All of the special GUEST LECTURES listed below are held at the TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 749 W. 14 Mi. RD., CLAWSON, MI 48017 unless otherwise noted. Lecture fees are collected at the door or paid in advance via PAYPAL. Save money now and become a RING 22 member to receive membership lecture discounts!
CHRIS CARTER (Sunday, June 25, 2023, 2 PM EDT)
RING 22 is extremely excited to present our very first official magic lecture of the year, featuring well-known Mentalist and Magician CHRIS CARTER. Admission for ANY and ALL IBM or SAM members is only $10; $20 for non-members and guests (payable at the door or online via our club website PAYPAL link). This is an event you don't want to miss!
ABOUT CHRIS CARTER, Mentalist and Magician
Christopher has long been one of the busiest professional mentalists working. He has performed on 4 continents, in 23 countries. He’s appeared at over 3500 college campuses, plus around 1500 performances on cruise ships, theaters, and corporate events.
For many years he was the busiest college campus entertainer in the country. He’s been awarded Entertainer of the Year, Best Male Artist, and Performing Arts Entertainer of the year by Campus Activities Magazine. He’s also been named Corporate Entertainer of the Year by American Corporate Events Magazine.
In the magic world, he’s received the Dunninger award from the Psychic Entertainers Association, and The Milbourne Christopher Award in Mentalism. His lecture for Penguin Magic is one of the highest rated lectures Penguin has produced, and he’s the author of a book on mentalism soon to be published by Hermetic Press. He also originated the effect that inspired The Anniversary Waltz. His mentalism is practical, direct, hard-hitting, and most of all, FUN!
LECTURE TOPICS
Christopher will teach stage mentalism routines that come from his working repertoire. These effects pack small, but play HUGE.
Included will be:
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- MIRACLE: a mental stage illusion with seven people onstage
- The Tossed out Deck: this is the real work behind one of the classics of mentalism. This has been Christopher’s opening routine for thousands of performances, and will include strategies and subtleties that only come from decades of experience.
- Telepathy in the Parlor: A variation on the Question and Answer routine that can be performed in any environment, from living rooms to large stages.
- Digital Prediction: The simplest, most practical take on the “Mailed-ahead” prediction you will ever see.
- Memories: A way to reveal people’s most secret memories without anything ever being written down.
- Horse Fly: the ultimate version of Pegasus Page
- Key-Know Revisited: A uniquely commercial version of Koran’s Medalion that can play in the largest auditorium.
- Two Sleight of Hand Card Effects: Special effect that Christopher uses when doing walk-around magic on college campuses to help promote his evening show.
- Crime Solver: A commercial, ten minute routine in which the Mentalist solves an imaginary crime created by an audience member. And the best part – it uses only borrowed objects!
FENIK MAGIC LECTURE (SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2023, 2 PM EDT)
RING 22 will present another outstanding magic lecture featuring well-known magician and master sleight-of-hand artist from Mexico, FENIK. Admission for ANY and ALL IBM or SAM members is only $10; $20 for non-members and guests (payable at the door or online via our club website PAYPAL link). Don't miss this rare opportunity!
ABOUT FENIK
Fenik has made his reputation as a magician's magician for more than two decades. He has been a student and friend of true legends of magic and is considered the most outstanding heir of one of the best schools of card magic in the world: the school of Larry Jennings. He has created many amazing effects and recently published a very successful, highly praised 320 page book, THE CODE. To see a sampling of Fenik's work, watch the video below:
GEORGE TAIT MAGIC LECTURE (SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2023, 2 PM EDT)
RING 22 will present our final magic lecture of 2023, this time featuring well-known magician known internationally as well as close to home, GEORGE TAIT (aka PATRICK REDFORD). Admission for RING 22 members is FREE; only $10 for non-members and guests (payable at the door or online via our club website PAYPAL link). You'll definitely want to see and learn from this lecture!
ABOUT GEORGE TAIT and the LECTURE
“Patrick Redford” is the pen name of performer George Tait. "Patrick" is known throughout the magic community for both his mentalism and magic.
His 2016 book Applesauce containing a slew of different impromptu impossible card effects has sold nearly 10,000 units world wide. His work on the Memorized deck took the world by storm winning the Tarbell Award for best book a few years later with the book releases of Temporarily Out of Order and Sleightly Out of Order with the third volume of the series due out at the end of this year. His memorized stack system "The Redford Stack'' forever changed how people think about stack systems and is now one of the top three most used memorized systems in the world. He has been seen on tour with Master of Illusion, worked behind the scenes on the Illusionists, and served as a consultant to many well known magicians around the world. His five book series on impromptu mentalism, produced in an iconic comic book format, has become known as the Shape Series and contains many classics of mentalism widely used today. Redford's non-contact mind reading techniques (released on the Prevaricator Project) and Amnesia plots (released in his book Glemme) have also become groundbreaking contributions for the mentalism community.
During this lecture, Patrick will feature some of his favorite real world working mentalism, amazing card effects, and sensational coin work. Whether you're a professional or casual practitioner, a stage performer or a close-up worker, you'll walk away from this lecture with material you will use!