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Aldo Colombini - 'mamma Mia Magic' Aldo Colombini

Columnist: Aldo Colombili MAMMA MIA MAGIC The only thing we all had in common was the fact that we all arrived into the Detroit airport and that we are involved in magic. And even our arrivals were different! We were almost all flown in on different airlines and at different times! Who are we? The seven magicians of the INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MAGIC. A David Belenzon production that was directed by Max Mavin; t...
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Aldo Colombini - 'mamma Mia Magic' Aldo Colombini

Columnist: Aldo Colombili Classics Handed Down from Generation to Generation … Nobody Wanted Them! Aldo Columbini Michael Close and Jon Racherbaumer have recently spoken on Cups and Balls and given their opinions. I don’t think that I will be called pretentious for saying that I too can offer a couple of thoughts about this matter as I have deeply studied the Cups and Balls (and won a F.I.S.M. prize for it…but pl...
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Aldo Colombini - 'mamma Mia Magic' Aldo Colombini

Columnist: Aldo Colombili SELECTED CARDS Another one of my all-time favorites. This routine is very easy to do, has comedy in it and builds up to a strong climax. It is a good piece of impromptu magic. It was published in my SAND CASTLE lecture notes (my fourth lecture at the MAGIC CASTLE in Hollywood) and it appeared in one of my videotapes. EFFECT A card is selected and lost in the deck. A spectator is asked to...
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Aldo Colombini - Nobody At Home

Columnist: Aldo Colombili I think this is a showy routine, full of magic and I am very fond of it. It was published in Linking Ring Magazine (my third Parade, October 1994.) The approach is at least a different one, giving to the Assembly Type routine the variation of using a progressive theme. EFFECT: The routine begins with a Four Ace Assembly done with the four Kings. In the second phase, the four Kings chan...
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Aldo Colombini - Mouse Trap

Columnist: Aldo Colombili This effect is commercial and funny. The original idea belongs to Terry Lagerould and I saw it published in the AUSTRALIAN MAGIC MAGAZINE several years ago. Here the plot remains the same but the handling has changed. The idea of also having the “cheese” caught in the trap was suggested by Bruce Goldstein. EFFECT: The magician explains how to make a mouse trap with several cards. With ...
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