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Steve Dimmer Lecture
The Anglian Magic Society
September
2014
Reviewed by Steve Majes
Steve
arrived early and happily chatted away to the early arrivals as he set up and
even in this pre-show mode he was relaying fun stories and experiences from his
work.
Steve dived straight into his lecture with a brief introduction into his wide
world of talents in magic and entertainment, from close up magic and children’s
entertainment to after dinner speaking and cabaret Steve had a lot of real world
experiences to share with us.
As well as many tips and hints there were some great, very practical, magic
effects too. An Etch Sketch revelation of a chosen Disney picture card was
Steve’s first effect, which could be adapted and changed to suit many occasions
or themes, followed by another where a “freely” chosen toy figure, from a pile
of figures, has it’s picture magically appear printed on a white handkerchief
that was previously blank.
Steve’s children’s magic uses items that are so familiar to children and creates
a fun interactivity even before the magic effect has started. A great effect for
a princess party, a large bag with pictures of princesses on is full to the brim
with the most popular princess plush dolls, each doll is named by the children
as they are taken out and piled up in the child’s arms. The dolls are placed
back in the bag and the child is asked to point to their favourite princess on
the front of the bag, the magic spell is cast and when the dolls are taken out
of the bag one by one the chosen princess has disappeared! She is found, after
searching, at the back of the room or behind a curtain. This is a great item to
impossible location effect for children.
There were many more effects for family and adult audiences one using plastic
food items, another with a Thomas the tank engine impossible transposition, Lego
bricks that built themselves under impossible conditions, a 52 card monte where
the spectator keeps finding their own chosen card, a James Bond themed mental
magic routine resulting in several freely chosen items forming into (transformer
style) the chosen item and finally a Russian Roulette routine using water
pistols. This last routine had the whole society aiming their guns at Steve.
There was so much more that Steve served up along the way in this culinary
delight for the professional entertainer, it was a great lecture and I’m sure
that everyone who attended will be using something that Steve presented.
© Steve Majes, September 2014