Conn,
Doug: Conn-Juring
Notes ©2004 Doug Conn Softcover, saddle-stitched, 41 Pages Was also available as an eBook from Doug Conn |
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Comments:
Prestidigitation, Legerdemain, & Other Unique Entertainments.
Graphics are
a bit low res and in B&W, but are sufficient for instruction.
Recommended!
Contents:
4 Preface, Introduction & Dedication
5 Flush Brush: Deck is split into four piles, face up and face
down.
The two left piles are shuffled together, and the two right piles
are
shuffled together (face up mix with face down), and then all are
shuffled together. The cards are used as a paintbrush, and 'paint'
a
royal flush
10 After-Afterburn: your business card is removed from a wallet
and
bursts into flames, but is then found whole
12 Joints: Three coins vanish and are produced at the Elbow, Knee,
and
Neck. No gimmicks.
15 Coin Spectacle: Three coins travel to the Elbow, Knee, and
Neck, and
is repeated. (uses a shell)
18 Plausible Presentations: Essay. Magic can have more impact if
there
is a plausible explanation. Explores some approaches.
21 One: a one coin flurry routine (also uses a purse frame).
Provides
additional flurry ideas and a bibliography of additional
resources.
26 Rab-Bit: a quick sponge routine with two small rabbits
27 This Little Pinky: A short dissertation on the Pinky Count.
27 C(o)u(n)t(t)ing the Aces: magician cuts to the Aces (uses Pinky
Count)
28 Spelling the Aces: Pinky Count
29 Open Index: final Pinky Count idea
30 Dante's Sandwich: Jokers capture the selection, the selection
vanishes, and an original prediction card becomes the selection
34 As the World Re-Turns: Yet another variation on Paul Curry's
Out of
this World, this one with two spectators
37 Yates' Four-Object Divination: plots and procedures for this
mathematic determination of which of four objects was chosen.
Ideas
include using people as objects, people passing an object around,
and
more.