Gulf Coast Magicians Guild

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.

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

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.

The Gulf Coast Magician’s Guild’s
September meeting was called to order at 6:30pm, 15 minutes earlier than our regular meeting time so we could host the Barry Mitchell lecture.

President Nathan Nickerson conducted a brief business meeting. Topics included our annual public show and awards banquet. Info will be available in our upcoming newsletter and on our blog.

Special thanks to Betty Broomall and Joan Moody for taking care of the refreshment table and to all that brought the goodies, Isaac Brady for handling the raffle ticket sales, Nathan Nickerson and Dale Bosarge for conducting the raffle and to all that continue to support the club.

The Barry Mitchell lecture was a HUGE success! All that attended came away with some valuable information and some cool new toys. Thanks Barry for sharing your ideas with us!

For those of you that could not make it, I am sorry! It was a must see lecture!

Bill Metsch
Vice-President/Secretary

On September 15th the Gulf Coast Magician’s Guild will host Barry Mitchell’s Lecture: Simple Minded Success…Duh!

Barry Mitchell was formerly a street magician in the New Orleans French Quarter, a regular opening act for country music stars, the featured comedian at Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction, the Oreo Magician for the Southeast, a lecturer at the world famous Magic Castle in Hollywood and the Magic Circle in London.  Over the last three decades he has performed and lectured in almost every state and several different countries.

This is a lecture you don’t want to miss! Here’s a little info about Barry’s lecture!

Barry Mitchell’s Simple Minded Success . . . Duh!

Enjoy an evening of laughs, education, and more laughs!

It’s Better Family and Children’s Entertainment Made Easy.

The skills and tools that have made Barry Mitchell successful in children’s entertainment are simple.  Simple minded that is.  Magicians know the secrets of magic are rarely complex.  It’s the simple, truly simple, that enchants an audience.  This new lecture will help attendees have the confidence to go simple, reveal the distinct differences between tricks and entertainment, and show some really fun family and children’s entertainment.  Barry’s newest DVD, “You’ll Be Saying, ‘Duh, Why Didn’t I Think of That?” is a walk through the Dollar Store to think creativity and create magic from simple objects.  Barry will explain his way of thinking toward creating magic and show some of the simple minded magic anyone can make.

Where: 

Bayview Senior Center

2000 East Lloyd St.

Pensacola, Florida 32503

When:

September 15th

Quick business meeting to begin at 6:30pm

Lecture wil begin promptly at 6:45pm

Be sure to arrive early to guarantee a seat!

Cost:

$10 for members, SYM members* and spouses

$15 for non-members

*(SYM member may bring one parent for free)

The Gulf Coast Magicians Guild’s August meeting started off with Gene Burrell teaching us how to utilize those old Mardi Gras beads in magic. Wow, Thanks Gene for sharing your ideas.

President Nathan Nickerson called the meeting to order @ 7pm. The business topics- upcoming lecture Barry Mitchell, The kids magic show, awards banquet, public show, club picnic,  clubs New web site (gulfcoastmagic.com) and the clubs new credit card machine. Members info- Billy Countryman attended Kidabra and brought the club back a signed poster from Duane Laflin , Dale Bosarge attended Magic live and Noelle Paige is performing in Chicago.

We held our monthly raffle with over 25 magic items up for grabs thanks to everyone who purchased tickets and /or donated items. Thanks to Betty Broomall and Joan Moody for taking care of the refreshment table and to all that brought the goodies. Thanks to Isaac Brady for taking care of the club library and selling all those raffle tickets and Nathan, Isaac and Megan for conducting the raffle.

The Theme for the night- Magic Auction, Bring your magic and auction it off. A few dollars were made, Thanks to all that participated.

Charles Moody shared with us his color changing sugar packs. Jeremy performed a coins across, Billy Countryman showed off his new palm ball, Nathan Nickerson did a new card effect, if you were not there, Wow sorry you missed it! Jeff Sobel showed us a great rings off string, Dave Kloman finished off the night with his coin off rope.

Thanks to all that attended!

Bill Metsch