Cylchlythyr Hud Gogledd Cymru

The North Wales Magic Circular

Blwyddyn

Newydd

Dda

The Taz Marlowe’s Lecture

History of NWMC

Podcast of the Month

News

Reviews

And More

The

Griffin Vol. 74 No. 3 January 2017

Free to Members

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3 From the Lectern

Thoughts you never wanted in a way you never wanted them.

4 Hail to the Chief(s)

Happy New Year from our Presidents, Sarah and Jay Gatling.

5 Magic News

What’s new in the world of magic and mystery.

7 Podcast of the Month

The Magicians’ Podcast

8 Taz Marlowe’s Lecture

How was the children’s magic lecture?

13 From the Vault

Escapology in America

15 History of NWMC

An occasional series.

18 The Next Meeting

The Close-up Magic Competition

19 Profile

It’s the Entertainments Officer, Mark Thorold.

21 In Review

Spell-o-matic reviewed by Coberman

24 Diary

Keep up to date on what’s happening in your society and others.

In This Issue Vol 74 No 3

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From the Lectern

Dear Reader, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, a

Happy New Year to all. I trust that your are all recovered and not too hung over after your Hogmanay Hijinks.

A new year presents New opportunities to us all, to perform, to expand out knowledge or even just to contribute to your Griffin (hint, hint). And one simple way of achieving the first two is to compete in one of the many competitions we have coming up in the next few months. Give it a go, what is the worst that could happen?

Just before Christmas I lost my breakaway wand. Not a great issue but I needed a new one for my shows in the following week

and lacking time for an internet purchase I went to Birkenhead to PJs Magic shop. I had never been before so I had a bit of trouble finding it at first but eventually discovered its new location in the indoor market. PJ himself guiding me on the phone. I’ll admit his first response to my enquiry about stock set me aback a little.

. “I only have one, so by rights I shouldn’t sell it to you!” Pardon? I thought but didn’t say out loud. “Because you should have another one to swap back and to with the child, but not too much or it’ll get boring.” Of course, why hadn’t I thought of that! I include this to illustrate just one benefit of a brick and mortar magic shop over the ubiquitous internet variety. Support your local magic dealer.

As ever, I remain,

Your Faithful Servant

Prof. Llusern Pp.

Chris Baglin Et Salve ad Iasonem Isaacs

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Hail to the Chief(s)

reetings one and all.

and of course HAPPY NEW YEAR! We’ve made

it, it’s 2017 and there’s so much awesome stuff on the horizon it’s mind blowing! But before all that, let’s briefly look back. We hope you had an excellent Christmas with friends and family, ate too much food and drank copious amounts of your favourite beverage. And of course, we trust you found that the man in the red suit left that trick you’ve always wanted under the tree.

As is our tradition, we headed out on Boxing Day and enjoyed a wonderful pantomime; and though there is a plethora of fine pantos to choose

from in North Wales, we of course went down to Colwyn Bay theatre and had a excellent time with Jack and The Beanstalk. As I’m sure you all know, this is run by long time member Stuart Loughland and his team at Magic light Productions, and what a show it was. We’ve been to all the pantos they’ve hosted over the past years; each one has improved upon the last and this was no different. It was a laugh a minute, with great song and dance sprinkled throughout, and of course some superb magic. Our highlight was a beautiful routine with D’Lites.

Stepping into 2017, as mentioned before, we have some great stuff upcoming. It’s our 75th year so some celebrations will be in order later on down the line. But more imminently this month we have a lecture by Taz Marlowe, a comedy and children’s entertainer, look further on in this very issue for a review.

That’s all for now, but as always come on down to this year’s meetings as much as you can, catch up with friends, learn something cool and of course have fun. We’ll see you there.

Allons-Y!

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Magic News

75th Anniversary Year

This year is the 75th year that the NWMC has been in existence and to mark this special occasion President Jay Gatling has proposed a Magical Variety show in Theatr Colwyn (or similar) during August. The Queen’s birthday celebrations last year spurring us on to greater things. The proceeds of the show would be donated to local charities.

