Dave G
News - March 2010
News Page - March
February Meetings
Two very informative meetings were held in February: Gaff Magic hosted by Paul Rae and Card Sleights hosted by Marcus Gordon.
March Highlights
An unusually splendid month is scheduled for March. We will start on th 9th with a joint fund-raiser in conjunction with Westpark School. This has been organised by Paul Rae who is also employed as a pedagogue at that establishment. If it is half as much fun as the last couple of fund raisers that we've done, it will be an absolute treat for those four of our members who will be performing: Paul himself, John McGrath, Steve Meredith and Norn Bichan.
The second meeting is The Ron Gordon Cup, our competition for Card Magic, hosted by the lad himself, the inimitable Ron Gordon. After the recent workshops, card meetings and lectures at Blackpool, I'm sure that the competition will be fierce and the standard high; not to mention there being a large field of entrants. Good luck to all!
Announcements
There has been a change to the distribution method for the Society's magazines Pisces. Starting with issue 17/6 (January 2010), Pisces will be sent through the post to all bona fide members, i.e. those who have paid their subscriptions or are exempt from payment. If you do not receive a copy and you think that you should do, please contact the Secreatary or Vice President and ask them to have the address list updated.
There is a Society email list available, thanks to the efforts of Mr. McGrath. To join the list, simply send an email to: john@magicbyjohn.co.uk or contact John or Dave. If we can get everyone in the Society onto the list it will greatly help in the distribution of information and allow us all to communicate swiftly and securely.
Next Month
April looks very tasty.
First meeting, on the 13th, is Bizarre Magic and is being hosted by Dean Spruce. Those of you who have sampled Dean's Bizarre nights before will know what a treat we're in for. As always, please come prepared with something of your own or even something that you would like to do in the Bizarre field but need a little guidance on.
A treat on the 27th as we are very lucky to be hosting Oliver Meech (pictured above) as a guest lecturer. Eoin Smith will host the night and if you ask will give you lots of information about Oliver. This is one quote about his lecture:
"Described by Genii Online as “wildly creative”, Oliver Meech (The Creative Conjuror) loves developing tricks with new plots. His first book, 'The Plot Thickens', was a critical and commercial success, and his work has been compared to Paul Harris and Jay Sankey. In this fun and informative lecture you’ll learn a range of tricks, designed to be original yet practical. There will also be a mini-workshop teaching a powerful creativity technique that makes it easy to come up with new tricks of your own.
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