September 2024 Report

The September meeting began with some business, mostly related to the upcoming October Magic Event. Great plans are in the works for a fun day of FREE magic... close-up, lectures, and flea market. This is followed by our evening show, which does have an admission charge. 

Details were discussed for the PMA Annual Picnic on September 22nd. This is always a fun time. 

We also nominated and voted on officers for the 2025 year. The new president will be Troy Keefer (Yort Spades). VP will be Stefan Evans. Michael Baker (Dr. Zirkus) remains as secretary. Jay Zentko (The Remarkable Jay Zentko) remains as treasurer. Hopefully, we will have a banquet in the spring of 2025 to make this official and install our new slate of officers.  

Michael Baker presented the first trick with his rendition of Dracula, a trick created by Virginia magician, Amado Narvaez. Jay Zentko showed the unusual and uncanny properties of a pendulum that can determine differences in people of things. 

Troy Keefer (Yort) showed us What Happens in Vegas. Thankfully, it didn’t stay in Vegas because we loved seeing it in Peoria! Avalon (aka Loren Williams, aka CJ Diamond) performed Coin Funnel, a nifty device that allows coins to magically pass through a solid metal disc blocking a tube. 

Newer member Chuck King permed Ambitious Card. Gambit was next with Random Card Generator and Tri-Color. 

Phil Raso did some lightning-fast calculations with Mental Logs. Jerry Tupper performed a trick he calls Dragonfly. Yort returned with Acronym and a Sherlock Holmes book test. 

We finished the official magic club stuff with our quarterly drawing. Anyone who attends all three meetings of the quarter becomes eligible for a $50 prize in a drawing. Jay Zentko was this quarter’s winner.