Hi

I just got the Jeff McBride vol. 3 dvd because I wanted to learn the curly q move; I got it down in an afternoon, but still I was a bit dissapointed in how it looks (Both my own and McBrides)... I think it looks pretty "messy". Greg Wilson showed it to me a year ago, and I remember his one to look a lot nicer.
Is this just my blurred memory of seing the move for the first time, or is it possible to get the above spread to look better than McBrides, and form a larger circle than his?

Cheers

Andreas

I would like some advice on this move. I can do a Le paul spread about a foot long, but wehn it comes to curly cue, I cant get it started. When I reach with my thumb across the deck it feels strange, and when I realese pressure with my fingers the cards don't even move. Any help?

Here are some tips:

1. Try to keep your 4 fingers near the end and not the middle.
2.If you Curly Q, and the cards fall cause you've spreaded too much, use your hand to stop it.
3.Try using 52 cards and not fewer or less.

Hope That Helps.

Adam

I started out with a very worn out deck of cards, which had been used a lot for springing ... I found them a lot easier in the beginning since you don't need nearly as much pressure as with a new deck. Also try to do it in the other hand... I'm right handed and started out learning it with the left hand; when I tried to do it in my right hand, it took me about two minutes to get it right??

Andreas

I wouln't bother with the curly q, so called one hand pressure fan. The proper pressure fan is just fine. You'd be better off learning the one hand fans from the bible as they are much much more impressive

I've read about the Curly Q, but haven't seen it. How different is it when compared to the Lepaul spread? Anyone have a video or link to this flourish?

I'm guessing it's similar to a lepaul spread but the thumb in the right hand supports a curve in the first 15 or so cards that spring from the deck in the spread. This is just a guess.

Make sure the deck is at a tilt going up. (If you put a marble on it, the marble would fall toward you and hit your hand, NOT fall away on the floor). This tilt helps in keeping the cards from falling, as well as assists in the curly part.

I love the Curly Q fan. When done correctly, it looks like there is some kind of mechanical device hidden in the cards that spread them for you. Jeff McBride didn't do it very well on the video. It wasn't until I saw Mark Crow (Tahoe, NV magician) do it that I really saw its beauty. Mark Crow also did a one-handed faro and then did the Curly Q making it a double spread/fan.
The way I learned it was to hold my index finger at the edge of the cards and use it later to support the large fan when it comes around. Most of the pressure comes from my 2nd and 3rd fingers at the center; my thumb rest across the deck, with pressure being exerted in the upper right corner, considering your doing it in you left hand - which you should if you deal out of that hand. Also, it seems that I hold the cards deeper in the hand for the Curly Q than I do for the LePaul Spread - this might be because you don't have the right hand to support the cards from falling so you have to use as much of your left hand as possible. Anyway, take my word for it that it can be a beautiful flourish if you put the time into it, It also has a magical look to it unlike the “pressure fan” so it suits us magicians perfectly.
,
Dave

[quote]On 2004-03-26 13:50, Jive-Turkey wrote:
I've read about the Curly Q, but haven't seen it. How different is it when compared to the Lepaul spread? Anyone have a video or link to this flourish?

I put up a video of it on http://www.magicvideodepot.com a few days after I got the Jeff McBride dvd.

Here's a link

If that one doesn't work, try here:
http://www.magicvideodepot.com/view.php?a=v&t=1321

Cheers
Andreas