Bauer, Ron: The Ron Bauer 2008 Lecture ©2008 Ron Bauer Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 32 pages

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Comments: Originally presented at the 2008 Golden Gate Gathering in San Francisco. The revised edition adds info for those who didn't attend the lecture.

Contents (from Genii's Magicpedia):

1 The Wrong Lecture
4 Do You Have an Act?
5 Background
6 Format
7 The Big Bag of Tricks & the Little Black Hat
7 Opening
8 Establish the Continuity
8 Transition
9 Closing

10 What Tricks?
11 Magicians as Actors
12 Let's Pretend
13 Performance Script
13 How to Make the Big Bag
14 How to Make the Slips
15 Finally... Alternative PREMISES for the FORMAT
15 Scrapbook
15 Magic Tricks Catalog

17 Two-card Turnover Technique (TTT)
20 The Repeat
20 The Stud
21 The Book
21 The Return

23 RAP (Riffle Action Palm)
23 Two Tells
24 Mechanics of the Palm
27 The Riffling Element
28 Combining the Riffle with the Palm
28 Leading and Moving On
28 Some Applications for the RAP
28 Replacement Action
28 Palm/Replacement Control
28 Overhand Shuffle Hideaway
28 The REAL Color Change

29 The Case of the Card in the Card Case