We are currently looking for expressions of interest from our members, anyone ready and willing to take part either on stage or in the foyer (or anywhere else for that matter) please get in touch on nwmcgriffin@gmail.com

The Annual Dinner

Dance and Cabaret.

Following requests from you our membership two new innovations are being brought in to the organisation of the dinner dance.

Firstly, as of the next meeting, you will be able to pay for your tickets by instalments! This means the opportunity to spread the cost of the Dinner over the next nine months. If you wish to take up the payment plan, please see Bob Scott.

Secondly, there will be a limited number of Cabaret Only tickets available this year. These have been made available for those who for whatever reason cannot be there at the start of the event and therefore unable to take advantage of the wonderful meal at the Springfield. Tickets will be priced at £35 for dinner and cabaret with cabaret tickets alone coming to £20.

Library Issues

There was a slight problem recently with the NWMC when the library had to shell out to replace a copy of Tarbell no. 5 that had not been returned by a former member. This cost our society over £50 which is not an

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amount to be sniffed at. With this and other losses in mind we want to ask all members to sign an additional library agreement, so that we can allay any further expenses.

The Griffin and the society in

as a whole want to wish a very speedy recovery to Terry Jones who we were informed at the last meeting has suffered another stroke. We are given to understand that Terry is already on the mend and so we hope to see him back with us soon. Brysia

Wella, Terry.

In addition the dreaded lurgy seems to have struck down a few of our committee too, with Jay and Albert both unable to attend the last meeting.

To all of them we wish a speedy recovery.

Youth Group

Good news is that all the petty fogging bureaucracy is completed, i’s dotted, t’s crossed and boxes ticked. The paperwork has been filed, cross referenced, lost, found, sent, re-sent and buried in soft peat for six months.

Janet informs the Griffin that we are now in the position to contact the school and get to work on the new groups.

The Next Great Magician Winners.

Yes, the Next Great Magician has been announced (spoiler alert) it is…<drum roll> Barry and Stuart! The Scottish duo may be familiar to you from their Channel 4 series Dirty Tricks a few years ago where they shared the bill with a few of the other

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Podcast of the month

What is it? Interviews with magicians

and other performers on the business side of show business.

Why you should care: The guests may not be

famous but they work in the business from day to day.

Without the focus on performance the level of detail they go into on every other aspect is amazing.

If you actually want to make magic your job, it is absolutely indispensable..

What are the downsides? The authors can waffle a bit

before getting to the meat of the interviews.

Most of the interviewees will have a product. So there bill probably be a shill at some

point. The run has finished for now

as the creators are behind another long-running podcast.

Number of Episodes? 56 and that appears to be it

for now. Highlights so far? Becoming a professional

Santa, Contracts for Magicians, No Cost Marketing, How can I find it? It is possible to find it on

iTunes or just type the URL below into your browser and enjoy

http://magicianbusiness.com/podcasts/ Heard a podcast you like? Let the

Griffin know at nwmcgriffin@gmail.com

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Who knew that there was such a thing as a children’s magician‽

Taz Marlowe was kind enough to explain.

Only three days into the New Year and there was a good turnout at the circle for the kind of lecture we have not had for a while, a Children’s Entertainer. Paul “Taz” Marlowe set out his stall early by highlighting his twenty years as a professional Children’s entertainer and how he began with a Paul Daniels’ Magic Set at the age of five (didn’t we all!). Having said that Taz wears his twenty years lightly, and his agreeable personality shone through his lecture. You do not get to be a children’s magician for any length of time if you are not a likable person and despite some initial nerves, I felt that his likability carried him through his lecture.

The lecture itself was in two parts, the theory and practice, with emphasis on the first part. Taz took us through the theory to begin, including his philosophy and the occasional bug bear of “cheap” children’s entertainers and the like. He outlined the difference between a Children’s Entertainer and Children’s

Magician to his way of thinking and the benefits of both. He usefully categorised different ages of children (much as David Kaye does) into three distinct groups, and took us the through the benefit and pitfalls of performing for each. They are

Nursery (3-5yrs)

Key stage one (5-7)

Key Stage two (7-11)

But before anyone got overly

The Taz Marlowe Lecture

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The Write Up

anxious about producing three different shows, Taz was keen to point out that he performs the same trick for each grouping, but his delivery changes to reflect their differences in age and maturity of thinking.

