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Ring Name Raffle 2008
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Friars' Bakehouse, Bangor, ME
As I.B.M. Ring 362 was first being formed in January 2006, there were many different views on a name for the new Ring.
In order to give everyone a chance to be heard, the newly elected officers of the Ring wrote into the
Bylaws and the
Policy and Program Manual a mechanism to give members the opportunity to select the Ring's name
for the duration of one year at the March meeting via a Ring Name Raffle. The members agreed that this was a good idea, approving it
when they ratified the
Constitution,
Bylaws, and the
Policy and Program Manual in March 2006.
The Ring Name Raffle honors the ephemeral nature of magic by providing the opportunity for the Ring to honor magicians past and
present by naming our Ring after them for one year.
The Board shall review all proposed names to ensure that: 1) the name is not in use by another Ring (see the
list of current names), and 2) the name is not demeaning to magic.
Names must be submitted not less than sixty days prior to the Ring Name Raffle, so the nominations for the 2008 Ring Name Raffle closed at the January 2008 Ring meeting.
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Tally of Ring Name Raffle Tickets Purchased
Ring Name Raffle 2008 tickets were sold in advance of the March 16, 2008 meeting.
Members were invited to submit their preference by mail in case they were not be able to attend the meeting.
The following members indicated a preference by mail:
- Wes Booth
- Carroll Chapman
- Steve Cornish
- Stan Davis
- Alan Drew
- Geoffrey Miller
- Dayton Salisbury
- Angelique Steelgrave
- Markus Almodarr Steelgrave
- Paul Szauter
- Woody Woodward
The table below shows the number of tickets in favor of each name (updated March 16, 2008):
Danny Baker, Matt Bennage, Brother Don Paul, and Gary Jewell submitted tickets in person, shown in the results above as undisclosed.
The winning ticket drawn was for Bob Nixon Ring. No member purchased tickets beyond the one given at no additional cost in exchange for payment of membership dues.
The Maine Mystics
My suggestion for the Ring Name is as follows: "The Maine Mystics" and here's why.
There are many gifted performers & entertainers both professional and amateur.
Unifying this group under a State name gives more prestige and recognition than a single individual that only magicians
may or may not know. As new and younger members join our ranks the association and unity within our group can only grow.
Danny Baker
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Chung Ling Soo Ring
I would like to advance a name that looms over the history of magic as the name of a consummate artist. This American
magician learned magic from an early age, taking work in a brass foundry so that he could construct props that he couldn't
afford to buy. He worked for many years as an assistant to Harry Kellar and Alexander Herrmann, then struggled to emerge as
a stage performer in his own right, enduring many failures. Finally, he abandoned his birth name, nationality, and even his
identity, emerging as one of the greatest stage magicians of all time:
Chung Ling Soo. Chung Ling Soo dazzled audiences in
Europe as the marvelous Chinese conjurer who caught fish from the air, produced a living woman slowly and visibly from a
giant, smoke-filled lantern, tossed worn-out animal skins into a cauldron of boiling water and plucked forth animals restored
to life. He maintained his assumed Chinese identity offstage through an elaborate ruse that fooled most of the public. To
those who might say his portrayal of a "Chinaman" was too insensitive for our age of hypersensitivity, I would point out
that Chung Ling Soo was warmly welcomed into the European Chinese community, who were fully "in on the joke" but saw how he
had genuine respect for Chinese culture, even in the cartoon way that he presented it to Europeans.
No other famous magician so inspires us to persevere in the face of adversity and repeated failures in the quest to
attain the lofty pinnacle of artistic success that was Chung Ling Soo's. Many of you have read Jim Steinmeyer's extraordinary
recent biography of
Chung Ling Soo, "The Glorious Deception." If not, I encourage you to do so; I did, after a rave review by
Teller. This book was lovingly excerpted in Genii in 2005.
Perhaps some will feel that it is presumptuous for a group of hedge-wizards in a small, sparsely populated state to dare
to attach the name of Chung Ling Soo to our small group. I think that William Robinson would have understood our aspirations,
our admiration for his ultimate success, and our wish to guide our course using the most blazing star in the heavens of magic: Chung Ling Soo.
