There were two meetings held in March and they were both at the exceptional level we demand from our meetings. I mean, they were good.

On the 10th, Garry was our host for our annual competition for Card Magic, The Rob Gordon Cup. We had a reasonably sized field of entrants, comprising five very talented card magicians. In order of appearance they were James Dickson, Paul Rae, Dave Anderson, Scott Clegg and Steve Meredith. They each gave a superb performance and no one envied the job that the judges - Jenny Seagraves, Nicolas Maulet and Jeff Burns - had to do. The standard was such that whichever of the five competitors was announced as the winner, there would and could be no argument. After doing his sums, the President announced that the victor was Dave Anderson. Photographs were taken, thanks were proffered and tears were shed.

The second meeting was hosted by Jeff with everyone showing off their abilities in the Allied Arts. He explained what was meant by the Allied Arts and listed many examples before kicking things off with a demonstration with his friend Hamish. Jeff spoke about there benefits of a puppet is used thoughtfully and correctly and gave us a little of Hamishs history, culminating with his refurbishment by TVs Bear Ladies. He invited the Membership to contribute and almost everyone in attendance did so. We were treated to many forms of entertainment that is related to magic including: another couple of examples of puppetry, juggling, mime, monte, Fast and Loose tech problems aside, rope tie/escape for two people, a coin puzzle, chapeaugraphy, Troublewit, knives, poetry, dice stacking, and glass spinning.

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