Magic & Conjuring: page 219

Here you have thirteen effects with a ring and a rope, both ordinary. Aldo does not recommend to perform all 13 in a row as it may be too long of a routine, but select the ones you like and create your own sequence.

Ring and rope effects are always popular with any audience. They take little room in your pocket or performing table and are always ready to go. Both routines are also available as a download DVD of the same name: Still Ringing Around (download DVD)

1st edition 2011; 17 pages.

For several years Aldo had a column in the Linking Ring magazine. At the time Phil Willmarth was the editor and he was so kind and open minded enough that he basically let Aldo make fun of everything and everyone.

The columns not only contained some good magic but Aldo was able to include some funny stuff as well. Also, between tricks and gags you will find suggestions on how to improve your presentations with regards to our art of magic.

The structure of the column was an easy one: 1) Some fun and 2) some magic and it worked. Aldo has collected in this e-book many of his favorite columns...

Here’s another ebook from Aldo containing 21 routines using sponge balls, coins, newspaper, cards, jumbo cards, balls, ropes, rubber bands and more. Aldo has been using some of these routines during his acts for quite some years; “Jumbo Jumble” for example, is still one of his favorite effects, so is “Real Danger” which he uses a lot. For close-up workers, do not overlook “Heart 2 Heart,” “Nose Out” and “Another’s Bet.”

You also have a couple of very strong routines here for children’s entertainers, namely “Kaleidoscope Ropes” and “Knot Knots.”

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In this set of notes you will find several tricks and routines that have served Aldo well during the last few years as a stand-up performer. In fact, the tricks explained here can all be done standing up as no table is required and are great for walk around or strolling magic. Done this way you simply use the hands of the spectators to help you.

Aldo has written these tricks and routines with the assumption that you already know some basic magic such as a card control, a Double Undercut, an Elmsley Count and the like. Aldo's purpose here is not to teach you ‘sleights’ but rather ‘routines’...

Innovative! Brilliant! Impossible! As seen on TV! So, what is Crazy-8? A signed piece of paper is torn, rearranged, and restored MIS-MADE... and it's still signed. No tape, no glue, just magic! The spectator keeps the cool souvenir of your awesome magical powers. Plus, you'll learn how to do it with a borrowed dollar bill. Imagine that!

Includes: Fully illustrated instructions with the professional script written and performed by Harlan. Original artwork for making your own gimmicks... no refills needed. Full instructions for Crazy-Cash with information on how to obtain the secret materials...

So, you want to be a good magician? Get these performance, routining, and creativity notes, which detail step-by-step instructions to make your magic better. Packed with time saving tips and techniques that you can use to quickly elevate your routines to a professional level. Learn how to use the Triple-Trilogy Structure and the powerful Series of Three Principle to plan your entire show. Then, you'll learn how to fully script your routines (forget about "patter"), organize your props, practice and rehearse (yes, they are different!), and conduct your business professionally.

Plus, you'll...

Dan Harlan's original, charming, impromptu routine finally available to you as an instant download. Own the original manuscript detailing the performance and handling of this beautiful effect using only a simple paper napkin to charm audiences of all ages. This is a professional, reputation-making miracle you can perform anywhere... close-up, stand-up or stage.

Includes:

• Detailed Instructions
• Folding Diagrams
• Multiple Variations and Scripting Ideas, allowing you to master every nuance of this unforgettable masterpiece

9 pages

All these routines are performed with a regular deck of cards. Ten incredible effects with a special guest appearance by Cameron Francis.

Contents:

• PARADOXICAL PAIRS (Nick Trost): You place twelve pairs of cards on the table. The spectator selects the only two matching pairs. No force.
• VOISINAGE (Didier Dupré): Two face-up Jokers and four face-down Queens between them. A spectator names any Queen (free choice) and eliminates the other three cards from the packet. The remaining Queen is the selection.
• TEXAS MIX (Aldo Colombini): A card is freely selected. You reveal three mates of the selected card and, as...

This is the "We're Back!" issue. The Magic Menu ceased publication in 2001. In 2009 Jim Sisti brought it back to life expanding the focus to professional Close-Up Magicians rather than exclusively Restaurant and Bar. Jim's observation was that the opportunities for close-up magicians have changed and expanded, which prompted him to change the focus of his magazine, too.

• The Editor's Desk: Jim Sisti
• Sleightly Delusional: Christopher Lyle
• In The Trenches: Paul Green
• The Bar Top: Paul Gordon
• Ask The Only 2.0: Al The Only
• Yesterday's Treasures: Dan Doyle
• The Way I See It: Scott F. Guinn
• Tricks For The...

Are online forums hurting your magic?

• The Editor's Desk: Jim Sisti
• Cover Story: John LeBlanc
• In The Trenches: Paul Green
• Mobile Mysteries: Richard Osterlind
• Sleightly Delusional: Christopher Lyle
• Ask The Only 2.0: Al The Only
• The Way I See It: Scott F. Guinn
• Yesterday's Treasures: Dan Doyle
• The Bar Top: Paul Gordon
• Magic In Review: Mark Zacharia
• Tricks For The Trade: Daniel Greenwolf
• Profile Of A Worker: James Prince
• Frankly Speaking: Tom Frank

Corporate Magic - is it still a viable market?

• The Editor's Desk: Jim Sisti
• Cover Story: Jim Sisti
• In The Trenches: Paul Green
• Mobile Mysteries: Richard Osterlind
• Sleightly Delusional: Christopher Lyle
• Ask The Only 2.0: Al The Only
• The Way I See It: Scott F. Guinn
• Yesterday's Treasures: Dan Doyle
• The Bar Top: Paul Gordon
• Magic In Review: Mark Zacharia
• Tricks For The Trade: Daniel Greenwolf
• Bamboozlers: Diamond Jim Tyler
• Profile Of A Worker: James Prince
• Frankly Speaking: Tom Frank

All these routines are performed with a regular deck of cards. Special guest appearance of Cameron Francis

• BACK TO THE FUTURE (Aldo Colombini): Five double-backed cards reveal a Royal Flush.
• H2OILED (Aldo Colombini): Another unique Oil & Water routine in three phases.
• PENNY PLAIN (Karl Fulves): A spectator chooses where the selection ends up.
• THE JACKS COME BACK AGAIN (Nick Trost): The two black Jacks always separate from the red ones. At the end the four Jacks change into Aces.
• LIBRA (Richard Vollmer): A nice routine where you find the selected card and, as a climax, the three mates of it.
• ROYAL TWIST (Didier Dupré):...

An unbelievable prize winning routine with a regular deck of cards!

A stunning self-working routine. Three different predictions are taken from a pad of paper and given out, one to each of three spectators. A deck of cards is shuffled and cut into two halves. A spectator cuts a portion from one half, turns it face up, and shuffles it together with the other face down half creating a topsy-turvy condition (a packet of face up and face down cards.) The spectator cuts any amount of cards from this face up and face down portion, turns it over, and shuffles it with the remainder of the deck which...

Nick Trost was a master in creating amazing tricks and routines based on subtleties rather than difficult sleight-of-hand. Here you have a the first of a three volume set based on the card magic of Nick Trost. This is Aldo's tribute to a very creative magician.

All the tricks are performed with a regular deck of cards.

Contents:

• ACE STOP: Here is a quick, easy method of locating the four Aces in a magical manner.
• AMBITIOUS DEUCE SANDWICH: A selected card is buried in the deck only to jump to the top and land between the two red Deuces. This happens three times.
• TEN-IN-A-ROW DOUBLE COINCIDENCE: This...

This is the second volume in Aldo's Nick Trost tribute series. All the tricks are performed with a regular deck of cards.

Contents:

• A SIMPLE COINCIDENCE: A spectator selects a card. You spread the deck to reveal a face-up Ten in the center. The spectator’s card is the other red Ten.
• THE NINES FIRST: A card is selected. A second card is chosen and both turn out to be Nines.. A packet of cards contains exactly nine cards and the last card is a Nine and this card finds the other Nine.
• A PUZZLING ASSEMBLY: Using the court cards, the spectators separate the four Jacks, the Queens and the Kings. ...

This is the third volume in Aldo's Nick Trost tribute series. All the tricks are performed with a regular deck of cards.

