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    Where did you get those cards?

    Nothing at all - dude, I use ID and Svengali - when used properly, they kill - but I wouldn't tip this to my audience...remember, we lie to them for a living? What should I say, yeah, I use trick decks, but this isn't one of them? Come on. I There isn't a big deal in letting people look...
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    Where did you get those cards?

    This is true - however, the difference? When you get asked with Bikes in hand, and you say - no, I do the magic, or whatever versus having a deck of "novelty cards", people are more likely to believe you with the Bikes, and are only saying that as a "how is that possible" or "how did you do...
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    Where did you get those cards?

    It was intesting - I usually supplied the deck, but wanted to save my Bike's so I brought Tallys with me - I happen to have been working with a new marking system, and only had the one marked Bike deck. The Tally's were sealed, but the Bike's were not - on a side note, I use this story to...
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    Where did you get those cards?

    Before I share the solution, realize you can avoid this problem. YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO YOUR AUDIENCE – you hear them, but you aren’t listening. They feel it is a trick deck...so that is THERE reality, YOUR own (selfish) reality is – I know they aren’t trick cards and I like them, so I...
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    Question for Professionals

    You state that you are looking for someone to reference you to the “right” material to help you start a business? If this is the case – you want “Highway to Success” by Smith/Quick to help you start a business. I would suggest Strong Magic and Designing Miracles – as both will help you...
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    Improve Your Mind: Contest Details!

    She is also the one that was supportive...and we all know you get high and drunk AFTER the grading - ha
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    Improve Your Mind: Contest Details!

    I was pretty liberal with my marking, yet hard - I looked for content. I don't think I docked any more than 1 or 2 marks max for spelling and grammar. I was surprised more didn't use quotes to back up their points....regardless, I see a few aces in a deck full of kings. Good work - thanks...
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    Improve Your Mind: Contest Details!

    I won't be as nice as Reverhart aka Paula Abdul...I found some of the essays to be painful to read. However, I can agree - there were a few standouts, that surprised me, and I was impressed with how they approached it. I just want to say as a guest judge...if I never see the word...
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    Does flourishing kill card magic?

    I just want to make one comment. A few of you mentioned the audience thinking it was "real magic" - however, this is an odd contridiction of terms to say the least...this isn't a logistics argument, but "real magic"? Here is the thing - real magic isn't making people believe you have "real...
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    Does flourishing kill card magic?

    The question is – or should be – what is the impact to the audience if you decide to flourish? I was at an amusement park with half a dozen friends, which also happen to be very talented magicians. So, for certain while we waited in line for our rides, we were jamming…or at least playing...
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    How would you PRESENT this? A great exercise!

    Hi Draven, Good to see you in the thread. A few points of clarity? You say the "normal" deck is their modern brother - but isn't the truth that their is no decision on this, but isn't their evidence that indicates cards were created almost 100 years before tarot cards? Just curious if...
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    How would you PRESENT this? A great exercise!

    Hi Toby, I understood you - actually, your first part sounds very very close to some of what RDChopper uses, so I guess it is good you tip the guy you rip, but looking past that, I want to discuss this style of presentation. I always think of my friend that did Jay Sankey's "Joking Around"...
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    How would you PRESENT this? A great exercise!

    Hi Sherlock, So your initial presmise is that of a mentalist? Then you do magic to change the card, but want them to believe that is a magic moment or the power of suggestion? This isn't really a colour changing deck, just a colour change...but, I find the premise and presentation very...
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    Lessons Learned From Legerdemain - Lesson #4

    Vince Lombardi said it best...something like, sometimes you don't lose the game, you just run out of time. You get to a point where you realize that you got to move on - I once had hops, now hopes - my goals changed, so my dream changed. Don't think of it as giving up - think of it as the...
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    Creating Magic: A Useful Technique.

    This is great man...but I would like to add one thing. Why leave it up to chance. This goes with some of the other posts I have been talking about recently. Why not look at the magic effect, as a stand alone concept and try to actually match it with something from our hobbies list. For...
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    Idea for a Patter Book

    I couldn't agree more. I have always felt "patter" is so close to "filler". Reverhart - I would also recommend "Transformations" by Hass, he uses his presntations as examples on how to build connected presentations that the audience will care about - rather than words attached to what you...
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    Business Cards?

    Hey Revenant, Your business card should represent your target market. I think the playing card idea, although more costly, is something I have wanted to do for years. It would be great if you do that - let us know what the damage is cost wise. I think it is great because of how audience...
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    How would you PRESENT this? A great exercise!

    Ok (word count)
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    How would you PRESENT this? A great exercise!

    Joe, didn't really read what you said - but I am sure it was full of apolagies and the kind of connected experience you give to your audience. So, can we continue to discuss what the topic is meant to be? Feel free to start up your own thread discussing how little you talk during your ACR...
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    How would you PRESENT this? A great exercise!

    So....to get it back on topic: We have had some great ideas and logical approaches to sponge balls, and colour changing deck. Does anyone else want to share an idea that we can discuss openly for either of those plots. How can we make the magic moments in these effects make sense from a...
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