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Magic By Misdirection

- by Enrico Varella
(Based on Bob Chua's Lecture on the 3rd February 2007 SMC Gathering)

[Enrico Varella is the founder and editor of The Quantum Ring, the official newsletter of IBM 115, Singapore since 1995. He has been published in The Linking Ring, and The Encyclopaedia of Card Forces (by Lewis Jones). He has received credit for his creation, the Tiepit (a jacket-less topit) in Bob Fitch's The Topit Workshop 3-DVD set (Kohler Magic). He is currently completing his omnibus of his Tiepit principles and application.]

Magic without misdirection: can this premise work? Can we perform magical effects without the principles of misdirection? The answer seems YES. However, can misdirection enhance the impact of the magic being presented?

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Home arrow Photos arrow 3rd SMC gathering, 19th Dec 2004

These are photos from the 3rd ever SMC Gathering on 19th Nov, 2004 at the Youth Park Coffee Shop.
It was about this time that flourish was breaking out in a big way in Singapore due to the influence of Bone, Huron, Daryl, Kevin, Cai, Sylvester, Justin and other "early" local flourishers and it showed in the number of flourishing moves seen.

There are a couple of faces you might recognise in there, some of them "pre-adolescence" Wink

 


pict0020 		Huron Low and Kevin Ho flourishing

Huron and Kevin 		Darren and Seng Hoe doing their stuff to each other.<br />You can see Justin in the background.

Darran and Seng Hoe 		From left: Huron, Kevin, Daryl.

With our powers combined.....
...and his fav rings.

Cynwell 		Showing off their mad flourishes

Huron and Daryl
 

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