PEORIA MAGICIANS ASSEMBLY

IBM RING 48 - SAM ASSEMBLY 51 - PEORIA, IL

APRIL 2008

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Peoria Magicians Assembly meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month at Bergner’s, second floor meeting room, in Sheridan Village in Peoria. Please visit the Web site for current information. Guests are welcomed at no charge for a limited number of visits. Membership is available for $20 per year and is prorated. Click here for more information.

This Month: Club Magic Show – Saturday, April 19 * Ken Scott Lecture (Family Magic) – Sunday, April 27, 5:00 P.M.

Club Magic Show! Saturday, April 19, Lakeview Museum - Doors at 7:00 P.M. Show at 7:30 P.M.

$10 Adults $5 Youth (12 and under) Click here for show Web site!

April Meeting – 3^rd Monday, April 21 at Bergner’s in Sheridan Village 7:00 p.m. “Science Magic”

Bergner’s, Sheridan Village Shopping Center, Peoria (Sheridan and Lake, Peoria)

Second floor conference room (in back of Children’s department)

Science Magic! (effects or routines that have science or scientific principles included in the patter or method)

Park in the back on Lake and after entering use the elevator to the right or the escalator ahead and to the left. In the back of the second floor children's department is a double set of white doors, which is the meeting room.

Saturday, April 26 - CENTRAL IL MAGIC GET-TOGETHER, Springfield IL, Hoogland Center, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. public show at 7:00 p.m.

$45 Full Day ($15 Evening Show Only) – Tony Chapek – Quick Change (David and Dania) – Troy Roark

(see Web site) www.centralillinoismagic.com

Lecture – Ken Scott (comedy family magic) www.kenscottmagic.com Click here for links to Ken’s products and programs

Sunday, April 27 - $15 members/$20 non-members

Time: 5:00 P.M. Pekin Holiday Inn (across from Wal-Mart on East Court St. in Pekin)

Last Month:

Fielding West Lecture, Monday, March 10, 2008

The lecture was well-attended with about 40 present. A special thanks to those who traveled from Springfield, Champaign, Bloomington and Princeton to be with us this evening. Fielding told stories of his magical pursuits and performed his famous comedy routines including Bob the Bird, Coke Bottle to Champagne Glass (filled with water from a brown paper bag), Coin Across (with a jumbo coin vanishing and traveling from one hand down the opposite sleeve to the opposite hand), and a gag with a can of hair spray cover with a paint can top. In Bob the Bird, Fielding produces a dove from a silk, “stretches the neck of the dove and pulls its head off” only to have the dove vanish and appear unharmed in his side jacket pocket. Fielding also demonstrated a very clever effect where a balloon self-inflates from inside of a bag of deflated colored balloons. It was a very enjoyable evening of comedy magic and good to see all of our friends in magic from the area.

Meeting, Monday, March 17, 2008

This month’s meeting focused on magic accompanying music provided by Kathy Martin, an instrumental keyboard version of “Knights in White Satin” by The Moody Blues. Performing were Doc Lowery with a silent routine to the music with his vent figure Awsome the opossum (a light gray, dark gray and white figure) involving facial expressions and movement. Greg McNeil performed a version of the Professor’s Nightmare (three ropes of different lengths become equal). Kyle Bassett (“Gambit”), 17, performed Snow Storm in China fanning the air with a white Chinese fan to produce a snow storm of black paper throughout the front of the room. Also, there was discussion about using music in magical performances as well as the value of instrumental music (over music with lyrics).

