No Cards on Our Ceiling
At the weekend, I was booked to perform close-up magic at a wedding held in a rather nice country house hotel near Loughborough.
As normal, I went to introduce myself to the hotel wedding coordinator and find out what the plan for the afternoon was. I got as far as “Hi, I’m Dan the magician…” before I was told in no uncertain terms that I was not to perform the “trick where a card ends up on the ceiling…if you do you’ll be charged to clear it up…”
It turned out that a couple of magicians who had been there previously had performed this effect and it then cost the hotel £100 each time to remove the cards and repair the ceiling!
It sounds as though they had performed it using some kind of glue rather than the method using a drawing pin. When I could get a word in I explained that none of the card magic I was performing involved ceilings, glue or damage.
It’s strange how people tend to assume all magicians perform the same tricks. Maybe it’s because a lot do?
May 15th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Hi Dan,
I’ve had exactly the same thing said to me……could even have been the same hotel !!!!
David
May 17th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
Were you planning on performing the card on ceiling?
It would be annoying if it was your big finale or signature trick…
August 23rd, 2007 at 1:03 am
Hi Dan
It pays to say the card will fall down within a few weeks?
I would always ask before I do this effect.
David
August 23rd, 2007 at 8:53 pm
Yes, but to be honest I don’t think that would have helped with this wedding coordinator.
She was very….insistent!