Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Pete's Magic Party - The Show

No magic party would be complete without a magic show. So after making some magic wands in the gazebo, it was time for "The Great Dadini". The weather was great, so we did the show outside under the canopy.


You can see that Pete was part of the show, too. This is one of the advantages of knowing the magician. He did 3 of the tricks, and also selected all of the volunteers.

Here are the triicks we did in the show:

1. Cut The Rope - Pete help up a rope, dad cut it, then it was whole again
2. Money To Burn - Burned up a dollar bill and then made it appear again
3. The Lady Vanishes - Showed everyone three cards, including a queen, then made the queen disappear
4. An ESP Experiment - Used mental powers to make volunteer pick one of three cards
5. Pete's card trick - Two volunteers pick cards and put them back. Then Pete identifies the cards that were selected.
6. The Spirits Write - Random card is selected and burned. Ashes then spell out name of the card.
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*7. Color Sensor - Hand Pete a crayon, and he identifies it's color without looking.
*8. Coin Vanish - Make a coin disappear inside of a handkerchief (in our case, bandana)

The last two tricks were the ones we did in the show and then showed the kids how to do after the show.

Note: We considered a trick where Pete disappears but decided to pass since we had enough other tricks.

Here is part of "Money To Burn":


Here is Pete doing his card trick:

1 comment:

Melly Mel said...

I will use the word "wonderful" again - "wonderful" ... magical also! ... the magical world of Berman. This is almost as good as being there in person. Pete, I am glad you had such a nice birthday party ... Happy 7th Birthday!