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Owen Thomas Special user 504 Posts |
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On 2011-09-07 03:09, dand243 wrote: nice one, does that line get a laugh? or a gasp? |
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MISS J New user DALLAS, TEXAS 26 Posts |
Wow, a lot of good hints here! great thread!
I rejected my friend when he asked me to performed before, I told him " Sorry I am pretty hungry right now, I cant perform." At night club: "I am a little drunk, my magic won't work when I am drunk" I once had shaky hands while handling cards, so I just blame it on the cards "the cards are a little sticky, I think it's telling me to get a new deck." then I carried on with my performance.
You have to first believe in magic in order to move others' hearts -
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cablerock Veteran user 362 Posts |
Like many have said before, it is all a part of the excitement. You will always have some nervousness, but you need to channel it and use it instead of letting it overwhelm you. The way to do that is to be so familiar with the trick you are doing that you do not have to think about it. Practice and more practice. Congratulations on your performance. I'm glad it went well.
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andre combrinck Special user South Africa 953 Posts |
I didn't read the whole post. But I can tell what I usually do and hope it helps. I usually start with a light trick/puzzle like the Inverted Glass trick in Nichlas Einhorn's Illustrated Compendium of Magic Tricks. After that, gaining more confindence I do a close-up trick that really blows your mind. This is a trick that I know backwards, baffles and can be done on the spur-of the-moment-->impromptu. I usually use, what has become my signature piece- actually my take on an effect in a beginners book:
The trick: Superman The book: The Amazing Book of Magic Tricks The Author: Jon Tremaine The effect: 3 foil cigarette paper balls vanish, reappear and vanish again in the spectator's hand. It's easy, baffling and you won't get "caught out". This is a serious confidence booster, after that the sky's the limit. What I'm actually trying to say is: lighten up the mood with a gag/trick that is only slightly impressive, with no secret moves. After that take an impressive impromptu trick that will blow minds, without too many moves. I'm sure after this you cannot fail. With cards for example: After your initial ice-breaker, try Do As I Do, Timely Departure(John Bannon), and the go onto Twisting the Aces ect. |
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briancharles1002 New user SC 51 Posts |
Very good thoughts here and I will add in my two cents. Something like this can happen even without peer pressure and it can even be in the middle of something you have down pat. Some key things for me are confidence, which comes from practice and experience. When it does happen just try to laugh it off or let yourself be the joke of the moment and then start something else and continue on. You will always have some amount of pressure even if it is self imposed because you want to do well (and you should have this). You just need to learn how to control it and not let it control you. Have fun, if you do then they will.
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
You could say..
1. Better switch to decaf 2. Picked the wrong day to quit tobacco..(or other line from Airplane) 3. Good thing I'm not your brain surgeon 4. Do you ask your surgeon to show me some surgery at parties. Harris still too old to know everything.
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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metaljohn Loyal user Montreal, QC 280 Posts |
I've had the shaky hands before. I had about five or six people watching me in a circle. I was done doing my two or three tricks when one guy said he wanted to see one more. By now, there was at least 20 people that had gathered around to watch. I started to get nervous while performing an ACR which was my own version. My DL looked rather suspicious thanks to my shakiness. Everyone loved it, but as soon as I was done the routine, one guy decided to be smart and said "he doesn't put the card in the deck, I don't know exactly, but he doesn't". Still somewhat shaky, that's when I did a spread cull and culled the 8H and the 9H to the top while saying that I really do put the card in the deck. I DLed the top two cards, revealing the 8H, turned it back over and took the top 9H, while hiding the index, and put it the middle of the deck, but not all the way. I turned the deck slightly so everyone saw the faces and they clearly saw the 9H card, but since I was hiding the index, they only saw the hearts and assumed it was the 8H. Turned the deck back down, pushed the card in and bam the card is on top. The guy said "ok, you got me, I don't know how you do it".
Very proud of my out for that situation. It gave me a confidence boost and haven't had shaky hands since. |
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harris Inner circle Harris Deutsch 8812 Posts |
Excellent thinking on your feet.(or chair)
They can't teach that in a DVD, you have to go out and earn it. Harris
Harris Deutsch aka dr laugh
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