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http://www.daryl.net November 2014/The Magic SYMbol CONTENTSWHAT’S INSIDE 2 Spotlight - Convention Ad/What’s on the Web 8 Number magic

4 Letter From the Editor 9 Scouts Learn magic

5 Daryl Interview 10 SYM Pin Program

6 Daryl Continued 11 SYM Pin Program

7 SYM News Andy Ellson - Achievement Pin 12 Magic Fun Page - more number magic When a magician lets you notice something on your own, his lie becomes impenetrable.- Teller S.Y.M. WEBSITE S.A.M. WEBSITE www.magicsym.com www.magicsam.com

The Society of Young Magicians (S.Y.M.) sponsored by The Society of American Magicians, is a world-wide organization for youth, ages 7 through 17. (At age 18 you graduate to membership in The Society of American Magicians.) The purpose of S.Y.M. is to promote interest in magic as a wholesome hobby that will help develop self-confidence and skill, the ability to speak in pub- lic, discipline that comes from learning, practicing and performing magic, and a sense of service to others through helping others learn magic and by performing magic at charitable events.

The Society of Young Magicians has nearly 100 local chapters, called Assemblies, around the country. Adult supervision and instruction are provided by qualified members of the Society of American Magicians, one of the most prestigious world-wide organizations of its kind.

HAVE A QUESTION? NEED ADVICE? CAN’T FIGURE OUT A TRICK? NEED GUIDANCE? DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT IN MAGIC?

The S.Y.M. has a panel of mentors ready to help you. Associate members who do not have an Assembly in their area now have a place to turn. Even members of a local Assembly can participate in this mentoring program. This is a free service and part of your S.Y.M. membership. To contact the SYMentor, simply e-mail your questions to: [email protected]

Your question will be directed to someone who will help you from our panel of experts. Parents of SYM’ers may also write with questions.

Be sure to get permission from your parents before writing. Letter from the editor The Michael A. Raymer Magic SYMbol Volume 30 Issue No. 11 • November 2014 1t’s 4ll in th3 The Magic SYMbol is a monthly publication Michael A. Raymer, Editor NUMB3R5 Bruce Kalver, Consulting Editor Articles are written by the editor unless otherwise noted.

Editorial Offices:

The Magic SYMbol Michael Raymer, Editor Numbers, they are all around us. When I was in elementary 5512 Pavilion Way school we had to practice our math skills. We learned addition, sub- Louisville, KY 40291 502-644-7829 traction, multiplication and division. We didn’t have calculators so [email protected] we had to do all the calculations in our head. That was something my parents were always very god at they could take a set of numbers S.Y.M. National Director and give you a total in seconds. Me, not so much, I always struggled with numbers. Jann Goodsell The reason I bring this up is that I threw in some number tricks 329 West 1750 North Orem, UT 84057 in this issue. They are really more like stunts but if presented in the 801-724-9758 right way can look like feats of mentalism. I have seen some people Fax: 801-802-8925 perform complete acts of rapid mathematical calculations and you [email protected] think “wow, that person must be a genius” - in some cases they are Dues Payment and in others they are using devices that we as magicians use. Change of Address/ New Memberships: We also have a great interview with Daryl that was done y a S.Y.M c/o fellow SYM member. If you interview a magician please send us a Manon Rodriguez copy and we’ll be glad to share it here so all the other SYM members National Administrator P.O. Box 505 can see it and learn from it. Parker, CO 80134 I’ve always liked Daryl - he was one of the first lectures I saw [email protected] and I remember his comedy and presentation were fantastic. He has a great line of magic and he has some wonderful instructional DVD’s The SocietySociety of of available. We’ve included a link to his website here in the issue as YoungYoung MagiciansMagicians well but I really hope you are given the opportunity to see him lec- Board ofof Directors Directors ture live it is a wonderful and fun time. Executive Board JannExecutive Goodsell • Andy Board Dallas Bruce Kalver EdJann Thomas Goodsell • Hope • Andy Anderson Dallas Bruce Kalver Until Next Month..... LanceEd Thomas Burton • • William Hope Anderson Andrews Jay Gorham • Char Gott ConnieLance Hatherill Burton • MarleneArlen Solomon Clark Connie Hatherill • Arlen Solomon

