Stage/stand up show

[chriswiehl]

Hey everyone,
ive been offered to do a show for a fundraiser in october(28) so i have about a month.
I only have to do 15 minutes or 20 mins worth of magic.
i am primarily a close up guy so im not 100% sure what kind of magic i should do.
The biggest problem, is that i need an ending and im not sure what routine i should do that could give me a good ending.
i have somewhat of a budget and im looking for a nice effect i can do standing up and for a large audience.
Things i am thinking of doing: (for the last trick)
tossed out deck
rubik remembered

and thats about it. i could do some fork bending, but thats a nice middle piece.
idk if i can do card to ceiling (i havnt seen what the ceiling looks like) with a tac and money (its a fundraiser so the money would go to the cause)
but i could try that.
any suggestions would be nice
thanks


Edit: the reason this is in the product page is because i would like to find out what product i should buy if i dont have a great ending yet

 

[praetoritevong]

Honestly, there's no reason that you necessarily have to buy anything imo. Think about what you know, and how you can make something a closer.

Personally, I simply close with a VERY simple number prediction - they are asked to think of a number, which is written with a swami on a business card. If it were sold as an effect, it would cost about a dollar, if that, but it's among my strongest and more beautiful effects because of presentation. Since you are on a budget, my personal recommendation would be to simply save your money and try and use something you have. It's surprising how much you can come up with.

 

[Deechristopher]

A good one ahead would kill it.

I wouldn't buy into Rubik Remembered for this gig, it's great, but it'll take you more than a month to get down, The last step of the 7 has 2 potential sets of 21 moves, so it'll take a lot of memorization.

DC

 

[Ineski]

Magic shouldn't be something that you just buy. I don't like that kind of approach.

My advice would simply be to do your best piece of magic at the end. Not the one with the coolest sleights and most visual color changes, no (my finale for example is based on a double lift). A simple powerful piece that plays big. Look at your repertoire and I'm sure you will find something. Check back to your books if you can't come up with anything. With little tweaks it is fairly easy to make almost anything fit the stage/stand-up enviroment.

In the end you will have a trick that feels like your own. I tell you, it feels much better to perform your own tricks and routines and get praises for them.

 

[chriswiehl]

well i already perform rubik remembered so that is one choice

 

[chriswiehl]

maybe a better question would be something like. what closer works for you? in a stand up situation?
i like rubik, because you can have 7 people stand up after each section, then you end up kinda with a standing ovation.

 

[sourboarder]

Do you have any jumbo cards, I know you can get them at target or walmart. You could do a Smile type effect by JM. If you haven't seen it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51yGNrOeHyo&feature=autoshare_twitter here it is. The revelation at the end is tricky but I'm sure you can figure that one out.

 

[Justin.Morris]

Something else to think about is your opener. If you don't open well, you will lose the energy of your show. So make sure you have a good strong opener.

Good luck!

J

**As far as a closer goes, I strong piece of mentalism can work nicely. Especially if the information is personal in nature. Though that may not be very high energy.