To demonstrate this Taz went on to deliver the opening of his show as he would for the youngest group. It is not easy to perform children’s magic to adults, even those of such a childish turn of mind as

magicians (Oi, I resemble that remark – Ed) but Taz did it beautifully and one could see his easy engagement and energetic style for children (in contrast to that of his more laid back lecturing ways.

For me something stood out about this performance from a lecture point of view, the fact that Taz has nothing to sell but himself. He was not out there to shill his tricks and increase his sales (even his lecture notes came

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out at just over a fiver with a USB stick of his dance routines) consequently in his performance he could enjoy himself and perform as he would to an audience of children much to everyone’s benefit. No one watching could remain unconvinced of the effectiveness of Timmy the Toilet Roll and Rocky Raccoon as several Facebook conversations afterwards will attest.

The second part of his lecture highlighted the difference between a magician and a children’s entertainer, one that is often overlooked by many of us. These days you cannot do a two-

hour magic show for children, generation Z lack the necessary attention span. So instead, a children’s entertainer needs to change it up. In Taz’s case this means a package that offers, magic, music and games. And oh, what wonderful games! I can scarcely believe I saw a room full of so called grownups whooping and cheering on Scott and Janet as they desperately tried to coil up ropes, attached to stuffed dogs in order to prove who has the best

wrist action! (Spoiler alert – it was Janet). This combined with more games and dance demonstrations showed how lively, tough yet straightforward children’s entertainment can be.

Before finishing up Taz touched on more of the world of outside of the tricks and the general scope of our lectures by covering advertising, social media and even rabbits and licences. The Griffin enjoyed Taz Marlowe’s lecture very much. When some

The Taz Marlowe Lecture

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lectures are sailing close to being “dealer demos” it was a refreshing change and it proved the old dictum, show business is made up of two words, the bigger of which is business.

What did you think of Taz Marlowe’s lecture? How does it stand against your other greatest lectures here at NWMC? Let us

know at nwmcgriffin@gmail.com

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hopefuls on the show including Peter Firman amongst others.

I’m sure all who watched the series will have their favourites from the canon for the win and agree or not with the result, with their anarchic style and twists on classics we can certainly expect something remarkable from the ITV special they have been promised (particularly with the half million budget behind it) the Griffin watches with interest http://tinyurl.com/griffinitv742

The Late Issue

Yes, the Griffin is a bit later than I hoped due to the dreaded lurgy striking me after the last

meeting. On the plus side this has meant I was able to include extra news from the committee meeting, So swings and roundabouts as they say.

But this is where you could help, even if you can’t write yourselves, you can at least send some constructive criticism our way. Please get in touch at nwmcgriffin@gmail.com and let us know how we are doing!

All items are accurate at the time of

going to press. We try our best but

sometimes mistakes will creep in, please

bear with us. Please address any

complaints to British Airways, London

N1

Dear Griffin,

Just to clarify, the March meeting is the Comedy/Children's Entertainer Competition rather than night . The Children's Entertainer and comedy comps have long been neglected and now we have enough members who follow that niche it makes sense to resurrect it .

Warm regards, Mark Thorold

Mark, thank you for this clarification. The Griffin says oops. Good news about these competitions. The diary has been corrected.

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From the Vault

Often I’m asked, for the one piece of advice I could give an aspiring escape artist. It’s not an easy question to answer as criticisms can vary from performer to performer. Nevertheless, it I were to impart, what I think, is the one piece of recognizable counsel that should apply to anyone performing any escapes, it is this: NEVER LOSE CONTROL. Plain and simple. It is, or should be, the paramount creed that every escape artist lives by, the “golden rule” as it were. A loss of control can be the difference between success and failure, life and death. Consider the audience’s perception of escape artists and you’ll see the reasons why surrendering control is dangerous. The average layman, believe it or not, thinks of most performance magic as a type

of intellectual challenge. Though we try our best, as performers to bury this belief system through the force of our personalities and the structure of our acts, it is still there, hard-wired into Homo sapiens since Neanderthal Man. Conversely, the man escaping handcuffs contends with similar belief systems, with an end result that can be far more dangerous. After all, these audience members who may feel challenged are likely the ones who arc submitting handcuffs or worse, locking you up!!! So, what to do? First, don’t take risks. Create the illusion of risk. (Construct a clear performance that takes into account all the possibilities that could go wrong and then devise ‘outs’ so that you always remain in control. Second, rehearse all aspects of the escape. If you are

Being a random selection of articles from the history of the Griffin,, these are

produced as near to the original as feasible.. This time an article on escapology

from a word to the wise.