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If it has you should be receiving your renewal information by mail, please remember to renew your membership. 4 November 2014/The Magic SYMbol Magic SYMbol An Interview with Daryl by Anastasia, SYM 96 Secretary SYM Interviews Daryl is a World Champion, Svengali Deck routine for me. I was first place FISM Gold medal SO AMAZED, that he decided to give winning, close-up magician me the special deck as a gift. I studied with over 40 years of the construction of the pack and I was experience in both performing fascinated by how it worked. I started and selling the finest magic to purchase other tricks because in the world. Daryl performed I was amazed at the cleverness of as a headline act at Caesars their methods. Eventually, I started Palace in Las Vegas for seven performing the various tricks for years fine tuning his already family members and friends at school. encyclopedic knowledge of The rest is history! magic. Daryl has performed literally thousands of shows A: In magic, unlike most other art for audiences as diverse forms, a single error can seem to as the Witch Doctors on ruin an entire performance. Do the South Pacific island of you allow any margin for error in Vanuatu to the movers and your performance (as mentalists shakers of the political world some-times do)? How do you at the Presidential Ball in handle or avoid mistakes? Washington, D.C. D: Another great question! I do not “allow” any margin A: Daryl, My father has many of your videos and for error, but if an error occurs, I simply deal with it and it feels like I grew up watching them. I especially move on. I’m and entertainer and magic is my medium. remember in one of the series that each video It’s the “instrument” I use to express my-self. I do what I started with an introduction with you spreading can IN ADVANCE to prevent mistakes, but if all else fails, the cards and saying, “ I can explain it in one word, and I can’t make it right, I could imagine myself laughing and that word is control…” it off by saying something like, “If this were easy, anyone could do it!” If you really had to summarize the most important principle/method in magic in one word, what might That being said, so far, this has never happened. By the it be, and why?” way, if you do card magic, an EXCELLENT book to study is “Outs” Precautions and Challenges by Charles H. D: Great question and my answer is “Misdirection”. Why, Hopkins. because in magic, it’s ALL misdirection. It’s not really about what you do it’s what you make the audience THINK you A: Do you find that different groups respond do. It’s true that at times you may be misdirecting your differently to magic? (Children, teenagers, adults audience’s eyes, but more often you’re misdirection their and the elderly as well as male and female) MINDS. D: Yes, but as minute as the specifics can be, generally, A: Most magicians seem to begin to be interested reactions are probably more similar than different. in magic at an early age. Can you describe your first experience with magic and how it managed to grab A: How and how often do you practice, and who a hold of you? serves as a test audience for your new routines?

D: At the age of seven, a friend of the family, who was an D: I don’t practice often these days because I have been amateur magician, came to visit and performed a quick PERFORMING the same routines for many years and

November 2014/The Magic SYMbol 5 SYM INterviews Daryl Interview Continued I’d say I pretty much have them down. If I’m learning A: What is the best piece of advice about magic something new, then I practice until I can do it well. There you’ve received, and what was the source of that is not specific amount of time that is required that is the advice? same for everyone. Just keep practicing until you can perform it properly. D: Dai Vernon has always said, “Be natural and be yourself.” The professor’s advice has served me well! My friends and family serve as my test audience as well as members of various magic clubs. A: Suppose you have just a minute or two to show President Obama a quick magic miracle. What effect A: Often beginning magicians have few outlets to would you choose and why? perform and tend to perform nearly exclusively for family & friends. What are the reactions of your D: I’d probably do something totally impromptu like the friends and family who have been exposed to your Tenkai Pennies trick. It may not be the greatest miracle magic for years, and do you perform for them there is, but it is impromptu and it can be performed at regularly? any time and place.