Contents:

• A TRIPLE TRANSPORTATION: Cards are following ‘indicators’ with a stunning triple change/transposition.
• JAZZ 1-2-3-4 REVISITED: The A-2-3-4 of Spades and four other cards are shown. The A-2-3-4 are placed between the other cards and they vanish one after the other to assemble in one packet.
• DOUBLE WHAMMY PREDICTION: You remove two predictions. A spectator selects two cards and these are shown to be mates.
• THE MAGNETIC ACES: Two freely selected cards are used to...

Ten stunning packet tricks. All these routines are performed with regular cards.

Contents:

• A SWITCH IN TIME (Roy Walton): Four red cards and four black cards are switched but always the two packets remain in their original colors.
• HOF-PACKET (Aldo Colombini): The Hofzinser theme using just the four Kings (or Aces) and a selected card.
• TRANSMENTAL (Steve Pressley): A thought-of card disappears from a packet and reappears between two cards.
• OIL, WATER & GUTS (Aldo Colombini): Four red cards are mixed with four black but the colors separate. The procedure is repeated, then they mix and...

From the introduction:

"I encourage you to check out Radek's work, you'll be very glad you did." - Marion Boykin

"That looks great R, it looks like a winner." - Mano Tejeda

"Just got this and I can't wait to dig into it!" - Ben Salinas

Thermochromism is the ability of a substance to change color due to a change in temperature. That’s exactly what you will cause to happen in one of the two routines described in this manuscript. But that is not all, you will teleport coins, have them penetrate your pocket and have them change shape. Two amazing routines from the hot new coin expert Radek Makar. And...

Here is the second download DVD with routines using the four Aces as primary 'characters.' Ten card routines with Aces.

CONTENTS:

• TOPSY-TURVY ACE LOCATION (Nick Trost): In a face-up and face-down shuffled deck you find the Aces and then all the cards turn facing the same way.
• HOF-WICH (Cameron Francis): Two Jokers find the Ace of the same suit of the selected card and then the Ace changes into the selection.
• ACCENTUATED ACES (Paul Gordon): The Aces are eliminated one by one and the last changes into the selected card.
• ATLANTIS (Aldo Colombini): A card is placed on the table and a selected card is inserted among the four...

Easy-to-do card miracles.

Contents:

• THREE-WAY MIRACLE PREDICTION (Nick Trost): Three amazing predictions you won't believe! Great routine.
• TEN MATE (Joe Rindfleisch): A spectator picks a card and you find its mate.
• 2' WAVE (Aldo Colombini): The "B'Wave" effect with regular cards. A selected Queen turns face up, has a different colored back and the other three cards are blank! Everything can be examined.
• BLANK-MAZEMENT (Rachel Colombini): A deck of blank-faced cards and two dice. The spectator finds the mates of your predictions.
• TWO BY TWO (Karl Fulves): You show cards two by two and they do not match....

Here's another collection of easy card routines. Card routines performed with regular cards. Using just a deck of cards, you can perform very strong, baffling, visual magic.

CONTENTS:

• PROPHECY IN COLOR (Nick Trost): A spectator shuffles the cards and deals eight pairs. You predict how many matching pairs and which color they are.
• FAT CHANCE (Aldo Colombini): The Ace, Two, Three and Four of Spades move from top to bottom of a packet of four cards and then a Royal Flush appears.
• FLY AWAY CARDS (Karl Fulves): Two freely selected cards disappear from the deck and reappear face up in the middle.
• COINCIDENCE...

A closing routine with dozens of effects and with a climax that floors audiences. Productions of court cards, four Aces, change of color of the backs of the cards, one selected card appears marked with a big X on its back and, at the end, all the other cards are the same! You won’t believe the amount of effects and it uses just regular cards!

The incredible card magic of Didier Dupré. Routines created by Didier himself and performed by Aldo Colombini. Didier made a huge impact in Europe with his card magic and in the US. He shares here ten terrific routines.

Contents:

• MINI-TURBULENCE: Three freely selected cards placed between the four Aces disappear and re-appear between the four face-up Queens.
• COME TOGETHER 2: Two packets: Four Queens and four Kings. One packet changes into four Ten of Spades, and the other changes into a Royal Flush.
• CANNIBAL CARDS: The classic theme, where selected cards (missionaries) are placed...