Society of American Magicians
Al Baker Assembly #35
December, 2006
Message From the
President
Dear Compeers,
We enter the holiday season looking forward to our
big Cavalcade of Magic on January 5
th
, 6
th
and 7
th
,
2007. The performance line up has been solidified we
have a stage crew and a stage manager, Frank
Monaco. Derrin Berger has been working hard to
keep us on point with preparations, details and
meetings. I would like to thank you all for supporting
this event and ask those of you not directly involved
with the show to support this fund raiser by doing
what you can to promote it and put bodies in the
seats. We have less than a month before this show
becomes a memory and we hope that it will be as big
a success as last year’s show.
I look forward to seeing everyone at our next meeting
featuring Harley Newman’s lecture, please come out
and support this lecture.
Happy Holidays!
Magically Yours,
Carlo DeBlasio
Last Month
Business first:
The business meeting was kept very
short in lieu of a fully packed lecture. Carlo and
Derrin added a few more of the details of the
Cavalcade show before bringing on our guest.
Our December meeting featured guest lecturer John
Born. John had recently moved to NYC and S.A.M.
#35 was number 29 of a 31 lecture tour for the last
month and a half. The first hour (yes, hour) was
dedicated to the explanation of just one effect. The
classic plot of Any Card, Any Number was discussed
in great detail, including many of the theatrical and
psychological subtleties John has used while
developing his version of this effect. The next phase
of the lecture was spent discussing how gimmicks are
used to create some of the most visually stunning
coin magic around. Finally, John shared some of his
innovations in the field of sleight of hand with coins,
showing us why he is in the top of his field.
President:
Carlo Deblasio
(518) 678-2173
magic@magicbycarlo.com
Vice President:
Marc Berger
(845) 565-6218
magicmawk@hotmail.com
Secretary:
Derrin Berger
(845) 452-3385
magicder@hotmail.com
Treasurer:
Roger Lewin
(845) 473-2320
lewin@us.ibm.com
Scribe:
Craig Kunaschek
(845) 298-2760
kunaschk@gmail.com
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