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Hey everyone! So my friend's stepdad's cousin owns a winery and they wanted a magician to do walkaround for 3 hours at their wine club day in a few weeks. They had found someone but his pricing was outside their budget so my friend recommended me and I agreed. She said if they like me this...

Hi guys! I'm wondering if you use your right ring finger to "hinge" the lower packet when you execute the classic pass to decrease the "dip"? This is how I've been doing it, but lately I've been reading Card College and watched Jason England's download, and this is not mentioned there. My pass...

Hey guys I'm writing an academic paper for a university assignment and in it I talk about the 7 principles of magic (palm, steal, ditch ect), and I need to reference who came up with it, but I can't find who first mentioned that theory. The only thing google says is that Penn and Teller talk...

I need some help/advice since I really don't know what to do. Last year I created an effect that I call the Pocket Séance. Story is based on the Curse of the Crying Boy The basic idea is: In 1985 in the UK a tabloid called the Sun reported over 50,000 house fires in a span of a few months...

Hello Everyone, Halloween night I was asked to 'perform' at my good friends party. (I know COVID Comments may ensue.) I am familiar with performing magic since I was 12 years old but never got too many chances to show off what I've been practicing in front of a crowd/stage environments, Just...

Hello everyone, I hope you are very well. I am looking for the source from which to correctly learn the following color changes: 1. Classic Color Change 2. Winter Change 3. Erdnase Change 4. Bertram Change Books or DVDs by professionals are preferable, but I'm still looking for performances or...

What sleights and tricks should a magicain that has been doing magic for 3 monthes be able to do?

I want to end a trick with a message on the backs of the cards revealed through a ribbon spread. Does anyone have any advice or tips on writing out a message so that it can be revealed through spreading the cards?

Hi Everyone, I have a gig in a couple weeks for a young lady's birthday party who is turning 18 years old. It will be a lot of friends her age (about 15-20 of them) and the rest family and adults (another 15 people). It will be mostly walk around and small group performances over a 2 hour or...

Hello! I have been hired to design props for a theatrical adaptation of Sword in the Stone. We have modernized Merlin a bit to have a David Bowie vibe instead of the classic Merlin with the long beard and robes. Anyways! I need some help. Our director wants Merlin's staff to appear out of thin...

Hey guys, so I'm left handed and I'm used to holding my deck in my right hand. The problem is, I learnt some tricks/ moves with the left hand and some with the right hand, which I only noticed recently (maybe its because I learnt most of them from online videos and I tend to mimic what they do...

Hi guys, Its my first time posting here. I’m getting back into magic after a 5 year break. I’ve just noticed on my push off double I seem to be crimping the bottom card slightly, is this a mistake in my technique, a bad positioning on my mechanics grip, or is it to be expected with the way my...

hey ya'll, i'm working on a project about resources used in producing a product. I choose playing cards and was wondering if ya'll could give me some insight into the natural, capitol, and human resources used.

Hi all, this is my first post so here goes. I'm still at school, and like to do tricks for my friends, haunted deck etc. However, a few years ago, I bought a set of cups and balls, but never really showed anyone because I've never really found a suitable setting. Everyone that I've seen performs...

Hey everybody happy Saturday to you my name is Ryan and I'm from Atlantic City New Jersey I was taking a walk through town today and wound up performing for these for ladies... and a couple of other people showed along anyway I don't perform much in public it's been a few months and I'm two...

Hi everyone, Its been a very long time since ive been on here but glad to be back. Anyway, when i start my ACR I do the tilt. But when I also do the hand sandwich I do the tilt as well. Obviously I use them in seperate routines but would like to have them in the same set. I just dont want to...

Morning Guys and Girls, Hope my short post finds you well. My name is Connor and i am new to Theory11 and any magic forum in general however, like most of you, i have indeed spent hours pouring over peoples posts soaking up everyone else knowledge. I have been playing with playing cards for...

Hey guys I need some advice, I've been doing magic for around 4 years and I'm going to try and make it a permanent job in the future. I recently got into a relationship with a girl and she doesn't know that I do magic and want to tell her but I don't think the time is right, instead I had a...

I've always wanted to create a YouTube channel revolving around magic, however not magic tricks tutorials. I was thinking "magician profiles" I'd do a video essay segment about certain magicians (houdini, shin lim, Dai Vernon, Paul Daniels, Tom Mullica) with things like what was their...

When I usually handle cards, my index is placed on the right side and not in front. I've fixed this, but it pops up consistently in moves like the pinky count, cardini (not sure if that's the right name) and top shot. Will this restrict me from improving and make my sleights sloppy? Is this...