The next Houdini Club of Wisconsin activity meeting is set for Saturday, January 16th., 2009!

The theme of this month's meeting is Chinese Magic! Put on your best silk robe and dust off your Square Circle and Foo cans. Come join the fun and dazzle us with your magic.

• Board Meeting 5:30pm
• Cocktails 6:00pm
• Dinner 7:00pm
• Program after dinner

Check out the Event List for other Houdini Club events.

Geoff Williams: "The Lecture Your Mother Never Gave You!"

Here's what some are saying about Geoff's "Miracles For Mortals" DVD set as well as his lecture notes:

"Unfortunately these may be one of the more overlooked GREAT DVD sets out. Many might not know Geoff's name but I can assure you this is some of the best material to see DVD this last year in my opinion. Kozmo Magic had TWO great must-have releases back to back... Geoff Williams and Slydini."

—TIM TRONO, Murphy's Magic Supplies Inc.  

• SAUSAGE FINGER ILLUSION: An optical illusion becomes REAL and, just as quickly as it appears, it vanishes into nothingness.
• ELECTRICAL ARTLET: Boom box cord too short to reach the wall outlet? No problem; just draw an outlet on a pad of paper, plug in the cord and the music starts right up! Based on a Fantasio effect and used with his permission.
• MIRACLE COIN VANISH: This gets GASPS from spectators. Looks like real magic.
• THE "I HATE DAVID COPPERFIELD" TRICK: Based on "Close-Up Illusion" by Larry Jennings, a card VISIBLY MELTS through another. The visuals here go WAY BEYOND the original. This instructional DVD was on Penguin Magic's "Bestseller List" for most of 2009.
• MORE ON "OIL & WATER": Sam Schwartz's wondrous 3-phase, 8-card O & W routine with NO SLEIGHTS! NONE! Thanks to Sam for allowing Geoff to include this gem with minor handling changes.
• THE HAT TRICK: A close-up version of pulling a rabbit out of a hat, suitable for restaurant workers. Now you have the perfect answer to the age-old challenge.
• BEAR HANDS: A great packet trick for kids (or adults) where a bear jumps from a card onto a spectator's hand. -- READY 2 LINK: A technique that makes the get-ready for the Linking Rubberbands TOTALLY INVISIBLE. Based on Roger Klause's brilliant concept of half-moves.
• JUST A BIT MORE ULTIMATE THAN JOHN MENDOZA'S "ULTIMATE TORN & RESTORED CARD": The name says it all. In an e-mail to Geoff, Mr. Mendoza (a close-up DEITY) said he thinks more of this method (of his trick which appeared in "The Book of John") than any of the "piece-by-piece" restorations out there. You're clean at the first and clean at the end. As a bonus, it's SUPER EASY to do even though the card is SIGNED ON BOTH SIDES!
• BACHELOR'S THREAD: Raj Madhok's marvelous method of magically producing the ring for a Ring & String routine. It just appears out of NOWHERE!
• THREADY OR NOT: Geoff's "improved" handling for the first phase of any Ring & String routine. Originally based on the Earl Nelson move (in "Variations"), this one addresses two major discrepancies in the original.
• DEVASTATION: This might just be the BEST impromptu card trick ON THE PLANET! Tom Daugherty's totally impossible card location that'll devastate your audience (hence the name). Note: there's NOT ONE SLEIGHT in the entire trick! Works with a borrowed deck. Worth the price of the notes MANY TIMES over.
• EVERYTHING'S A RADIO: A real reputation maker! Make a radio station broadcast come out of anything: a ketchup bottle, a crayon, a drawing... ANYTHING!

Please check the Events listing for dates and times of Ring 31 meetngs.

The Southeastern Wisconsin Magical Entertainers Club's January newsletter is hot off the press. The next meeting will be on Jan 19th., at 7:00pm. See the newsletter or check our Events Calendar for directions.

This month the theme of the meeting will be Change Bag magic. So dust off your props, clear and otherwise, and head on down to the meeting with your best stuff...

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Dec 29 at 6:30, Dick DeYoung is going to be performing his all star magic/illusion show in Oostberg, WI at the high school. 410 New York Avenue Oostburg, WI 53070-1229

Julie Sobanski remarked that Dick has some old school chestnuts in his show, so if you'd like to see some good old classic magic you should like Dick's show. Oostberg is about 50 miles from Milwaukee, in the Sheboygan area. There has been some talk about getting a car pool together to see Dick's show. Contact Julie if your interested in going...  

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Illusionist "Tristan Crist" of Baraboo, WI has opened a new website for his current illusion show. You will find show dates for spring 2010 in the "Events Listing" section of our website. During the summer, Tristan stars in two completely different magic shows 7 days a week - May through Labor Day, at Circus World in Baraboo, WI.

