Last night I had the chance to do some close up card magic for some new and old faces at my house. While this was by far my WORST performance I think a lot of positive came out of it. It was nice to be able to do some stuff on my own terms and prepared rather than being put on the spot. Figured I would share some high and low points!
Some highlights were: "Jump" by Mathieu Bich (I actually hated this trick when I first learned it because I thought the method behind it was too simple but after performing it a few times for friends it is becoming one of my favorites and a real go to if I only have time for 1 or 2 tricks! It is super easy to learn and cheap on T11 so I suggest everyone to check it out!) I was able to do this for 2 different couples at different times and the reactions were awesome!
I also got a great reaction from doing "David Blaine's Two Card Monte" I know that's not the real name but its all I know it by.
I had a few fumbles as well. I have come to learn that my patter for a lot of the newer stuff I have learned is absolute trash! I had the luxury of it being a very relaxed setting so there was down time between tricks with talking about different things magic related but it is something I need to spend more time on.
I was bummed because I completely messed up "Do As I Do" from Royal Road. I use that trick to have a reason for bring out a second deck of cards so I can use M-Case. While doing the ball routine that is taught on the tutorial I flashed sooooo many things it was amazing no one saw! (It was BAD!)
I never really seemed to lose the shaking hands this time which might be caused by messing things up so I was still on edge. But all things said everyone really seemed to enjoy it which is great and I know where I need to spend more of my time on!
Some highlights were: "Jump" by Mathieu Bich (I actually hated this trick when I first learned it because I thought the method behind it was too simple but after performing it a few times for friends it is becoming one of my favorites and a real go to if I only have time for 1 or 2 tricks! It is super easy to learn and cheap on T11 so I suggest everyone to check it out!) I was able to do this for 2 different couples at different times and the reactions were awesome!
I also got a great reaction from doing "David Blaine's Two Card Monte" I know that's not the real name but its all I know it by.
I had a few fumbles as well. I have come to learn that my patter for a lot of the newer stuff I have learned is absolute trash! I had the luxury of it being a very relaxed setting so there was down time between tricks with talking about different things magic related but it is something I need to spend more time on.
I was bummed because I completely messed up "Do As I Do" from Royal Road. I use that trick to have a reason for bring out a second deck of cards so I can use M-Case. While doing the ball routine that is taught on the tutorial I flashed sooooo many things it was amazing no one saw! (It was BAD!)
I never really seemed to lose the shaking hands this time which might be caused by messing things up so I was still on edge. But all things said everyone really seemed to enjoy it which is great and I know where I need to spend more of my time on!