Club News    -  Sunday, December 11, 2005

Meeting Notes... There are two meetings in December 2005:

Topic: Holiday time, so anything goes. Be a little imaginative.
Meeting at Tamarac 7:30pm Thursday December 22

This is really magical... One of our members, Steve Delgado became a father of a baby boy named LANCE. The happy event occurred the night after Wilma arrived. Steve and his wife were traveling on I-95 that evening when a police patrol car stopped them and asked why they were out driving under these circumstances. He told the officers that they were going to the hospital, as she was about to give birth. The officers then decided to lead them to the hospital just in case there were any problems. Very nice story to be told at this very happy time of the year. Congratulations to both Steve and Alicia and now Lance has about 90 grandparents.

Annual Dinner...We have made arrangements for our annual installation dinner dance. The date is Sunday January 22, 2006. Treasurer Phil LaBush will chair the event and board member Mike Shelly will chair the entertainment portion for the evening. Please do not procrastinate and send me your reservation for our dinner. Give me the information at our meeting this Wednesday or mail It to me as soon as possible. If you intend to bring guests and are waiting for answers from them, please let me know that you intend to come to the affair.

While your looking at photos, click here for the pics from The World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas back in February.

Coming Up... Mark Horowitz is in the process and having a lecture for our club in February. More later.
I am in the process of completing the information for a new roster to be hopefully distributed by March to our membership. I hope to have the draft available for the membership for any corrections, if necessary in January.
A very Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah to all our members that are celebrating either one of these holidays.

Official Business...the following members were presented to the membership to lead us for the year 2006. Officers,
President Dr. Mark Horowitz, Vice President Jeff Devido, Treasurer Phil Labush, Joe Perlmutter, Secretary. 2 Year directors Gary Rock and Buddy Stein. There were no nominations from the membership and the nominations were closed. As usual, the official voting will be at our December meeting. Roger Firestone, Bill Lucas and Mike Shelly remain as directors for one more year and Tim Whitman remains as past president.

If you have any information changes or a picture you would like to use on the website, email the picture or changes to Buddy Stein at buddy@fortLauderdaleMagic.com.

Join us Tuedsays.... we meet every Tuesday (11:00AM to 1:00PM) at the Bagel Stop restaurant for a few hours of just talking magic. The restaurant is located on University Drive just North of Commercial Blvd. (small mall on East side) No Business, Just magic .Questions call Al Meyer (954) 748-3738

Meeting Notes    -  Thursday, September 15, 2005

The first meeting in September held on Sept. 14, had as its topic "From a book or Tape" or anything else. It was emceed by Stan Ackerman. Mel Panzer wowed us with his performance of "Spelling Collins Aces". Phil Labush showed two transformations, a sponge cube to a ball and a silk to a shredded silk. Henry Epstein expertly divined a randomly-selected number while performing "Mental Portfolio". Steve Zudeck, performing "Equal To It" predicted a chosen card when the contents of a package of Equal sweetener was emptied revealing a miniature card equal to the selection. Amazing Sammy Chiprut started be showing us "Spring Water", a water bottle with a Slinky attached to its bottom. He followed with a performance of "3 Card Jumbo Monte Plus".

Vinnie Rosenbluth made several half-dollars appear and then utilized them in showing us "Coins Across". Jeff Devido, in keeping with the assigned topic, performed Ammar's "Play It Straight". Paul Sifen deftly performed "The Ribbon of Steel". Larry Bertucelli performed what was "an impossibility" with "The Mystery Deck". Billy Byron demonstrated his full routine doing "Five Card Stunner". Sid Marcus made a marked coin disappear and subsequently found in a nest small dishes.

Steve Cramer again showed his manual dexterity performing an Ace Assembly and then Progressive Aces. Ron Lubman showed us his own routine he entitled "The Large Thumb Tip". Joe Perlmutter announced that the two tricks he would perform came from tapes, namely Pavel's "Jumping Knots" and Daryl's "Rope Through Neck". Mark Horowitz gave a micro-lecture on the utilization of flourishes before performing any effects. Stan Ackerman showed "Patriotic Linking Ropes". Carl Ashly closed the evening with his prediction of a complex arithmetic expression entered into a calculator.

Special thanks to member Steve Zudeck for ably writing these meeting notes.