On 2013-11-08 01:39, DoctorCognos wrote:
I ask here since when not doing mentalism, I perform primarily on the street.

But I was reading the Tom Franks guest posts, and there was a discussion about the rings. It got me thinking about my routine.

I love the rings and use them as the middle of my routine to get audience interaction etc.

I do a variation of Chris Capehart's three ring routine.

My question is; (and I am trying to be delicate and not give away too much) how do you manage the display of the three rings, even offering them ALL out to be examined. At some point, if you give them all three out at the same time, there must be a "motion", before performance.

For me, I pick up the rings from behind my table, tell them what will happen,magic, amazement and oldest trick in magic, hand the ring out. Then I pass behind my table again, and still talking, begin to perform the routine.

I have tried handing them out. one over here, one over here, get the first one back, and hand out the "third" one, and then get those two back one at a time. But I don't like the feel of it.

Anyone else have a better plan for handling this covered by the audience on three sides. I generally can manage keeping the angles down, and if not can skip the examination.

PM me with info that shouldn't be public.

I am just asking how you prove all three, and then do the routine. I am trying to just sharpen up my routine before I get back to New Orleans. But I can't believe that most of you who do the rings don't have a better solution that I have.

Thanks

The Doctor