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Newsletter of IBM Ring #170
The Bev Bergeron Ring
Next general meeting Wednesday, 01/16/2008 at 7:30 PM SHARP
Board meeting at 6:30 pm
Meeting theme: Hearts and Flowers
Marks Street Center, 99 Mark Street, downtown Orlando
If you visit with us and do not know the room we meet in , please be aware that some of the people in the office at the Senior Center may not be aware we are meeting there! At the last meeting one visitor asked where the "IBM" was meeting and the management apparently thought they were asking for the International Business Machines group! They said that there was no "IBM" on the schedule. So, if you have never been to our ring meeting , please say "magicians" or "FAME" and if that doesn't get the room location , just walk around looking for us. The Senior Center is a public building.
Lunch meetings every Tuesday at noon at Goodings (next to the food court)
Website: http://www.ring170.com/
F. A. M. E. is the Florida Association of Magical Entertainers
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Directory
Craig J. Fennessy – President – CraigFennessy@gmail.com
Chris Dunn- Vice President – Youngdunns@yahoo.com
Art Thomas – Treasurer – Art.Thomas@Disney.com
Dennis Philips- Secretary – Dennis@alliedcostumes.com
James Songster- Director at Large, - JjTjMagic@aol.com
Joe Vecciarelli- Sgt at Arms - talkingmute@tampabay.rr.com
Stefan Bartelski – Editor of “Famulus”- Famulus@illusioneer.com
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Thursday, January 03, 2008
2008-01 From the Editor
Another Old Father Time has been replaced by a baby year, and I wish everyone all the best for this upcoming year.
Hopefully, everyone has included submitting at least one article to Famulus on their list of New Year's resolutions.
Thanks to Art, Dan and Dennis for their submissions.
Stefan
Hopefully, everyone has included submitting at least one article to Famulus on their list of New Year's resolutions.
Thanks to Art, Dan and Dennis for their submissions.
Stefan
2008-01 Ring Report Ring #170 The Bev Bergeron Ring
President Craig Fennessey opened up the December meeting with the annual election of the new board of officers. The floor was opened up for nominations and nothing was heard. Bev Bergeron made the motion to close the nominations and Roger Reid seconded the motion. It passed by voice vote. The nominated slate of current officers was re-elected for 2008 by voice vote. They are:Craig J. Fennessy-President, Chris Dunn- Vice President ,Art Thomas – Treasurer, Dennis Phillips- Secretary, James Songster- Director at Large, Joe Vecciarelli- Sgt at Arms and serving as Editor of FAMULUS -Stefan Bartelski. Jacki Manna continues as our Hospitality chairperson.
We had 43 persons in the seats and several guests. Brad and Jessica and former president M.J. Emigh's children were present and at the right age for magic and Bob Swadling and his wife were visiting from England. Bob is known in magic history as the inventor of the "Flipper Coin".
Following this very brief business meeting we began our Christmas and Holiday Tradition, our wacky, white elephant gift exchange. Jacki Manna was the MC and kept the exchange rolling along. The rules are that a person can either pick a new unopened gift or 'steal' someone else's gift. Each gift can be stolen only 3 times. This chaos does make for a lot of fun. Finally all the gifts were taken and the challenge every year is to learn your trick and present it in the show that follows!
Kerry Pierce, known as "KP" was the show MC. First up was James Songster doing a three color Card Monte. The patter was about betting and losing money in a side street game of chance. He ended up with a card appearing that said he lost $14. Bob Swadling took the stage and filled it with his English charm. The British have an elegant way of making small props look wonderful and grand. He began with some miraculous changes of cards in midair. He would toss a card into the air and it would change! He then did the classic sympathetic match boxes with drawers that open in any position. He ended with aces disappearing from a deck and appearing in various pants and coat pockets. His killer finale was a previously signed card appeared inside a brand new sealed deck. It was great magic from across the pond.
Kevin Butler, presented a silent version of his newly acquired Egg Bag and a Haunted Key using an audience assistant. Charlie Pfrogner had a Christmas card effect and concluded with a small set of Tambo Rings that produced silks and ended with a Christmas silk. Mystana (Rebecca Dillon) had a cute bunny and carrot card trick she got in the exchange. JC Hiatt was next and wearing a T-shirt he got that said, "Trust me, I am a magician!". JC's deck of cards had four aces turning face down one at a time. For a great finish he explained that he was using mirrors and when the cards were turned over they had mirror foil on the backs.