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Griffin Vol 63 No 2 Jan 2005

planning a rope escape, have people tie you in various ways with your hands in certain positions. Learn all the possible knots that could be used within the structure of the performance. Rehearse with different types of rope. Know your routine forwards, backwards and sideways. Be ready for anything, or he ready for nothing. Third, know your audience. Take charge and the audience will follow. The fact that most spectators don’t like to be singled out or brought to the stage, works in the escapist’s favour. Audiences are there to be entertained not to upset your performance. Take the path of least resistance by treating them with respect and in most cases, they will do your bidding. Ignoring any of the above and you are courting disaster as almost happened to me.

Touring with my show in Cincinnati, Ohio, I decided to drum up some publicity by escaping from the handcuffs of the local police precinct. Being young and... foolish with the balls of a brass monkey, I contacted the press and boldly announced I could and would escape from any of the handcuffs the local police could muster.

That was my first mistake. Using the press, I bated the police further by ballyhooing their inability to restrain me. That was my second mistake. Finally, I assumed the handcuffs the police would use would be standard issue, American Smith and Wesson (S&W) handcuffs. That was my third mistake. On the day of the escape, I visited the police department, confident in my ability to escape their S&W’s. Only problem was... there were no Smith &: Wesson’s! I had lost control of the situation and I was scared. To save face, I allowed myself to be locked into three sets of standard ankle irons. A heavy duty Russian Manacle weighing eight pounds was then locked below them and a rusted chain was intertwined with the other restraints. Next, two officers took both of my arms and pushed them tight behind my

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NWMC: A History

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the North Wales

Magic Circle, and a quarter century is not a bad innings for any group of likeminded people

to get together regularly. Just ask the Betamax owner’s club. But how did we get to be here? The Griffin is proud to present the first in an occasional series,

brought to you through the kind researches of Arthur Booker and

Robert Scott.

A Brief History of the North Wales Magic Circle: The Opening act or Out of Thin Air.

We must first take you back to the austere days of the Second World War. Rhyl in 1942 was very different to how it appears today. It was in many ways the Blackpool of Wales, riding upon

the crest of a wave of a Victorian fetish for seaside resorts, and despite or perhaps because of the strife caused by Hitler, Mussolini and that crowd, the coastal resort was a haven away from the bombs and danger of a lot of the industrial northern towns and cities. Variety and live theatre was at its height and Rhyl boasted a great many halls, theatres and even a pier! Yet despite this cavalcade of shows there was no local magic society.

The Circle as we know it was formed in 1942 and was the brainchild of John Leckie. At a function Leckie had met Sid Woods, who was the magical entertainer for the evening, to whom he put his idea of forming a magic society. Sid was most enthusiastic. They knew of another magician living eastward along the coast, but did not know his address so John wrote him a letter and addressed it “Mr

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Magician, Mostyn, Flintshire”. Two weeks later came a reply from the very man… Sam Hughes, of 51 Taylor Street, Flint, saying he would meet them. (Ah, the glory days of the GPO – Ed)

The three met in the Bedford Cafe, Rhyl and, with a report in the local press, made contact with nine other interested local magicians. These nine held their inaugural meeting on the 4th November 1942, in the Gladstone Hotel, Rhyl. The rollcall at the time consisted of:

Wilf Leyland – President

John Leckie – Secretary

Alvin Lovatt - Treasurer

W.A.Carr - Editor

with Sam Hughes, Professor

Jesson, Will Lloyd Lawrence

M.A., W.R. Watkins, and Sid

Woods.

The 1940’s

The NWMC seems to have hit the ground running, with its first decade being among its busiest. Here are some of the highlights.

