Simmons,
Ken: Scotch and
Soda Part 1 ©1982 Ken S. Simmons. Magic City Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 30 pages |
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Comments: Part 1 of a 3-part series set featuring a Wizard on the cover. Good ideas for your Scotch and Soda, Gin and Tonic, or similar set. The entire series is recommended if you can find them.
Contents:
v Preface
1 Origin
2 About the Coin Set
3 How to Tighten the Coin
3 The Classic Palm
3 The Finger Palm
4 The Thumb Palm
5 Routines
5 The Standard Routine: spectator holds half and Mexican Centavo
coin.
Magician bets he can magically remove one coin. The Centavo coin
turns
into a quarter!
9 A Basic Vanish (from Lloyd E. Jones' Dime and Penny): In the
spectator's hand
10 Fadeaway Coin (Lloyd E. Jones): Two coins are shown, one is
removed
and rubbed into nothingness
10 Fadeaway Followup (Lloyd E. Jones): Vanishing the half (pumpkin
seed
vanish)
11 The TeeTotaler Coin: Coin rises in glass of beer (IT)
12 Invisible Flight: Copper and Silver coins are in the left fist.
Right makes a fist. Instantly, one coin vanishes from left and
appears
in right.
13 Invisible Flight II: As above, uses sleeve to load right
15 Coin Flight: Coin vanishes and appears under selected card
16 Instant Location (Ed Andres): Coin vanishes and is found in
middle
of deck, over selected card.
17 Watch! Coin vanishes and appears under the watch
19 Coin Through the Table: Two coins are rubbed on the table, one
passes through
21 Visible Coin Through Table: Coins are placed under a glass and
visibly go through the table
23 Hand Penetration: Centavo penetrates spectator's and
performer's
hands, landing in spectator's other hand
25 Double Transition: Card and half dollar are shown on both
sides. The
half is placed on the card on the table. A centavo placed in the
left
hand vanishes, and is found under the card. Card now covers half
and
centavo. Centavo vanished from under card, and appears back in the
hand.
28 The Ring Mystery: Centavo on half are placed on the table and
covered with a ring (a bang ring). Centavo vanishes. Half is
placed on
top of the ring and back on the table. Centavo appears. Ring is
examined, and half and Centavo are placed under the ring again.
Centavo
turns into a quarter!
30 Ring Mystery: as above, with a quarter transposition.