Gulf Coast Magicians Guild

Aldo Colombini Lecture

Gulf Coast Magicians — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:23:12 +0000

April 19th the Gulf Coast Magician’s Guild will host the Aldo Colombini lecture! You won’t want to miss this!

Aldo has performed in 52 countries and is a FISM award winner. This might be the last time you get to see him lecture as they are on their final tour! It will be $10 for members and $20 for nonmembers.

Thursday, April 19th

6:45pm

Bayview Senior Center

2000 E Lloyd St

Pensacola, FL 32503

Meeting Minutes: March

Gulf Coast Magicians — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 02:19:20 +0000

The March meeting started off with a teach-in conducted by Nathan Nickerson.

The theme for the night, My Favorite Magic trick. Nathan showed us some of his favorite card sleights and a cool money prediction. Thanks Nate for the great tips!

The business portion of the meeting was called to order with 29 members and guest present. Topics discussed included Open House guests, member’s health issues, club blog, youth group restarted and has 3 new members, treasury report and upcoming events.

A few games were played, youth members Jeremy, Ben and Evan played a round of the alphabet game that was hysterical. After a short break, we had the club’s monthly raffle of over twenty items. Some lucky members got some great new toys. Special thanks to Dave Kloman and Stan Telatovich for their magical donations. A new game was played (things about club members that no one would know) Nathan secretly asked members to tell a little something about their self that no one knew and then read them randomly. The members then tried to guess who it was. The winner won a raffle ticket. Wow! The things you learn at a meeting!

The theme of the night performances included:

Gene Burrell- ring off string, Jeffrey Sobel- color changing balls, Beau Broomall- card routine (How to cheat fairly), Nathan Nickerson- walk around magic, Perry Vath – with a 6 card deck, Bill Metsch- bent a spoon, Bill Mikulas- blank cards and Dave Kloman with his hamper of toys. Thanks to all that came and see you next month!

Bill Metsch

February Meeting Minutes

Gulf Coast Magicians — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:51:15 +0000

At 4:30pm a travelling magic shop was set up in the parking lot of the Bayview Senior Center stocked with approx. 4,000 magic items. During the meeting, Mr. Emory Williams introduced us to Williams Magic by first unrolling a near life-size picture of his shop in Tuscon, AZ, followed by demonstrating a few of his favorite items: “Hypno-Bill,” “Hot-Leads,” and “Think.”
For more information visit www.williamsmagic.com (FREE shipping).

Al Grimm began a teach-in at 6:45 pm. “Mr. Zippy-Lock” was entertaining, informative, and low-cost.

The meeting started by recognizing guests and new members: Jeremy & Nathan Sperling, Evan Murphy, & Aaron Kolb.

Harley Day was recognized as a distinguished Member, while Al Grimm & Bryan Drake were entered into the Sorcerer’s Circle.

Al Grimm announced that the Youth group will re-form next month (Mar 15th) at 6pm – invite all 8-17 year olds you know who have an interest in learning some good magic to come & join in.

GCMG’s president, Nathan Nickerson updated us on a recent cruise (50 magicians) and a murder mystery evening that didn’t end so well.

A hilarious game was played followed by a raffle of 25 magic items – lots of good stuff went home with happy members.

The theme of the night Kids Magic, Al Grimm (Color Changing Feathers), Jeremy Sperling (Timeless), Billy Countryman (Color Blendo), Beau Broomall (Ring-in-Rose), & Dave Kloman (6 effects from his Basket of Tricks) as well as Scott, a visitor from Biloxi (Blushing Card & Kissed) performed some great magic.

UPCOMING EVENT: Aldo Columbini will lecture at our Apr. 19th meeting. The meeting ended at 8:45 with an invitation for next month’s “Open House” on Mar. 15th at 6:45 pm – see you there.

February Updates

Gulf Coast Magicians — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:20:57 +0000

On February 16th the Gulf Coast Magicians Guild will have it’s monthly meeting! The theme will be Valentine’s and Children’s Magic. President Nathan Nickerson will be back with stories from Mexico. We will have a raffle, the return of a hilarious game we haven’t played in a while, and a Special Guest!

Who will it be? It’s more of a what. We are going to have a magic shop visiting! Williams Magic from Arizona will have it’s traveling magic shop in our parking lot! If you’re looking for new magic but don’t want to pay shipping, this is your chance to pick up some great stuff! The shop will be open around 4:30pm if you want to stop by early! It will be open throughout the meeting and for a little afterwards.

The meeting will begin at is usual time of 6:45pm. See you there!

Christmas Party

Gulf Coast Magicians — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:29:17 +0000

Tonight is our annual Christmas Party! Bring a snack or two and any holiday themed magic you may have! Same place and same time! 6:45pm at the Bayview Senior Center. Hope to see you then!

Holiday Magic Show

Nathan Nickerson — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:48:39 +0000

Join the Gulf Coast Magicians Guild this Wednesday for it’s Holiday Magic Show at the Bayview Senior Center! The following is a press release from the Pensacola Parks and Recreation Department. Hope to see you there!

