For a second year in a row, I performed at Springfield Town Center for their big Halloween Extravaganza! Last year, I sawed two people in half. This year, the big trick was to be The Spirit Cabinet. But before we could get there, we had lots of other magic to share.
The show started with a few minutes of preshow warmups. And then a huge burst of applause once the show started (thanks to the warmups). We, (Denise and I) opened with our Houdini 3 opener, which is three quick escapes done back to back. This was devised for our Houdini show with Atlas Obscura earlier in the year, and it has played well ever since.
Next came a cute little piece of surprising magic, A Traveling Coin routine using a Coin Casket and Copenetro. You hardly ever see Copenetro these days, and I'm pretty certain I may be the only magician using a Coin Casket. This is a prop right out of the Victoria Era. A little casket that holds 4 coins. The coins vanish one at a time and appear across the stage inside of an overturned glass. Wonderful stuff.
Next we did another audience favorite, the Magic Plumes. Yes, very old school, but I think we have a fine routine for it that always registers with audiences. If you're not familiar with the, the Plumes Change Color, one at a time.
The middle section of the show is all Halloween magic, with ghosts, pumpkins, candy and such. Then we finished with The Spirit Cabinet. However, due to the overwhelming mass of very young kids, we opted for what we called "The AntMan Presentation". So rather than apparently summoning 'spirits', we let AntMan do his thing and ring the bell and tamborine and so forth. It went over GREAT!
The folks at Springfield Mall couldn't be nice and we love performing there!
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