Yours,
Paul
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Please see also these links on Chung Ling Soo:
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Bob Nixon Ring
I would like to advance a name dear to all of us engaged in the art of Magic in Maine: Bob Nixon. On the last day for nominations for the Ring Name Raffle (January 20, 2008),
we learned of the death of Bob Nixon, our Territorial Vice President.
Bob attended our organizational meeting in January 2006, installed officers and inducted new members at our Ring Banquet in March 2007, and advanced the art of magic in our new Ring in many ways.
Bob was a great friend of magic and will be sorely missed by all magicians of Maine.
Please see our
Commemoration of Bob Nixon.
Yours,
Paul
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NAMES OF IBM RINGS
Ring Contact Report 12/19/2005
RINGNAME
Currently Inactive
FANTASIO RING
GARDEN CITY RING
JEAN HUGARD RING/ Currently Inactive
OLIVER RING/ 6 active members
MAURICE ROOKLYN
CHARLES WALLER RING
VIENNA AUSTRIA RING
BANGLADESH RING Inactive Ring
KHAKA METROPOLITAN RING
De Vlaamse Goochelaars Van Belgie
BELGIUM RING
GENT BELGIUM RING
Sao Paulo Ring
CALGARY MAGIC CIRCLE
M.A.S.E. MAGIC CLUB
OGOPOGO MAGIC CIRCLE/ Inactive ring
The Vancouver Magic Circle
ERNIE CROCKFORD RING/VICTORIA MAGIC CIRCLE.
LEN VINTUS RING
THE CONJURORS' COURT
THE DOUG HENNING MAGIC WAND CLUB
HAT AND WAND RING
LONDON, MAGICIANS GUILD
NIAGARA LES WISMER RING
OSHAWA RING/ CURRENTLY INACTIVE
OTTAWA SOCIETY OF MAGICIANS
THE KAWARTHA SOCIETY OF MAGICIANS
THUNDER BAY MAGIC CIR
P.Howard Lyon's Ring
THE SID LORRAINE HAT & RABBIT CLUB
WINDSOR MAGIC CIRCLE
REGINA SASKATCHEWAN/ 4 active members
CHINA RING
Magicians' Association of Macao
BRITISH RING
Robert Houdin Ring of Nantes
Frence Riviera Ring
PARIS RING/ CURRENTLY INACTIVE
Paris France Ring
GERMANY RING/ NOT ACTIVE
THE Germany Ring
Magischer Ring R̦thenbach/
Alexandros ring of Athens
GUATEMALA RING
MAGICIAN'S ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG
HUNGARY RING
S.K. VASANTHA KUMAR RING/INACTIVE
EDDIE JOSEPH RING
I.B.M. INDIA RING
GREAT APPADURAI TAMILNADU RING
P.C. SORCAR RING
MAHARASHTRA RING//Inactive Ring
RAJDHANI RING 3 acitve members
THE JAKARTA RING
JAVA RING// 2active members
THE IRISH RING
JERUSALEM RING/CURRENTLY INACTIVE
PATI BAR-ON RING
Vladimiro Dei Ring
Carlo Rossetti Ring
MILAN ITALY RING
NAPLES RING/5/23/01 ring is inactive
PADOVA ITALY RING
Club Magico Di Roma
