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Magic Tricks
Tips and hints to help you become
a successful magician
- Practice in front of a mirror so you
can see the trick as your audience will. Practice lots!
- Practice the "patter" as well
as the trick. Figure out before hand what you want to say during
the show. Good patter will help distract the audience just enough
to keep them from guessing how you've pulled off your magical feats!
Here's a start for you:
I have a magic trick for you.
It should be lots of fun.
Pay very close attention,
And guess how it is done!
- Resist the temptation to tell how the
trick worked... keep them guessing and they'll be even more impressed
with your show.
- Never do the same trick more than once
for the same audience. It makes it too easy for the audience
to guess how it was done.
- Control the seating arrangements...
some of the tricks require that the people be looking straight at
you. Have the audience remain seated throughout the show.
- Wherever you can, borrow the objects
from the audience... coins, pencils, napkins, etc. Borrowing
from the audience makes it seem like the magician hasn't had time
to do anything sneaky to the item. This makes everything seem
more magical!
- Lovely Assistant: a lot of the
card tricks (or any other mind reading type tricks) work well using
a magical
puppet or stuffed animal as your assistant. Try putting
on an entire show where you aren't a magician at all... instead claim
that you bought a puppet from an old gypsy woman and it turned out
to be magic (you can make up a cool story to use as your patter).
Have the puppet or stuffed animal "whisper" the answers
into your ear. Having a puppet do all the work, may keep you
from getting stage fright!
Now... on with the show!
If
you have other hints and tips to become a better magician, please let
us know by e-mailing us these hints.
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