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Future IBM RING 216 Events

August 11, 2010

IBM Ring 216 Teach-In and Open Performance Night!!

We have some cool Teach-ins planned for the August meeting. Ken King will be teaching Tony Clark’s “Knife Through Jacket” so bring a dull dinner knife and a jacket for some hands-on lessons. President Fred Rasmussen will be teaching a 10 minute segment on “Applause” and Historian Jim Blashek will be lecturing on “the History of Magic.” In addition, Secretary Raahul Srinivasan will have a surprise teach-in for us. The last part of the meeting will be “Open Performance Night!” Here is your chance to work out those kinks in your new routines in front of a live audience or you can use this forum to prepare for the “Annual Ring 216 Close-Up Magic Competition” scheduled in October! We have 5 competitors already signed up for the event so if you are interested in joining the competition, send an email to Cal Tong (vicepresident@ring216.org).

September 8, 2010
IBM Ring 216 Professional Lecture or Teach-In
(More information to follow)

October 13, 2010
IBM Ring 216 Annual Close Up Competition

November 10, 2010
IBM Ring 216 Meeting
(More information to follow)

Dec 8, 2010
IBM Ring 216 Annual Stage Competition

Other Events:

July 29 - 31, 2010
GGG (Golden Gate Gathering) Convention

This is the greatest annual magician's convention in the Bay Area! If you have not attended this event in the past, you must attend this year! Location - Crowne Plaza in Foster City. Cost: $175 (Paypal it to: kentfgunn@hotmail.com). Lecturers include: Norman Beck, Jason England, Paul Vigil, Mike Gallo, and Allan Ackerman. All members of IBM Ring 216 are cordially invited to attend. For more information, go to www.bamagic.com. Dealer room includes Byron Walker (Byron Walker Magic Books) and Tony Miller (R.F.A. Magic Productions).

August 3, 2010
OMC (Oakland Magic Circle) Intra-Club Stage Competition
http://www.oaklandmagiccircle.com/

August 8th

Axel Hecklau Small-Group Workshop

Start time will probably be 2:30 PM and the workshop will be held at Apple. Location and start time will be confirmed for those who register. The workshop will include an in-depth learning session on his Newsflash. It may also include one or two other effects. The cost of the workshop is $60. Seating for the workshop is very limited, so email Joe Caffall at jocaff@pacbell.net ASAP if you want to attend

August 9th

Axel Hecklau Lecture, Presented by S.A.M. 94,

1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA, 7:00 PM, Cost: $25.00 per person. You are not going to want to miss this one! S.A.M. 94 will be presenting a lecture by Axel Hecklau, creator of Newsflash, a lightning fast and extremely visual Torn and Restored Newspaper, and ColaCap, visual penetration of a bottle cap into a glass bottle, as well as other effects developed and proven in his own performances. Axel Hecklau lives in Berlin, Germany. He has already presented his lecture in more than 60 cities, including New York, Philadelphia, Vienna, Rome, Barcelona, Monte Carlo, and Berlin. Axel Hecklau has 30 years in magic, and is a well known working pro in Germany. He has competed at 15 magic competitions and won 14 prizes, including FISM 1988, 2nd place (Great Illusions). The 15th competition was FISM 2003 with a 6th place and a standing ovation for his act as an old fashioned (funny) Prussian police officer. Since 2004 he has had his own weekly close-up show called Close-Up-Club, in Berlin. If you search on YouTube for “Axel Hecklau” you will find some demo videos of his inventions. His lecture (parlour, stage and close-up) contains no “B” material. Everything is taken from his active repertoire and proofed in hundreds of shows in front of laypeople. Gene Anderson commented on his T&R Newspaper “Newsflash” as “brilliant - absolutely brilliant.” For more information about Axel and his creations, please visit one of his websites: