It’s always good to see Mark and Kerry on their occasional trips up to Hull. Kerry arrived fresh from her Sky television success and introduced Mark who began by demonstrating The Robber Jacks. This was followed by Signature Box where two signed pieces of paper changed places. He then demonstrated a card trick using a toy car and The Invisible Assistant.He then performed and explained an entertaining routine he uses for children’s shows in which he finishes by producing a large bag of cookies.

Mark then demonstrated his table-hopping routine, including Sponge Ball transposition, Jon Allen’s Destination Box, Ambitious Card and Omni Deck, and a Chop Cup routine.

Kerry joined Mark as they finished with a question and answer session. They were both very open and honest in giving advice and opinions on performance topics and Vice-President, Ray Burrell thanked Mark and Kerry for a most entertaining evening.

Eddie introduced Roger who presented a lecture on Jesse Demaline - The Man and his Magic.Roger explained that when he was young student Jessie was a great mentor to him and led him into the world of magic. Roger spoke of Jesse’s book Demagic and explained how Jesse had always kept note books on his ideas, thoughts and effects. Roger talked about Jesse’s involvement in magic throughout his life and particularly of his encouragement of others. He was a generous man in the giving of advice, ideas, tricks and hospitality to those with a serious interest in magic.

The lecture included a PowerPoint presentation which showed pictures of Jesse throughout various stages of his magical and family life and career and gave a real flavour of the kind of person that Jesse was. He was certainly knowledgeable and an original thinker as evidenced by his copious notebooks of not just his own ideas but notes on acts he had seen. They were fascinating.A selection of Jesse’s tricks was demonstrated, including his card routines Curing Gamblers, Sympathetic Cards from Pocket, Reversed Card Between Glasses and an amusing effect which Jesse performed when he visited the Hull society in the Seventies, Grandma’s Tea Pot.Eddie also persuaded Roger to talk a little on his latest book Showmen or Charlatans? The Stories of ‘Dr’ Walford Bodie and ‘Sir Alexander Cannon. Written in collaboration with Brian Lead (ex HMC member) who wrote the section on Cannon.

Introducing our lecturer Richard Sanders, Eddie Dawes said Richard had lectured all over the world, including FISM, and worked as a corporate entertainer with a worthy reputation.Richard opened his talk with a number of eye catching card effects. The first was ‘Behind my back’ using a novel Riffle Force, followed by several different uses of a sticky card. Members applauded the demonstration and the explanations. Richard then moved on to an impromptu coin effect followed by a multiple bill switch. We then saw Slow Burn and Fibre Optics a development of Richard’s Three Ropes and a Baby routine, with a number of new moves and ideas.Throughout his talk Richard ensured we understood the subtleties of his presentation, and his off beat humour. Eddie Dawes thanked Richard on a wonderful evening of stunning magic. Judging by his DVD sales the members and guests certainly agreed.

Once again this popular night was organised by Arthur Setterington who wasn’t quite well enough to present the event in person. Michael Harrop stepped in at the last minute as a stand in for Arthur. The evening began with Adam Hembrough who demonstrated basic coin moves and combined them into a short routine. He really is an excellent teacher. Malcolm Bromwich then performed his version of the Sam the Bell Hop story deck routine in which he had decided to shorten it and simplify it by eliminating any sleight of hand, or any cuts and shuffles.Brian Wilson followed with his D’lite and Tambourine routine. Karen McIntosh and Debbie Griffiths, at one point brandishing a whip (that woke everyone up!), then performed a rope escape and quick change routine This was followed by Rex Stott who demonstrated and explained his adaptation of an Alex Elmsley routine based on binary mathematics. Did anyone understand this! Malcolm Bromwich then performed Arthur Setterington’s simplification of Gaeton Bloom’s Quarte prediction effect.

Richard Morrell then demonstrated Allan Ackerman’s Another Quick Coincidence and the use of the Bill Simon Prophecy Move. Roni Shachnaey performed a Linking Rings routine with his ‘oversize’ rings and gave members some tips on performing the Linking Rings. The ‘Chinese’ Linking Rings linking the last item - Eddie Dawes giving an interesting talk on Chung Ling Soo. Soo had a fascinating life and this was a brilliant talk revealing many of Soo’s adventures and culminating in his death in the infamous Bullet Trick at the Wood Green Empire in 1918.

