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The Maine Mystics
Bangor, Maine
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Ring Report
November 11, 2007
Minutes for this meeting.
The November Meeting was held at the Friars' Bakehouse in Bangor, Maine. The theme of the meeting was From Cardboard to Curtain Call. Ring members brought mockups, prototypes, works in progress, and complete homebuilt props.
Professor Miller set up his amazing Tesla Coil. The device stands over five feet high, and was designed to be the core of a late-nineteenth-century performance on the wonders of electricity. Professor Miller explained the theory and operation of the Telsa Coil, developed by visionary inventor Nikola Tesla. The members sat patiently thorough the lecture wondering whether the imposing device would actually function. Finally, Professor Miller moved from theory to action. The lights flickered and dimmed, the air filled with the crackle of electrical fire, and the coil hummed to life.
Dr. Wilson showed how the energy broadcast by the Tesla Coil could move objects from one location to another by physical telegraphy. Just as messages may be sent by telegraph, Dr. Wilson sent a brick from the transmitter to the receiver, using a prototype piece of apparatus not quite cosmetically acceptable for public performance. As the brick arrived at its destination, a plume of smoke could be seen curling off of it. Dr. Wilson went on to display a foamcore mockup of a production table described in Tarbell, then showed part of the apparatus constructed in wood and fiberboard. The finished piece will be decorated in an Arabian Nights motif to fit the story of Aladdin's Lamp.
Danny Baker showed a Flip-Over Box built from a box in the form of a magic book. After displaying the magic book empty, he produced the latest Harry Potter novel, in hardcover, from it. Danny also showed a Do Not Touch box that rattled and fired snakes when a volunteer disturbed it. Danny is quite the fabricator of magic wands. He displayed a set of multiplying wands, a floppy wand, and in a display of Gospel Magic, turned a rod into a serpent.
After the performances conforming to the theme, Danny Baker, Professor Miller, Dr. Wilson, and Jarvis Simpson engaged in an exchange of card effects. Full details of the business meeting and photos are available on the Ring's web site (www.ibmring362.org).
