November is here and that
brings The Annual Stage
competition for Ring 96
members. In the past, this
program has been very
popular. We expect this years
competition to have some
outstanding magicians.
David Gray is once again the
host for this event. He
already has a list of
scheduled performers but
please contact him if you
wish to be added to the
program Saturday night.
If you are not going to
perform, join us and support
the stage magicians and have
some magical fun.
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October Report
President Paul Case had a short
and productive business
meeting. Bill Pearce turned over
a $200.00 check from the raffle
to Treasurer David Gray. Ring
96 sincerely appreciates all the
work Bill does for the raffle and
especially the money that is
raised. David Gray mentioned
that Mark Strivings, our March
lecturer, has offered to hold a
workshop at $40.00 per person.
Magicians attending the work
shop will get about $20-40 in
materials from Mark.
We then moved into the
evening’s program of The
Weird/Mentalism Halloween
Show hosed by Paul Case.

David Gray was our first performer. He asked Cliff
Gerstman to assist him with a card trick. David
used an ancient deck and said it had been with him
so long, the deck was able to tell him things. Sure
enough, after several magical moves and then
listening to the cards, David heard and then
revealed the identity of Cliff’s card.
President Paul Case took the stage and
immediately did some things in keeping with the
Weird magic theme for the evening. Paul amazed
us by pulling a pen completely through his tongue.
After Paul, Kogbe Egbok asked Mary LaGreek to
help him with a card trick. With Mary’s help, Egbok
was able to eventually change all the cards to the
King of Clubs. Then, Egbok even changed the color
of the backs of those cards as his finale.
Bill Pearce told us about the Abominable Snowman
and used cards o illustrate of his story. He asked
Alyssa Childers (age 9) to help him. Alyssa saw
that all of Bill’s cards were blank. She freely
selected one card that soon transformed to the
only card with the Abominable Snowman’s
footprint. Alyssa was as surprised as the rest of us.
Joyce Basch closed out the Halloween Show with
one of her marvelous magical stories. She told us
about Toto Santos who would ride his horse to the
cemetery. Eventually, Joyce produced a square
pumpkin and then an old bat. Although this writeup
does not do her fine performance justice.
Joyce’s magic was perfect for our Weird Magic and
Mentalism Show.
It was just another great night of magic at Ring 96.

Bill Pearce held the monthly raffle. The
lucky winners in October were:
Dan Habel...Five issues of Magic Mag...donated by
Frank Yee
Paul Case...Paul Harris, Secrets of Magic...donated
Marque Dunkle
Cliff Gertsman..Lecture Notes, Mike Close, “While
I’m Gone”...Donated by Bill Pearce
Mary LaGreek...VHS Tape, Stars of Magic, David
Roth, Vol. 1...donated by Marque Dunkle
David Gray...Trick,Under Attack by
Anthony...Donated by Jim Callen.
Jim Callen...VHS Tape, John Calvert-Magic
Touch...Donated by Marv. Garrett Est.
Mary LaGreek...Magic Circular Magazine ’03..
donated by Dick Shafer.