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Louisville
Magic Club
CALENDAR
Join the S.A.M. and the I.B.M.For a combined convention in Louisville, Kentucky in 2008!
Six Days and Nights, July 21- 26, 2008The Galt House Hotel & Suites, Fourth Street at the River
Louisville Magic Club - Louisville, Kentucky
BulletinBulletinApril 2008
Several members gather in the hotel dining room around 6:00
for dinner before each meeting.
IBM 64 SAM 215Photo Courtesy of Greater Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau - www.gotolouisville.com
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
LMCLMC
As our year unfolds, we will update this space to have all the upcoming events.
July 21- 26, 2008IBM/SAM Convention
Galt House Hotel
CHUCK HICKOKMonday, April 28
7:00 p.m.Executive WestWilliam Room
Monday, April 28
BOB SHEETSMonday, May 26
7:00 p.m.Executive West
Chuck HickokI perform
“Magic of the Mind”
or “Sleight of Mind”.
I appear to read minds, predict the future, and influence other people’s choices.
It’s not your typical magic show!APPEARING
MONDAY, APRIL 287:00 pm
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2008 OFFICERSDEAN:
Sherrell Nunnelley_______________________
PRESIDENT:David Garrard
5351 Buck Creek Rd.Finchville, KY 40022
502-834-9698 (H)[email protected]
1ST VICE PRESIDENT:Ken Abbott
6709 Stonebridge Blvd.Charlestown, IN 47111
(812) 256-4721
2ND VICE PRESIDENT:Pat Miller
3245 Cross Bill Rd.Louisville, KY 40213
(502)635-1839
3RD VICE PRESIDENT:Jason Agostini
P.O. Box 548Fairdale, KY 40118
(502) 964-4077
SECRETARY:Tom Crecelius
106 Margaret StreetMilltown, IN 47145
(812) [email protected]
TREASURER:Bob & Sandy Escher
7508 Smyrna RoadLouisville, KY 40228
(502) 969-4800
SERGEANT-AT-ARMS:Darrin Pearl
328 N.Taggart Ave.Clarksville, IN 47129
(812)288-7226
BULLETIN EDITOR:Michael Raymer
5512 Pavilion WayLouisville, KY 40291(502)231-0689 (H)
WEBMASTER:Joe Riggs
410 1/2 west third street, madison indiana, 47250
(724) [email protected]
ADVISORY BOARD
Robert EscherSherrell Nunnelley
Marvin CullPete Miller
Roger Omanson
Chuck Hickok’s Award Winning LectureEntertaining people with Interesting, Easy-to-do and Strong Mentalism
Chuck Hickok is a Corporate Entertainer, Mentalist, and the author of the widely acclaimed books, Mentalism, Incorporated and Mentalism, Incorporated: Volume Two – two of the best selling books on Mentalism in the past five years. Chuck is also the winner of the 2007 Mel-bourne Christopher Award for Mentalism.
At this lecture, Chuck will teach you several easy-to-learn, entertaining audience-tested routines from his current corporate act.
Chuck will share his secrets for presenting Mentalism to corporate clients.
Plus, Chuck will review and expand upon his practical and proven ideas for effectively perform-ing mentalism in an entertaining manner.
This is for MAGICIANS and MENTALISTS alike! If you are interested in adding one or two strong and easy-to-perform mentalism routines to your current act, this lecture will give you a chance to learn from one of today’s best lecturers.
You will leave this with lecture with:
Strong, audience-tested Mentalism routines you can add to your act tomorrow!Practical strategies on how to build a convincing and entertaining Mentalism act for corporate audiences. These strategies also apply to any corporate entertainment presentation.Proven suggestions from an award winning working professional that will help you become a better performer, anywhere. Consider what Larry Becker said about Chuck, “Chuck Hickok has achieved outstanding promi-nence in the field of corporate entertainment. Chuck’s book reveals the intimate details of his process for structuring a strong corporate act. Chuck shares the ‘real work’ about mentalism that is missing from other books.”
Michael Close of Magic Magazine said of Chuck’s book, “A competent performer with good marketing skills could take Chuck’s suggestions and make a living with the ideas in this book. What’s that worth to you? It’s worth a hell of lot more than the $60 price. I highly recommend it”.
Barrie Richardson, author of the mentalism classic, Theater of the Mind, recently said “Chuck’s ideas are for anyone who wants to learn how to present a mentalism act that will inspire, enter-tain, and generate customers. Chuck’s ideas on showmanship could stand alone as relevant and extremely helpful advice for anyone.”
Bob Sheets will be here May 26!Bob Sheets will lecture for our club on Monday, May 26 at 7 p.m. at the Executive West Hotel. We realize May 26 is Memorial Day and some will not be able to attend, but this was the only weekday available if we wanted to have Bob on his midwest swing. Watch for more info on this lecture in the next newsletter.
