Well, I've been lurking on these boards for several weeks now, so I may as well announce myself.

I'm 55 years young, I live in London UK, and I've been into magic since a schoolmate taught me the French Drop when I was 10. I'm strictly amateur (so far), unless you count a few sessions for charities. (No? I thought not, I wouldn't count them either.)

I'm only really interested in close-up stuff, and I prefer coins to cards. Having said that, I really love doing Card Warp and T&R effects.

......and was it the Eight of Diamonds that you were thinking of?

Dave

Welcome ,
I spent some time working around London in 1981. I Look forward to chatting with you
Cheers, All the Best

Well come Dave!



Your "first one" is always free...



Did you handle yourself in a professional manner?



Nope. It was the 3 1/2 of Clubs. But keep trying...

Hello Dave,
Welcome to the Cafe. It is nice to see a young man of only 55 years, and that means how young you feel.

It is magic, and you say you are amateur. You are doing real magic my friend.

Welcome to the Cafe, enjoy your time here.

Here is a fresh pack to work on your t&r card effects

Welcome Dave;

Man, how did you do that? You got my card exactly right!

Or, at least that is the card I would have been thinking of, if I was thinking of a card....

Good to have you aboard!

BroDavid

Hi, Dave:

Welcome to the Cafe. It is wonderful to have yet another member of the mature set here. I think you will like this place. I certainly do.

-Marty

Hi Dave and welcome

Welcome aboard, Dave.
I'd like to hear your story line for Card Warp; I'm always on the lookout for a good one.
cheers,
Peter Marucci
showtimecol@aol.com

Hello Dave,
so nice to see you in the Cafe! I hope your visits here inspire you to do great things!

Gosh, thanks for all the warm welcome messages, guys! That makes me feel quite at home already.

Peter, you asked about my story line for Card Warp. Personally, I think that it's such a visually strong effect that excess verbiage only detracts from it. So having shown the backs of both cards, and then the faces of both cards, I simply observe that the fact that it's somebody's birthday (or whatever) has caused a warp in the fabric of the space-time continuum. And through that warp, funny things happen.....

.....and then the funny thing happens.

I must say that I, personally, don't usually like patter that is based on little stories. To my mind, they often clutter up the effect. I must stress that that's very subjective.

Some effects need a "story" in order to justify/explain what's happening. But many don't (to me) need a story, but they're still often performed with some tale about some anthropomorphic creatures or a princess in a castle or whatever.

If the story's brief, that's fine. For example, take that beginner's trick of the four Jacks burgling a house, the story's brief, it explains what's happening, fine.

Some great performers use that sort of patter, and perhaps most spectators like it. I really don't know whether or not the majority love it, loathe it, or are indifferent to it. But it often makes me groan inwardly, if the story takes over the effect.

Sorry, didn't mean to ramble on nearly so much. So now I'll sit quietly and enjoy my coffee.

Dave

Welcome aboard, Don't stay quiet too long. No one will know you are here... well, except for the mentalist
Anyway, glad your here. keep posting.
:magicrabbit:

Dave,
You got it, 8 of diamonds.

Here's a coffee on the house.


Jeb (Sable)