- STAGE ACTS -

 

" I Wish, I Wish, I Wish I Was A Fish"
Competion Act
With the competition act, I bring my own lighting system that is set up in under 2 minutes to add to the theatrical illusion.

Performance begins by three coins appearing in mid air and traveling down a ladder. Then tossing them, one by one through the air where they seem to vanish only to be heard arriving across the room. Each coin visibly penetrates an inverted tumbler, landing in a mouth-up shot glass.

The coins are dropped into a fish bowl like a "wishing well" and 1 by 1 turn into a fish.

I produce, barehanded from clear water, what seems to be endless cascades of Kennedy Half Dollars, then, as I sprinkle them back into the water, they visibly ripple into assorted golden fish. When I return a handful of goldfish to the bowl, they become half dollars.

As no more coins are left, I reach into my pockets, finding, to my dismay, they are empty.
Turning toward the Ladder, I snap my fingers, and a single coin travels upward from the crystal glass, retracing, its circuitous route through the Ladder and visibly shooting high into the air! As I drop the last coin into the well, a handful of fish appear from my bare hands

 

Pre-Chest-ination


Securely tied and hoisted chest made entirely of solid cherry wood is in constant view since beginning of the show.
The chest is lowered directly into the spectators' waiting arms! The magician never touches the chest.
A volunteer spectator unties the rope, unlocks the chest , removes the tied velvet bag extracting a written prediction from same, and reads out-loud the previously sealed revelation, which is written on a white pocket handkerchief.
The writing on the handkerchief is large enough to be seen by the furthest row back.


"As cool as the description sounds, it doesn't match the ingenious method devised for accomplishing it. Fantastic job!" -- James Dimmare


"No one will figure this out. " -- Kerry Pollock

 

Croquet Ball Illusion

A startling combination is offered: Placed in a row are three stands having thin undraped tops. Upon each stand, upright, is a beautifully decorated metal cylinder. Near at hand is a basket containing a number of ordinary solid croquet balls. Merritt Ambrose enters with the mallet in hand and, taking a ball from the basket, places it on the floor and gives it a rap with the mallet, proving both balls and mallet to be solid. The handle is then removed from the mallet head and the latter is dropped into the cylinder on the left, first showing the cylinder to be empty. The remaining two cylinders are shown empty and left upright on the tables. The mallet head is then removed from the cylinder on the left and placed under the center cylinder.

Now three balls are removed from the basket and dropped into the cylinder at the right, one at a time. The left hand cylinder is raised and shown empty. Under the center cylinder is the mallet head while in the right hand cylinder are the balls. This cylinder is carefully lifted and carried toward the audience. One, two, three -GO-! The tube is tossed in the air and the balls are gone! The center cylinder is lifted and in place of the malled head are the balls and, under the other cylinder, previously empty, is the mallet head which falls with a clatter to the floor.