Rick Maue and David London Lecture, Thursday, March 20, 2008

The double lecture focused on mentalism by both performers who had different approaches and backgrounds in mentalism and bizarre magic. At the beginning of the evening, David London performed a brief lecture including some of his ideas on the psychology of mentalism and demonstrated a cube box, in which the sides collapse when the box is opened. After opening the box and showing it empty, the sides are closed, and then opened, showing a shot glass appearing from the empty box. Rick Maue performed some of his signature mentalism routines including one with four audience members and four different colored paper balls. Each person selected one of the balls and concealed it in their hands. Rick asked the person with the red paper ball to stand up and brought out a cloth bag. Inside was a message that the indicated the position in the row of the person with the red ball. Rick also had an audience member select a card from a group of several cards, hold it up, and memorize it. After the card was replaced, and the cards shuffled, he went through the cards and determined which one was selected. He performed an effect with four people and four foil wrapped poker chips, some blue and some red. Each person selected one of the wrapped foil chips and was given a laminated sign to hold up. Each sign correctly predicted which color chip each person chose and other signs placed on the floor in front of each person correctly predicted the order in which the colors were selected. There was also an interesting effect with a dry erase board where several audience members verbally selected two digit numbers that were written onto the board. Presented with the board face down, a few audience members erased some of the numbers. Upon showing the board again, a few numbers were remaining and a prediction was shown matching the remaining numbers. There were about 20 in attendance for this lecture.

Coming Up:

May Meeting – 3^rd Monday, May 19 at Bergner’s in Sheridan Village 7:00 p.m. “Non-Magic”

Calendar:
- Monday, April 14 - rehearsal for club shhow, 6:00 p.m., Bergner’s in Sheridan Village

- Saturday, April 19 - Club Magic Show at Lakeview Museum - Saturday, April 19, 7:30 p.m. (doors 7:00 p.m.) $10 adults $5 youth (12 and under)
- Monday, April 21 - regular meeting, 7 p..m., Bergner's in Sheridan Village, Science Magic

- Saturday, April 26 - CENTRAL IL MAGIC GET-TOGETHER, Springfield IL, Hoogland Center, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. public show at 7:00 p.m. (see Web site)

- Sunday, April 27 - Ken Scott Lecture (family magic), Pekin Holiday Inn, Time T.B.A. $15 members ($20 non-members)

- Monday, May 19 – regular meeting, 7 p.m., Bergner’s in Sheridan Village, Non-Magic (ventriloquism, juggling, escapes, mentalism)

MAGIC NEWS

Club dues are $20.00 for 2008. Dues are payable to: PMA, c/o Jerry Tupper, 2029 W. Rohmann Ave., West Peoria, IL, 61604 for the 2008 calendar year. For new members, club dues are prorated for the remaining months of the current year. For questions regarding club dues, please e-mail Jerry at [email protected].

MAGIC LINKS Click here for MAGIC LINKS An extensive list of several magic categories, including magic supplies, magic effects and magicians.

MAGIC ON TV: www.tvmagicguide.com

MAGIC NEWS: www.magictimes.com

MAGIC WEEKLY: www.allmagic.com Includes new magic effects each week you can learn, magic dealers, events, videos, etc.

MAGIC VIDEO CLIPS: www.magicvideodepot.com

MAGIC CHAT: www.themagiccafe.com

NATIONAL MAGIC ORGANIZATIONS

Society of American Magicians www.magicsam.com

International Brotherhood of Magicians www.magician.org

PEORIA MAGICIANS ASSEMBLY ARCHIVE

PAST ISSUES OF PMA WEB SITE!!!

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Central Illinois Magic Get-Together – Peoria, Illinois – Saturday, April 29, 2006 (2008 Get-Together, Springfield, April 26, 2008- Hoogland Center)

2005 January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Central Illinois Magic Get-Together – Peoria, Illinois – Saturday, May 3, 2003

2002 January February March April May June July August September October November December

2001 September October November December

Central Illinois Magic Get-Together – Pekin, Illinois – Saturday, May 6, 2000 (Elks Lodge)

Central Illinois Magic Get-Together – East Peoria, Illinois – Saturday, July 19, 1997 (Illinois Central College)

ABOUT THE PEORIA MAGICIANS ASSEMBLY

The Peoria Magicians Assembly meets the THIRD Monday of the month at a temporary location.  Please consult the web site for current information.  Guests are invited to our meetings at no charge for a limited number of times.  Membership is available for $20 a year beginning in January each year and is prorated.  For a membership application, E-mail: Jerry Tupper, [email protected].

PEORIA MAGICIANS ASSEMBLY BOARD 2008

President - Adam Shake [email protected]
Vice-president – Greg McNeil [email protected]

Secretary - Greg Joyce [email protected]
Treasurer - Jerry Tupper [email protected]

SAM Rep - Troy Keefer [email protected]

IBM Rep – Allen Broomfield [email protected]

Lectures - Gordon Snow [email protected]

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