All master and friends; :P

My office are doing a Christmas Party coming 24/12/2008, they want me to do a show for office, but i only do children magic; :lol:

May i had some suggestion on magic i can do for adult .(i can not do good card move) :rolleyes:

Thanks. B)

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I am also having similar plans. But i think routine depends on what material you have on hand.

For me its mainly a mentalism card technique with some visual magic as buffers. Maybe we can share some ideas.

Current on the list which i have in mind

Mentalism
Lennart Green - RainMan (Finisher)
Lennart Green - Dragon's pearl
David Blaine - Strange Traveller

Visual
Coke Restoration
Dai Vernon Twisting aces + Asher Twist
Distortion aka Moving Pips MisPrediction routine
Solo by JB Magic


Not sure if you have pure manipulation magic in mind, but for me its just a small setting around a performance table, so mine revolves around table magic.

If you have troubles with difficult sleight you may want to consider some of lennart green's material that is on his DVD lite which features many selfworking techniques that require less on sleights of hand. The effect is just as strong as many other prediction, mentalism moves attained through sleights of hand.

David,

Is your show going to be parlour/stage/closeup? The distance to the audience in this case would dictate the type of effects you can perform. Even with a projector and screen, unless your presentation is really strong it won't be recommended that you perform any closeup work on stage as you're too far from the audience.

Before anyone can really help you, you got to sort that out first - how far is your audience going to be? Is it going to be a one-off 1/2 hour - 1 hour stage performance or strolling magic where you do short 5 - 8 minute 'mini shows' for each group before progressing to the next. Is it a dinner party where the guests are seated and you need to approach each table or is it a reception where the guests are chatting and you are approaching groups of people milling about? Are the groups going to be purely adults? Or is it a mixture where the adults might have brought their kids with them?

Get those facts first then decide on the proper mix of effects to form your routine.

SHADE

Hi, Thanks.

but this my problem in english, there why i seldom write in the forum. so sorry.

By the way I guess I will going to do a 1/2 hour stage performance and strolling magic where I do short 5 - 8 minute 'mini shows' for each group,

I guess it a high tea party where the guests are seated and I might need to approach each table where the guests are chatting and the groups going to be purely adults might have brought their kids with them.

What can i do?? B)

Would be better if you could give a brief outline of what you already know. I could suggest millions of things but it wouldn't matter if you don't know it and i certainly would not advise performing something you intend to pick up now without ample practice.

On a sidenote, perhaps i could suggest several strolling magic which i personally feel is good in my context.

1.Sponge bunnies (patter can be changed to suit adults or children).
2.ACR (with this probably you can improvise dozens of different variations.
3.Ring Flight/Card to wallet etc
4.Twisting Aces (Again i'm suggesting this due to my recent infatuation over this effect after seeing Axl perform it.)
5. Extreme Burn (can be quite good, but if there are kids i somehow ain't too enthusiastic to perform)

I did take note that you have difficulties in advance sleights so i did make it a point to suggest these few which require very little. I am also assuming since you have experience in performing to children, you should have no issues in crowd management or misdirection necessary for the above few.

Just my 2cents worth, good luck.

Hey M.A.D,

I think it'll be best to work on using a repertoire you're most familiar with rather than add new material which can be overwhelming to learn at one shot. If possible, avoid overloading yourself on new things to learn.

Might I suggest that if you don't have the time to work out all the material, perhaps you can sacrifice either the stage or close up part of the part so that you can focus and deliver one good show. Quality over quantity! =)

Since I'm only a close-up worker, I can only suggest some close-up materials:

Color Monte
Here Then There
Chicago Opener
2 Card Monte

OR anything in Royal Road will be good too!

All the best!

Wow, Littlemouse and Jlowhy,

Those you put for i only know Coke Restoration and Sponge bunnies; the rest i do not know them.

Both of you are right I should give brief outline of what i already know. For I only know basic staffs. Yes, I have difficulties in advance sleights so I only can do few which require very little.

Yes I do have a bit experience in performing to children, but sometime find hard in crowd management or misdirection too.

i guess i will perpare to do the following

a) Rose from Book;
B) Pen Bending;
c) Ring and Rope;
d) Silk from Magic Box;
e) Silk into Balloon;
f) Sponge ball;
g) Mind reading;
h) Finding the disc;
i) Pen into notes;and
j) Ball from Mouth.

Do you think this will be good?

Sounds like to me you are a more palour/stage magician than a closeup magician. That can be quite challenging to work out a routine for your strolling session part with the stuff you have. Perhaps some other bros here can help, i am not very experienced in the stage routines you have. Sorry about that.

But i do think sponge bunnies make very good close-up magic with lots of audience interaction and participation. Maybe you could work with that.

Dear David,

I'd suggest you refer to Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic to get a few simple but very powerful ideas. It's a treasure trove of effects that are both diabolical and effective for laymen - proven commercial stuff - and they range from the simple self-working (so you can focus on presentation) to some manipulation.

There's tons of stuff in there you can use which you need little re-training for; and you can probably build an entire parlour act just by paying the local stationery shop a visit.

I'd agree with Jon - don't pick up NEW stuff that you need to practice for (sleight wise that is). You should be looking at stuff that only need you to focus on presentation where possible. Select magic that packs small but plays big.

Oh - and if you're doing a stage/parlour show for a large group, do make sure they have a mic provided and you'd want to make something to hang your mic around your neck so you have your hands free.

SHADE

i will take the good advises. B)

Let me see. I shall take the approach of routining based on what you have.

Below is what you've listed:
a) Rose from Book;
B) Pen Bending;
c) Ring and Rope;
d) Silk from Magic Box;
e) Silk into Balloon;
f) Sponge ball;
g) Mind reading;
h) Finding the disc;
i) Pen into notes;and
j) Ball from Mouth.


I guess you can do a sponge ball routine for a parlour setting, it works ok for me. What I did the last time was that I took a comedy approach to this. Produce a green sponge ball from a kid's armpit. And then, you tell them it's broccoli. Then you prove to them it's edible by eating. I then transit into the sequence whereby the balls keep multiplying in my mouth. And I use a jumbo ball as a climax. I believe you would have seen similar routines done by others. It's highly visual and plays well for a general audience with a fair mix of kids and adults.

You can then go into a sequence whereby you apparently teach the audience how to vanish a silk. When your assistant on stage is not looking, you throw the silk above his or her head... ala paper balls over head style. But just do it once for this one though. You then end of really vanishing the silk with whatever method you like. I personally use 20th century silk to make the silk reappear after the vanish. But there's many other things that you can do. You may want to choose to link this up to your silk into balloon effect. Or even start off by producing the silks from whatever box you have. I am not sure what box you are using, so, I can just suggest the possibilities to you.

You can put in your mind reading effects in the middle as it will probably be boring for kids and hard for them to comprehend. But this part will able you to amaze the adults.

As for finale, you might want to produce a white rose and then transit into a snowstorm sequence, perfect for the occasion. But take note of the mess you will end up creating. It's just a suggestion, don't have to take it.

Cheers!

AhLiShuFi,

Thanks for good suggestions and routine, i like it.

No problem. Work on the acts and rehearse your patter. You have 2 weeks plus, I believe you'll do fine!