2007-09 Ring Report Ring #170 The Bev Bergeron Ring

August are the hottest months in Orlando and often we also have a blazing meeting with lots of participation. This year was no exception. Forty were sitting in the seats.
We had guests, Dan Crosby, Austin Mataan, Dave Koenig, Patrick Oliver, Tyler Overstreet, Josh Aroya and Kelly Frye.

Five of our members are working regularly: Dan Stapleton is doing his Thursday night dinner magic show at Mandolins at the Radisson Parkway Resort. Mark Fitzgerald is doing restaurant magic at the Hardrock Kitchen and the Radisson Parkway. Bev Bergeron is doing comedy magic at the Red Fox Lounge in the Mt. Vernon Hotel in Winter Park. James and Joe are in Ohio for a few weeks doing stage magic for the Ohio Renaissance Fair and Kostya Kimlat is at the Bluefish Restaurant off Sandlake Road and at in New Smyrna Beach at The Garlic Restaurant. Dennis Phillips is doing a stage act on tour with Steve Brown's Great American Medicine Show.

There were several interesting updates on members. Terry Ward made a magic magazine cover and Mark Fitzgerald gave some interesting details on his recent trip to Alaska and his search for magic in the Land of the Midnight Sun.

Charlie Pfrogner was drafted to be our Emcee for the monthly post-meeting ring show. First up was Cory Knox with ring juggling. Young Cory is coming along well in developing a full range of his juggling skills. Can a place in our annual Ring Banquet show be coming? Mark Fitzgerald pleased the crowd with many slick rope knots and his version of Professor's Nightmare. Charlie Pfrogner again showed us his creativity. The premise of his trick was a paper lunch sack decorated up to look like a dog. The "dog" then located a volunteer's secretly selected card. Charlie always adds his unique entertaining twist. This time it was clever and funny puns. His doggy was " paper trained"and could even talk. He showed the doggy a piece of sandpaper and the doggy said, "ruff"!

Young magician, Tyler Overstreet did a "Ring on a Neck chain". Chris Dunn showed some of his clever and well-made homebuilt magic. He had a Frankenstein's Monster version of the Milbourne Christopher's "Forgetful Freddy". Chris also showed how to theme a dye-box in many ways. He then showed us his interesting magic wand.
Dennis Phillips showed a collection of classic "Doodle" Drawings. They make a nice comedy breather in any magic show. He then invited up a spectator and presented his version of Mike Caveney's "Powers of Darkness". This is done with a coat hanger . The audience sees how the trick is being done while the spectator is baffled. The effect is a nice alternative to Slydini's paper balls over the head.

James Songster used a spectator and two decks of cards, a blue backed and a red backed deck. The spectator selected a card and then the free count in both decks matched ,as well as the cards in the count, when the selected card was revealed.

Last up was Dan Stapleton. He had a novel and enjoyable effect where socks are randomly pulled out of a bag by a spectator and hung by clothes pins on a clothes line that is made by two other spectators holding the ends of the rope. Then an odd pair , one at a time, is removed by the spectator's free choice until only one pair is left. That pair is then shown to be the matching socks of the odd pair that Dan was wearing all along! Dan also showed the trophy he was awarded by the IBM for his Best Parade of the Year in the Linking Ring. He also suggested that we put together a Ring Parade. The idea was warmly received.

Join us for our Ring meetings when you are in Orlando. Good things are always happening in Ring #170.

Dennis Phillips