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cafeinst Elite user 489 Posts 
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I'm curious what more experienced people than myself have to say about doing card tricks with a normal size deck, in particular the rising card, on stage in front of a large audience, a few hundred people. Is it too small a trick?
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AllAboutMagic Veteran user California 333 Posts
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Yes
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cafeinst Elite user 489 Posts
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That's what I would think. Yet, Teller (of Penn and Teller) performs the needle trick in front of a few hundred (maybe a thousand) people and gets away with it. How?
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john wills Special user 939 Posts
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Read about Howard Thurston.
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cafeinst Elite user 489 Posts
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I just found a site which says that Thurston performed the rising card on stage.
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john wills Special user 939 Posts
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This proves that's an effect that you can perform it on stage.
Doug Henning did that too and many other performers. There are even performers, manipulating thimbles or coins on stage.... |
MagicalMotivator Veteran user 310 Posts
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It is the performer and the performance that dictates the end result - there are many smaller tricks (rising cards, invisible deck, cigarette in coat, bill in lemon, knife through coat, to name just a very few) that work great in a larger performance - however it is the performer and their routine that sells it, not the trick itself.
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Lou Hilario Inner circle 2234 Posts
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I prefer to perform my Jumbo Card Rise for an audience of less than 60 if you ask me. I would prefer to perform this on a parlor setting than a stage.
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Chris Stolz Inner circle Mississauga, Ontario 1958 Posts
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On 2013-07-21 19:34, MagicalMotivator wrote: Well put. I do tossed out deck, a few mental bits and various other things with a regular deck for large theatres all the time. Rising card is definitely doable, although I might go with a jumbo deck for that one, given that it's a visual effect with only 2-3 inches of movement for the effect to sink in.
Chris Stolz
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Posted: Jun 14, 2013 02:00 am 