February’s meeting was held on 21 February 2010 instead of the usual 15th because of the Lunar New Year celebrations. 31 people congregated at the usual Bay View Hotel.

A non-election AGM was conducted by the President in the absence of the Secretary. Immediately after this, the 1st and 2nd runners-up of the recent Street Magic Competition held at the Singapore Flyer performed snippets of their winning acts.

Jonathan Low, the 2nd Runner-Up, performed a card to pocket twice, before the entire deck ended up in his pocket, leaving the single selected card in his hand. This was followed by a poker and gambling demonstration. The 1st Runner-Up was Sng Ming Da. He successfully divined 3 cards from a shuffled deck, and performed a “what card to which location” effect, using his trouser pockets. He concluded with a thought-of card in balloon.

During the 20 minute break-time, members were treated to 3 plates of Yusheng (Chinese-style raw fish salad – an appetizer that symbolizes "good luck" for the lunar new year) in addition to the usual snacks and drinks.

After the break-time, Sng Ming Da was officially inducted into our ordinary membership. The theme for that evening was “Love and Prosperity” – a combination of the Chinese national festival (LNY) and Valentine’s Day all in one mega theme – was announced to magically usher in the LNY with abundance and love.

Chew Liang Huat did the pistol trick in which a deck of cards was formed into the shape of a pistol. Using a spectator’s card as a bullet, it went into the deck and fired off a card chosen by a second spectator. President John Teo performed a television game show “Deal or No Deal” effect where the last card with the picture of a briefcase left by a spectator contained not cash but the identity of the chosen card. He had a card freely thought-of by the joint effort of two spectators matched a jumbo card placed inside an envelope left in sight throughout the performance.

Gician Tan did a jumping 4 ace production. He then did a poker deal and again produced the 4 aces. His last effect was a card rise from the centre of a deck. S T Tong demonstrated his own versions of the Crazy Man Handcuff and torn & restored rubber-band. He taught a mathematical card effect which utilized a Faro Shuffle. Lim Teck Guan righted a wrong card by using a colour change.

The last performer was Wee Kien Meng. He came up with an entire routine using magazines. There were magazines that produced a necklace, a deck of cards, music from an advertisement of an iPod, a Lego set that magically assembled into a truck, a card trick in an advertisement where the chosen card vanished, an origami clothing of a Japanese model from a poster that was torn and later restored.

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