I think it may be Christmas
Friday, December 21st, 2007The Christmas Party season is almost over for me. Just a couple more this weekend and then that’s it, I can have a rest.
Not that I don’t like the work, it’s just that after a while one raucous company Christmas do is much like another. There have been a few interesting moments this year though.
There was the lady who swore blind that the card I’d made appear between her hands was hers even though I’d mucked it up and found the wrong one (it does happen, rarely, of course). I found the right one folded up in my wallet - my standard ‘oh bugger I need to rescue the situation quickly with something good before they realize I actually have made a mistake’ effect - which impressed everyone except the lady who’s card it was. Even though it was the one she’d signed at the start. I think the drink had been flowing.
One of the things I love about close-up magic is the unscripted interaction with the audience. It can lead to some sublime moments. I perform the Kaps money effect quite a lot (a wad of paper turning into a wad of money), and I was just introducing myself at a table with the paper in hand when a gentleman said ‘If you were a real magician you’d turn them into money!’.
‘Oh. Well, I suppose you are right there sir.’
Boom!
Now that was an easy table.