Valentines ACT

Well as you all now Valentines day is coming up! Hope you enjoy your lovely relationships and all things like that. As for me .. Anyways , I was wondering if any of you can direct me to a Valentines Act such as covering the message of Valentines day and that has one magical love aspects etc. If you know any kind of act that is STAGE MAGIC (or in front of 700 high schoolers) , POST IT! Or some closeup acts too, but mainly STAGE. I do have Jon Allen's book of EXPERIENCE , which explains Wedding trick and 1709 Walkabout.

In advance thank you!
 

WitchDocIsIn

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What is this for? Are you just looking for Valentine's themed acts, or are you going to be doing a performance for Valentine's?
 
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First of all, are you after a routine, an effect or do you want us to build you a full Act. . . an act is something entirely different and I usually get several hundred dollars an hour in helping people create that sort of thing. . .

Ok. . . not really, but creating an ACT is a lot more involved.

What you need is inspiration. . . a story line, a poem or love song (classical music even) that ties to the theme of love and romance or raunchy leather sex or whatever you equate such things to. Copperfield had some awesome routines along these lines such as his classic "The Attic"

You say Stage. . . big illusions or simple effects?

I can script you out a program with big illusions with no problem but do you have the budget to make it happen and if so, do you have the time to pull it together? (HINT: No You Don't Have Enough Time. . . a minimum of 4-6 months to make such a thing happen CORRECTLY. . . but then again, that kind of goes with anything other than a basic set of effects).

Routines like French Kiss can be presented with a less corny, more romantic angle. There is the the Floating Rose routine by Kevin James that can create such a feeling but to do such a tribute on stage it would be best to choreograph a sequence of things with a partner so you can tell a story. . . this is what is known as An Act.

Given your apparent age I'd discourage you from approaching Mentalism and couple related routines other than maybe certain mental magic bits. . . I believe the effect is called DECISIONS, DECISIONS by Ted Lesley, it involves two decks of cards, the female selects a card first and then the male spreads and searched through the second deck and finds a card that just stands out to him. . . at the end the cards match proving they are compatible. Cute $25.00 routine (when I bought it). . . the effect uses a method I loathe but for a magician it would be perfectly fine.

I remember seeing someone do a love story bit with a deck of cards in which one of the Jacks is pursuing a queen. . . it's similar to the Bellhop bit Mallone does but I haven't a clue where to find it other than it's in one of the older books, probably Marlow or Scarnes.

Hope this helps
 
Well I am searching for an effect with a mind-blowing reaction for I am going to perform it as an opening to Valentines Day.
So one effect with a short, but strong message. It would be great to get volunteers like a boy and girl which I can somehow connect?
There is no screens so it is out on the open day and not really on stage.

Well since Valentines is about two weeks away I would suggest a routine easy to master in my given time and with a time limit of 5 minutes.

Its quite hard to ask but..
Thank you!
 
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try
Psychokinetic Touches by Banachek (Book) or Invisible Touch by Lior Manor - DVD routine. it is a good connection routine!
 

WitchDocIsIn

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Well since Valentines is about two weeks away I would suggest a routine easy to master in my given time and with a time limit of 5 minutes.

Its quite hard to ask but..
Thank you!


Since Valentine is about two weeks away - you've long since missed this year. You don't have time to actually learn something, script it and rehearse it. Unless you just want to put out more of the crap we see all over the place, which gives magic the illustrious reputation is currently has.

Brain storm, come up with ideas and start working something out for next year.
 

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Election by Eric Ross. Do it as a compatibility test. If you buy the effect, I will work with you on the presentation.
 
Since Valentine is about two weeks away - you've long since missed this year. You don't have time to actually learn something, script it and rehearse it. Unless you just want to put out more of the crap we see all over the place, which gives magic the illustrious reputation is currently has.

Brain storm, come up with ideas and start working something out for next year.

You are right. I only asked to suggest effects. I wouldn't waste time on something that could not be done in a specific time limit. Thank you though for all the repsonses I appreciate it.
 

WitchDocIsIn

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You are right. I only asked to suggest effects. I wouldn't waste time on something that could not be done in a specific time limit. Thank you though for all the repsonses I appreciate it.

My point was that there really wasn't anything that could be done in that time period.
 
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