Mark Fitzgerald once again added some new bits to his ever popular rubber band routine. Mark, along with Dan Harlan were the first the popularize rubber band magic.
Mark did the penetrations and releases along with many figures and ending up with a star shape that transformed the band into a permanent star shape. Last up was Sid McWethy who did a delightful billiard ball routine with Christmas ornaments ending with the production of a mirror ball!
The evening ended on a high note with refreshments and more fellowship. Join us whenever you are visiting Orlando. Good things are always happening in Ring 170.
Dennis Phillips
We had 43 persons in the seats and several guests. Brad and Jessica and former president M.J. Emigh's children were present and at the right age for magic and Bob Swadling and his wife were visiting from England. Bob is known in magic history as the inventor of the "Flipper Coin".
Following this very brief business meeting we began our Christmas and Holiday Tradition, our wacky, white elephant gift exchange. Jacki Manna was the MC and kept the exchange rolling along. The rules are that a person can either pick a new unopened gift or 'steal' someone else's gift. Each gift can be stolen only 3 times. This chaos does make for a lot of fun. Finally all the gifts were taken and the challenge every year is to learn your trick and present it in the show that follows!
Kerry Pierce, known as "KP" was the show MC. First up was James Songster doing a three color Card Monte. The patter was about betting and losing money in a side street game of chance. He ended up with a card appearing that said he lost $14. Bob Swadling took the stage and filled it with his English charm. The British have an elegant way of making small props look wonderful and grand. He began with some miraculous changes of cards in midair. He would toss a card into the air and it would change! He then did the classic sympathetic match boxes with drawers that open in any position. He ended with aces disappearing from a deck and appearing in various pants and coat pockets. His killer finale was a previously signed card appeared inside a brand new sealed deck. It was great magic from across the pond.
Kevin Butler, presented a silent version of his newly acquired Egg Bag and a Haunted Key using an audience assistant. Charlie Pfrogner had a Christmas card effect and concluded with a small set of Tambo Rings that produced silks and ended with a Christmas silk. Mystana (Rebecca Dillon) had a cute bunny and carrot card trick she got in the exchange. JC Hiatt was next and wearing a T-shirt he got that said, "Trust me, I am a magician!". JC's deck of cards had four aces turning face down one at a time. For a great finish he explained that he was using mirrors and when the cards were turned over they had mirror foil on the backs.
Mark Fitzgerald once again added some new bits to his ever popular rubber band routine. Mark, along with Dan Harlan were the first the popularize rubber band magic.
Mark did the penetrations and releases along with many figures and ending up with a star shape that transformed the band into a permanent star shape. Last up was Sid McWethy who did a delightful billiard ball routine with Christmas ornaments ending with the production of a mirror ball!
The evening ended on a high note with refreshments and more fellowship. Join us whenever you are visiting Orlando. Good things are always happening in Ring 170.
Dennis Phillips
2008-01 Dues Reminder
Art asked me to remind members that the $15 annual dues will be collected at the January meeting. For those not able to attend, please email Art at Art.Thomas@disney.com for the address where you can send your check.
2008-01 Art's Elucidation of Ring Finances
Dear members of IBM Ring 170 a/k/a FAME,
While finalizing the records for 2007, I noticed that about one third of our current members are relatively new to the organization. This is great news because for many years the membership really didn't change very much. Now, we are finally starting to get some new members, who are very welcome additions to our club. I hope that all members share my enthusiasm for welcoming and encouraging our new members. Best of all, many of these newest members are eager to perform at club meetings. This makes the meetings more fun, since you never know what twist someone may have on even the oldest tricks. And speaking of new twists to old tricks, every month I look forward to seeing what Charlie Pfrogner is going to present. Charlie's knack for developing a unique presentation for everything that he does should be an inspiration for all of us, as well as the new members. Thanks Charlie!
Because we have some new members, and because we don't talk about it very much, I'd like to take this opportunity to discuss some aspects of our club operations and finances. We don't talk about these topics very much because, candidly, most people aren't particularly interested. That's okay. The main reason why the club has Officers and a Board of Directors is precisely to allow the administrative and financial matters of the club to be handled in separate meetings so that the monthly club meetings can focus primarily on sharing news, teaching, and performing. This is good, in my opinion, so long as everyone understands that the Board meetings are open to all members and anyone is welcome to get involved.
