2009-10 Ring Report Ring #170 The Bev Bergeron Ring

President Craig Fennessey called the meeting to order on September 16^th , 2009, and introduced the Ring officers to the 29 members in attendance. He went on to inform the Ring that our past Ring President MJ Emigh recently undergone a surgical procedure but after a brief recovery period he was back on the performing stage. Some Ring members have been attending the noon get-together on Tuesdays at the McDonalds' Bistro on Sand Lake Road. The general membership is invited if they are available during that time.

Dan Stapleton,, James Songster and Joe Vecciarelli will be performing at the Winter Garden Theater over the Halloween weekend – tickets are available now for purchase. Bev Bergeron returned from an appearance in Houston and now is looking forward to lecturing at the Daytona Beach Magic Convection in November. In addition, Bev will also be busy promoting his recently published novel, “The Magic Connection”. Jacki Manna has a performance coming up at the Interlaken Country Club in the area and Dave Koenig also has a mentalism gig scheduled in the near future.

Phil Schwartz was up next with Magic History Chapter #16 and his subject was 'The Card Picker' and he started out demonstrating his 19^th Century Card Star and continuing with varying examples of devices utilized to present selected card choices. The group was shown probably the most popular example of playing card pickers, “Joanne Duck manufactured by Warren Hamilton in Tampa , Florida. He went on to show us Gwendolyn by Chicago's Ireland Company. He also had a 1942 version of Abbott's “Hand of Caliph”. Also from Abbott (1948) was Percy Penguin and Red Man ata Boy by Jack Hughes. From the 1970's he shared other card pickers from his collection, Fifi, Yogi Bear, and Bob Klein's Grave Yard Ghost Picker. He closed his presentation with several other pickers including Oscar Rabbit and Homer Hudson's Golden Magic Wand.

Bev Bergeron continued his impromptu magic teach-in with every day items and routines that he has performed throughout his many years as a performer.

After the break, Chris Dunn emceed the performances of seven of our members. Mark Fitzgerald started out with Tom Craven's “Inside, Outside”. Bev Bergeron performed his “3 Frog Monte” with a volunteer from his audience. Dan Stapleton followed with his rendition of Ron Frost's “Book Test”. James Songster demonstrated an entertaining “Stocastisity” for the membership's pleasure. Marty Bristow entertained with “Cards of Nineteen”. J. C. Hiatt and Tim (Lyndell) Scarborough closed out the evening with two comedy routines: J. C. by means of a Cup and Ball and Lyndell with an unforgettable monologue.

A fine time was had by all.