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    Bar Magic
    Bar Magic
    Bar Magic
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    Bar Magic

    By D. Angelo Ferri

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    I worked as a "Magic Bartender" for many years. Tricks have to be simple, quick, entertaining, and ideally employ common objects.
    Occasionally a customer would ask me to sit at his table, giving me the opportunity to perform 'The Glass Through the Table' and my 'Hat Load'.
    Slydini taught me his version of the 'Glass Trick'. He uses sound to control the perception of the spectator. Slydini's Vanishing Card. You will learn a very effective Hat Load, employing Slydini principles, a very nice version of Oil and Water, the surprise vanish of a group of playing cards, and my versions of the Copper and Silver Transposition.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. Angelo Ferri
    Release dateJan 15, 2019
    ISBN9780463505243
    Bar Magic
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    D. Angelo Ferri

    Thank you for taking a look at my profile page. Welcome! My magic e-books are dedicated to my teacher Slydini. It is my sincere hope that some Magicians will take up a serious study of his Art and pass it on to another generation of Magicians. My e-book: The Glass through the Table is a free download, my way to introduce you to the Magic of my teacher, Slydini. . Ever since I was a kid I’ve been fascinated with Magic, those old time private eye movies, especially the Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart, playing cards, and all things Italian. One night, while walking through the San Francisco Financial District, the idea for my own detective stories came to me. I’ve written two e-books that will teach you how to play some great Italian Cards games. My e-book: Scopa is a free download, my way to introduce you to my detective and the Italian Card Game Scopa.

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      Bar Magic - D. Angelo Ferri

      Bar Magic 2019 Edition

      by D. Angelo Ferri

      Distributed by Smashwords

      Copyright 2019

      D. Angelo Ferri

      Contents

      Introduction

      The Glass Through the Table

      Wise Buy Hat Load

      Slydini’s Vanishing Card

      Oil and Water

      Copper Silver Transposition

      Magician’s White Lie

      Meet the Author – D. Angelo Ferri

      Other e-books by D. Angelo Ferri

      Introduction

      I worked as a Magic Bartender for many years. Tricks have to be simple, quick, entertaining, and ideally employ common objects. People may enjoy a trick or two, but with few exceptions, they didn’t come to the bar to see Magic.

      Occasionally a customer would ask me to sit at his table, giving me the opportunity to perform 'The Glass Through the Table' and my 'Hat Load'.

      Slydini taught me his version of the 'Glass Trick'. He uses sound to control the perception of the spectator.

      One of my favorite books is about the Close Up Magic of Bert Allerton. He was a 1940’s Chicago based magician that worked fine hotels. He had a very nice version of the Glass Through the Table. I’ve included a brief explanation of it here

      The Hat Load, made famous by Malini is something I always wanted to do but I never trusted the explanations of the trick I read.

      One day I discovered ‘The Darker Side of Malini’ in Don Alan’s booklet Pretty Sneaky. At last I found a description I could believe in!

      I used a coin trick to set up the load but eventually decided on a card transposition. The hat is very important. I’ll give you some suggestions on the type of hat to use and where to get it. My method for loading the hat is based upon Slydini's System of movement.

      My Copper and Silver Transposition employs a slightly modified version of John Scarne's switch, and my opening patter employs the same psychology as Scarne.

      My second switch is more Slydini like. I put a lot of time and effort into this effect. The thing I worried about most was someone opening their hand immediately after I gave then the coin to hold (the switched coin). I finally found a way to prevent this. I offer you seated and standing versions.

      There are also two card tricks. 'Oil and Water', a separation of red and black cards as taught to me by Slydini and a very clever close up vanish of four playing cards leaving the magician with the spectator's chosen card.

      I love the history of our Art. I believe these tricks keep us in touch with the old masters that came before us. Think about it, with just two half dollars and an English Penny, a deck of cards, some paper napkins, and a glass you can do some classic magic at a moment’s notice. You can use these great classics of magic to promote your magic business and make new contacts.

      All the best,

      D

      The Glass Through the Table

      This is one of my favorite ‘impromptu’ tricks. Slydini offered this to me as a lesson in controlling audience perception and using sound to capture attention.

      I think somewhere along the line the concept of wrapping a glass or a salt shaker in a paper napkin in prelude to sending it through a table ended up on the back of a cereal box and that is why not many magicians perform it today.

      When I perform this for lay people, they love it. When I perform it for magicians the typical reaction is a new found appreciation for the trick thanks to the presentation.

      The Magician displays a coin and glass. The coin is placed on the table and the glass is placed mouth down over the coin.

      The first line is: Listen! The glass is moved from side to side. The coin hits the inner walls of the glass and makes a sound. This sound creates an association of the coin’s presence under the glass.

      I’ll make this coin disappear right in front of your eyes, you won’t believe it. So the stage is being set, the coin is the thing the spectator must look after, the glass is no longer material.

      Now the spectator ‘knows’ your intention is to make the coin disappear. He will naturally question anything that looks suspicious in that regard. So we use this to our advantage. The glass is wrapped with the napkins, slowly, methodically. As you pressing the napkin against the glass for a final time the glass is tipped forward by the left hand. The right hand makes a movement as though it has taken the coin from under the glass and placed it on your lap. Your attitude is these motions have gone undetected by the spectator. Warning: Do not attempt this trick with a cloth napkin. It will not hold the shape of the glass and the illusion will be destroyed. (I learned that the hard way!)

      Now we proceed with

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