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Hocus Focus By various club photographers Hocus Focus is member photo contributions. If you have photos you want to share post them on our private Facebook page under the meeting they were taken at.
Article Category: Secretary's Report
The Secretary’s Report
January Meeting January’s meeting started on a positive note for the new year. As our featured performer Eric Bedard enthralled us with his well polished act. … Next Sean Howell and Karl Rabe distributed 2025 Top Contributor recognition pins to members that earned that honor. Jones, Dan Rabe, Karl Stone, Lincoln Mann, Phil Reuter, … Read more
The Secretary’s Report
February Meeting Our meeting was led by Vice President Wendy Stone as President Sean Howell is engaged in Florida at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival. Wendy introduced two guests: Russ Harris and Robert Langefeld. Robert joined the club and is now our newest member. Wendy announced that the club was celebrating their 55th Anniversary. Karl … Read more
The Ring Report
The Ring Report By Club Secretary Karl Rabe Vice-President Wendy Stone presided over this month’s meeting while President Sean Howell is away performing at the Bay Area Renaissance Festival in Florida. With the room full and energy high, we jumped straight into our Featured Performer. 🎩 Featured Performance – Phil Mann, The Magic Mann Phil opened with a beautiful rose‑themed sequence: … Read more
The Secretary’s Report
Our most recent meeting was 2 hours of non-stop magic! We had a great turnout of our Close-Up Showcase with 24 members and 5 guests. Six close-up performers each had their own table and four spectators at each table rotated every five minutes to a new close-up performer until everyone had seen all six acts. … Read more
The Secretary’s Report
At our most recent meeting, we had a large turnout of club members and visitors who were treated to a fantastic lecture by none other than Michigan’s own John Luka. Member Ming Louie remarked of John’s lecture: “I don’t perform cards but was frankly awestruck by the creativity and details borne of years of experience … Read more
The Secretary’s Report
We had a great turnout for our June meeting. Phil Mann the Magic Mann was our featured performer and he definitely kept the magic coming. Streamers, breaking glass, dancing silks and canes. The crowd was d-lighted with Phil’s spirit lights. He did a nice feather from book.. a great application for the prop. Phil did … Read more
The Secretary’s Report
This month our President Sean Howell decided to mix up the agenda a bit, alternating magic and business. Our meeting kicked off with magic by the due “Karl and Bill”. Bill opened with a comedy string of silks production from his sleeve, but he pulled to hard and ended up pulling out a pair of … Read more
The Secretary’s Report
Club President Sean Howell couldn’t be present for this month’s meeting, so VP Mike Bogdas filled in and did a fantastic job. April Barrett kicked us off as our featured performer. April co-starred with her rabbit in a hat puppet and put on a great show. Mike then welcomed several guests, including Bill Morrison a … Read more
The Secretary’s Report
Improv Class We had a very special event for our September meeting. John Sturk taught an improv class for about 30 attendees. A variety of theater games and exercises were “played” with all attendees getting an opportunity to participate. The consensus was that the class was a resounding success and participants found it fun and … Read more