GREEN BROOK, NEW JERSEY
David Copperfield Assembly #161
President: Doug Thornton, 973.489.1953 – magicdt3000@hotmail.com
Secretary: Chris Smith, 908.850.8765 – wcoach@comcast.net
Meets: second Monday; Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse, 171 Rt#22 East, Green Brook, NJ
Assembly Web Site: www.sam161.org
President Doug Thornton conducted the business meeting. We installed assembly officers for the next magical year: President, Doug Thornton – VP, Joe Sagarese – Secretary, Chris Smith – Treasurer, Ed Geisler – Web Master, Mike Fordice.
Good and Welfare: John Clark had a heart valve fixed and is recovering in rehab, Mike Fordice had some surgery and is doing well and Ray Nieves had his appendix removed.
Several members performed magic at the RWJ Bristol Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital in May and are set to return June 29.
June is our annual Jim Hart – Excellence in Magic Contest. This year’s contest was fun and exciting for all – a wonderful evening of magical fun and entertainment.
Harvey Berg showed his mental powers as he never touched the deck – the spectator spelled to a thought of card, then spelled several more times- at the end, Harvey had predicted the final card.
Greg Ferdinand Christmas came early this year as Gregory introduced Ninja Santa & the Gang of Grumps, an off-the-wall wild card routine that will hit the market this fall. The Grumps were beaten up and run out of the North Pole by Black Belt Ninja Santa leaving behind bags full of toys for girls and boys. Santa saved Christmas for me and for you. And as for the Grumps, so evil and mean, to this day they've never been seen.
Chris Carr presented a version of "Homage to Homing" (Guastaferro/ Carlye) with a few handling adjustments in which a selection is added to a packet containing the four Kings and many times vanishes from the packet and ends up in the magician’s pocket under test conditions.
Chris Smith told of his Ophthalmologist, Dr. Ehrich Weiss who uses a set of five eye charts so you can't memorize the chart! Chris discovered how to use the charts to check out a spectator's mind’s eye. A spectator thinks of any letter of the alphabet – looks at each of the five eye charts – then Chris announces the thought of alphabet letter!
Norm Rosen, N.J.'s 4,134th Greatest Magician, did his famous Norm Rosen
Famous Two-Coin Trick. Right in front of his volunteer the copper and silver coins keep changing places until they finally disappeared altogether.
Bob and Barbara Ward did cards, coins and crystals. Three Card Monte changed to a royal straight flush, scales of justice coins tilted from one side to the other with the wave of the magic wand and the crystal light board defied the laws of science when magic was applied.
Ralph Candelori used a length of rope to demonstrate some old fashioned handcuffs that when cut with scissors became a single length of rope again
Terry Landsman entertained us with music and a colorful act of ropes and silks, utilizing some of the classics of magic. She included several square circles, several change bags, silks, streamers, and flowers. Her finale was a giant multi-colored silk involving several members of the audience.
Gene Soucek entertained us with Little Bunny’s Card Trick – reading a children’s book – each page reveals a clue for the selected card – finally Little Bunny finds the card.
Jim Flood performed a dice routine showing how the numbers always have to add up (Sheets) and an amazing oil and water and reset routine that borders on real magic (Jay).
Conrad Colon amazed us with a very unique shell game – using clear cups/shells and LED lights – two red and one green – the name of the game is find the green – finally they are all red. Got ya!
And this year’s winner’s are: 1st Chris Carr, 2nd Conrad Colon, 3rd Harvey Berg, 4th Greg Ferdinand and 5th Norm Rosen
Check out the photos on our web page - www.sam161.org
JIM FLOOD
