The Secretary’s Report

December Meeting

This month's Secretary's Report (text and photos) is by our Roving Reporting and Photographer Mike Palko. You may know him better as "Charlie's Dad".  Thank you Mike for filling in and taking notes and photos in Karl's absence. Fantastic job with all the great photos! Dan Jones also provided some details.

 

We had three guests this month, Robert Langerfeld who is a UM Biology PhD student. The other guest was Mario and a friend.

Mike Reuter was the featured performer and started by changing an empty Corona bottle into a full bottle of beer using an empty paper bag. Next Mike used his mentalist skills to predict a card chosen by one volunteer and the name of a city from a second volunteer who had written down a zip code on a piece of paper. For the reveal, the volunteer’s queen of hearts card and a paper note card having the name of the city written on it were found stapled together and secured the entire time, undisturbed, inside a clear plexiglass box on top of the magician’s table.

Then came the lively gift exchange where names were chosen from a hat. There were many laughs during the stealing of the sought-after items.

After the gift exchange, it was time for magic!

• The first performer was Alex who started by removing his overcoat to reveal that he was sharply dressed in a black tuxedo. He then used his new sound system setup and impressive vocal talent while performing magic. His choreographed performance featured a handkerchief appearance/disappearance and finished with his cup and balls routine all while singing a Merle Haggard song, karaoke style. The audience loved it!
• Next up, Mike Thornton did a very nice impromptu Gypsy restored thread trick using a newly acquired thread spool from the gift exchange.
• Lincoln introduced his new hand sock puppet he crocheted himself. He then did a card prediction using his magic insurance policy with volunteer Mike Thornton.
• Sean and Mirf did their card prediction assisted by one of our guests guest.
• Lastly, George Honer shared a few card tricks assisted by Robert L. and Lincoln.