As your club Treasurer, I can attest that the club's finances are relatively simple. The club is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization that is officially registered with the State of Florida. In fact, F.A.M.E. stands for Florida Association of Magical Entertainers, which is the name of our corporation. Financially, we pretty much break even every year. We collect dues and take in some proceeds from the annual flea market event, and these funds pay for our lectures and video library, as well as some minor miscellaneous expenses including the loss that we incur producing our annual banquet. Because of the excellent job Craig Fennessey has been doing with our lectures, we ended 2007 with a few hundred dollars more than we began it, since many of the lectures nearly broke even and a few even made a little money.
A typical lecture costs the club about $400 to present, including the lecturer's fee, hotel room, and venue expenses. The lecture fees are kept low by the fact that the Lecturers make their money from selling their notes, DVDs, and tricks. If the club collects $10 each from 25-35 attendees, then we lose $50 to $150 per lecture. We have about 8 or 9 lectures per year for a total net loss of only a few hundred dollars. This is off-set by the proceeds from our annual flea market event, which nets a few hundred dollars. Overall, all club activities generally wash out to break even, or very close. Some years we may lose a few hundred dollars, and some years we make a few hundred. It is never very much either way, but we are able to keep operating and maintain our status as a not-for-profit organization.
Years ago, one of the constant expenses of the club was publishing the monthly newsletter and postage. Now, thanks to the internet, these expenses are no longer incurred. The fact that our monthly operating expenses have gone down is certainly good because our annual revenues have gone down as well. Thanks to E-Bay and other internet auction sites, our annual magic auction no longer raises nearly as much money as it did several years ago. So, everything balances out. Thanks to the internet our revenues are down, but so are our expenses, so it all evens out.
Last, but not least, our December meeting and Christmas party was a big success. Thanks to Jacki Manna and everyone else who brought food and/or gifts. And thanks to those who helped clean up.
Overall, 2007 was a successful year for Ring 170. As our scribe, Dennis Phillips, reminds us, "good things are always happening at Ring 170".
Art Thomas
While finalizing the records for 2007, I noticed that about one third of our current members are relatively new to the organization. This is great news because for many years the membership really didn't change very much. Now, we are finally starting to get some new members, who are very welcome additions to our club. I hope that all members share my enthusiasm for welcoming and encouraging our new members. Best of all, many of these newest members are eager to perform at club meetings. This makes the meetings more fun, since you never know what twist someone may have on even the oldest tricks. And speaking of new twists to old tricks, every month I look forward to seeing what Charlie Pfrogner is going to present. Charlie's knack for developing a unique presentation for everything that he does should be an inspiration for all of us, as well as the new members. Thanks Charlie!
Because we have some new members, and because we don't talk about it very much, I'd like to take this opportunity to discuss some aspects of our club operations and finances. We don't talk about these topics very much because, candidly, most people aren't particularly interested. That's okay. The main reason why the club has Officers and a Board of Directors is precisely to allow the administrative and financial matters of the club to be handled in separate meetings so that the monthly club meetings can focus primarily on sharing news, teaching, and performing. This is good, in my opinion, so long as everyone understands that the Board meetings are open to all members and anyone is welcome to get involved.
As your club Treasurer, I can attest that the club's finances are relatively simple. The club is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization that is officially registered with the State of Florida. In fact, F.A.M.E. stands for Florida Association of Magical Entertainers, which is the name of our corporation. Financially, we pretty much break even every year. We collect dues and take in some proceeds from the annual flea market event, and these funds pay for our lectures and video library, as well as some minor miscellaneous expenses including the loss that we incur producing our annual banquet. Because of the excellent job Craig Fennessey has been doing with our lectures, we ended 2007 with a few hundred dollars more than we began it, since many of the lectures nearly broke even and a few even made a little money.
A typical lecture costs the club about $400 to present, including the lecturer's fee, hotel room, and venue expenses. The lecture fees are kept low by the fact that the Lecturers make their money from selling their notes, DVDs, and tricks. If the club collects $10 each from 25-35 attendees, then we lose $50 to $150 per lecture. We have about 8 or 9 lectures per year for a total net loss of only a few hundred dollars. This is off-set by the proceeds from our annual flea market event, which nets a few hundred dollars. Overall, all club activities generally wash out to break even, or very close. Some years we may lose a few hundred dollars, and some years we make a few hundred. It is never very much either way, but we are able to keep operating and maintain our status as a not-for-profit organization.