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SHOW TICKETS FOR IBM/SAM CONVENTION
LMC members will have access to a limited number of tickets for the Tuesday evening and Friday evening shows of the combined SAM/IBM convention in July. Tickets are $25 each and must be paid for in advance. Please be prepared to tell David Garrard how many you want at our next meeting. These are seats that the committee will release for public sale, but we will get a shot at them first, and can buy them without incurring box office handling charges. The convention commit-tee will not know until May how many tickets will be available, but they have asked us for a number now.
PROGRAM ADS FOR IBM/SAM CONVENTION
Our club has been asked to help sell program ads for the combined IBM/SAM convention this summer. Our club will be placing an ad. Individual perform-ers, restaurants, local services, anyone and everyone are welcome to do so as well! Rates are as follows: full page, $350; half page, $225; quarter page, $140; calling card, $50; patron listing, $25. Email David Garrard ([email protected]) for a copy of the rate card, order form and specifications.
Visit, http://battleofthehands.info for the latest information.
Show Dates…Monday March 31st 8:00 PMMonday April 28th 8:00 PMMonday May 26th 8:00 PM
Monday June 30th 8:00 PM (Finals)Tickets $6.00 Online / $8.00 At The Door
That Fabled Funnyman, Frankie Foolya will beappearing at the Comedy Caravan
on April 17, 2008 at 10 PM. (this is rescheduled due to ice storm)
Come see him and mentionFrankie to get in for only $4.00!
Comedy Caravan1250 Bardstown RoadLouisville, KY 40204
(502) 459-0022
CHRISTMAS BANUET IS DECEMBER 6!Mark your calendars now! Our annual Holiday/Christmas Banquet is set for Saturday, December 6 at the Kosair Temple. Jack Wilson will be working on lining up outstanding entertainment for this evening.
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From the Editor EDITORIAL NOTE:Please have all articles for inclusion in the next bulletin issue submitted by the 20TH of the Month.
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- 2008 -LMC MEMBERSHIP DUES
Annual dues are payable each January 1st.
Magicians ............................................... $35.00Spouse/Magician’s Assistant .................. $15.00Juniors (17 years & under) ..................... $15.00 A full year’s dues will be charged until June 30. After October 1st, dues will be reduced 1/2 for new members only.
One monthly bulletin will be sent by mail or e-mail to the member’s address!
Out Of My HatDavid Garrard, President
If you missed the Daryl Lecture you missed a fun evening of very practical and easy to do magic! Daryl is always a joy to watch and a great magical teacher. I received some calls that people received their bulletins late by mail, I am sorry for that. I usually place them in a box in front of the office and while they pick up everyday, they often do not get “all” the mail out of the box. I will begin dropping these off at the main post office to ensure that you get the bulletin on time. I’m still having a few emails bounce back, and some mailed bulletins returned. Some are because your email box is full and some are permanent errors. So if you signed up for the email version and haven’t received a bulletin, it’s either because your email ad-dress on file is incorrect or you have too many emails in your box...so start reading those emails and send me your correct email address. See you at the Chuck Hickok Lecture.
Michael Raymer
There you are, up on the stage, working hard, doing your best . . . and your audience sits there in an unresponsive stupor. Believe me, I’ve been there, and the situation always reminds me of this line I borrowed from a band back in the 70’s: “Remember folks, all of the magic you are seeing performed today is being performed live . . . almost as if you yourself were a live audience!” No performer likes to find themselves in that kind of situation, and yet I wonder if, as magicians, we are too often guilty of being that kind of audience for our peers and colleagues. Daryl, who recently lectured for our club and who is one of the finest magicians in the world, came up to one of my friends several years ago after a club lecture and said, “Thank you.” My friend replied, “For what?” Daryl said, “For being re-sponsive. For laughing and clapping, just like a real audience.” The rest of the magic club just sat there throughout the lecture, deader than a doornail . . . and this for one of the most entertaining and innovative performers in magic! What kind of audience member are you when someone else is doing magic? Sure, we know how most of the magic is done. Yes, we’ve probably seen the tricks before. We may even have an idea or two for how to improve the handling. However, if we are watching a magical performance, we need to momen-tarily suspend what we know about magic and lead the audience to enjoy the moment. This means starting the applause, not staring blankly as if we are under anes-thesia! It means laughing at jokes and lines we may have heard and even used hundreds of times. It means acting surprised, even though we may know exactly what is going to happen. It means doing everything we can to encourage our fellow performer, just as we would want to be encouraged were we the ones up in the spotlight. It means finding something positive to say about the performance, or the performer. As LMC members, I hope you will join me in looking for ways to cheer on fellow magicians when we find ourselves in the audience, remembering that some day, the shoe may be on the other foot.
Where is the Love?