Well boys & girls, October is afoot and of course we have all those last minute "What's super cool for Halloween" type questions and worse, those that want to toss a Seance together for a show this coming weekend. . .
WRONG!
If it's October and you're only just now thinking about this, you get no cookie!
It takes YEARS to create a Seance UNLESS you want to go with the simpler "psychological" type presentations such as Brother Shadow's famed HAVE SEANCE WILL TRAVEL or a routine akin to Docc Hilford's MEPHISTO'S JOURNEY. Even Docc's popular $1000.00 Seance will require more than a few days of planning; you need a script, you need to know solid cold reading techniques as well as knowing the Tarot (meaning of the cards, etc.). This takes us to Table Tipping 101 for which TOPS Magazine has a free PDf (email Abbotts Magic to request the link). Again, you will need scripting as well as one or two preliminary bits that help build the tension.
Halloween Magic is easy enough but when it comes to parlance with the paranormal and delivering something that feels real -- genuine -- well, that requires a log more than a "cool trick" . . . it also means starting about six or so months prior to the given holiday when it comes to marketing and promoting the idea to existing as well as pending clients, one method being found in Hilford's FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS manuscript and how he books said attraction.
BTW. . . the original season in which Ghost stories was told alongside the family hearth was Yule (Christmas) so you might want to start right now, pulling together a little something for the Yule Tide season. You don't need ghostly tales, but you will want to look at some old time stories around which magic is easily sewn. . . but act fast, you only have about 10 weeks before said social event.
WRONG!
If it's October and you're only just now thinking about this, you get no cookie!
It takes YEARS to create a Seance UNLESS you want to go with the simpler "psychological" type presentations such as Brother Shadow's famed HAVE SEANCE WILL TRAVEL or a routine akin to Docc Hilford's MEPHISTO'S JOURNEY. Even Docc's popular $1000.00 Seance will require more than a few days of planning; you need a script, you need to know solid cold reading techniques as well as knowing the Tarot (meaning of the cards, etc.). This takes us to Table Tipping 101 for which TOPS Magazine has a free PDf (email Abbotts Magic to request the link). Again, you will need scripting as well as one or two preliminary bits that help build the tension.
Halloween Magic is easy enough but when it comes to parlance with the paranormal and delivering something that feels real -- genuine -- well, that requires a log more than a "cool trick" . . . it also means starting about six or so months prior to the given holiday when it comes to marketing and promoting the idea to existing as well as pending clients, one method being found in Hilford's FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS manuscript and how he books said attraction.
BTW. . . the original season in which Ghost stories was told alongside the family hearth was Yule (Christmas) so you might want to start right now, pulling together a little something for the Yule Tide season. You don't need ghostly tales, but you will want to look at some old time stories around which magic is easily sewn. . . but act fast, you only have about 10 weeks before said social event.