| Our Next meeting is
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
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Please look at the list below. If you are assigned as the MC, please contact some of the members and asked them to participate in the club meeting show. Thank you!
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Month |
MC |
Theme |
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September |
Tom Paine |
Holiday Magic |
Idea's for Halloween; Christmas; and other holiday's |
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October |
Frank Klein |
Business of Magic |
Taxes, planning, receipts, oh my! Get your business ready before the new year |
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November |
Jim Scott |
100 ways to do the card-match trick |
learn the mathematical principle behind the card-match trick and how to use it for any theme |
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December |
Dick Bowman |
Comedy Magic |
How to incorporate comedy effectively into your routines |
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The National Council is coming to Colorado Springs November 5th and 6th, 2010. The evening of the 6th, Mark Weidhaas planning a show featuring SYM kids and youth from around Colorado. A $10.00 donation will be collected and proceeds will go to the SYM Fund for camp scholarships. If there is enough room, it will be open to public. Mark could use some help on this. There will be some trips to Garden of Gods, etc and he could use some help there too. You can contact Mark by clicking here.
FISM North American Championship of Magic to be Held at the
S.A.M. Convention in 2011
Colorado Springs, CO, August 20, 2010 - The Society of American Magicians will be hosting the North American Championship of Magic as an integral part of its annual four day convention to be held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 13-16, 2011, it was announced today by Mark Weidhaas, S.A.M. President.
In addition to its stellar line up of gala shows, lectures and other popular events for young and old magic enthusiasts, the convention will be holding up to six contests of magic to accommodate the 50 contestants who will be selected to compete for the title of North American Champion of Magic. Multiple winners across six categories of magic will be guaranteed a position if they wish to compete at the FISM World Championship of Magic to be held in Blackpool, England, in July 2012.
All contest applicants must be a member of either the Society of American Magicians, the International Brotherhood of Magicians, the Canadian Association of Magicians or the Academy of Magical Arts. They must submit an application plus a DVD of their act by April 15, 2011 to be reviewed for an acceptable quality level by a preliminary judging panel who will decide the final acts for the competition. Contestants selected for the competition are required to be registered for the convention. A full description of contest rules, fees, requirements and procedures will be available on the S.A.M. website, www.magicsam.com shortly after Labor Day. |
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6:00 PM SYM (under 16)
7:15 PM SAM (over 15)
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