Creating a Routine for a Show (First Communion)
In May, I've got a show coming up for my sister's First Communion. My main challenge is figuring out how to make sure all the guests enjoy it. I have several tricks already, plus some I'll be getting as gifts for the performance. If anyone can give me ideas for routines or suggestions using these effects: the Svengali Deck, the Al Koran Deck, a bunch of card tricks, Chameleon Cards, the Linking Rings, The Bite, Matrix with coins and cards. Any additional trick suggestions would be awesome too! Thanks.
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Just a thought... The technique is less important than the narrative. Come up with a story (I don't know, you know your sister, so come up with something related to her) that ties all the tricks together.
I mean, if you perform an Al Koran effect and then go into the Linking Rings without a story to justify it, it's just going to feel like a random sequence of tricks. And this happens to a lot of magicians who rely too much on technique and not enough on the storytelling itself. In other words, justify transitioning from one type of magic to another.
For example, and this is a silly idea, use the Al Koran to divine your sister's card, then explain how you feel a connection to her, and illustrate this connection with the Linking Rings. Make everything revolve around this concept, or any other you can think of, but ensure all the tricks have a unifying theme. Don't just randomly mix tricks together.
Two last things... Always have a Plan B. Keep in mind that you might mess up, and that's okay; a mistake is a wonderful moment to use your wit and a Key Card. Oh, and I wouldn't use The Bite as part of the main "show." I'd save it for after the performance, and if the opportunity arises, I'd use it for small groups who ask for more magic once everything's wrapped up. I think the effect is more impactful that way.
Thanks a lot, Lolo
🧙♂️ CORE NARRATIVE:
“My sister (the guest of honor) left me a very special chest this morning. She told me it belonged to an ancient magician… and that I could only open it at her communion. Inside were strange objects, odd cards, impossible rings… and a note:
‘Make everyone believe in magic again.’”
From that point on, each trick is an object you take out of the chest and that has a little story or "magic mission" associated with it.
🪄 THE ENDING:
“The chest asked me to do magic so everyone would believe again. But I think the real magic… has been being here with all of you today. And most of all, celebrating my sister’s most magical day.”
🎁 BONUS TIPS:
@Daniel13
https://magigram.com/en/club/magic/triangle-method-how-to-boost-impact-in-a-magic-performance-antonio-romero-6871/
It'd be great to have an effect that involves several spectators. Piedrahita has one where four people each make a pile of cards, and after a few instructions, the four aces appear. It doesn't require any difficult moves and makes the spectators feel like they performed the trick themselves.
Here's a stripper shuffle tutorial. It's in English, but it's easy to follow:
Are there any more tricks or routines out there using the things I mentioned? If you come across any, please share. The reason I ask is because this effect was the first one I ever learned.