Welcome to the Capital District's magic club. Members of our club include illusionists, close-up magicians, kids show magicians, clowns, magic collectors and magic enthusiasts who simply enjoy the performance. We meet at 7:00 pm on the second Tuesday of every month at The S W Pitts Hose Company of Latham, 226 Old Loudon Rd, Latham, NY. Member Dues are only $20 a year for 12 nights of fun, food and information plus a one time $10 initiation fee for new membership or renewal of lapsed membership. Active members also receive significant discounts on our assembly events such as: lectures, our annual banquet, our annual picnic, as well as other club sponsored programs.
The purpose of our organization is to promote the art of magic by learning to perform it well, to preserve its history and to assemble collections of past magicians and paraphernalia.
Assembly #24 is one of the oldest Assembly's in the Society of American Magicians. It is named after Past President Jay A. Gorham. Jay was a Professor and Mathematics Chair at Hudson Valley Community College. He is an active magician and magic collector. After moving from this area to Arizona, Jay became the National President of the Society of American Magicians in 2004.
THE CAPITAL MAGIC CONNECTION NEWS
The fire station in Latham has invited us back so IBM Ring 186 and SAM Assembly 24 are planning to meet at that facility. Both groups will start their meetings at 7:00 pm. SAM on the second Tuesday of the month & IBM on the fourth Tuesday of the month. We will continue to have one zoom meeting on the third Tuesday of the month and the Morning Magic Group will meet on the first Tuesday of the month.
THE CAPITAL MAGIC CONNECTION
March 31, 2024
I want to call everyone’s attention to two new items which have been added to the Calendar of Upcoming Shows and Events. The first is the MAWNY one-day convention in buffalo the 28th of April, and the second is our annual lecture the fifth Sunday in June. Check these out and mark you calendars accordingly.
MORNING MAGIC GROUP
The next meeting of the morning group will be on Tuesday morning, April 2, at 8:30 am at the Ugly Rooster off exit 12 of the Northway. Everyone is welcome.
If you need more information or directions, call Cliff Bruce, Dave McClements, or Ken Marcinowski
APRIL MEETING OF THE SAM ASSEMBLY 24
SAM Assembly 24 will meet on Tuesday, April 9, at 7:00 at S. W. Pitts Hose Company, 226 Old Loudon Road, in Latham, NY. The topic for this month is a card control teaching session. By card control, I mean controlling a card selected by a spectator. By teaching session, I mean participants show a pick-a-card trick using their favorite method for controlling the selected card. Then they teach the group how to use this method of card control.
Everyone should show up with their own deck of cards, and if they do that, it should be a fun meeting for those learning and those teaching.
Dave Lieberman has volunteered to bring the refreshments for this meeting.
APRIL ZOOM MAGIC MEETING
The magicians of the New York Capital region will host a Zoom meeting on Tuesday, April 16, at 7:00. Everyone interested in magic is welcome to join us by logging into this meeting at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88548490202. The meeting ID is: 88548490202
APRIL MEETING OF IBM RING 186
IBM Ring 186 will be meeting on Tuesday, April 23, at 7:00 at S. W. Pitts Hose Company, 226 Old Loudon Road, in Latham. No other information at this time.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING SHOWS AND EVENTS
Sunday, April 28: The Magicians Alliance of Western New York will hold its annual one-day convention at the M Buffalo Hotel, 2040 Walden Ave., Buffalo, NY. For details and reservations go to: https://mawny.org/
Sunday, June 30: SAM Assembly 24 annual lecture will be held at the Fort Hunter Fire Station, 3525 Carman Road, Schenectady, NY. This will be our fifth annual. Because of COVID our last lecture was held on April 19, 2019. In the past we have hosted Pop Haydn, George Schindler, and Gene Anderson, and Craig Dickson as our lecturers . This year’s lecturer will be announced soon.
Thursday, July 25 through Saturday, July 27: Magicians Guild Presents: Glitches in Reality at Universal Preservation Hall, 25 Washington St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. This show features Simon Cornell, who has appeared twice at the Adirondack Theatre Festival. For more information and tickets go to: https://tickets.proctors.org/TheatreManager/95/tmEvent/tmEvent34562.html
Sunday, August 4: Our annual picnic at Ken Beckley’s place on Lake George. More details later.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
If you know of a magic related event or show which might be of interest to capital area magicians, send that information to me in time for it to be announced in our next newsletter.
Also if you would like to contribute an original article, trick or review of a book, dvd, trick or internet site, send it to me for inclusion in this newsletter. PLEASE DON’T COPY WHAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS WRITTEN UNLESS YOU DOCUMENT THE SOURCE AND HAVE PERMISSION TO SHARE IT.
SAM Assembly #24 Member Directory: Fellow Assembly Member contact information is listed in the MEMBERS ONLY SECTION and can only be accessed by current active members with the password information provided on your membership card.