Cups and balls

[Trucker61]

Hi all. My daughter is working on her cups and balls trick. Along with a chop cup routine.
Is there a proper name for the bag that one wears around the waist to keep final loads hidden. We need one. Thanks.

 

[Peter Slim]

I’ve always seen it referred to as a drop bag.

 

[Trucker61]

I’ve always seen it referred to as a drop bag.

Thank you.

 

[obrienmagic]

I’ve always seen it referred to as a drop bag.

Same, I have also heard it referred to as a “Busking Bag/ Busker’s Bag”

 

[cgstorz]

If you are looking to buy something I like the short apron thingy that you see restaurant servers wear. You can use a seam ripper to remove the center divider if she wants one big pocket. You can pick these up in restaurant supply stores/sites pretty cheaply.

I don't like this one myself, but just as an example

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PBDPUD...AC&pd_rd_r=8C4F2414W51JJRAPVHBX&pd_rd_w=5OD8s

 

[RealityOne]

If you are using a larger ball load, you can use a ball holder. There are metal ones made by Day and Vernet. The one I use is from Lynetta Welch at fabricmanipulation.com.

 

[JoshL8]

I've heard them called a poachers pouch too.

 

[_r_y_a_n]

The word you may be looking for is 'gibecière'
See the short article here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibeciere

One of the oldest props in the history of magic!
It can be clearly seen in the Hieronymus Bosch painting from 1475:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cups_and_balls

 

[Al e Cat Dabra]

IMO Your daughter would be better off producing the final loads either from a jacket pocket or roomy pockets in a pair of trousers, or even a long dress. The gibeciere (a/k/a buskers bag, drop bag, poachers pouch) is something street musicians, especially old time street magicians typically wear/wore) and, again just my opinion, looks unnatural and suspicious, especially for a girl and provides an external explanation from where the big balls came from. When you have no external apparatus and the balls (or in my case, lemons) are produced smoothly, and with the right timing and misdirection, from the pockets, there is a much higher, "Holy Cow! where the H did those come from?!?!"

 

[Al e Cat Dabra]

PS I should clarify that if the balls are kept in the pants pockets, the pants must be loose fitting (not Jeans or form fitting) with roomy pockets, and either a jacket or blazer or a longish shirt should be worn outside the trousers to cover the pockets. I usually wear a jacket or a dress shirt not tucked in, either of which provides plenty of cover. Other magicians keep the balls or fruit in the side jacket pockets, but I learned to produce the final loads from the pants pockets (3 lemons in one pocket, one in the other) so that's what I go with...

 

[RealityOne]

I agree with @Al e Cat Dabra -- better to use pants or a jacket (or the ball holders I suggested above. I use jacket pockets and have never had any issues.