Years ago, one of the constant expenses of the club was publishing the monthly newsletter and postage. Now, thanks to the internet, these expenses are no longer incurred. The fact that our monthly operating expenses have gone down is certainly good because our annual revenues have gone down as well. Thanks to E-Bay and other internet auction sites, our annual magic auction no longer raises nearly as much money as it did several years ago. So, everything balances out. Thanks to the internet our revenues are down, but so are our expenses, so it all evens out.
Last, but not least, our December meeting and Christmas party was a big success. Thanks to Jacki Manna and everyone else who brought food and/or gifts. And thanks to those who helped clean up.
Overall, 2007 was a successful year for Ring 170. As our scribe, Dennis Phillips, reminds us, "good things are always happening at Ring 170".
Art Thomas
2008-01 Dan's presentation at next meeting
Since I missed the last two meetings I will have much to talk about at the next meeting that I know the members will want to hear. What went on behind the scenes at the Daytona show, the true story of Kevin James "imploding" on America's Got Talent, my New York trip to see two long running magic shows...one horrible and one very good, etc.
Dan Stapleton
Dan Stapleton
2008-01 Dennis' Deliberations
"... there are two kinds of unknowns. There are known unknowns and unknown unknowns." -Donald Rumsfeld in testimony before Congress.
Many times, as magic performers we never know what an audience will say or do when we ask them to help us or engage in conversation.
Kendix, illusionist and Ring 170 member, has a great opening series of lines in his illusion show about the first questions people ask you when they find out that he is a magician. The first question he says is , "How did you do that" and the other question people always ask him is "Can you make my wife ( or husband) disappear"?
If you are doing walk-around magic ,there really is no good answer to the last question that will keep the mood of your performance upbeat.
You could say, "Keep asking people that question and pretty soon she (or he) WILL disappear!"... That gets a laugh but makes the person who asked the question looks bad.
Alain Nu has a classy line, 'No, I need all the audience that I can get!". Nu's line is probably the most palatable because it throws the issue back on Nu. People are then laughing at Nu and not the person who asked it.
My problem was that one time I used Nu's line at a local convention during a dining event and the guy said, "Oh she's not here, I left her back home ". Obviously it was a troubled marriage!
That led me to my now standard response, which is a bit like what Jackie Mason might say. I look them straight in the eye and with a bit of aggravation say: "Hey, Do I look like a magician or a divorce lawyer?"! On rare occasions if my remark gets a good laugh and the person asking it is past 50 years old , I might continue ( depending on gender) " Sheeze, you should have married Amelia Earhart" or if a wife asks about her husband, "You need to get him elected as president of the Teamster's Union. Remember Jimmy Hoffa?..".
I offer these ideas to you because , as Sam Goldwyn used to say, "the best "ad-libs" are structured, written and prepared "ad-libs".
Someone asked Goldwyn what it took to be a great actor. Goldwyn replied, "Sincerity. If you can fake that , you have it made."
Hecklers and wise guys and obnoxious kids:
They all require different approaches. At a Kid's show I clearly explain to a designated adult that THEY are the "heavy", the guard, the enforcer ...that their job is to keep kids off the stage and from in front of the stage and in their seats. This is due to danger and needing order for the show. The "heavy" also keeps kids from rushing the stage and fooling with my props after the show.
I also explain to the heavy that kids will yell during sucker tricks, so that the enforcer understands what will happen. If the heavy knows the kids, I try to let them give me a tip on who might give me a problem and have them speak to parents and if they are good at public speaking I give them a written introduction to read to the audience telling the audience who I am and how to behave...( no cell phones, video cams etc)
If you get a kid who insist on screaming every possible answer to everyone else...and refuses to quit ......I PAUSE the show!
I walk to the edge of the stage and I invite him to the front and give him a lecture, in front of the audience, on the virtue of being courteous. I turn the audience against his actions...
Looking at the audience, " Do you want Joey interrupting my show?" . I always add, "Joey ,maybe you really like magic and do some yourself. Then you need to learn to keep a secret and after the show bring your Mom or Dad to see me and I will give you some information on becoming a magician."
