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Dave Scribner Assistant Manager Lake Hopatcong, NJ 4849 Posts |
Rafael, welcome to the Café and thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk with us. I'm looking forward to this special week and I'm sure many of the Café members are as well.
Where the magic begins
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phillys Loyal user 232 Posts |
Welcome, Mr. Rafael.
K'Chai
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Rafael Benatar V.I.P. Spain 165 Posts |
A pleasure to be here. Ready to go.
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Peo Olsson Inner circle Stockholm, Sweden 3260 Posts |
We are very pleased to have you with us here at the Café', Mr. Benatar.
Let me congratulate you to your exllent translation of Juan's book Mnemonica, a work well done, and a marvelous book. Do you have yourself have any books written in english, and if so, what are the names of them? Once again, welcome to the Café'
Pictured to the left my hero and me during FISM 2006 in Stockholm.
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Rafael Benatar V.I.P. Spain 165 Posts |
I have had plans to write a book in English for some time, and I have parts written. Thnaks for reminding me. It always helps. What I do have in English is several sets of lecture notes. Some of that material would go into the eventual book, in a revised version. Translations always get in the way. I was about to quit translations for a while, but Stephen Minch asked me nicely.
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Peo Olsson Inner circle Stockholm, Sweden 3260 Posts |
Stephen is a very good friend since many years back, and with Hermetic Press you never can go wrong.
Next time you talk to him, please say hello from me.
Pictured to the left my hero and me during FISM 2006 in Stockholm.
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gene plampin Regular user 168 Posts |
Rafael,
Welcome. I enjoyed watching you perform and lecture at magic in the Rockies. If I may, I'd like to share something that happened there that really impressed me about you. You were performing a trick (or trying to) but the woman from the audience was not able to understand your directions and threw off the trick about three times. Finally you gave up, but you took the blame for the failure to demonstrate the effect. Later that day, another magician was also doing an effect with a volunteer and the magician made the mistake. He blamed the spectator. Although I was stunned by the excellence of your magic, I was most impressed by your graciousness and thoughtfulness towards this woman and everyone else at the convention. Thank you so much for all you taught us. Gene Plampin |
Rafael Benatar V.I.P. Spain 165 Posts |
For those who haven't seen it, we should say that this happened at the lecture. The woman had to carry out a simple counting procedure while I had my back turned. Had it been a live performance I might have taken a different road, such as asking the nam of the card the first time and producing it somehow as quickly as possible and on to something else.
Since she obviously didn't screw-up on purpose, there was no point in blaming her. On the other hand, I honestly take the blame. Maybe for picking her (well, some people are nice but can't count or spell), but mainly for not conveying the instructions more clearly to her. You bet the next time I did the trick, it was different. So much fun at the Rockies. I loved it. |
RonCalhoun Special user Independence, KY USA 599 Posts |
Hello sir and welcome. I would like to ask a question. When you perform “close-up magic” at corporate events. Do you stroll or stay at a table.
Ron Calhoun
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dv8 New user England 1 Post |
I'd just like to add my welcome to you, sir and a big thank you for translating Mnemonica also. It's fantastic and I'd never be reading Tamriz's Mnemonica if you wasn't around so thank you and welcome
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Rafael Benatar V.I.P. Spain 165 Posts |
Thank you, dv. Answering Ron's question, I often do a show on stage followed by close-up. I'm not too keen on the concept of strolling, so I don't really stroll. I settle on one table (doesn't mean I sit, though sometimes I do), even if only for a few minutes. Anyway, I'd stroll if it's the most convenient thing to do and it's OK. However, if the event is large I try to catch the attention of people at nearby tables and gather a substantial group so I can stay longer. Sometimes I announce it from the stage: "I'm gonna be doing something over here and something over there." If performing at a cocktail, I perform stand-up, out of my pockets, but often ask them to have a table available. This way I can occasionally gather a group around it do "something special" from them.
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