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International Magic Magazine

October - November 2015

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Contents

EDITOR Paul Romhany

CONTRIBUTING EDITORBen Robinson

CONTRIBUTING EDITORNick Lewin

PRODUCT REVIEWERSPaul Romhany & Friends

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October/November 2015

VANISHContents

FRoM tHe eDItoR 6

BaMBoozleRs 8DIaMonD JIM tyleR

GInette & Co. 10ButzI, MaGICIan

RoCk, PaPeR, RaBBIt 14tHoM PetteRson

RIGHt tRICk at tHe RIGHt tIMe 18RanDy WakeMan

nInJa CoIns aCRoss 21JosH Janousky

sHaDes oF MaGIC 24JonatHan FRIeDMan

suCkeR BIllIaRD Ball tRansPo 29CHaRles GauCI

syMMetRICal RosInI 32louIe Foxx

neWs 36

CeleBRate tHe CHIlD 40Paul RoMHany

Lu Chen: Master of MagiC Changes gears 44Paul RoMHany

lIFe as a MaGICal PHotoGRaPHeR 54anna sHIn

WHy I PeRFoRMeD FoR Penn & telleR 58kostya kIMlat

leGenD oF MaGIC - PIet Paulo 62nICk leWIn

Is tHIs tHe WoRlD’s olDest DeCk? 68toM DaWson

tHe MaGIC CaPItal oF tHe WoRlD! 72lee alex

ten lIttle seCRets 78tIMotHy HyDe

ReD Hot aCts - JosHua HuanG 80tIM ellIs

Lu ChenLu Chen’s decision to take a two year break and plans for 2016

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Red hot aCtJoshua huang80

CelebRate the ChIlda family uses magic to heal40

legends of MagICnick lewin interviews Piet Paulo62

bRaInstoRMIngInteractive look at creating large scale magic by Majinx102

selFlessness & tHe MaGICIan 84Ben RoBInson

IllusIonIst 2.0 PRess ConFeRenCe 86DavID Penn

In-House MaGIC tHeatRe 90RoMany

stReet PeRFoRMInG MaGICIan - RuPa JR. 94anna sHIn

DeJe vu 96JeFF HoBson

stoRIes FRoM tHe RoaD 98teD outeRBRIDGe

BRaInstoRMInG WItH MaJInx 102laWRenCe laRouCHe

MaGIC RevIeWs 108

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It was a true pleasure interviewing Lu Chen for this issue of VANISH. While Lu Chen has made a few guest appearances at various magic conventions over the past two years he has pretty much kept out of the limelight with no television appear-ances or live touring shows. Having Lu Chen choose VANISH magazine to talk about where he has been and his reason for stepping out of the spotlight was a thrill to say the least and shows the impact that VANISH magazine is having in the world of magic on a global scale.

It has always been my goal to make VANISH a truly international magic magazine and feature artists from countries such as Singapore, China, Taiwan, etc. With the ever growing interest in VANISH from Asia I felt it was time to offer some regular articles from that region and I have some great articles in the pipeline. Travelling to Europe in a few days time will give me the opportunity to connect with magicians from that part of the globe and look at performers and find magicians who would like to be part of the growing global VANISH family.

I encourage everybody to read the article in this issue called Celebrate The Child. This is an incredible and heart felt story that I felt needed to be shared. The work that this family has done to honor their son’s memory and how magic has played a role in helping them heal as well as affecting children in third world countries is inspirational. Nothing can prepare you for such a tragedy and to read how magic has helped pull them through some very dark places is something we can all learn from.

Also of interest is the article by Romany. If you have ever wanted your own theatre then this is one way to go. Find a home that is big enough and build it! Romany has done an incredible job turning her house in to a theatre and perform-ing private parties right in her own home. Imagine that!! She has shared some of the insight in to how she went about finding the right place and putting it all together.

There has been quite an increase in products that I am reviving. I will be on the road now until February so if you wish to have something reviewed please send me a personal

email and I can give you an address to post items to. Next week I fly to Sweden to perform my full even-ing show then a magic convention then it’s off to New Zealand where I will also be appearing at a conven-tion and working for the next three months.

As always I appreciate all the con-tributors and I know many are busy with their professional lives so can’t always get the deadline on time. There is no hard and set rule for VANISH so when I get a contribu-tion from a regular contributor I’m always grateful.

Enjoy this issue of VANISH and remember or please share it via all social media and magic clubs that you belong to.

Until next time

Paul Romhany

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BamBoozleRs DiaMonD JiM tyLer

STUNT: Place part of an eggshell on a plate and watch it dance around the outer rim.

This clever stunt was shown to me while I was in Cork, Ireland by the comedian-magician-author John Lena-han. John, like me, is a big kid, and his enthusiasm for entertaining is contagious. Apparently this stunt dates back to Victorian times. You’ll need a ceramic dinner plate, some water and an eggshell.

The eggshell can be from an uncooked egg or a hard-boiled one. You’ll need to use the rounded bottom part of the eggshell rather than the pointed end. Break off the top part of the shell so that you are left with the bottommost part of the shell. The piece you’ll be left with should be about the size of a silver dollar or half-dollar coin depending on the egg.

Moisten the surface of a large ceramic plate, especially the outer circumference of the dish. Place the prepared eggshell onto the outer rim of the plate. Hold the plate in your right hand and try to keep the shell in the nine or ten o’clock position. Tilt the plate towards the floor

eggsheLL WaLtZingso your audience can witness the eggshell as it magi-cally clings to the plate and begins to spin (Fig. 1). The moisture helps the eggshell cling to the dish.

The shell should spin in a fast clockwise direction as gravity forces it to move down the outer rim of the plate. Keep rotating the plate to keep the shell be-tween the ten and six o’clock position. The shell will spin faster and faster as it moves down the plate. Sim-ply tilt the plate back and forth so that as the eggshell spins, it makes a complete revolution around the plate. For the best visibility it’s wise to use a non-white dinner plate. You’ll have a lot of fun practicing and performing this one!

I’ll tell my audience, “Without me, this trick would just be aweso.”

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ginette & Co.

Effect: Effect: A participant signs a card. The magician presents his assistant: Ginette, a stuffed animal with rabbit ears. Every time that magic happens, credit goes to Ginette. But at some point the magician assures his participant that the whole routine he has just seen was just an illu-sion because his card was held the whole time by a spe-cial person he trusts…Ginette. Very cleanly, he reveals a card folded in four IN his assistant. It’s the signed card.

This a fun routine you can use with ANY audiences; adults AND kids will laugh as you tell jokes about your assistant.

Overview explanation:Yes, it IS the classical mercury fold followed by a false transfer (the card in Ginette is a duplicate card). It’s the technique to palm the card after the fold and the intro-duction of a fun character in your show that changes (everything, to my opinion). In this step-by-step explanation, we will look at a mer-cury fold subtlety I use and at how you can pretend to get the card out of Ginette.

By Butzi, MagicienGinnette’s anatomy:This is ginette when you take her “skin” off. The dupli-cate card is concealed here

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