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cblake New user 8 Posts |
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On Jun 17, 2014, David Martin wrote: I forget the name but that sounds right. they are going thru the book from cover to cover. |
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Silver Glove Magic Veteran user Magic... coast to coast, here's to another... 334 Posts |
Tarbell 23: Magic With Coins is being offered for almost nothing on the Penguin. Sounds like a really classic library to have.
Posting ever so slightly.
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ageo New user Bogota, Colombia 72 Posts |
I am relatively new to Magic Café and have not been able to flip through all of the amazing amount of information that is available to its members. Nevertheless, after searching using multiple keywords I cannot find any relevant thread about Tarbell´s Course in Magic and effects which are useful/successful for kids´ audiences. Card tricks are generally to boring for young people to understand or care; we magicians tend to avoid them when performing for kids. Below is an example of an effect from Tarbell that works well for children of up to ten years of age.
For over twenty five years, I have performed a couple hundred times an effect which appears on page 284 of the first volume of Tarbell´s Course (on the ninth printing of the first edition - 1971). It was originally called "The Devil´s Letter". As indicated below, I modified it slightly to be used for a children´s audience. A boy and a girl are called up front. The girl is handed a cloth purse, which she examines and states to be empty. She is asked to hang it from her shoulder and guard it closely. The boy assistant is asked to freely select a card from a Jumbo deck. A four of hearts is forced. Four black cards are then separated by the magician from the deck. The boy is asked to place his card between the fanned four cards. The magician cannot see the card´s faces; only the backs. After closing the fan of five cards, the forced card is secretly moved towards the back. The cards are counted one by one and placed "on the back" of group of cards. In reality, the magician bends the back card (4 of hearts) slightly to allow for the incoming already counted cards to be placed in front. That is fourth from front to back of the group of five cards. After the four cards are counted, the last one is not exposed, and remains on the back. Thus, the chosen card "disappears". The magical words are pronounced and the bicycle horn is honked to make the card "appear on the girl´s purse. After a lot of searching, repetition of the magic words and honking, the card fails to appear inside the purse. The magician states that he gives up and excuses himself for an effect failing. He argues that on rare ocassions, "Raton Perez" (literal for "Perez mouse". The o and first e are accented. Accents were ommitted here.) fails to help with execution of magic effects, because he is too busy. A polite complaint message is then sent to "Raton Perez", which is the mythical character that brings money to kids each time one of their teeth falls off. It is an animal version of the Tooth Fairy, which traditionally operates in Spanish-speaking countries. An envelope with an internal division helps to magically produce a rapid delivery of the message to the mouse. Seconds after waving (and honking) the envelope with the message, a "formal" letter arrives. It is written in Spanish, on special orange letter-head with a large molar which can be seen by the audience. The mouse offers an explanation for not having done his part in the effect. He apologises and states that to make things better he sends the chosen card along with the letter. After reading the text of the letter, the card is revealed to the audience and assistants. Its upper left and lower right corners are concealed by the magician´s fingers. Thus, the audience can count the number of pips. That is five hearts. After counting them out loud, and noting that the card is not the right one (the magician´s powers fail again...!), the middle pip is magically removed after saying the magic words and blowing the horn. I would appreciate comments and suggestions on other tricks from the Tarbell Course in Magic which have been adapted for junior audiences. Cordially yours, from Bogota, Colombia, Alberto Lobo-Guerrero, "Mago Tato" ageo@logemin.com |
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ageo New user Bogota, Colombia 72 Posts |
My previous post was placed on what I considered to be a suitable location. It is also relevant for The Little Darlings, and I will refer to it on one of its forums too.
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