The kid just wants attention and has a very poor or distorted self image ( as a lot of people in magic do!) so I straighten them out a bit.
I do the job the kid's parents should....
I rarely have a problem like this....If you have a tight act and keep up a steady pacing, there is no time for a heckler to get going.
Adults are a different story but also require the same pre-show set up. I again designate a "heavy" to let me know if there are any alcoholics in the group and to suggest fun but sober, slightly shy people to help me. I go over what I am looking for in a volunteer assistant. I have nothing against preparing.
I do not want some drunk idiot telling me his name is: Jim Shorts or Dick Hertz. I should get the laughs not some wise-guy.
Once on stage ( back in the 70s at a Disco club) a moron tried that and I said " May I see your Drivers license and Insurance card...take them out of your wallet please and in a moment I am going to ask you to blow up my balloon...10-4... Headquarters we have a possible 10-52...." The guy was schnockered and I sent him back to his seat.
If you won't tolerate a heckler and you have the audience on your side, it won't happen.... I will not play venues that are likely to have hecklers, because in the end , unless you are Don Rickles, you can't win with hecklers without making yourself look bad.
Here is one mental effect that silences all hecklers: It is a version of Anneman's Psuedo-Psychometry. Lee Earle sells"the No Brainer Bags" and I also have a set I made from black velvet with golden pull-cords...The inside of each bag is a different solid color and you pass the bags out to people wearing the same color clothes. For example the red interior bag goes to the woman wearing the red dress. I rarely use them any more. I went to something simpler.
The basic effect is that you pass out 5 envelopes and someone secretly puts a personal object inside their's and returns it to the stage. the bags are mixed up and you accurately know whose object is in each envelope. You also know personal things about their life.
Now, here are my versions with props that seem everyday and ungimmicked (or at least to the audience)
I bought a stack of large Manila Envelopes and had a small rubber stamp made that looks like a trademark. It says, "Dunninger Security Envelope Corp."
The thing is only a half-inch square. I bought 4 different colored ink pads. Red, Green, Blue, Black, and stamped the envelopes in the middle of the bottom glued flap on the side where the open flap and clamp are! This is the typical place you would find a small trademark stamp. The unstamped one is 'white'...that gives me 5 colors...
So...now you don't have a funny little black bags to raise suspicion! Although when I use them I patter about Chevas Regal bags and expensive Scotch from a Scotland and a game kids play there with the discarded bags. ( "I was a bad kid. I played hopscotch with real scotch!".)
THEN, I discovered you could skip the stamp and just color in the little hole where the metal clasp is (on the Dennison Brand) with a cheap set of multicolored markers , available at Walgreens, and have a lot of different colors...! In pre-show work, scan the audience and if you want to use purple or brown color just color in the hole on the spot!
Oh...How do you know personal information? It is called "Cold Reading" ( verbal 'fishing' ) and I will deal with that interesting topic another time.
Dennis Phillips
Many times, as magic performers we never know what an audience will say or do when we ask them to help us or engage in conversation.
Kendix, illusionist and Ring 170 member, has a great opening series of lines in his illusion show about the first questions people ask you when they find out that he is a magician. The first question he says is , "How did you do that" and the other question people always ask him is "Can you make my wife ( or husband) disappear"?
If you are doing walk-around magic ,there really is no good answer to the last question that will keep the mood of your performance upbeat.
You could say, "Keep asking people that question and pretty soon she (or he) WILL disappear!"... That gets a laugh but makes the person who asked the question looks bad.
Alain Nu has a classy line, 'No, I need all the audience that I can get!". Nu's line is probably the most palatable because it throws the issue back on Nu. People are then laughing at Nu and not the person who asked it.
My problem was that one time I used Nu's line at a local convention during a dining event and the guy said, "Oh she's not here, I left her back home ". Obviously it was a troubled marriage!
That led me to my now standard response, which is a bit like what Jackie Mason might say. I look them straight in the eye and with a bit of aggravation say: "Hey, Do I look like a magician or a divorce lawyer?"! On rare occasions if my remark gets a good laugh and the person asking it is past 50 years old , I might continue ( depending on gender) " Sheeze, you should have married Amelia Earhart" or if a wife asks about her husband, "You need to get him elected as president of the Teamster's Union. Remember Jimmy Hoffa?..".
