Magic Tricks

Dan takes these classic close-up routines and gives them new life. Some are given new presentations others had their props undated and their presentation polished. Dan’s commentary on these effects is great to hear. In total this lessons packs in over 20 effects/ideas/stunts. The following are just some of the gems in this lesson:

Tarbell's Sugar Mark: A packet of sugar turns into a cube. The cube is parked and that mark jumps on to the palm of the volunteer’s hand, then the back of the hands and then all over their body.
Christopher's Match Book and Coin: A coin is produced from a paper match book (as seen above in the demo). This looks more and more impossible and at the end your spectators can examine all four coins.
Christopher's Match Stickler: Matches in a book are introduced, one is removed and burnt. It cleanly vanishes and travels back to the match book where it is found to be reattached to the book and still burnt. Dan turns this into a nice stand-up effect and his presentations was fun to watch.t
Tavern Trickery (with Coin): A card is revealed on a coin previously examined by the audience.
Joe Berg's Criss-Cross Paper Napkin: A napkin torn into four segments. Two segments are torn and rolled up while, other two are just gathered up. The torn and untorn segments switch places while the spectators hold on to the torn pieces. The torn pieces then restore themselves. Finally, both segment fuse back together into on complete napkin.

All in all this lesson gives a nice overview of several class effects. However, for those who have read classic magic books of have been in magic for some time they may already know some of these effects. It is a great video and all effects are presented in the professional and entertaining way. Even if you don’t pick up a new effect here you will enjoy watching Dan work.