Eddie Dawes introduced Walt Lees who has been a professional for forty years, has won many awards and is author of many books and publications.Walt opened his lecture with his ‘Fredward’ Victor Rope Routine, (from the names Edward Victor and Fred Robinson who inspired the effect) a cut and restored rope effect which used a great move from Fred Robinson. This was followed by A Chop Cup for Mugs routine in which Walt simulated Larry Jennings routine with a normal mug. Next Walt demonstrated Slynada’s Balls. This is a way of presenting Slydini’s Paper Balls in the Hat, without the need to do any lapping. Walt followed with Con Away Silk, a silk vanish with a come-back for any hecklers in the audience.His next effect was Plug Ugly, a version of the classic Chink-a-chink using bath plugs. He followed with Carmo with a Touch of Reelism inspired by Ken MacFadyen’s Necklace Necromancy. Next was Weight Loss, a version of the Rising Card.

Walt then demonstrated Bummeresque: a member of the audience was invited to cut the deck into four piles, and it was then found that the assistant had cut to the four Jacks. Nimrod was an effect Walt published about twenty years ago involving a small clockwork walking animal which correctly finds two freely selected cards.After a short break Walt performed Walcardlet, his version of the Card in Wallet in which the wallet is removed from the pocket with an obviously empty hand and never goes anywhere near the pack of cards. He then went on to show Deck Hand, based on some Paul Hallas and Malcolm Yaffe ideas. This effect utilises a rubber hand to reveal a card selected by a member of the audience.Slow Motion Aces is an effect based on a Nick Trost idea. The effect is of a slow-motion Four-Ace Assembly using blue backed aces and red backed indifferent cards. Walt then performed Second Delivery, an effect used at his children’s parties that tells a story about Fido the dog and Percy the Postman. No presentation from Walt would be complete without a performance of his signature trick – Cannibal Cards and it was with this that Walt ended the evening. Eddie thanked Walt for an informative and entertaining evening, the applause given by the members showing how much everybody had enjoyed this lecture.

There were seven competitors for this round of the Simpson Shield. Eddie Dawes performed a trick using coins and tea leaves. Walt Lees displayed ‘expert card technique’ using a borrowed deck of cards. Daniel Smith produced coins of various sizes from a purse frame. Gordon Stow correctly predicted a chosen card. Brian Waltham displayed a card trick where a member of the audience stood in as the magician. Brian Wilson performed his latest version of the Blake coin slide. Peter Bennett correctly selected a chosen card.The competition resulted in a win for Walt Lees with Peter Bennett as runner up. Auction - Ron Thompson acted as auctioneer for the evening and £31.20 was raised for club funds from the auction.

On Wednesday 9th March Hull Magician’s Circle provided the entertainment for the York Magicians’ Club at Shepherds’ Social Club. The return match to their visit to HMC in 2004.President Derek Forbes welcomed all to the meeting which, as York are celebrating their 60th Anniversary this year, was a party night.

Domanic, Richard, Tom, Rex and Ray, kept three tables of York members and guests enthralled with close-up magic. Highlights were Ray Burrell’s Cups and Balls, Tom’s version of Tagged, Rex’s Homing Card, Domanic’s presentation of David Regal’s Cheating and Richard’s performance of Steve Bedwell’s Rope Routine – At a Loose End. After a break for an excellent buffet the stage show commenced.

Compered by Jon Marshall, who warmed up and woke up the audience with Fred the Flea, the show opened with Gordon Stow. Gordon predicted Derek Forbes’ phone number with the help of a sticky Attaboy. Roxanne showed Ring on Rope and the Emergency Card Trick. Brian Waltham became Uncle Enrico with a Magigram Spaghetti theme for Unequal Ropes. Malcolm imprisoned Roxanne in the Wall illusion and successfully revived her from her ordeal. Guest artiste, and friend of HMC, Peter Scarlett stepped in at the last minute to replace Danny Hargreaves and Arthur Setterington when illness prevented them from performing. Peter skilfully cut to the four aces from a shuffled deck and performed his handling of Three Ropes and a Baby. Finally Eddie Dawes discovered musical talents in, apparently, the only lay member of the audience as he musically divined (with a Swannee Whistle) his chosen card. Eddie closed on a Hexaflexagon routine in rhyme and thanked the York members for inviting us to entertain them and for their buffet. Derek Forbes responded and hoped that the exchange visits would continue between York and HMC.

