Hi everyone, today I took a step further into being a magician. Every 2nd Sunday of the month, I follow my parents to a place of worship. After 3 months into card magic, I decided to bring a pack of cards there to perform. There were some kids playing outside but I was afraid of being rejected, so I just played with my cards in a room. (I just can’t get over my fear) Then, one of the kids walked up to me and offered to play a game of blackjack. I took out my deck and performed the “2 Card Monte” for them. Although he flipped the card face up after the 1st switch, the whole group of them was amazed.
They said, “Oh, he is a magician. Can you show us one more?”
I continued on and performed “The Shamus Card”. I screwed up on this one. Somehow I can’t perform this trick right in front of spectators. I can do it perfectly while I’m practicing at home. Luckily, they didn’t jeer nor feel disappointed.
I sat down and talked to them about some stuff, while I was setting up my deck for the next trick. After the deck was set, I continued and performed “The Fabulous Four 3’s”. This caught their attention and they asked for more.
Lastly, I performed “Card in Hand”. Some of them asked, “How do you do that?”, “Can you teach me how?” As I was not prepared to perform so many tricks, I closed up by saying that I had to go to a friend’s house (which was true).
While I was on the train to my friend’s house, I reviewed my performance. I felt happy and disappointed with myself at the same time. I felt happy because I finally got a chance to perform to strangers. But disappointed because I screwed up “The Shamus Card”, and the “2 Card Monte” was partially screwed up. I was so nervous that my hands were shaking the whole time. I couldn’t prevent my hands from shaking although I knew there were shaking as though the world was coming to an end.
My lessons learnt from this experience, practice more, stay calm and be prepared.
They said, “Oh, he is a magician. Can you show us one more?”
I continued on and performed “The Shamus Card”. I screwed up on this one. Somehow I can’t perform this trick right in front of spectators. I can do it perfectly while I’m practicing at home. Luckily, they didn’t jeer nor feel disappointed.
I sat down and talked to them about some stuff, while I was setting up my deck for the next trick. After the deck was set, I continued and performed “The Fabulous Four 3’s”. This caught their attention and they asked for more.
Lastly, I performed “Card in Hand”. Some of them asked, “How do you do that?”, “Can you teach me how?” As I was not prepared to perform so many tricks, I closed up by saying that I had to go to a friend’s house (which was true).
While I was on the train to my friend’s house, I reviewed my performance. I felt happy and disappointed with myself at the same time. I felt happy because I finally got a chance to perform to strangers. But disappointed because I screwed up “The Shamus Card”, and the “2 Card Monte” was partially screwed up. I was so nervous that my hands were shaking the whole time. I couldn’t prevent my hands from shaking although I knew there were shaking as though the world was coming to an end.
My lessons learnt from this experience, practice more, stay calm and be prepared.
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I still start with a basic mind reading and then go on to some more complex moves. It will go away with a few times.
