September, 1997

STARS OF MAGIC
Show time: matinee 2:30pm, evening 7:30pm at the Leo Rich Theatre, Saturday the 27th of September. If you still have tickets to sell get them sold and grab more just because the more you sell the better your chance to win the drawing, and remember the grand prize - a $50.00 gift certificate to Williams Magic. Just remember all tickets and money must be turned in by Wed. 24th to Mike Deshalit. If you missed the meeting and have no posters get them at Williams Magic and please do your best to hang a few around. John Shryock's father works very hard to give us these professional quality poster, so yeah, they look great on your wall at home but they'll help us out a lot better if they find their way into store windows etc.... All our efforts will assure a good turnout.
Also again this year you can purchase advertising on the back of the show programs for $25.00. Just think of the advertising you can get for such a nominal fee. There will be at least 800 programs handed out that day and many people keep them as souvenirs so that means that you small ad keeps working for you all the time. Wow who'd a thunk. If you are interested contact John Shyrock ASAP.

Old Business
The Daryl lecture was great as usual and from the reaction of the crowd many people picked up new ideas and tricks. If you don’t do anything of his now, you should check out Presto Printo. A real killer trick and lay people freak out over the specially printed cards.
Due to family complications Gregg Chmara submitted his resignation as secretary. Alvon Brumfield was suckered / voted in as a replacement. We wish all the best for Greggs son and father and hope for a speedy recovery. Thanks for all your service Gregg, and we hope you can still make the meetings.
At this meeting we reinstated an activity that has not been done for quite some time. The SAM has long had a history of initiating applicants who have been accepted as new members. This is a ceremony that is quite a production when done the formal way. Tonight we performed the short form and although it was a rough draft it did provide two things. The new members learn a few things about the history of our club and what some things stand for such as our emblem and the letters M.U.M. and hopefully a sense of fellowship with the other members. The unsuspecting victims were John Burros, Jim Davidson and Stuart Hertzog. Welcome aboard guys.

Next Meeting
The October meeting will be on Oct. 6th. at the Hotel Park Tucson. A board meeting at 6:30 will be followed by th general meeting at 7:30 We will be having our annual CLOSE-UP CONTEST so those of you who plan on performing polish up those acts and prepare for battle. If your not in it we always need judges and feedback people.

GOOD OF THE ORDER
Tom Potter a Broadway Star? If you saw the play fill us in.
Look for Brian Moore at Laffs Comedy Cafe Oct. 7th
Bill McRea is putting on an Entertainment Jamboree at the foothills Mall. If you feel you have the talent go and audition, after all there is prize money. And isn't that why we do this? Call Bill for details.
Any of you mad mentalists who were planning to attend the Becker / Strivings lecture - workshop, it has been canceled due to lack of interest but wait you probably already knew that. If you sent in money look for a refund.

FUTURE MONTHLY THEMES
Oct - Close-up contest
Nov- Turkey Magic
Dec- White Elephant

At Our Last Meeting
Performances for the evening began with the persuading of past president Frank Lutz to be the master of ceremonies. Like he had a choice.
First up was Bill Black , also a past president, who described the post office building budget to us, all the time using paper to demonstrate his points. As always Bill very clever.
Next up was master mentalist Mr. Bruce Martyn. Bruce pulled out several sheets of paper with all sorts of different company logos on them, maybe fifty or so to a sheet. He had someone in the audience just think of a logo that interested him and while thinking of his chosen logo Bruce would try to read his mind . It didn't take long for Bruce to draw a picture of the logo which turned out to be Lenders Bagels.
One of the newest members John Burrows was next with a killer card trick in which he had John Shyrock help him. John was given the deck and asked to select a card and lose it. Mr. Burrows discovered the identity of the card without ever having touched the deck.
Our current Prez performed what he called the most difficult trick in the world. Norm had two people each select a card and returned to different parts of the deck. After a brief shuffles(real of course) Norm produced a card that proved to be neither persons card. But not to be alarmed Norm simply tossed the card in the air and it landed in the middle of the deck held in his hand. Not only that but the card above and below it were indeed the two selections.
Next was Chris Lyons , whom many members have not seen perform lately. But not to let any unknowing persons down Chris performed a flurious coin routine so well structured and executed it would make David Roth cr—p. Well done Chris you still have the touch.
Last years president Frank Lutz got up and did a true or false card trick with Mike Deshalit. After having Mike select a card and some Dingleesque like madman cuts (all fair I might add) Frank began a series of true or false questions. Mike seemingly not quite knowing how to answer still ended up with his card. Baffling.
Our closing performer was the well known world traveler John Shryock. John did one of his pet routines that is currently printed in his hot selling lecture notes Slightly Tricky (check it out only 20 bucks) . This routine is called ATCCD ,sounds like a drug, well you’ll need drugs to do it. John has a card selected and puts it in the center of the deck only to come back to the top. Once again, this time John cuts the deck in half and mixes face up into face down. With the snap of the fingers the cards all straighten out and face the same way. Not only that but the selection is the only card facing the wrong way and to top off everything the deck upon being ribbon spread has changed color from that of the selection . Hence the name Ambitious Triumphant Color Changing Deck. You too can learn this routine along with many other knuckle busting items that John says "it's not that hard you can do it " from his book. Look for it in stores near you. Norm Marini