Tristan's Illusion Show website...

Please check the Events listing for dates and times of other Tristan Crist shows.

Glen Gerard Magic and Illusion Show, with special guest Ventriloquist Dale Brown. Show is a benefit for the Germantown Peers 4 Peers Program, a program which promotes healthy, drug-free lifestyles to area students.

Glen has been performing magic in our area for a very long time. I first meet Glen when he was a teenager, and I have enjoyed watching his magic ever since. Let's get out and support our local talent...

"Gerard's magic touch was guaranteed to hold the attention of any audience."
—The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Milwaukee, WI

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Check out the Event List for Glen's other shows.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 27, 28 & 29.

It's the 3rd annual “Merry Magic Christmas” at the ‘Cine Dine’ AT&T Palladium Theater within the Marcus Majestic complex; 770 Springdale Rd; Brookfield, WI 53186. David and his lovely assistants welcome you and Santa Claus to the 2009 holiday season with wonderful magic, illusion accented with special music and costuming just for the holidays. Santa will greet all the youngsters following the 1:00 pm shows each day. Enjoy the magic and at-your-seat delicious food and beverages.  

Please check the Events listing for dates and times of other David Seebach shows.

The next Houdini Club of Wisconsin activity meeting is set for Saturday, November 21st, 2009!

The theme of this month's meeting is BIRTHDAY MAGIC! What are your special party tricks? Come join the fun and dazzle us with your magic.

• Board Meeting 5:30pm
• Cocktails 6:00pm
• Dinner 7:00pm
• Program after dinner

Check out the Event List for other Houdini Club events.

NOVEMBER 2009 SAM61 PRESIDENT’S REPORT.

Greetings members, At our  November meeting on November 18, 2009 there will be a lecture by Julie Sobanski, the Princess of Magic.  Julie is quite an asset to our club and the magic community in Wisconsin. She is a great magicienne She has recently been elected the Houdini Club of Wisconsin President.  She has performed at PolishFest for many years and at many other festivals in our area. 

Please check the Events listing for dates and times of SAM 61 meetngs.

With the weather getting chilly, you might not be thinking about the Wisconsin Dells, but you should, because one of the best magic shows in Wisconsin just happens to play there every weekend. Rick & Susan Wilcox opened their 550 seat magic theater in Wisconsin Dells in 1999. It just may be one of the best kept "secrets" of magic, unless you travel I-94 and see their colorful billboards along the road on the way to the Dells.

Continuing weekends through the month of October, Rick and Susan perform a 90 minute "Grand Illusion Show" that easily competes with any of the current Vegas magic spectaculars. The show combines magic and comedy with spectacular grand illusions in a beautiful theater built for magic.

Its a lot closer, and less expensive, than its Vegas counterparts, so what's not to like? Gas up the car, round up the kids, and head on up to the Dells for a great  show. It's pure magic. See our Events calendar for dates and times.

Milwaukee area Illusionist, David Seebach has the feature cover story in the October, 2009 issue of MUM, the magazine of The Society of American Magicians. The five page article has 13 pictures showcasing David's Illusions in the Night show, which runs in October at the Modjeska Theater. To find out more about SAM, visit their website here.

Please check the Events listing for dates and times of David's public shows!

Theophilus Magic's Annual Houdini Sale begins October 1st—

• Celebrating 25 yrs. of service in Milwaukee
• Everthing in the shop 20% to 40% off*
• Many great new items brought in for this sale
• Sale extends the entire month of October, 2009
• Biggest sale of ANY magic dealer. Don't miss this!

Richard, Andy and Angie wish you a very spooky Oct.

* Usual exceptions apply

Where nightmares are born...

"A Theater Of Lost Souls have found their way to the top... Great creepy acting." - Haunted Wisconsin.

"Awsome, you guys freaked me out." B. Earlson

A Theater Of Lost Souls will open for the 2009 season on October 2nd., at 7pm. We are making plans to make "ATOLS" the largest attraction in NE Wisconsin in 2009 and we are totally remodeling the attraction. 2008 was a very exciting year for us, and we were honored to be named as one of the states top attractions by the Milwaukee Journal newspaper.

Mark your calendars for October 16th.

David Copperfield's "An Intimate Evening of Grand Illusion" will play two shows (6pm & 9pm) at The Milwaukee Theatre, in downtown Milwaukee, on October 16th., 2009. True to its title, "Grand Illusion" is the logical and incredible evolution of this conjurer's art. Copperfield's goal in "Grand Illusion" is to take one's dreams (and maybe a few nightmares) and make them become reality, using his state of the art wizardry.

Please check the Events listing for dates and times of David's shows!