D: I’m pleased to say that I have NEVER overexposed my A: What magical items do you carry with you magic to friends and family. This is one of the many good everywhere? reasons to attend lo-cal magic club meetings. NOTHING takes the place for gaining experi-ence than performing D: At the risk of disappointing you, there are no magical for live audiences. items that I al-ways carry with me. If a situation comes up, D: If you actively If you actively LOOK for audiences, you I can always do some-thing that is truly impromptu. will find them. Do NOT concern yourself with getting paid in the beginning. Perform for FREE for church A: Do you have any new releases coming out? groups, retirement communities, even street magic. The most important thing is to get as much PERFORMING D: Yes… always! There will be more Essentials in Magic experience as you possibly can. Master Courses to name a few. To be the FIRST to learn of my new releases, simply visit my web site and join our A: Copperfield tells a story about showing his private email list. www.Daryl.net pockets empty once when being mugged. Have your magic skills ever proven useful in the real world?

D: The David Copperfield story is a great one, but I’ve never had such an experience. On the other hand, I’ve seen things at the card table that other players probably never noticed. Because of my magical back-ground, understanding the value of what I’ve seen has, at times, been very advantageous!

A: What’s the first thing people ask you (or ask you to do) once they find out about your profession?

D: Probably the same as most other magicians, “Show me something.”

6 November2014/The Magic SYMbol SYM NEWS

assemblies that can count pin recipients among their members include Assembly 3: 3 pins, including a Silver Pin; Assembly 73: 2 pins; Assemblies 69, 140, 143, 6 and 92: 1 pin each.

Achievement Pin Update The S.Y.M. Achievement Pin Program is a great way to help you advance in magic; plus you receive Congratulations to our latest Achievement Pin recognition for your work. After earning Bronze recipient, Andy Ellson of Vancouver Washington. Andy pins, you can work your way up to Silver and Gold. belongs to SYM Assembly 105 in Oregon. At the Bronze and Silver levels, you also must recite and explain the S.Y.M. pledge. At the Silver and Andy earned a Bronze Pin in cards by demonstrating 3 Gold levels, you also will learn magic history and card effects. In fact, he combined the 3 effects to create will develop leadership skills that will help you a nice routine, said his leader Thomas Waldrop. throughout your life. In one effect, Andy divided the deck into red and black At each level, you will perform effects for your S.Y.M. halves. A volunteer selected a card from each half and advisors, who will help you work toward earning a returned each to their respective halves, but later, the pin. If you don’t belong to an S.Y.M. assembly or selected cards were found reversed in the opposite half. don’t have an advisor, don’t worry. You can earn pins In another effect, the cards were mixed and randomly via email and other electronic methods. counted into 3 piles, based on the value of the cards. At the end, the aces were on top. The last effect was If you’re interested in the S.Y.M. Achievement Pin a prediction. Nine cards were randomly selected and Program, you can read about it in the Magic SYMbol mixed. The eventual order of the card matched the or contact Achievement Pin Program Coordinator prediction. Marlene Clark at [email protected]. Andy’s latest Bronze Pin is his second in cards; he earned his first in 2013. That means he has completed 6 different effects in cards, and he’s looking forward to earning a Silver Pin in Cards. Andy also has earned a Bronze Pin in Rope Magic and 1 in Sponge Magic. Gimme 5 A Mind Reading Effect Since 2013, Assembly 105 members Journey Wheeler also earned a bronze in Coin Magic, and Qi Liang Instructions: earned a bronze in Mentalism. Kim Canjoo of Assembly 6 in Connecticut earned a Bronze Pin in Coin Magic, Ask a friend to pick a number. and Audrey Ting of Assembly 92 in Minnesota earned Add the next higher number to it. a Bronze Pin in Card Magic. Add 9 and divide by 2, and then subtract the original number. Members of Assembly 105 have earned the most Achievement Pins so far: 14, which includes: 1 silver Is it 5? pin. Members of Assembly 102 and Assembly 114 tied for second with 10 Achievement Pins. Other

WE NEED YOUR NEWS! We want to hear from you! Send us photos of your Assembly show. Write up a report about the lecturer you saw at your S.Y. M. meeting. Become our field reporters and keep other SYMers in touch with SYM Assembly activities. If you don’t write in, then we don’t know about it! Send your story to the editor at [email protected]. November 2014/The Magic SYMbol 7 Number Magic Guess the Number

Instructions:

Write a number on a piece of paper equal to the current year times two. (example: 2014 x 2 =4028). Fold the paper and put it in your pocket. Give your friend a piece of paper and a pencil. Tell your friend to write down the following: A. The year he was born B. The year he started school C. How old he will be at the end of this year D. The number of years he has been in school by the end of this year.