John’s lecture was entitled K.I.S.S. which stands for Keep It Simple Stupid. John started by talking about how when he got back into magic, after a long break to run his own advertising business, he realised that he needed to keep the methods to his magic simple so he could concentrate on the presentation. He also talked about how he tried to make his magic visual, as he found this worked best in noisy venues. He started by showing some examples of this, Don Alan’s Coat Hanger in Purse, Self-Folding Bill and a Fire Wallet, as good visual routines and ideal openers.

John went on to perform his Stagger-Ring which is a stunning Ring on Lace routine that finishes with the ring literally jumping onto the cord. John’s Pen through Mirror was a lesson in how to take a well-known effect, and amplify the presentation to make it into a miracle. The Fastest Card Trick in the World was a handling for a Stephen Tucker/Lubor Fielder card change, where four kings turned into four spot cards. As a tribute to Jack Avis, John’s brother-in-law, he showed Jack’s Okito Box move, which has to be simply one of the best turnover handlings, so simple and cheeky, yet so brilliant, a clear hallmark of Jack’s thinking. Nate Leipzig’s Magnetic Cards was shown as an example of a powerful and striking card effect, and John then went on to demonstrate a similar effect, his version of the Anti-Gravity glasses, done with simple props, two glasses, a wallet and some bank notes.

John’s Coins Across routine took a variation of David Roth’s handling and added a large Wine Glass to make this into a theatrical piece. John closed his lecture with two card effects. His handling of Nick Trost’s Eight Card Brainwave, was suitable for stage work, done with very large jumbo cards. Finally John showed a very direct card prediction, utilising Bob Swadling’s Changing Cards to good effect.Eddie thanked John for a wonderful evening, and for showing us that we can keep our magic simple yet still gain maximum effect.

There were eight competitors for the It’s a Gamble round of the Simpson Shield. Walt Lees assisted by five volunteers showed how to deal a winning poker hand courtesy of the Vernon Poker Deal. Jonathon Gaines assisted by Adam demonstrated a card trick where the odds were in favour of the dealer. Brian Wilson assisted by David bet his watch on a gamble involving a telephone directory. Eddie Dawes again assisted by David performed a Do-as-I-Do trick using old pound notes.Domanic Li performed David Regal’s Bottoms Up Aces, a card trick, assisted by four volunteers. Chris Pawson also performed a card trick with a gambling theme. Gordon Stow performed a trick using dice and was assisted by Brian. Brian Waltham performed a trick using matchboxes in which his was found to contain a ten pound note.The Competition resulted in a win for Walt Lees with Eddie Dawes in second place.

Ron Thompson has been gambling for over forty years! In a brilliantly entertaining and fascinating talk he regaled members with stories of his life in casino management. From his start as a croupier in the unlicensed ‘sawdust’ joints of the fifties to the upmarket, plush casinos of today, Ron entertained with tales of his brushes with the law, ladies, bosses and punters. My favourite was the one about Ron dealing for a poker game in which all spot cards below seven or eight (depending on number of players) are removed. One of the gamblers fell in a fit, and Ron paused, wondering whether to assist or deal, “take the sevens out” was the hissed instruction from the other players! He gave insights into tricks of the trade and how to spot card counters and top hatters. He ended his talk with a roulette trick assisted by Karen. Ron should polish this talk, put in a couple more gambling themed tricks and take it out on the speaker circuit - it will be a hit. Eddie thanked Ron on behalf of all members for a very entertaining evening.

There are one or two magical lecturers, of the standard of Bob Read, who are truly hilarious – with his first magic lecture John Archer joins that group. His impressive record as a compere and comedy magician is well known and now his new Handy Lecture demonstrated, if you needed to be told, that he also thinks deeply about his art. His lecture showed parts of routines, and how and why they have evolved from the original routine to a more effective one. All the ideas and routines that John showed had a transferable skill and amongst the brilliantly funny gags and ad libs they were explained clearly and in a way that did not invite mere copying but application of the ideas to the performance of each magician present.

He used Hoy’s Tossed out Deck to demonstrate the way to avoid problems, with a clever switch. Next was a Ring Vanish with his own version of a handkerchief which solved a number of problems. Then came a well thought out attack on the Magic Square, with several ideas to make it simple. To end the first half he showed his version of Spoon Bending.

