Need some advice from you guys...

Background: I'm suppose to be performing close-up at a wedding reception for about 45 min.

Questions:

1. For those who ever performed at wedding reception, do you performed strolling or set up a table at a spot?
If it's the latter, how do you get the attention of the people there?

2. What are the kind of effects you would prepare?
If using a table, how would you manage the flow of the audience? As in, if people keep staying there and watch, and you run out of effects?

3. If you are to do table hopping during the dinner, what kind of effects you would do so that it can be seen by the people around the table?

I just had a show for a cocktail ballroom wedding dinner on Sunday night
I prepared several effects which is suitable for all genre and also associated with the wedding as well.

For strolling, I did Heart-shaped sponge routine and professor nightmare variation
On table hopping, I did Mcdonald aces and anniversary waltz
Flash papers are used for deck and sponge production as each table has a small lit candle.

Wedding is a happy event, I want my magic to create beautiful wonders and not puzzles, therefore I perform straight forward effects which are visual and elegant.

Is your wedding "Yam Seng"(chinese style) or "Cheers"(western style)? Chinese wedding is more difficult to perform as the environment is loud and the seats are crampy

Oh, finally a response... thank you sooo much!!

It's a chinese wedding, and yes, I may decide not to do table hopping due to the noise.

Eh.. anniversary waltz? What's e effect?

Check out Doc Eason's Bar Magic for the Anniversary Waltz effect.
If you want to learn this trick, $25.00 for TBMIS.

As for me, doing close up or strolling at wedding or non wedding event does not not make a difference. Just do what you are good at.

I only customize my effects unless requested by the organiser of a coporate show. The guests just don't care. As long as you do something magical and entertaining they will applaud whether out of sincerity or sympathy.

Keep going and good luck to you axl.

Uncle Bob

Hmm. Is it me or someting? My post disappeared!

I was just saying dat i myself tink dat magic dat has romantic links or endings are great for wedding. can probably change wat you normally say to something more related to the couple mah. if not, probably pple who sitting around still can watch magic, just romantic nicer.

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Do yourself a favor, read it ! And apply it !

If it continues I believe you may have a warning :P

Oh. I see. Sorry! I will try my best. But why don't tell me straight, rather than juz deleting my post?

At least i know now. Thanks, dude.

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