Make sure he doesn’ t tell you any of these numbers!

Tell your friend to add up all of his numbers. Now, take out the piece of paper in your pocket and amaze your friend by showing him the same number he just wrote!

If you are using this trick for your parents, or someone finished with school, you will have to change the questions to the following:

A. The year he was born B. The year he graduated high school C. How old he will be at the end of this year D. The number of years since graduation, by the end of this year.

The Magic Number

Instructions:

Have your friend think of a number between 1 and 100, and to keep it a secret.

Now, using your calculator, take your age, multiply by 2, add 5, multiply by 50, and subtract 365.

Next, keep that number from the last step on the calculator, hand the calculator to your friend, and tell them to add their secret number, then add 115.

The first half of the resulting number is your age, and the other part of the number is your friend’s secret number!

8 November 2014/The Magic SYMbol SYM Members Teach Scouts Magic SYM 29 News Boy Scouts of America, Mad River District held it’s annual three day Fall Camporee at Camp Mattatuck Plymouth Ct. The theme of the Camporee was “Magic”.

Ten magicians from “The Society Of American Magicians participated in the event. The hundreds of Scouts attending signed a “Certificate of Magical Secrecy” promising to keep secret all the magic tricks they learned at the weekend event.

The scouts were taught over 10 skills. How to handle and shuffle a deck of cards, pick a card mental trick, four Aces collection trick, rope knots, cut and restore rope, professors nightmare with three ropes, mentalism 3 ways out, escapes, cups and balls penetration move, and coin tricks. confirming there was nothing holding her up. The scouts were responsible for supplying a deck Each scout was presented a “Certificate of Completion” of cards and the “Society of American Magicians” for successfully completing the magic trick classes and donated the remaining supplies to perform all the are now certified to perform magic tricks. tricks they were taught, even a magic wand. The event was celebrated with a extravaganza magic show on The Boy Scouts of Mad River District would like to the final night of the weekend. thank the magicians of Assembly 29 for donating their time and supplies for this great event. Everyone was in The magic show which was described as “epic” by many agreement that they were some of the finest teachers scouts included many astonishing tricks. The main they ever witnessed. They exhibited extraordinary event was when magician Sandy Rhoades levitated patience. Were persistent that every scout learned the scout leader Lynn Mancini of Troop 140 of Oakville trick he was being taught. and left her suspended while he passed a steel hoop

November 2014/The Magic SYMbol 9 S.Y.M. ACHIEVEMENT PIN PROGRAM The S.Y.M. Achievement Pin Program allows S.Y.M. members to explore 10 areas of magic, demonstrate skill in these areas, and receive recognition for their accomplishments. The progressive nature of the Achievement Pin Program also measures how young magicians are advancing in their magical journey. As candidates work from bronze to gold, they will learn valuable leadership skills aimed at increasing their confidence in all areas of life. S.Y.M advisors are available to help members work toward earning their pins and to ensure that candidates meet all requirements. S.Y.M. members who do not belong to an S.Y.M. assembly will be able to receive help from advisors via mail or electronically.

GENERAL INFORMATION 1. The Achievement Pin Program coordinator will provide worksheets in which candidates and adult supervisors can record candidates’ progress. 2. Advisors or organizers must return completed forms to the Achievement Pin Program coordinator. Completed paperwork will be forwarded to the S.Y.M. director, after which pins will be awarded. 3. Pins will be awarded for completed tricks only. In other words, demonstrating a Double Lift or a French Drop does not count. The Double Lift must be presented within a completed trick; e.g., using a Double Lift to force or find a card. 4. Members may receive pins in more than one category, as long as all requirements are met for each category. 5. S.Y.M. assembly members will test for pins at an assembly meeting. 6. Associate S.Y.M. members will test for pins by submitting an application, along with a video, DVD or electronic link to the Achievement Pin Program Coordinator. 7. Each candidate will submit an application fee of $4.00 for each bronze and silver pin, and $5.00 for each gold pin.

