WHAT'S HAPPENING!
You are invited to visit our club meetings and become a member. Our regular meetings start at 2:30 on the second Sunday almost every month. We have a new meeting place! Our meetings are now be held at
HOPE SPRINGS CHURCH, 1109 Versailles Road, Suite 150, Lexington, KY
HOPE SPRINGS CHURCH, 1109 Versailles Road, Suite 150, Lexington, KY
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Upcoming Magic Events & News ******** September 21, 2019, 7:00pm Members of the Thoroughbred Magic Club will be performing a club show at the Hope Springs Church at 1109 Versailles Rd. in Lexington. The show will benefit the Nathaniel Mission which has been a constant presence of supportive services to those in need in urban Lexington. Performing in the show will be Sir Pat-Trick, John Shore, Paul Emmick, Rodger Lovins, Josh Fletcher, Mike Woodward, George Hunter and Don Kincaid. There will be a silent auction at the event and admission is FREE! ******* October 13, 2019 at 2:30 Adam Miller will be discussing show scripting at the regular meeting. Everybody is invited to be part of our performance section of our meeting. If you would like to try out new magic or perform a scripted magic routine.....you're invited! ******* NOVEMBER 1-2,2019 Ring 198 has booked Rick Merrill as our Headliner for the next Unconventional Convention at Cumberland Falls State Park. Mark your calendar for Friday, November 1st and Saturday November 2nd.Visit our web page to read more about it here. ****** November 10th. More information to come about our regular meeting soon. ******* December, 8th Regular December meeting is CANCELLED. ******** DECEMBER 27th, TIME TBD Mike Woodward will be hosting his regular Holiday Magicians Party . Date and time coming soon! ******** JULY 8-11, 2020 IBM Convention, Pittsburg PA. For more information click HERE! ***** Magicians are the most honest people in the world; they tell you they're gonna fool you, and then they do it.
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Reports and Past Events **** Even though summer is traditionally vacation time, Lexington’s magic club got “serious” this summer in its August and September meetings. In August, George Hunter presented from the new Juan Tamariz book, The Magic Rainbow. Within the traditional themes with the psychology of magic—attention, perception, and memory, Tamariz reports that attention and perception have been better addressed than memory, so Tamariz decided to explore this “virginal” territory. The Tamariz perspective relocates the magician’s “effect.” The Effect is NOT what the magician performs but rather what the spectator experiences and (especially) remembers. Tamariz draws extensively from psychology and the intuitive insights of the great magicians to unpack how the performer can help the spectator to Encode, Store, and later Evoke her memory of the experience. Tamariz delineates the magician’s available strategies in more ways than can be summarized here, but several examples should indicate his contribution. The Effect is more likely remembered if it had a clear premise, if it engaged multiple senses, if the people participated, if it stirred them emotionally, if they could easily summarize “what happened,” and if they did tell someone else about it. (Tamariz reports that spectators’ memories may simplify, distort, or embellish what actually happened.) In September, Don Kinkaid reflected from his extensive experience in magic for children and families, and focused on the role of Comedy in magic. He distinguished between Comedy Magic—in which the trick itself is funny, and Comedy in Magic—in which the performer adds humor to a normal trick. He emphasized the latter. One can add amusement to a trick with comedic lines. Some effective lines are recognizably borrowed, like “How’s that working for you (Dr. Phil) and Excuuusse Meeeee (Steve Martin). The skilled performer can add humor through gestures and facial expressions. Performing for children and families, spoonerisms, using the wrong word, or ending with an unexpected reveal can ignite laughter. Don illustrated the surprise reveal with a change bag and silks. He removed a red silk, then replaced it. He wanted it to remain red again, but when he removed it again it was purple; subsequent moves changed it to black, then green, then white. In a final attempt to turn the silk Red he withdrew a slice of Bread! Several members performed. Adam Miller, our newest member who moved from Nashville, dazzled us with a card trick. John Shore performed surprised us with four cards in envelopes, and Josh Fletcher performed a lie detection effect. Steve Thomas stood on a chair, removed his coat, held it in front of him, lowered it somewhat, and something other than his head emerged! This is our ring’s fiftieth year. We will celebrate this milestone with a benefit show for Lexington’s Nathaniel Mission. We will recognize Judge Ray Corns-- the only founding member who is still alive and active in the club. George Hunter
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