TARANTO ITALY RING/RING IS INACTIVE 5/200
1
Trieste Magica
JAPANESE RING
YOKOHAMA RING JAPAN/Inactive
LEBANESE MAGICLUB/ Inactive due to violence
THE MAGICIANS SOCIETY
MEXICO CITY RING
NETH ANTILLES RING/ Currently Inactive
FRED KAPS RING
Kiwi Magic, the Tony Wilson Ring
NORWAY RING/CURRENTLY INACTIVE
MAGO CHANG RING// INACTIVE THREE ACTIVE MEM
INNER MAGIC CLUB
THE MAGICIANS FOUNDATION OF THE PHILLIPINES INC
PORTUGAL RING
RUSSIAN RING/ CURRENTLY INACTIVE
THE GREAT WONG RING
SOUTH AFRICIAN RING/ CURRENTLY INACTIVE
SIR LANKA MAGIC CIRCLE/ Inactive
SWISS RING
Taiwan Magicians Association
BANGKOK THAILAND RNG/ Inactive
Gulf Ring
GREATLAND MAGICIANS//Inactive RIng
Judge Arnold Drennen Ring
RENAISSANCE RING OF THE SHOALS
SPACE CITY MAGIC
MONTGOMERY MAGIC CLUB
BILL PITTS RING
LOGAN PRITCHETT
SEARCY MAGIC SOCIETY
WILSON BURKEY RING/ 6 active members
BERT EASLEY,DANNY DEW RING
Mystical Magic
TUCSON MAGIC CLUB
HARRY BLACKSTONE JR
MAGIC GUILD OF S. CALIFORNIA
DALE SALWAK RING/CURRENTLY INACTIVE
CARL FLEMING RING/ ibmring21.com
THE UNIVERSE #2100
MERLIN EIFERT RING
MONTEREY BAY RING/ Currently Inactive
JOHN FEDKO RING www.ring313.org
The Coachella Vallley Magic Club
VICTOR SAINT LEON RING
Paul Shartle/Karrell Fox Memorial Ring
HONEST SID GERHAT RG
SAN FRANCISCO RING
SAN JOSE
SANTA BARBARA RING/CURRENTLY INACTIVE
MARK WILSON RING
DAI VERNON RING
The Jeff McBride Ring
VISALIA CA. RING/CURRENTLY INACTIVE
MILE HIGH MAGICIANS SOCIETY
PRESTO DIGITATORS www.prestodigitators.c
om
HARTFORD CT. RING
FRED E. POWELL RING
STAMFORD RING
NATIONS CAPITOL RING
BOCA RATON RING/CURRENTLY INACTIVE
SPACE COAST MAGICIAN/THE AL FOX CLUB
MARTINEIZ RING
SEASIDE MAGICIANS
THE RON MURPHY RING
Ft Lauderdale Magic Society DR. Mark Horowitz
CONRAD C. BUSH/www.darrelhidle.com
BOB HUTCHINGS RING
PALADIN RING
KEN KRICK RING -LAKE COUNTY MAGIC CLUB
SYD BERGSON RING
F.A.M.E./BEV BERGERON RING
The Golf Coast Magicians Guild/
"Gentleman Jim" Heuser Ring
INEZ BLACKSTONE KITCHEN RING
Warren Hamilton Ring
MIKE ELLIS RING
The Georgia Magic Club Inc.
C.S.R.A. MAGIC CLUB
MACON GA. RING
MIKE FULLER RING
HAWAII MAGICIANS SOCIETY
THE FRED PETRICK"MOMBO" RING
QUAD CITYS/ C THOMAS MAGRUM RG
JUSTO HIJO OF MAGIC
Tri-State Magic Club
T. NELSON DOWNS
THE BECKER RING/ 6 active members
The Chazz Treasure Valley Magic Club
Magic Wand Ring/ www.angelfire.com/wizard/cigtg/
HARLAN TARBELL RING
JIM RYAN RING/// Inactive
HAROLD MARTIN RING
THE LINCOLN RING
Magician's Guild of Michiana
MYSTIC I.K.I.
