Driving to the point of insanity...

While most teenage boys hide copies of Playboy under their mattress, I preferred playing cards ... I used to sit in bed at night and practice sleights and moves for hours on end. As I have grown older, my interest has faded and I must confess I no longer put forth the effort I used to.

But over the last few weeks, I've been getting the itch all over again. I've about driven Dana to the point of insanity, rehearsal every day ... new tricks ... new routines ... building this ... decorating that. This summer will be, without any doubt what-so-ever, my greatest magic ever! I can't even recall the last time I was this hungry for it.



We are working towards three new routines - one, an improved Linking Ring routine that will hopefully pull crowds. This will not be the usual close-up routine I have done for years, but a whole new routine using a complete set of 8 inch rings.

And we are working on a new rope routine, based on the world famous Tabary Rope Routine. If you haven't seen Tabary work a rope, you have no idea what rope magic is all about! I first saw Tabary do his routine at Desert Magic Seminar back in '92, and it totally blew me away they way he could work an entire stage for an audience of thousands with nothing but a piece of rope.

And lastly, we are considering bringing Cups n Balls into my act ... most buskers do Cups n Balls, but I've never been fond of the trick myself. But then again, I was never fond of the Floating Cigarette so what do I know? The idea is to try it out and see how it works for us ... just finished building a new table to perform on:





-JoeJoe