Ring 198 Officers President Manoj Shanker ([email protected]) Vice Presidents Roger Despard and Ray Corns [email protected] • [email protected]) Secretary Mike Woodward ([email protected]) Treasurer Jim Holsinger ([email protected]) Ring Reporter George Hunter ([email protected]) Sergeant at Arms Steve Thomas (eccentricwhat@yahoocom) Social Media Manager Doug Doolin ([email protected]) Newsletter Editor Bob Orndorff ([email protected]) LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY DECEMBER 2016 THOROUGHBRED MAGIC GUILD lexingtonmagicclub.org ABOUT IBM RING 198 The Thoroughbred Magic Guild — Ring 198 of the International Brotherhood of Magicians — meets at 2:30 pm on the second Sunday of each month at Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 2185 Garden Springs Drive in Lexington, Kentucky — unless the date conflicts with Easter and Mother’s Day TMG’s e-mail address is [email protected]. TMG information on the Web is at lexingtonmagicclub.org. © Wednesday, Dec. 28: Mike Woodward’s Annual Holiday Party, 7 p.m.,-??? ALL area magicians are invited. Light refreshments. At Mike’s home: 1090 The Lane, Lexington 40508. For info and/or directions: mike.woodward@aol. com or 859-608-2558. © Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 26-28, 2017: Magi-Fest, Crowne Plaza Worthington Hotel, 6500 Doubletree Ave., Columbus, OH. Registration $200 (single-day tickets available). Info: www.magifest.org. Hotel reservations: 877-227-6963 (mention MGF code for convention rate). © Thursday-Saturday, March 9-11, 2017: Winter Carnival of Magic, Country Tonite Theater, Pigeon Forge, TN. Registration $135; companion or youth 10-16, $70; under 10, $25. One-day registration available. Info: www. wintercarnivalofmagic.com. © Wednesday-Saturday, July 12-15, 2017: IBM-SAM Combined Convention, Galt House, Louisville. Booked so far: 24 international performers, 10 lectures, 19 dealers. Good seats for evening shows still available if you register before Dec. 31: $395 adults and youth. Info: IBMSAM2017.com, [email protected], or 540-463-5406. If you can arrange the time and scrape together the cash, this promises to be an unforgettable experience. © Wednesday-Sunday, Oct. 4-8, 2017: Genii Conven- tion 2017, Orlando, FL. To date, 24 performers booked. Registration $325 until Jan. 1, 2017; $375 after that. Info: www.geniiconvention.com. Weekend ‘unconventional’, as usual Good shows, lectures, fellowship fill DuPont Lodge See WEEKEND, Page Two The headline is a little misleading. The theme of Mike Woodward’s lecture for the Dec. 11 meeting is how to keep a trick from going wrong. “I’ll lecture on how to minimize the chance of a mistake during a performance,” Mike said, “and also discuss some information I found useful from the last MAGIC magazine.” We all have had something unplanned occur in the middle of a trick. This sometimes is beyond our control, but in most cases it could have been avoided if our planning had been more thorough. Mike is an experienced performer, and anything he says on this topic has to be valuable for performing magicians. The meeting — Ring 198’s regular monthly gathering — will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Gethsemane Lutheran Church, 2185 Garden Springs Drive in Lexington. Get there at 2 to visit informally with other members. The theme for the performance portion of the meeting will be Holiday Magic. Bring a trick to perform that would be suitable for a Christmas, New Year, or other seasonal show. If you prefer to perform something that is not seasonal, — a trick you just bought or one you learned from a DVD — feel free to do so. The main thing is to bring something to perform. f Trick gone wrong? Mike can help! Dec. 11 meeting theme is holiday magic The 42nd Unconventional Convention, one of many regional magic conventions across the country each year, met Nov. 3 and 4 at DuPont Lodge in Kentucky’s Cumberland Falls State Park. Favorable weather encouraged 68 magicians to attend, and attendance at the shows, including magicians’ families and other DuPont Lodge guests, swelled to more than 200. The convention, sponsored by IBM Ring 198, is, frankly, “unconventional” because improvisation reigns. The dates are set (first full weekend in November each year), and the annual headliner is publicized. Most everything else is invented when the leaders see who shows up! There is no printed schedule. Each sessions ends with the announcement of when the next session begins. When the convention is over, there is no certain record of everything that happened! This year, the Friday evening show, with Mark Comley as emcee, featured stories by Judge Ray Corns Time to pay your dues! Annual dues for members of the Thorough- bred Magic Guild are due NOW. Bring $20 in cash or a check made out to “Thorough- bred Magic Guild” to the Dec. 11 meeting, or mail your payment to Ring Secretary Jim Holsinger, 4705 Waterside Court, Lexington, KY 40513 . g 123 one is to the club Holiday party time! Mike Woodward has hosted a holiday party for magicians — ALL magicians — between Christmas and New Year’s for many, many years. This year is no exception. The party on Wednesday, Dec. 28, is from about 7 to who knows — at Mike’s home, 1090 The Lane, Lexington, 40504. There will be light refreshments. If you need info on how to get there contact Mike at 859-608-2558 or [email protected]. e 123