The Magicanada Project

Michael Kras · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:36 am Post subject: It's Coming Again...

The season where a lot of performers will be getting out and performing outdoors. It's always a lot of fun, and almost amazing how many complete strangers ask me about "the things I'm doing with my cards"... heck, that even happened at a movie theatre and a ticket-taker took a 5 minute break to watch me perform!

Anyways, do any of you ever perform "out on the streets"? What is your material of choice?

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Liam · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 424

i have been working on a mentalism busking show for the past... six months
i will be in britain the first four weeks of summer, but then i plan on coming back and trying it out.

Ben Train · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 268

Most of my material was designed to be done for this type of work, so I'm pretty much set.

One thing I HAVE been doing a lot though is something with a thumb tip, which I'll be tipping fairly soon.

Ben

Michael Kras · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject:

Two of the things you showed us at "Making Magic", Ben, I've been doing a lot to amazing response. Conditions are so fair for both (Dada, TriRoden) and it gets such an amazing response. Plus, both can be done without a table which is perfect.

I also use many other effects... I always use Vernon's Fingerprint Card Trick in a set, as well as some sort of Triumph effect (either a method by Paul Harris, John Carney...) and I'll be darned if I don't do something that involves a selection shooting out of the deck Smile

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Other than that, I have enough gimmicked effects to take down the US Army. I'm set Smile

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Reuben The Great · Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 245

I stick to my chopstick deck.
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Michael Kras · Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:17 am Post subject:

Never underestimate the Chopstick Deck, that thing is a serious worker's piece. David Blaine couldn't afford the rights to this effect for his latest special, let's just put it that way.
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Reuben The Great · Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 245

Seriously, get a chopstick deck everyone.

You don't even have to be Asian, but it helps so I've been told.

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