The first Griffin magazine, Vol 1, No 1, was published in May 1943. (And continues to go from strength to strength, not that I am biased! - Ed)

The regrettably short-lived National Association of Magical Societies was formed in 1946, and the Circle was among its first members. The NAMS was eventually wound up in 1951 but not before the NWMC successfully hosted a meeting in March 1947. This success undoubtedly put our juvenile society on the magical community’s map.

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officer of Kinmel Camp to successfully stage a Searchlight Tattoo at St Asaph. Among the acts were Eric Seager, and Harry Benson with a blindfold drive.

On the 6th of March 1948, achieved a small publicity coup. In the resurged interest in paranormal phenomena following the Second World War, a wag persuaded the Prestatyn Weekly for March 6th 1948 to publish an article stating that The North Wales Magic Circle had a Psychic Research Department, and that any ‘sightings’ etc. should be advised to Hon. Sec. Harry H. Benson!

The society’s first President was Wilf Leyland and he held the office until his passing in October 1946. Sam Hughes was then elected President, and still holds the record for longest standing incumbent, but this was no dictatorship; he was elected to the office annually for the next

twenty-nine years until he passed on in 1975. Perhaps in an attempt to entice others to stand for this responsible position the rules were changed shortly thereafter, subsequent Presidents could hold office for one year only; but after twenty-nine years the ruling came too late for many, but thankfully not for John Leckie who had survived his fellow nine founders, to finally take the chains of office 1981. He thankfully did not pass on in office and survived the role for five years until September 1986.

And with that time lapse in mind, next time we push on to the age of Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Yuppie.

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Our Next Meeting

February 7th 3017

The Close-up

Magic

Competition

It’s that time of year again, our

very own Christmas in February,

that’s right, it’s the annual Close-

up magic competition. The rules

were printed in last month’s

Griffin and are on the website.

But here is a precis;

If you are intending to enter we

need your entry noted to Steve

Ashcroft, by no later than the end

of January. Late entries will only

be considered if there is sufficient

time. The Judging Panel will

consist of lay people to the ratio

of one to each Close-Up Table;

who will mark on entertainment

only. There shall be at least one

magical judge at each Close-Up

Table who shall mark under three

headings:

a. Skill and Technique,

b. Strength of magical effect upon the Audience.

c. Originality in method of presentation.

Magical Judges may use their

discretion as to whether or not an

effect is suitable for a close-up

act. If not deemed suitable, the

Judges will not mark that effect.

The performance shall be not less

than 8 minutes and not more than

12 minutes..

This is an open meeting so tell

your family and friends, and your

family’s friends, and your

friends’ families.

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In Profile

Name?

Mark Thorold (Rev...it’s true folks)

How and when did you first get into magic?

Initially by purchases from a local joke shop from the age of 8. Met Noel Massey via my parents employers/mothers work colleague was Noel’s 2nd wife at the age of 17 and was introduced to the NWMC.

What keeps you in magic?

The joy of creating wonder

What is your Go-To effect?

Off the cuff? Knife through Coat and spoon bending.

Who are your influences in and out of magic?

Noel Massey had a great impact both as a magician and friend. In the magic fraternity Bascom Jones and Lee Earl were influential in earlier years of Mentalism.

What is your greatest

achievement to date?

The production of a fantastic daughter who never ceases to amaze and amuse me.

What do you hope to achieve in the future?

I love helping other magi, I hope I can fulfil the role of mentor one day.

What was the last film you saw?

Mostly Horror films though my all time favourite is Todd Browning’s Freaks.

Entertainments Officer

Mark Thorold

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When you hear the words the book, which book comes to mind?

Any of Larry Becker’s.

Best sandwich?

Sausage and lime marmalade obviously

Next time– Griffin Editor, Yes it’s my turn, folks- Ed.

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Review:

SPELL-O-MATIC by Liam Montier

Any of our members that attended the Liam Montier Lecture earlier this year will know just how simple and effective Liam's magic is and it's likely that we all got something worthwhile from him on that night. Well, his new release is based on a very old idea by Hen Fetsch, late of Baltimore Maryland 10 July 1912 -1st January 1961.

