I use parason anywhere for my children-stage show, they are pop open parasols and work very well, but maybe you will want to use a bigger umbrella. The parasol anywhere DVD show you some ways to produce a big regular parasol. It might help.

Hey everyone I have a question if someone can help me out. I'm having trouble with my load of my parasols, when I go to retreive my parasol from the sccarcard the pins come lose, am I pinning it wrong or is there anything I could put in the jacket to hold it stronger?

Years ago I saw an illusion using a step ladder and an umbrella... Girl climbs to the top of the ladder covered by the umbrella then the magician pulls it away and she is gone....


There's also the old bit with the girl on the bench

Umbrellas are easy and flashy productions. You can produce four 16" umbrellas from the THIS (Improved). They can fill a stage quickly!

Bob Sanders
Magic By Sander

Re: Card sword umbrella. Russian spies created a poisoned tipped umbrella for assassinations. With a tie-in to the Ace of Spades representing the death card; you have the premise for a mini routine/ skit within your show.
Just food for thought, don't rain on my parade.

Kotah

Wasn't there a classic umbrella act by Dick Gustavson.

Hi , is there instruction / plan on how to make up a mutilated parasol, I just need the basics, no silks .... thanks.

The natural moves of opening an umbrella is perfect for laoding objects or packets into either hand. I have had a young lady hold an inverted parasol like a basket into which I dropped silks and garlands -- then produced therefrom other things. Those small cocktail parasols can be opened with one hand for a pretty production that can be tossed into the crowd.

Dick Gustfason never did an umbrella act but Ward Thomas did. He was a top notch act.

The vanish of a girl on a step ladder behind an umbrella is written up in the Conjuror's magazine or the Mikey Hades book "Conjurer's Stage Illusion" (I think that is the name). It was credited to Blackstone which is probably wrong. But Walter Gibson was writing a lot of this stuff and he worked for Blackstone.

Richard

The magician was Scott Cervine. And it really was quite good.

The Rice Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Page 476 shows how to make the "Silks and Sunshade" effect as it was first called. The first version (on that page) can be easily made up using Dollar Store umbrellas and materials.

Well I have done my homework on mutilated parasols/ umbrella. looks like I will be buying Abbotts in the next few months. depending on shipping cost to uk.

I have just recieved my Abbotts mutilated parasol. Well apart from paying customs Tax on it, I am not satisfied with the stitching on this item, very poor, plus 3 little pin holes in both umbrella covers. solid framework but poor silks.

If anyone is interesting I have the mutilated parasol for sale, the version sold at Hocus Pocus and call naked umbrella.
PM if you are interesting.

I would contact Abbott's. Explain your problems with it. I am sure they will make it right.

Richard