A. H, STONER
GENE KEENEY
KOKOMO IN RING/ CURRENTLY INACTIVE
BOB HURT RING
LAKE COUNTY RING//Inactive Ring
MUNCIE MYSTIFIERS
The Jack Bridwell Ring
TERRE HAUTE IN. RING/ CURRENTLY INACTIVE
WIZARDS OF WICHITA
THOROUGHBRED MAGIC GUILDF
www.lmcmagic.com OKITO/LANCE BURTON RING
PIKE BURDEN- PETE KLEINPETER RING
GLEN GHIRARDI
CAJUN CONJURORS
EARLE CHRISTENBERRY JR
J. B. BOBO RING
SILENT MORA RING
CAPE COD MYSTICS/ 6 acitve members
SPRINGFIELD MA RING/ Inactive Ring
GEORGE DENCY RING
THE KING MAGIC RING
DUKE STERN RING
NEIL FOSTER RING
THE HARRY CECIL RING
LEONARD EVA RING
JOHN DEVRIES CLUB
THE FOX RING
MAGICIANS GUILD OF LANSING
DR. BORIS ZOLA RING
CHARLES A ROMIG/ inactive
CARL JONES RING
TRI-LAKES TRICKSTERS
OVERHOLSER-HUDSON RING
MISSOURI MINIPULATORS
HEART OF AMERICA RING
MISSOURI AMBASSADORS OF MAGIC/BEN STONE RING
Spirit of St. Louis
GENE GRANT
BILLINGS MAGIC SOCIETY
JACK GWYNNE RING/ Currently Inactive
C. SHAW SMITH RING
Fayetteville Area Magicians Society (FAMS)
THE PIEDMONT TRIAD MAGIC CLUB
WALLACE LEE AND DICK SNAVELY RING
The Western Wizards of North Carolina
The Coastal Carolina Conjurors
BILL MORTON RING
SCOTTSBLUFF RING/ Currently Inactive
BLACK RICHARD RING
LeRoy, Talma, and Bosco Ring
Audley Walsh\Conrad C. Bush Ring
JACK MILLER RING
HARRY BLACKSTONE MAGIC SOCI www.4dice.com/ibm200/
PYRAMID GARDEN STATE
OCEAN COUNTY NJ RING//Inactive Ring
DANNY O'DAY RING
Fantasma Ring
RENO NV. RING/ Currently Inactive
CLARK & RUTH FONDA
SOUTHERN TIER MAGIC CIRCLE
GENE GORDON
FINGER LAKES RING
HARRY ROZ-ON
EDWIN SLOANE RING/ Roch Magicians Club
RING OF ILLUSION
FRANK GARCIA RING
HARRIS A SOLOMON
DON CONNELLY RING/ www.ring101.org
HORACE MARSHALL RING
ROTH MILLS RING
HAINES/W.W.DURBIN
BLACKSTONE RING
WHEELER MCGORY
DAYTON MAGIC CLUB
WALTER F. WILLIAMS, JR. KNIGHTS OF MAGIC
N.O.M.A.
THE TOMMY WINDSOR RING// Inactive no contact perso
MIDDLETOWN RING
TOLEDO SOCIETY OF MAGICIANS
DOERIGHT-TUTTER
THE SEYMOUR DAVIS RING
THE BOB KLINE RING 65
THE FLOATING RING
THE LECTURE RING
ALLENTOWN SOCIETY OF MAGICIANS
DELAWARE VALLEY CLUB
THE HARRY KELLAR RING
WIZARDS OF THE NORTH
EDDIE CLEVER KEYSTONE
TAMPA RING
POCONO MOUNTAIN RING
Mingus Magic Ring
WILKES BARRE RING
The Bob Elliott Ring
WILLIAM BAKER
The John Murray Ring// www.angelfire.com
The Coe Norton Ring
GREENVILLE RING
The Society of LowCountry Magicians
THE GRAND STRAND MAGICIANS SOCIETY
SPARTANBURG SC. RING
The Tri-Cities Magic Club
M.H. ORTWEIN RING RING WEBSITE: seam2003.org
SMOKEY MOUNTAIN MYSTICS
SOCIETY OF MEMPHIS MAGICIANS
SAM WALKOFF RING
NASHVILLE MAGICIANS CLUB
ABILENE RING/ Currently Inactive
CARL MOORE RING
The Walter Blaney Ring// INACTIVE ONLY 5 ACTIVE ME
LETTIE BARNES RING
WILLARD THE WIZARD/ Joint SAM and IBM Ring
El Paso Magician's Circle
REN CLARK
RIO GRANDE VALLEY MAGIC CLUB
BOB BLAU RING
MAGIC ROUND TABLE
WEST TEXAS WIZARDS// Inactive at this time
BLACK GOLD RING
M.S. MAHENDRA RING
E.TEXAS COURT OF MAGIC
WICHITA FALLS RING
WILFORD HINKSON RING
EARLE EDWARDS RING
HORACE BENNETT RING
JIM MURPHY RING
BLUE RIDGE MAGICIANS
OSCAR ZAHNER RING
NORTHEAST MAGIC CLB
Northwest Ring of Fire
SEATTLE RING
SPOKANE MAGIC CLUB
GREAT VIRGIL AND JULIE RING
GREEN BAY RING/ Inactive ring
BEN BERGOR
MILWAUKEE RING
OSHKOSH WI. RING/ Currently Inactive
HUNTINGTON WV. RING
RHODESIA RING/ Currently Inactive