![]() ![]() Tricks with a twist at the end (usually referred to as ‘kicker’ endings) work well for your final trick. Try to save your best trick till last, and that is the trick they will think of when they look back on your performance. When your audience walks away after you have finished, they are most likely to remember the trick you opened with, and the trick you ended with. Once you have them, you can start longer and more complex tricks. This is your hook what you catch the initial spectators with. They should be able to be impressed just by watching it. Hummer’s whirling card is a decent shout, or some version of the cups and balls.īasically, go for something that doesn’t need an explanation or an vocal interaction with the audience. You want a very flashy, visual trick as your first, in order to draw a bigger crowd. 3 tricks is a good number- not too much so they get bored, but more than enough to build a great crescendo and excitement for your final trick. The reason for this is that the more magic of yours they watch, the more accustomed to it they will become. ![]() ![]() I generally try to only perform a maximum of 3 tricks for one audience, possibly 4 on special occasions. Once you have rifled out a couple of good tricks, the crowd is really getting eager for more. Try to stick to only the tricks that you have planned and prepared for you’re more likely to mess up if you do whatever the crowd wants. 3: Don’t get sidetrackedĬhances are that at least once someone will ask you something along the lines of ‘can you do that trick where all the cards disappear?’ or ‘do you know the trick where you read my mind?’. If you seem like you know what you are doing, more people will want to watch you. I don’t mean you’re not allowed to do impromptu tricks, but make sure you know where your props are, you have your patter ready and know your opening lines. Yes, David Blaine did tricks in a prison, but he had a full crew behind him to back him up. Here are a few ground rules before you’re ready to take it away: 1: Stay safeĭon’t go purposefully into dangerous areas. Some of the reactions you will get to your magic can only be found by taking it to the streets. Street magic can be intimidating to begin with, but if you’ve ever watched a David Blaine special than you’ll know that it can also be highly rewarding! ![]()
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