I offer these ideas to you because , as Sam Goldwyn used to say, "the best "ad-libs" are structured, written and prepared "ad-libs".
Someone asked Goldwyn what it took to be a great actor. Goldwyn replied, "Sincerity. If you can fake that , you have it made."
Hecklers and wise guys and obnoxious kids:
They all require different approaches. At a Kid's show I clearly explain to a designated adult that THEY are the "heavy", the guard, the enforcer ...that their job is to keep kids off the stage and from in front of the stage and in their seats. This is due to danger and needing order for the show. The "heavy" also keeps kids from rushing the stage and fooling with my props after the show.
I also explain to the heavy that kids will yell during sucker tricks, so that the enforcer understands what will happen. If the heavy knows the kids, I try to let them give me a tip on who might give me a problem and have them speak to parents and if they are good at public speaking I give them a written introduction to read to the audience telling the audience who I am and how to behave...( no cell phones, video cams etc)
If you get a kid who insist on screaming every possible answer to everyone else...and refuses to quit ......I PAUSE the show!
I walk to the edge of the stage and I invite him to the front and give him a lecture, in front of the audience, on the virtue of being courteous. I turn the audience against his actions...
Looking at the audience, " Do you want Joey interrupting my show?" . I always add, "Joey ,maybe you really like magic and do some yourself. Then you need to learn to keep a secret and after the show bring your Mom or Dad to see me and I will give you some information on becoming a magician."
The kid just wants attention and has a very poor or distorted self image ( as a lot of people in magic do!) so I straighten them out a bit.
I do the job the kid's parents should....
I rarely have a problem like this....If you have a tight act and keep up a steady pacing, there is no time for a heckler to get going.
Adults are a different story but also require the same pre-show set up. I again designate a "heavy" to let me know if there are any alcoholics in the group and to suggest fun but sober, slightly shy people to help me. I go over what I am looking for in a volunteer assistant. I have nothing against preparing.
I do not want some drunk idiot telling me his name is: Jim Shorts or Dick Hertz. I should get the laughs not some wise-guy.
Once on stage ( back in the 70s at a Disco club) a moron tried that and I said " May I see your Drivers license and Insurance card...take them out of your wallet please and in a moment I am going to ask you to blow up my balloon...10-4... Headquarters we have a possible 10-52...." The guy was schnockered and I sent him back to his seat.
If you won't tolerate a heckler and you have the audience on your side, it won't happen.... I will not play venues that are likely to have hecklers, because in the end , unless you are Don Rickles, you can't win with hecklers without making yourself look bad.
Here is one mental effect that silences all hecklers: It is a version of Anneman's Psuedo-Psychometry. Lee Earle sells"the No Brainer Bags" and I also have a set I made from black velvet with golden pull-cords...The inside of each bag is a different solid color and you pass the bags out to people wearing the same color clothes. For example the red interior bag goes to the woman wearing the red dress. I rarely use them any more. I went to something simpler.
The basic effect is that you pass out 5 envelopes and someone secretly puts a personal object inside their's and returns it to the stage. the bags are mixed up and you accurately know whose object is in each envelope. You also know personal things about their life.
Now, here are my versions with props that seem everyday and ungimmicked (or at least to the audience)
I bought a stack of large Manila Envelopes and had a small rubber stamp made that looks like a trademark. It says, "Dunninger Security Envelope Corp."
The thing is only a half-inch square. I bought 4 different colored ink pads. Red, Green, Blue, Black, and stamped the envelopes in the middle of the bottom glued flap on the side where the open flap and clamp are! This is the typical place you would find a small trademark stamp. The unstamped one is 'white'...that gives me 5 colors...
So...now you don't have a funny little black bags to raise suspicion! Although when I use them I patter about Chevas Regal bags and expensive Scotch from a Scotland and a game kids play there with the discarded bags. ( "I was a bad kid. I played hopscotch with real scotch!".)
THEN, I discovered you could skip the stamp and just color in the little hole where the metal clasp is (on the Dennison Brand) with a cheap set of multicolored markers , available at Walgreens, and have a lot of different colors...! In pre-show work, scan the audience and if you want to use purple or brown color just color in the hole on the spot!
Oh...How do you know personal information? It is called "Cold Reading" ( verbal 'fishing' ) and I will deal with that interesting topic another time.
Dennis Phillips
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