The theme of September’s meeting was changed at the last minute to “An Evening With Shaun Yee”. This was to accommodate the visit of Shaun Yee and his wife Anna from Italy. Shaun was visiting his motherland, Malaysia, and decided to stop over in Singapore. This was Shaun’s fourth visit to our Ring 115.

The attendance on the evening of 15 September 2011 was 39. The venue was the function room of Bayview Hotel.

Shaun Yee presently runs a magic shop in Milan, Italy with his wife Anna. He brought along a trunk full of magic items to demonstrate and sell.

Shaun commenced with a short discourse on the art of manipulation. He explained why every magician should do some form of manipulation and sleight-of-hand magic. He demonstrated and explained card manipulations, showed how to prepare an ordinary deck of cards for manipulation, and how to do single and multiple card productions. He then went on to demonstrate and explain cigarettes manipulations.

From a request by one of the members, Shaun demonstrated and explained the “illusion” false shuffle. He then discussed various types of false shuffles and card control techniques.

It was time for demonstration and sales of magic items. Shaun brought along some 50 magic items. They comprised accessories such as Sanada Gimmick, devil’s handkerchiefs and manipulation and fanning decks, and classic magic effects such as appearing wands, dancing canes, haunted keys and serpent silks. Several effects are of his own originations such as Frisky Cards, Still Haunted and SY Rising Cards. Brisk sales was observed and many items were sold out.

It was a good time to catch up with this Asian magician who made it good in Europe.

Reported by:

JOHN TEO

Dear members,

Note the following new procedure:

• All eligible contestants have to first compete in their own region this year before they can compete in FISM in Blackpool, England in 2012.

• If you are from Asia, you belong to FISM ASIA. The allocation for FISM ASIA is 18 slots for stage magic and 9 slots for close-up magic, making a total allocation slot for contestants from Asia at 27.

• There is a FISM cum AMA Magic Convention to be held in Hong Kongfrom 1st to 4th December 2011. You have first to qualify yourself at this convention before you can participate at FISM at Blackpool in 2012. The first 18 stage competitors and the first 9 close-up competitors, providedthey have the FISM standard (to be determined by the judges), will be eligible for FISM 2012 in Blackpool. Please refer to separate write-up on the FISM/AMA Magic Convention for details.

• Please read and follow the instructions from FISM in the following page. Note the deadline for submission of forms.

Please submit your fully completed forms to:

Mr John Teo
10M Braddell Hill
#01-49
Singapore 579731
Republic of Singapore

HOW TO APPLY for the FISM World Championships of Magic 2012

PARTICIPATION IS ONLY OPEN TO MEMBERS OF A FISM MEMBER
SOCIETY WHO HAVE ACHIEVED THE FISM LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE

1. Register and pay as a regular conventioneer via the FISM WCM2012 website. (www.fismwcm2012.com) Only registered conventioneers will be considered for participation in the FISM WCM2012.
2. Read the FISM Contest Rules and Procedures as published on the FISM website (www.fism.org) and on the FISM WCM2012 (www.fismwcm2012.com). Take especially good care of the Articles 4 and 5.
3. If you agree with all the rules, download and complete the application form from the FISM WCM2012 website (www.fismwcm2012.com).
4. Send your completed and duly signed application form by regular mail (your original signature is needed!) to the President of your magic society, (NOT to the organizers of FISM WCM2012 in Blackpool, NOT to the FISM Presidium, NOT to any other organization or authority).
5. First Prize-winners (and in some cases also second Prizewinners) of preliminary continental championships send their application forms to the President of their continental chapter (FISM EUROPE, FSM ASIA< etc.) They have a guaranteed slot in the FISM World Championships of Magic 2012.
6. The number of contestants in the FISM WCM2012 is restricted. The Presidents of the member-societies have been informed about the number of contestants for their society and about the further procedure to have the application forms sent to the office of the FISM.
7. Closing date for the receipt of the application forms by the office of the FISM is the 15th of March 2012. No applications will be accepted after that date.
8. You will receive the confirmation or refusal of your participation in the FISMWCM2012 as soon as possible; within a week after the closing date at the latest.
9. As soon as you have been accepted as a contestant, pay the contest fee of €50,-- (fifty Euro) to the organizers of FISM WCM2012 in Blackpool. After having received the payment you will be informed of your scheduled rehearsal time (10 minutes) and the scheduled time of your performance during the competition.
10. As rehearsals may start on Sunday the 8th of July 2012, you may be requested to be present in Blackpool at that date.

Despite a cold and wet rainy afternoon, 39 people turned up in the evening of 15 July 2011 at the usual venue at BayView Hotel.Perhaps, the theme for the evening, “Auction Night” was the attraction.

After a short announcement of forth-coming events by President John Teo, the auctioneer, Kenneth Chia, and his assistant, Baharudin, took center stage and the auction began.

There was a total of 60 to 70 magic props, books and DVDs that went under the auctioneer’s gravel.  Ten percent of the total takings went to the coffers of Ring 115 for organizing the evening.  Our thanks went to member Aw Kun Seng, who donated 6 magic books for auction where the entire takings were contributed to Ring 115.  These books were hardbacks, and with titles such as “Richard Ross’ 3 Ring Routine”, “Complete Book of Derek Dingle”, “Michael Ammar’s Encore 3”, and “Richard Kaufman’s Coin Magic”, they were collectors’ items.

We were treated to a surprise performance of cups and balls by our lady member Adeline Ng.  Her routine was well put together and the various cups and balls moves were well executed, including the final loads.  She received a tremendous round of applause from all of us.

It was an interesting and exciting evening for all.  Those who bought got good bargains, and those who sold got rid of the magic wares that they did not want.  Everybody enjoyed seeing some old and classic magic items being displayed and demonstrated.

Reported by:

JOHN TEO

Dear Members

Please note that your membership subscription is due at the beginning of each new year. Please pay up your subscription to avoid cancellation of your membership.

If you wish to pay by cheque, please address the payee as “IBM Singapore Ring 115”. If you wish to mail your payment, you can send to: “The Treasurer, IBM Singapore Ring 115, 10M Braddell Hill, #01-49, Singapore579731.”

Ordinary Member - $120 / year

Associate Member - $60 / half-year

Junior member - $45 / half-year

Members 60 years old and above - $90 / year

From Treasurer