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John Carey Lecture
Hull Magicians' Circle
25th February 2010
Reviewed by Richard Morrell
John has a certain knack of creating material that is not only well in reach of
the average card-guy but is powerful, commercial, short and packs a punch. John
is well known on The Second Deal and Magic Pebble Internet forums, where he
generously shares his routines, and he is now rightly getting a wider audience
on the UK Magic Club Lecture circuit.
John started his lecture for us with a coin trick, Triple Impurseination is a
clever triple-spellbound change based on a James Lewis idea. This was given the
Carey treatment, John has the ability to simplify a routine, without losing any
of the magical impact, a hallmark of his inventions.
Then onto the pasteboards, taking us through a master-class in Culling and The
Breather Crimp, John used these along with other simple sleights to create some
powerful magic. Counting on You, is John's variation of a Paul Cummins routine
that takes this trick in a mental direction. Bal-do-cci as I Bal-do-cci was one
of many variations John has on the one deck do-as-I-do plot, and a worthy,
simple and effective addition to this genre. John then showed us Speccy does the
Biddle, again an almost self-working trick but coupled with John's thinking and
presentation, lifted it into a performance piece.
John started the second half with a coin trick, his One Coin Routine is an
amalgamation of several productions and vanishes, and makes an effective opener.
John's Slo -Mo Collectors is somewhat of a signature piece, and never fails to
get a good reaction, as it did here. John then showed us two variations of Dai
Vernon's Out of Sight Out of Mind, which are so good, I wish I could keep them
to myself, if you see John get him to show you his latest version which is so
simple, yet deviously clever! Finally John teased the crowd by showing his WTF
interchange, and said he would explain it if we had him back, which I hope we
can!
If you are looking for a fantastic lecture, which is not a dealer-dem (John did
have his excellent Spotlight on Carey DVD for sale) and contains practical,
usable, easy, commercial workers, thoroughly explained then look no further than
booking John for your club, you are bound to walk away with several ideas and
routines that you can do immediately, I know I did!
© Richard Morrell, March 2010