Kaminskas, Michael: Miracle Material ©1996 Michael Kaminskas, L&L Publishing, CA Hardcover, w/dj, 103 pages

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Comments: Illustrated by Michael Kaminskas

Contents (from book):

1 Introduction (Michael Ammar)
3 Foreword (Michael Kaminskas)

5 Act I: The Pasteboards
7 Triumphant Return: version of Dai Vernon's Triumph
8 - Dai Vernon False Shuffle
11 Close Up Tip #1: Dry Hands
12 Restored: torn and restored card
15 Cand-N-Sleeve: signed card vanishes and travels up spectator's sleeve
18 Close Up Tip #2: Video
19 Heli-Card: signed selection first rises, then is tossed and spins in the air before being handed out
23 Close-Up Tip #3: Be prepared
24 Rainbow Connection: Four Aces turn into the same Ace, then each gains different backs from each other and the deck
26 - The Stripout Switch
30 Call Me Pockets: cards to pocket theme
33 Close Up Tip #4: new cards
34 Birthday Wishes: deck of cards plays happy birthday and selection changes to birthday card
38 Close-Up Tip #5: coding your cards
39 Fully Developed: a blank card develops into the selection
42 Dress for Success: dressing well
43 Case Closed: signed selection fails to appear in the case, but is then found in a deck of the opposite back color, with the back changed
47 Step By Step: Ambitious card routine in steps
50 Slim Pack: single card transforms into a fll deck and back
53 Close Up Tip #7: hygiene

55 Act II: Cash on Hand
57 Playful Penny: borrowed penny grows twice and shrinks back
61 Close-Up Tip #8: on silver coins
62 What The Buck: dollar bill transforms to silver dollar
65 Close-Up Tip #9: Thumbtips
66 You Marked It: marked coin penetrates a jar
69 Closeup Tip #10: Brainstorming
70 Give Me A Tip: one dollar bill folded and unfolded to make a $100
75 Close-Up Tip #11: rehearsing
77 Magic Pills: follow up to the $100 bill switch
81 Hitting The Bottle: coin into bottle, with vanishing bottle
84 Close-Up Tip #12: performance speed
85 Target Practice: pencil penetrates a coin

89 Act III: Miscellaneous FX
91 Vision Check: giant contact lens from eye changes into glasses
94 Candy Caper: torn and restored candy wrapper
96 Close Up Tip #13: audience
97 Roped: two ropes to one, with a moving & color changing knot, etc.

103 Curtain Call