pie, German chocolate cake and deli meats. Jason Coale performed close-up card magic and Rich Rau demonstrated his newly constructed clear guillotine.

October Magic Roundtable Meeting at Hardee's in Downtown East Peoria (Discuss and work on close-up magic or whatever you want!)

Friday, October 15, 2004 -- 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Know someone interested in magic? Tell them about our club and our Web site www.geocities.com/peomagic. Youth magic classes are listed at www.geocities.com/gjmagic.

MAGIC LECTURES

Monday, November 15, 2004 - 7:00 P.M.

Aldo Columbini Will Appear! Click here for Web site

Holiday Inn Express - Pekin, IL (10 miles south of Peoria on Rt. 29) - two miles east of downtown Pekin, off of East Court St. (Rt. 9), next to Menard's, across from Wal-Mart. Click here for map

An internationally known name in the world of magic, Aldo's lectures are very informative and entertaining, often including anecdotes from his Italian upbringing sprinkled with his unique style of magic. Aldo is well-known for several amazing rope effects.

Admission: $10 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Friday, January 7, 2005 - 7:00 P.M.

Jim Pace Lecture! Click here for Web site

West Bluff Christian Church, 2018 W. Kellogg, West Peoria, IL. Click here for map

Jim Pace specializes in very visual and unique close-up effects including The Web (spider and web card packet effect).

Admission: $10

UPCOMING EVENTS

* Friday, October 8 - Annual Club Auction, 7:00 p.m., West Bluff Christian Church, 2018 W. Kellogg, West Peoria

* Friday, October 15 - Magic Roundtable, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Hardee's, Downtown East Peoria

* Friday, November 5 - Regular Meeting, 7:00-9:00 p.m., West Bluff Christian Church, 2018 W. Kellogg, West Peoria

* Monday, November 15 - Lecture by Aldo Colombini, 7:00 p.m., Holiday Inn Express, 3615 Kelly Ave., Pekin

* Friday, December 3 - Regular Meeting, 7:00-9:00 p.m., West Bluff Christian Church, 2018 W. Kellogg, West Peoria

* Wednesday, December 15 - Magic Roundtable, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Hardee's, Downtown East Peoria

* Friday, January 7, 2005 - Lecture by Jim Pace, 7:00 p.m., West Bluff Christian Church, 2018 W. Kellogg, West Peoria

MAGIC LINKS

MAGIC ON TV: http://www.tvmagicguide.com/

MAGIC NEWS: http://www.magictimes.com/

MAGIC WEEKLY: http://www.allmagic.com/

(Includes new magic effects each week you can learn, magic dealers, events, videos, etc.)

MAGIC VIDEO CLIPS: http://www.magicvideodepot.com/

PEORIA MAGICIANS ASSEMBLY ARCHIVE

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ABOUT THE PEORIA MAGICIANS ASSEMBLY

* The Peoria Magicians Assembly meets the first Friday of each month at West Bluff Christian Church, 2018 W. Kellogg St.,

West Peoria.  The club does not meet during some months with special events, including July and August.  Please consult

the web site for current information.  Guests are invited to our meetings at no charge.  Membership is available for $15 a

year beginning in July each year and is prorated.  For a membership application, E-mail: [email protected].

* For Directions to West Bluff Christian Church:  Take I-74 to Peoria, exit at University St. South (Bradley University) Exit 91A.

Take University St. to the second stoplight (Avanti's Restaurant).  Turn right onto Main St. and go past the overhead stoplight

on the left at Bradley Field House and past the next stoplight at Bradley Park on the right.  Go two blocks further and Main St.

curves left and continues on to Western Ave.  Go past the two stoplights on the right and past McDonald's.  Go two more blocks,

past the Kentucky Fried Chicken on the right and just before the auto parts store, turn right (west) onto Kellogg St.  Go one block

and park in back of the church.  We meet in the basement. For a map to West Bluff Christian Church, click here and enter

2018 W. Kellogg, West Peoria, IL.

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