The second half started with Komedy Killer, based on Kenton Knepper’s Kolossal Killer. John explained his thinking and how he presents this effect. The next of John’s ideas was a book test without a book. With a thought of word being ‘read’ by John, and finally revealed inside a wallet. The clever routining evolved from John’s creation of an ‘out’. Chinese Choice involved three members choosing cards from a shuffled deck to represent a sum of money, and an item on a Chinese menu. The resulting money matched the cost of the menu item. Again a clever switch was used. Next came Dodeckadeal, which found three freely stopped at cards next to their mates. Finally Collard was John’s variation of Don Wayne’s Room Service making effective use of a stuffed dog.

John believed you must justify what you are doing in your head. Only by this approach could your belief be communicated to the audience. We were privileged to be the ‘pilot’ evening for John’s lecture tour (promoted by HMC’s Alan Hudson) taking in societies from Edinburgh to Watford including a visit to The Magic Circle. In thanking John Archer, Eddie Dawes said that the audience’s reaction had shown that we had enjoyed a wonderful lecture with great fun and strong magic from such a busy professional, and a member of HMC. The audience’s appreciation was also shown when John sold his last set of lecture notes, published and illustrated by himself.

There were thirteen competitors for the Quick Trick round of the Simpson Shield. Brian Wilson performed a trick using D'lites and a tambourine (35 seconds), Roland Tuplin pushed a coin into a Lucazade bottle (19s). David Hand performed a quick card trick (42s). Jim Hyman showed a Dissolving Knot (9s). Rex Stott had a version of a Coin Matrix (40s). Gordon Stow showed a Ring and Lace Penetration (17s).Domanic Li had a signed card appear in his pocket (39s) and Vik showed Triple Impact by Matt Ellison (1m 6s). Walt Lees transferred dots onto a scarf (40s). Eddie Dawes pulled a green silk from a Dollar Bill (19s). Malcolm Bromwich penetrated a silk through a ring (1m 3s). Danny Hargreaves changed his Prediction Card (31s) and Brian Waltham also showed a changing card trick (36s).Eddie timed all the competitors and declared that it was the fastest competition ever; Jim had the quickest time at just 9 seconds and Vik the longest at 1 minute 6 seconds. The competition resulted in a win for Brian Wilson with Vik in second place.

Jonathan Gaines and James Ashford perform close-up for corporate and private audiences, and gave us their view of what works, and more importantly what makes it special. This was clearly demonstrated with some of their regular items and they shared with us their thoughts about the use of magic in entertainment. James only performed simple tricks, so that he could concentrate on the presentation. James asked the question 'What is magic?' and gave his view that we perform tricks, the MAGIC is what the spectator remembers - the feeling of amazement. Both James and Jonathan tried to tailor each show to their audience, getting names, photos and telephone numbers from the host to personalise each show. They demonstrated how effective these ideas are. Jonathan also made up a personalised prediction effect especially for the lecture involving members of HMC. James showed his Yorkshire Opener, a variation of the classic Red Hot Mama. James believed that tricks could be too unbelievable, and cited Out of this World as an example. In his view this effect could be improved by including a mistake. Jonathan finished with his favourite book test - a variation of Marc Paul's Any Time, Any Place, Any Book, which Brian Wilson thought was based on an item of Chan Canasta’s. This lecture gave members plenty of ideas to think about, as well as a number of tricks, simple to execute but stunning to the audience. Eddie Dawes thanked Jonathan and James for their instructive evening, from two experienced performers, which had many ideas for us to contemplate.

Martyn James our host for the evening opened the entertainment using Bob Cassidy’s Chronologue.The first guest to be introduced was Alan Richards. Alan gave us his advice on the Invisible Deck and his top tips were ‘don’t waste money on magic’ and ‘keep it simple’.The second guest was Norman Hornsby who talked about his children’s magic show routines and his top tip was to ‘be bold and visual’.The next guest was Alan Hudson who performed a short close-up set that had the trademarks of its professional use. Alan’s top tip was to ‘think about what tricks impress lay people’.Martyn then introduced Mark Huntley who performed Sean Bogunia’s Ultimate Dancing Hank which he had clearly spent many hours practicing. Mark’s top tips were to ‘think about your setting’ lighting, backdrops, microphones etc.Following a short break all of this evening’s guests gathered at the front for a question and answer session where members put forward a variety of questions relating to many different aspects of magic and performance.On behalf of all the members present Eddie thanked tonight’s guests for an informative and entertaining evening.

