Hey, Huron, how did your gig today go?

Tell us about it!

Wow... let's see how this started.
Kev and I were performing at a party a year ago and Kevin's friend's father was a member of the audience. We gave him our numbers and bam, about a year later he contacted Kevin to get the both of us to perform at a private party. The managing director of Santa Fe, wow.

Kevin went to Tasmania and was actually not going to be able to make it for this table hopping gig, so I got Farid as a replacement. Just as a reached the venue, I got a call, from Kevin.

"Hey Huron I'm on my way. I just got back, I'm not tired. Why not."

Now there were the three of us. And damn was it one amazing gig.

Farid whooped them well with his insane coin skills and killer card effects, Kevin with a multitude of high speed and style flourishes and whambamthankyouma'am card tricks. I just drank my coke... and did some fire and card magic.

Were there any hecklers?
Haha, yeah there were, and Farid, you owe me big time.

I had a good time watchstealing an interesting Heckler. This woman beside him, Sally, Farid's 'best friend' looked at me and went.

"Hey, wow, how come you have two watches?"
"Ray gave his watch to me didn't you know?"

Bam. Screams, swearing, curses, and mighty applause.

And then Farid did something ridiculously amazing.

At one point the spectators picked a four of diamonds, and started to heckle him, and he was unable to even begin the routine. But the weird thing was, they repeatedly picked the four of diamonds by themselves, freeking out over and over again. And Farid was just very confused, but ended pretty damn satisfied. How's that for in the hands spectator magic? Haha...the woman offered him some banana.

Kevin killed magicians as well with reactions that could be heard ALL THE WAY from the other side of the room. He came in, and busted everyone good. They seemed to be pretty amused by his Card Moustache Display. This woman, Louise if I'm not wrong, started asking him about casinos. I pitied Kevin. He followed up by slaying her.

As for me, I was cursed at.
"I have a prediction, written on this piece of paper."
"No way. Oh no. I'm going to say f*** off in just a moment."
American reactions are beautiful.

He said a little more than f*** off after the effect ended with a twist and a kicker.


Sally(yes the same one), SCREAMED when I performed Kundalini Rising. Here's how it went.

My deck was getting pretty screwed up after being dropped in sauce, noodles, and chests. Those who perform this effect will understand what I mean.

"Relax, hold the box, and concentrate on your card. Take a deep breath."

And the card just SHOT out from the deck inside the box, from her hands... onto her table... right in front of her.
A shriek. Ever heard a banshee? Except this time I liked what I heard. She was so relaxed and screamed first when it suddenly blasted out like a cork from a shaken bottle. Then, she screamed again when she realised it was her selection.

For once I might just consider buying something from Sankey. That's right. Ear Plugs.

And if you've read till here of this insanely long post, you know what you need? Eye plugs. I don't know what those are. When you do find out. PM me.

Anyway, we just had a whole load of fun and ended the night a $100 richer, each. Pretty good money for an hour of table hopping, doing what we love to do. Plus we got free drinks as well, free of charge.

It's 2.22 am, and I am really sleepy. For those who read this, great. For those who reply, even better!

Haha, alright, thanks for reading and...GOOD NIGHT.

Huron

woow.. thats great man.. must be damn cool from wad i read.. n i dun think its too long.. i think its too short.. write somemore la. ask kev n farid to write oso la.. i wana read their side of the story... haha..

Hah! Sounds like you guys had a great time! :)

Man... Why don't I get to do these GIGAGIGS...

Wow, this sounds really good and fun there!

First of all, thanks to Huron for getting me the gig...

and thanks to Huron for dealing with Sally eh? though she did offer me a banana. hmmm..

yups, it was an exciting, fun-filled and fragrant night. was my first time, didn't know what to expect, so i jumped right into my 'charismatic handsome kinda guy' mode. LOL. just kidding.

but the thing was i didn't feel nervous much. cos the important thing was to have fun.

about the four of diamonds thing, i din know why it happened, but it did. haha. thank goodness. major hecklers, sally and her man.

the thing that i got the most reaction from was from this:

i had Sally touch a card from a spread deck on my forehead. actually it was on the table. then i said,"this will represent the unknown future, and it goes into my pocket." and they said, "how many cards you have in there?" and i went and emptied out my pockets, and of all things they had to go gaga over... a short pencil.

so i took the pencil and hung it invisibly in the air right in front of them. and they went "WHOA!!!" those who got my vid should know what it means to hang things invisibly. haha..

sometimes the simple things will kill.

i also did sponge balls, a coins across, a business card mentalism effect, do as i do, sankey's back in time, and of course.. the cobra cut. in my dream last night, that is.

i actually did the viper cut, which is taking a VIPER TALLY-HO deck, then taking the bottom half of the deck and place it on TOP of the TOP half of the deck. for those who need more info, contact me at my email or PM me.

Sounds like you guys had a blast, and that's awesome. You just gotta love magic and experiencing magic in the joy, screaming, cursing and laughing you bring to the other guys. Yeah... now that's true magic.*

Keep on kicking ass, guys.

C.


*example of something that's supposed to sound really deep but comes out sounding stupid instead

Wow! That sounds fun! I must really improve my standards. A lot more of learning to do for me.
:)

Hehe, I don't really have much to say about this, cause I was only there for like 15 minutes.

But it was fun, and I made $100. Now I have an iPod Shuffle.

ALL RIGHT!!!!!

Funny thing is, the 1st place winner of the SMC comp stepped in before the 2nd place winner, and I got there last.

Coincidence? Maybe. Life is Random. Get an iPod Shuffle.

-Kev

LOL... congrats on finally get your iPod Kevin ;)

You guys rock! Can't wait to see you strut your stuff @ IF 05! ^_^

Oh, my magic isn't the only thing I'll be strutting *gleefully plays around with iPod Shuffle*

Oh, and yeah... this shoulda been named "Mandi's gig"... she's the cute deary that got me the performace. If you're reading this, THANKS AMANDA!! You helped me get my iPod shuffle... hehe :D

-Kev