Last weeks Magic Sessions

I hosted two informal meetings of the magical minds at the Alki Beach Magic Studio last week. The first was our regular Tuesday Night Jam Session, the second was a meeting of the Lunatic Fringe. There were 4 people who were at both meetings, Brian Cook, Roger Needham, Philemon and myself.

Before the Tuesday Night Session, Zinger and the whole Royal Magick Gang took Buster and I out for dinner. Thanks Zinger! It was nice to have these guys at the session. Zinger is preparing his new show for the upcoming Ren Fair Season. He wanted me to instruct a couple of his apprentices how to sell magic in their booth. So we video taped various pitches for them to study as well as basic pitch strategies, bait and switch 101 etc. . .

The differences between the two meeting are: the Tuesday night jam, is a trick intensive evening of teaching and learning. We all perform and try and provide constructive criticism. The Lunatic Fringe which meets only once a month is hosted at a different home each time. At this meeting no one really performs, however we did discuss many interesting topics all related to our art. We discussed the Cruise Ship Industry and some of the administrative and logistical challenges of that market. Master Payne always brings a bag of goodies to share with the gang. He had fabricated a nifty trick with a snake that finds a card. He also had a very cool ball that changed color when you threw it up in the air. A cool toy product by Hoberman. Lots of topics, lots of food, lots of fun.