Easy Magic - Part 1 With Patter |
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Author:
| Goldston, Will |
ISBN: | 978-1-9841-0682-7 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2018 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $6.99 |
Book Description:
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From the introductory: Always a Conjurer. My title may seem to demand a little explanation. Any conjurer worth calling a conjurer is "always a conjurer," but he sometimes goes to a lot of unnecessary trouble to hide the fact. This is a mistake. I am convinced that a conjurer should let people see he is "always a conjurer." He can only do this really effectively by conjuring. Hence the necessity for a good display of pocket tricks. The conjurer should always he "at it;" in...
More DescriptionFrom the introductory: Always a Conjurer.
My title may seem to demand a little explanation. Any conjurer worth calling a conjurer is "always a conjurer," but he sometimes goes to a lot of unnecessary trouble to hide the fact.
This is a mistake. I am convinced that a conjurer should let people see he is "always a conjurer." He can only do this really effectively by conjuring. Hence the necessity for a good display of pocket tricks. The conjurer should always he "at it;" in this way he will build up a reputation for being a marvellous man even if his public show does not exactly make people sit up and stare!
I am well aware that a good many men will not agree with this view, but I have never yet heard a good argument against it. It*has been said : "When I have done my show have finished with the public for the time being." But the public entertainer has never really finished with his public; if he thinks he has, or if he tries to separate himself from his public, he is losing ground It should be part of his business to be always "in" with the public.
One argument against my pet view -- that a conjurer should conjure at every possible opportunity -- is that it makes him too cheap. I don't believe it. I should say that it would rather have an opposite effect. People would sooner hear that the Great So-and-So is never tired of conjuring, and is always springing surprises on his friends. Hearing that the public would naturally think that the Great So-and-So must be very enthusiastic over his work, and what 'better reputation can an artist have? When people once get to know that a conjurer conjures partly for sheer love of conjuring he is far more likely to be a success than one who believes in keeping strictly to business in business hours and in dropping business afterwards. A conjurer's life should always be "business hours."....