This trick is so old, it’s new, and wonderfully simplified by Liam, and he has called it "SPELL-O-MATIC" and I can say it is, or at least seems to be, an astonishing piece of card magic. Yet it is so easy to do, even I could do it within 2 minutes of watching the excellent download instructions. Okay, I put a simple crib on the bottom of the card tuck box, but you probably won't need to do that.

My only little niggle is with the

advertising blurb which says "Imagine having a spectator name "ANY CARD”, AND "YOU SPELL STRAIGHT TO IT!” Well yes! But that is not quite true. The truth is that they name any card you count to the number and then spell "of" and the required suit say "CLUBS" and that is the card asked for, in my opinion, that still a fantastic trick, so why not tell it like it is. (Rant over) Next you have another spectator do the same, and you count and spell to that card too!

Then you have both spectators 'create a card', one naming a suit at random, and another naming a value! again you count and spell to that card. You could go on doing this over and over "Until they like it”. Sorry I couldn't resist that old joke. Or you could go in to the recommended finale which is quite remarkable, because you get any two spectators to create a card but this time they don't even tell you their choices! One chooses the suit

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only, by freely selecting any card from the deck and the other one sets the value, again by a free selection of any card from the deck. I know what you are thinking but no, they really are both freely selected cards.

Now before they reveal the required card you drop the deck to the table you tell them you don't want to touch it again, then for the first time you ask for both choices to be named, by the first spectator counting from the top of the deck to the number and the second spectator spelling to the selected suit from next card on the top of the deck, with no moves or sneaky stuff from you! And yet their made-up card turns up on the last letter s of the selected card!

Summary:

It works with any number of freely thought-of cards, it is very easy to do with no sleight of hand needed and no forces either, you could perform it entirely in the spectators’ hands, if you wish. I don't know, but strongly suspect it could be perfect for the walk around workers, as no reset is needed, which also means it is also terrific for beginners.

It comes with a specially prepared

Bicycle Deck, but don't let that put you off, because at any time you want to move on to a different trick, you can shuffle the deck and you can be ready to go. You will even have some unnoticed little helpers left in the deck if you want to use them. It comes with a full colour pamphlet instructions, plus downloadable HD video instructions! It costs around £23 to £25 depending on your choice of dealer. I will have it in my bag all the time now.

Chris O'Brien COBERMAN

"The Sit-down Magician"

Have you bought a new trick, book or

magic download? Why not share your

thoughts on it with your fellow magicians

through the Griffin.

Go to http://tinyurl.com/griffinreview

Or email nwmcgriffin@gmail.com

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back holding them in place while another officer tightly locked four pairs of WWII era military handcuffs and four pairs of Spanish hi-security restraints keyhole to keyhole on my wrists. I was helped onto a table and covered with a blanket. Failure started to creep into my conscience and I fought against it. I couldn’t fail. What would I say to the police? The press? Spasms of pain shot up into my shoulders and with my arms covered in the natural lubrication of my own sweat, and for no better reason then to relieve the pain, I used my fingers like pliers to force one by

one all eight handcuffs down over my left and right wrist bones to the base of my pinky fingers. My hot breath against the blanket distracted me from the pain I must have been feeling in two, of my now broken fingers. This was agony but the adrenaline was pumping. Pushing each restraint over my wrist bone allowed me to work on the escape. After thirty-five minutes, I succeeded. Well, sort of. My performances for the subsequent days were cancelled due to my injuries. I never again, lost control.

Do you have any articles or old editions of the Griffin. We’d love to see them. Get in touch through

nwmcgriffin@gmail.com

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Next Issue

7th February: Close Up Competition

9th February: Michael Diamond Escapology Lecture

7th March: Comedy Night & Children’s Entertainment Competition

4th April: Lecture TBC

2nd May: Mental Magic Competition

6th June: Summer Social

4th July: Lecture – Shoot

Ogawa

1st August: Stage / Cabaret Competition

5th September: Lecture TBC

3rd October: President’s Night

7th November: AGM

25th November: The Annual Dinner Dance and Cabaret

More Magic News

Eddie on The Tarbell Course

Member profile—the Editor

Highlights from the January Lecture

And much, much more!

Forthcoming Meetings