Dealer Dem nights are a popular event in so many magic society calendars. Some are part lecture - part demonstration and some are all demonstration. Merlins visit to Hull was one of the latter type.Phil and Mark had brought a vast and colourful array of equipment, packet tricks, apparatus and DVDs. They were entertaining in their demonstrations of Merlins stock including: Merlins Coin Safe, Duel Match, No Camera Trick, Magic Spell, Key Card Mystery, Predicto Transpo, ESP – Wayne Dobson, Melt, Lethal Tender, Dynaswitch, Wonder Lock, Knotty Knot, Rope With Four Ends, Three Silk Case, Blendo Plus, Time Machine, Sword through Neck and Head Fire and many more. Everyone received a list and there was plenty of time to browse over the items, ask questions and buy. Eddie Dawes gave a message of appreciation and gratitude on behalf of all members of HMC for an entertaining evening.

The lecture was attended by over fifty members, visitors and juniors. Eddie began by introducing David who describes his job as a Magic Man, Book Writer and Funny Talker.David began with an opening routine in which he made a one litre Cola bottle disappear and demonstrated his tape measure wrist watch. David went on to perform tricks in which sponge balls vanished followed by the appearance of sponge rabbits and sponge hand.

Various other tricks were performed and explained including the Flower Wallet, Big Red Nose, Hocus Pocus Hare, Future Fungus, Glow Loop Bottles, The Big Black Hat, The Snake Cans and many more.David demonstrated silent magic to music using Rocco D’Lites which ended by changing the lights into a rainbow silk streamer.Throughout the lecture David emphasised key words by sticking them on a back drop. These words described elements he used in his show that allow him to get the best reaction from his audience.The routines demonstrated were contained in his lecture notes and many of the props and gimmicks required to perform these routines were available at a very reasonable price.Eddie thanked David for an enjoyable and informative evening and the reaction from the members and visitors showed that they fully appreciated and enjoyed this lecture.

The first heat of the Simpson Shield was organised by Ron Thompson. Eleven members competed in this heat. A variety of tricks were performed and the result was a win for Paul Kitchen with a Russian Roulette effect using Party Poppers.

Roni began his Theatrical Magic evening by performing a trick in which ice was placed into two boxes, mysteriously the ice in the colder box was seen to melt rapidly whilst the ice in the warmer box remained frozen. He then went on to perform a trick assisted by Sylvia in which a card was selected from a tarot deck using a crystal pendulum. Roni then entertained members with a story of Eva and Raphael Frankintoff during which photographs vanished and were replaced with the words Save our Souls and Shame the Satan, after the pair had made a pact with the devil.He finished with a story about a seamstress called Eva who magically made a continuous red thread from numerous small pieces of thread. The thread was then lit from a match which had already been struck and extinguished.Eddie thanked Roni for an extremely entertaining and theatrical evening.

Eddie Dawes began by introducing Chuck Hickok to the forty members and eight visitors attending the lecture. Chuck began by talking of his passion for Mentalism. Focusing on Corporate work, he sees himself firstly as an entertainer and secondly as a mentalist. Chuck said he gets people to relax, have fun and experience something amazing and he achieves all this through his Mentalism.Chuck went on to demonstrate and explain his Magic Square; a quick, interesting and amazing demonstration of rapid mathematics. This was followed by a postcard memory performance which was three quick, amazing and amusing demonstrations of memory skills using a stack of fifty postcards.Chuck went on to influence selections made by three members of the audience whilst performing Triple Influence. Each selection correctly matched what was printed on a banner that was on display before the demonstration started. The lecture ended with a Final Forecast in which he revealed predictions he had made before the lecture based on several free choices made during the show.

The Pocket Trick Drive, well organised by Rex Stott, proved to be an event enjoyed by all. Twenty-five members filled five tables with a few onlookers. A variety of tricks were shown including cards, dice, chains, sponges, ropes and coins. There were old and new ideas and everybody had the opportunity to watch the magic performed by all other members as participants swapped tables between fifteen minute rounds.

