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.