Magic Tricks

I've always wanted this routine ever since I saw it performed for me when I was really little. A walk-around magician did it for my family and I while we were at the pier at redondo beach. It was evening, and the guy told me about a special cloth...he did a similar routine and turned the handkerchief into different things and then made it move! I really thought the handkerchief moved by itself!

When I saw this demo for the first time, I was just getting into magic and passed it by because it wasn't cool enough for me. Handerchief tricks with highschool kids and adults? IDK...So, it's been 5 years now that I've been doing magic for lots of different people and I've gotten a lot more serious about it - I don't mind using a handkerchief anymore as long as I pick the right audience and the right context to use it in. I use to practice my tricks on little kids if my friend had a relative they wanted me to do a trick for, but they were never really interested in cards and coins and I would always hear "can you do things with other stuff?"

Since then I've always stayed away from handkerchiefs because generally it's used once or twice in a routine and discarded and that really turned me off. I started other routines with silverware, coins, rubber-bands, paper clips and safety pins, pens, pencils, but nothing in a really solid routine that didn't involve boring office supplies.

Then I came back to this handkerchief dvd and made the buy after 5 years. This is a truly under-used and under-estimated piece of magic. I never thought about the handkerchief as being so mysterious and special. This routine, although a super fun one to do also teaches you to embrace this tool as something unique and powerful in itself and with that, makes your performance come to life. With other applications, the handkerchief may just be your secret weapon as it disarms spectators instantly. They don't take the thing seriously at all and so you can use it in really haunting ways (imagine a routine done with a creepy looking cloth)or like in this routine, use it for something really fun and light-hearted. When involved with spectators they really start thinking that the cloth is not for real or that it's weird or scary!

As for this particular dvd though, it's really fun to watch and practice with, easy navigation, and good bonus tips and techniques, but it also teaches a lot about the magic between the handkerchief and the magician -and for other performances, that's invaluable. There's a lot more to the routine than meets the eye and Quentin's performance teaches a lot about performing with a croud outside of handerchief magic as well as connecting with the tools and props that you use in your performances to make them really, really come to life and really powerful. Now go scare some people with this! Watch out for kids and don't make them cry!! LOL