Make your check out to the Society of Young Magicians. Mail it and your Completed Application to: Marlene Clark SYM Achievement Pin Program Coordinator 274 Church St., #6B Guilford, CT 06437

10 November 2014/The Magic SYMbol S.Y.M. ACHIEVEMENT PIN PROGRAM

1. Categories: Members may perform stage, standup (parlor), and/or close-up magic. They will be awarded bronze and silver pins in the following categories and gold “Excellence in Magic” pins.

Cards Coins Silk Paper Sponge Rope Animals Mentalism Cups & Balls General Magic (Miscellaneous)

2. Requirements A. Bronze: (1) Candidates must be a member for at least three months. (2) Candidates must give and explain the S.Y.M. Pledge. (3) Candidates must demonstrate skill in three effects in one category: three card tricks or three sponge tricks, for example. (4) Candidates must be able to describe each effect and provide the proper or technical term for the effect or move, if applicable: Professor’s Nightmare, French Drop or Glide, for example. (5) Candidates will be judged on execution and basic skill; e.g., don’t tip the method. B. Silver (1) Candidates must give and explain the S.Y.M. Pledge. (2) Candidates must have earned two bronze pins in the same category – a total of six tricks for that category. (3) Candidates will perform a three-to-four minute routine. There is no limit to the number of effects used, but at least two must be from a bronze routine in order to get a silver pin in that category. (4) Candidates will be judged on execution, skill and presentation. (5) Candidates must write a report of at least 250 words on one famous magician for each silver pin. C. Gold (1) Candidates must have earned a Silver pin in three different categories to qualify for a gold pin. (2) Candidates will present an 8-to-10-minute act with a unifying theme or presentation. One effect must be from a silver routine. The act will be judged on skill, presentation, appearance, stage presence (even in close-up), confidence, audience appeal, appropriateness, timing, and public speaking ability (if applicable). (3) Candidates will also present their gold pin performances as a community service project for the public at a venue of their choice. (4) Candidates will make a five-to-10 minute oral presentation on any area of magic before an S.Y.M. or S.A.M. meeting or public venue, such as a classroom or library. The candidate will be judged on knowledge of material, organization, delivery, appearance, and public speaking ability. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, magic history, biography (different from the Silver presentation) and magic theory. (5) Candidates are responsible for organizing and making all arrangements for all presentations. Following presentations, candidates will submit a report to the adult advisor detailing the work done.

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November 2014/The Magic SYMbol 11 Magic Fun Page Eleven Fingers

Instructions:

Tell your friends that you have eleven fingers, and you can prove it!

Using your left forefinger, point to each finger of your right hand, counting “One, two, three, four, five”. November Birthdays With your right forefinger, count the fingers on your left hand, “Six, seven, eight, nine, ten”. 11- Tobias Bamberg 16- Robert Nelson Say “Funny, I’m sure I had eleven. Let me count them again.” 18- Bautier DeKolta 30- Henning Nelms This time, count backwards, pointing to the fingers of your left hand, say “Ten, nine, eight, seven, six…”.

Then stop, hold up the right hand and say “Plus five equals eleven! I told you I had eleven fingers.”

Mind Reading

What You Need:

An accomplice (a friend who knows the secret) Check your local Library for Chewing gum this book. It has magic trick ideas for holidays. Instructions:

Tell your friends that you can read the mind of your accomplice. Ask someone to whisper a number from 1 to 10 in your accomplice’s ear. Put your hands on your accomplice’s cheeks. (Act like you are reading his mind) Your accomplice should chew his gum the same number of times as the number that was whispered in his ear. You will amazingly know what number was whispered in your accomplice’s ear!