Eddie welcomed Tony who is currently on a world tour, having travelled from his home in New Zealand to America and then onto the UK and Europe. Tony is the first I.B.M. president to come from the Southern Hemisphere. His presentation took the form of a twenty-minute stand-up routine, and then twenty minutes of close-up magic. Following which he invited questions on any of the material. His idea was to show what could be done with props that would pack small, and would play to both a lay audience and to an audience of magicians, as he would be encountering both on his travels. Tony’s stand-up routine incorporated a novel Wayne Roger’s touch on the Monkey Bar, and also good use of Wayne’s appearing Opinion Pole. We also saw the New Zealand Compass, Phil Goldstein’s Jumbo B’Wave, Ribbon, Ropes and Rings, Supreme Magic’s Ribbon Rings and a Finger Ring Vanish to a Ring Box, in a glass, wrapped in a silk, in a nest of paper bags.

After a short interval, Tony was ready to do twenty minutes of close-up magic, all his props coming from a small chocolate box. He showed us his Sponge Bunny transformation, a Peter Marucci idea from The Linking Ring which was a two-in-the-hand, one-in-the-pocket trick using the three little pigs. A novel version of the haunted Glorpy handkerchief had members intrigued, and a stand out item was Tony’s take on Ken Brooke’s Okito Box routine. Tony finished his close-up set using New Zealand’s national symbol, the Kiwi Bird. This was in the form of a wind-up toy which went on to find a chosen card. Lots of questions were asked about the material shown, and Tony’s ideas’ and approaches to magic.Eddie thanked Tony for a wonderful evening, and Tony then presented Eddie with the Fiftieth issue of Magicana magazine and a Ring 160 Newsletter and IBM Ring banner. He also presented him with an IBM President’s citation.

The five teams taking part in this year’s quiz were Huddersfield, Barnsley, Hull, York and, new-comers, South Lincs. Mike Shepherd was the quizmaster and with his usual jovial humour he managed to put the contestants at ease and provide some ongoing entertainment. Almost an hour of questions made up the first half. Rapidly fired at the fifteen individuals, they could pick from categories of Magical History, Magical Literature, Magical Dealers, General Magic and Magicians, Old and New. A quick interval provided much needed refreshment, with a veritable feast laid on by our friendly innkeeper, Dave, and enjoyed by the teams, local supporters and visiting friends.

Mike started the second half by showing various replica magic posters and he asked the teams to come up with the date of the subject of the poster. Examples included Kellar’s Golden Butterfly (1906), Nelson Downs – King of Koins (1900), Chung Ling Soo and his Ten Assistants (1905) and the Davenport Brothers Cabinet Séance (1865). The second half closed with one more round of individual questioning. Then it was time for the scores, in reverse order, South Lincs., York, Barnsley, runners-up Huddersfield, and the winning Hull team of Arthur Setterington, Eddie Dawes and Richard Morrell. Second place Huddersfield were the proud recipients of the now legendary CD, and if you are passing through Huddersfield listen for the sounds of Scottish Bagpipe melodies! And for first place Hull received the Castle Magic Quiz Trophy, and each team member an ornamental paper-weight.

Throughout the evening Mike also ran an audience quiz, including the question ‘Who is the current I.B.M. International President?’ The fact that Tony Wilson, the current I.B.M. International President, happened to be sat in the audience was no coincidence, I wonder if he got that one correct? The audience quiz came down to a tie-break between Jan Stott, and Roxanne Broadbent, Jan finally relented when she found out the prize was… a Scottish Bagpipe CD and a Paper-weight!The whole evening was being video taped by Bernard Reuben to show to our member Chris Pawson who is currently too ill to attend meetings. Eddie thanked the other teams, and quizmaster Mike for another superb evening of fun and camaraderie.

Free And Easy The evening was attended by approximately twenty members and informal and relaxed. There was plenty of time for members to socialise, talk about magic and perform some close-up tricks. Whilst some members preferred to listen and watch, others performed their tricks, all were seated around a large table.

Rex Stott impressed Karen with a rope trick routine which he has been working on. Arthur Setterington demonstrated the versatility of everyday objects in magic as he performed a clever trick using his belt. Tom Wilkinson and Alan Johnston entertained Sylvia Harrop with a gambling trick using a looped chain. Ron Thompson performed a trick with a borrowed ring and a handkerchief. Malcolm Bromwich showed an elaborate card trick. One advantage of this evening was that members were willing to repeat their tricks a number of times when requested, providing the opportunity for those interested to learn the method.