Anyone ever see this performed? I was wondering if you have to use doves? I would love to do it with Parakeets.

Cardone,

I think using parakeets with this prop would be very disappointing. I would use something much smaller for vanishing parakeets. It isn't a bad prop but the relative sizes here using parakeets is not very impressive. It is made for much larger birds.

Bob Sanders
Magic By Sander

Thanks for the info ...yes... doves look a lot bigger than keets .....
I remember the vanish is a clean one .... Do I need an assistant for this one?

An assistant would leave you a little cleaner. But I didn't have one when I did it. (She was becoming a Mom!) I was doing it in large night clubs. Some had real stages and some were in the flat. Working a little up stage is nice. There can be some angle problems.

I don't know what the new catalog is like. But in the older catalog this effect shared a page with a dagger type (Steadman?) livestock vanish. I've used it too even in shopping mall shows. It would work with your parakeets without making them look like little small specks of color. It has no angle problem!

You may also want to look at the MAK large Double Load Pagoda. (Please repaint it!)

You have a lot of alternatives if the birds are reasonably tame. But I think the key with small birds is small props!

Bob Sanders
Magic By Sander

What exactly is this prop?
Dave

I think it is a cage and box. You take them from the cage and put them into the box. Then someone from the audience can take the box apart peice by piece. The doves are gone. It's called the 1000 dollar challenge because you offer $1000 to any one who can find the doves in the box.

Posted: Mar 25, 2006 9:16pm
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I was told you need a few Nielson l***x doves to perform this one .....

I was told you need a few Nielson l***x doves to perform this one .....