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Monty and Michael Gegare form Monty’s Secret Theater will be there Saturday morning. Come join us if you can and help support this great organization. I will be on stage for a performance and Michael will be doing strolling magic for the crowd.

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A Monty’s Secret Theater
Sunday, August 18 at 11:00 am.

Introductry magic class. Come learn a trick that will amaze your friends.

Effect:
The spectator selects a card from the deck. You fold the card in fourths and tear out the center. Give the folded center to the spectator to hold. The out side portion of the card is unfolded and placed on a rope. A spectator holds each end of the rope while you cover the card with a cloth. Reach under the cloth, do a little magic and remove the card from the rope. This would be impossible since the spectators have not let go of the ends of the rope. But it did. You hand the piece you removed to the spectator holding the center. There are no extra tears in the card and it matches the center the spectator has been holding. 

Move required:
Card force.
Bobo or similar switch.

Setup:
You need a duplicate card. Fold the duplicate card in fourths.Tear out the center. Place the out side portion of the card (still folded under) the corner of a handkerchief and place it on the table. The prepared center is either finger palmed or placed in a location that you can easily steel it. I hold the center in a palmed position until I am ready to make the switch. Note: to do this you must be able shuffle and force a card while you have the center palmed. This can be done but it is much easier to put the card in a place were you can steel it when you are ready to do the switch. Palming it is more convincing but takes a lot more practice. Place the duplicate card in a position to force it. I put it on the top of the deck. Have a rope in your pocket. You are now ready to perform.  

Performance:
Ask the spectator to pick a card (Force duplicate card). Take the card and fold it in fourths. Make sure the fold matches your prepared card.  Tear out the center of the card. Hand the center (do a bobo switch) to the spectator. the spectator now has the prepared center. Reach in your pocket to get the rope (dump the palmed center piece). Unfold the outside selected card and thread it onto the rope. Ask a spectator to hold each end of the rope.

At this time most of the work is done and you can start really having fun and build up the effect. Tell the spectator they have the center of the card and you just threaded the outside of the card on the rope and a spectator is holding each end so the card cannot escape. But this was Hudini’s favorite card and escapes are always possible.

Pick up the handkerchief and palm the prepared outside portion of the card. Cover the portion of the card that is on the rope with the handkerchief. Reach under the handkerchief. Unfold the prepared card and lay it on the table. Tear the card that is on the rope. Remove it from the rope, fold and palm it.

Remove the handkerchief and show that the card has escaped the rope. Tell the spectator to check it and match it with the center they have been holding.

You can dump the palmed piece of card as you put the handkerchief away.

All The Aces

Effect:
The spectator cuts the deck into four piles. From each pile three random cards are dealt onto each of the other piles. The top card of each pile is turned over to reveal all four Aces.

Preparation:
Put all four aces onto the top of the deck.

Procedure:
Have the spectator cut the deck into fore piles of cards.
Mentally number the piles one to four with the pile with the aces being number four.
Have the spectator pick up pile one, put the top three cards onto the bottom then deal three cards onto the other piles (two, three, and four. One card to each pile.)
Have the spectator do the same piles two three and four in that order. Pile four has to be the last pile used. Just point to each pile, when you want them to use it.
After completing this with the fourth pile, turn over the top cards to reveal the Aces!

A rope is then threaded through the handle of the coffee cup. A little magic is done and the rope magically penetrates through the handle of the coffee cup.

Monty playing with a ring and rope and doing a little magic.

sleight of  hand magic trick  with a ring and a rope.
Paul from #montysmagic, performing his version of Aldo Colombini’s  exciting five-phase routine using a ring and a rope.

Monty performs sleight of  hand magic trick  with a pink, green, and yellow chocolate bunnies.

A magic trick where the yellow bunny and the green bunny are put in the hand and the pink bunny is put in the pocket. The pink bunny in the pocket then rejoins the yellow and green bunnies that are in the hand magically making three bunnies again.