Funny Business

Funny Bones   Rings of Yore Select excerpts from the IBM Ring Reports archive… Linking Ring Vol. 52 No. 4 Apr 1972 Secretary Charles Ruff’s shares his gift of writing…. On February 11 the Duke Stern Ring held a Charter-Night Banquet at Weber’s Inn in Ann Arbor. An attendance of 98 attests that our small … Read more

Around the Town

Calendar of Events As you probably heard we have made a few adjustments to our upcoming schedule. Our March Meeting will be a good old fashioned magic meeting. We should have plenty of time for Member Performances, so bring something to show. If you have something for “Show and Tell”, bring it in! We still … Read more

The President’s Corner

Greetings and salutations from Dade City, FL. I must admit I left about 20 minutes before the snow started falling. The entire drive down here Mirf and I stayed just at the leading edge of the storms. We arrived to some incredible adversity due to the three hurricanes that took their best swipe at the … Read more

Show and Tell

This month we start a new feature called Show and Tell. Members are invited to bring a magic related “collection” to a meeting. Tables will be set up in the back of the room for the member to set up their collection. During the Jam and Socialize time at the end of our meeting, stand … Read more

Spotlight

As a reoccurring feature of the Magic Messenger we will highlight a member and ask them to answer a few questions about themselves. You can be featured in Spotlight by completing this form. This month the “Spotlight” is on Fred Lenter. Where did you grow up / where have you lived?  Detroit and suburbs How … Read more

The Secretary’s Report

We kicked off our meeting with our featured performer Fred Lenter. Fred did a great one-handed card trick, where a peak card disappeared from the deck and appeared in Fred’s hand which also happened to be in his pocket for the entire trick. Then Fred did a variation of the Multiplying Billiard Balls with more … Read more

On the Cover

  Fred Lenter amazed the club as the featured performer for February.