It’s not hocus pocus! The Annual Holiday Magic Show is here again! Join Play Pensacola and the Gulf Coast Magicians Guild as we abracadabra our way into the Holidays on December 7th! The show will begin at 6:00pm in the Bayview Senior Resource Center Auditorium. All ages are welcome with a $5 donation to support the Al Condon Youth Scholarship Fund and the Gulf Coast Magicians Guild. For more information call 436-5190 or e-mail at aquina@ci.pensacola.fl.us.

Bayview Senior Resource Center

2000 East Lloyd Street

Pensacola, FL 32053

An Evening of Magic

Nathan Nickerson — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:09:14 +0000

On November 19th the Gulf Coast Magicians Guild will be hosting it’s annual fundraising show An Evening of Magic. Half of the ticket sales are donated every year to Pensacola’s Parks and Recreation Department. Our family friendly show will feature 6 members from our club.

The event will be held at the Bayview Senior Center (2000 E Lloyd St. Pensacola, FL 32503). The doors will open at 6:30pm and the show will begin at 7:00pm. We will also have a tour through a collection of magic apparatus and advertisements reaching to the early 1800′s. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children.

GCMG Awards Banquet

Nathan Nickerson — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:06:35 +0000

On November 17th, the Gulf Coast Magicians Guild will hold it’s annual Awards Banquet. Dinner will be served at 6:30pm. After dinner we will have a raffle and our Awards Presentation. Sean Beard will then entertain everyone with a lecture. There is no cost for members and their families. Non-members will pay $10 for the lecture.

Members are asked to bring a side dish and their own bevarage. The club will furnish the main dish of chicken or beef. Please RSVP to Nathan Nickerson (nate@nathannickerson.com) if you will be attending or with any questions you may have.

October Meeting Minutes

Nathan Nickerson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:12:11 +0000

The October meeting started off with President Nathan Nickerson conducting a teach-in, a card prediction that involved an audience member who unexpectedly performed the magic. The business meeting was called to order, we welcomed our guests, Wes Treadway and his son, Ted Petroskie and Todd Roberts. Thanks for attending and we will see you back soon. We plan to move our Public Show to October in 2012, to help celebrate National Magic Week this will help with conflicts that arise from having the show in November. Member Gene Burrell’s wife is not well. We hope she has a speedy recovery. Our new Web site/ Blog is working well, we have had a lot of activity in a very short time. Other business included our Club picnic, Public show, Awards banquet, December’s Meeting, and the Christmas Kids Show. We then played a game of trivia for raffle tickets, the subject this month was Harry Houdini.

The Gulf Coast Magicians Guild then held their yearly Election of Officers. This year’s line up:

President -Nathan Nickerson

Vice President – Beau Broomall

Secretary – Bill Metsch

Treasurer – Perry Vath

Sergeant At Arms – Harley Day

Chaplain – Charles Dunn

Librarian – Isaac Brady

Good & Welfare – Al Grimm

Historian – Nathan Nickerson

Website – Nathan Nickerson

Scribe – Bill Metsch

After a short break we raffled off over 30 items. Four Youth members were picked to play a round of the Alphabet game. This will never get old, it is hysterical. The theme for October was Spooky Magic. Al Grimm started it off with a mental effect using randomly chosen numbers that added up to his prediction. Nathan Nickerson entertained us with a book test using two volunteers, two words, and two books. Wow it was a little spooky. Beau Broomall showed us what a Vampire card will do to a deck of cards (sucks the blood right out of them) and then showed us how to catch some spirits in a handkerchief. Guest Ted Petroskie performed a mental card affect where three volunteers chose three random cards and then told us what each card was. Then Jeff Soble entertained us with what he called the We Wizard Detector where the volunteer finds his own card behind his back! Many thanks to Betty Broomall for the wonderful snack table, to all that brought the goodies, and to Beau Broomall for the decorations that made it feel more like Halloween. Thanks to Isaac Brady for keeping up with the books and the raffle ticket sales. A Special Thanks to member Dave Kloman for donating so many raffle items all year, I cannot keep up with all of his donations.

Thanks for your support!

Bill Metsch

Sean Beard Lecture

Nathan Nickerson — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:23:01 +0000

On November 17th the GCMG will hold it’s annual awards banquet. We will have dinner, a large raffle with special prizes, the awards ceremony, and a lecture by magician Sean Beard.

Sean has studied privately in Las Vegas with some of Vegas’ headliners. Most of what Sean performs is his own creation or at least his own adaptation. During our brief phone conversation I could tell Sean has a true passion for our art form. His lecture will focus a great deal on magic theory and presentation. A few of his effects will be performed but most importantly he will explain the thinking behind each and it’s various applications. His creative process is something that I think everyone will enjoy and hopefully learn from.

Sean is most well known for a trick he released through Ellusionist called Kaos. It’s a card through window with no set-up. I’ve personally used this effect for years. Here is the original trailer from Ellusionist. Daniel Garcia is the featured performer in the video however it was created by Sean.