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 Cabaret
Card Magic
by Bill Abbott
Have you ever dreamed of being a performer who can fill a
room with personality, excitement and mystery, without resorting to
a lot of props to do the filling? Does the idea of carrying a deck
of playing cards in your pocket and having a limitless supply of
entertainment options available to present to large audiences appeal
to you? Bill Abbott's Cabaret Card Magic reveals how to turn your
card tricks into real magical experiences that can entertain and
mystify large audiences. Proper selection of material, the effect of
your performance environment on that material, as well as the use of
stories and how to generate consistent applause are some of the
tools Bill discusses in detail. Ultimately, what is revealed here is
how to create commercial card magic for the stage. Bullet proof
performances that will work for any audience and in any environment
you are thrown into. You already know that a deck of cards packs
small. Now learn how to make it play big.
Contents
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Contents
- Cards On Stage
- The Princess & The Pea
- Pokerface
- The Last Romance of Diamond Jack
- EZ Action Ultra-Mental Deck
Pages 19 - Saddle Stitched
Praise for Bill Abbott's Cabaret Card Magic...
"As a professional magician for over 12 years, I am very picky when
it comes to material selection for my act. Having read this booklet,
I will be putting two of the routines directly into my show and I'm
anxious to try out the third. Bill is a true artist. Whether it's an
effect, a method or a presentation, Bill remains unsatisfied until
he has created something truly unique. The routines in this booklet
are a breath of fresh air for the stand-up performer. The effects
are easy to do, the presentations are simple to carry out and their
impact on a lay audience is HUGE! To top it all off, each routine is
fully scripted, complete with all the lines, comedy, bits of
business and psychology that makes each blockbuster routine play so
well."
- Richard Sanders - from the Foreword
"Bill Abbott's Cabaret Card Magic is an extremely cogent work and is
of tremendous value to every magician out there, but particularly to
magicians who want to increase the effectiveness of any material
they choose to do for real people. Bill's ideas with the
do-it-yourself Ultra-Mental deck is wonderful and I love the
Princess and the Pea, a very commercial routine that packs small,
plays big. However the real gold is found in the information on
pages 7 through 9. To any working magician this information is worth
the price of the book."
- Marc Desouza - Author & Performer
"The idea of entertaining a large group (as in 50 plus people) with
only a deck of cards is at once thrilling and scary. It would be
convenient...but what sort of material would you use? Bill Abbott's
Cabaret Card Magic has answered our questions with a collection of
card material designed for large groups, and I enjoyed it
immensely."
- Joshua Jay
- Magic Magazine
"Reading Bill Abbott's Cabaret Card Magic was a real breath
of fresh air when it comes to literature about "card magic". It
became increasingly clear that Bill thinks long and hard about
staging, presentation and creating professional pieces that are
memorable. Although I have my own signature presentations of
classics like the Invisible Deck and the Tossed Out Deck that I use
professionally, Bill's original take on each of these is incredibly
inspiring and are truly worthy of serious study. Professional
secrets worth ten times the asking price!"
- Cody S. Fisher - Master Comedy Magician
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