Magic Tricks

Many years ago, I met Bob Stencil and told him I was interested in Ron Bauer material and he told me, ‘You couldn’t have picked a better person in the world who understands magic better in relation to theatre than him.’ (Obviously before he died)

I was hesitant at first. And my friends Tom Gaddis and John Dowdy keep encouraging me to try. So “Gaddabout Coins Revisted” was the one I learned first and BOY, were they right. There is a reason for why you carry the coins, a theatrical reason of how they’re magical, 3 magical moments in the routine and a glorious verbal “payoff” at the end. I find this routine/presentation to be one of the best written and theatrically constructed EVER.

I have performed the “Lots O Lock” routine in the past and it gets great reactions just as it did with Tom.

The new Brainwave presentation is also terrific.

I have also performed “4 Squares & a Knot” before and you can find no better platform/stage Openers than that (and they are hard to find)

I hadn’t seen “Worn Out Deck” before. I loved it. Already have a deck of 1800’s and will soon be working that up.

“The Clones from Brazil” is just wonderful and a great non-card routine to spice your close-up set or show!

I’m missing a few, and I should mention the explanation and Q&A part of this lecture is pure gold in terms of understanding the principles that Ron teaches in his “Private Study” series.

In a world of mostly “Show and Tell” magic that has no underlying meaning, Ron Bauer’s material shows you how to make the “Public” (not other magicians) CARE about the magic you are performing, CARE about how you are being SNEAKY, and how they love the process of you fooling them…and they EAT IT UP and want it more and more because most magicians who do the show and tell stuff are just boring to them. Not if you do the Bauer material.