Don allen chop cup routine pdf

A note about the contents of the CD's: The title of the tricks listed below might indicate a full performance with patter and explanation-or just one of those elements; sometimes even just a useful tip or single patter line. Some tricks are repeated twice because different details are given. This is, by far, the best purchase I've made at Penguin this year and I've made allot.

The secrets within these discs are reminiscent of the secrets found in the Daley Notebooks. Video Diagnostic Tool. A brobdingnagian collection of the real secrets for those willing to search. Again the cups are set in a line, the middle cup covering the ball which has already penetrated.

Another of the visible balls is placed on top of the centre cup and covered with the other two cups, the cups being tapped and lifted to show the second ball has penetrated. This is repeated with the third ball. Medieval cups and balls [ ] In Reginald Scot wrote ' ', within which he describes tricks with balls. He recommends using candlesticks with a hollow underneath, or bowls, or salt cellars covers to cover the balls. He describes the routine with 3 or 4 balls, and as many covers.

He describes placing a ball under each cover, lifting the covers to show the balls vanished, and then having the balls all re-appear under one cover. Although Scot describes a method, it is considered by magicians to be unlikely as some of the moves described would be impossible to perform invisibly. This unique line of sight for the audience gave rise to some unique sleight of hand moves. The cups that are used are shaped like a shallow bell, a shallow bowl with a small knob handle on the top.

They are often held between the first two fingers by this handle. The shallow nature of the cups means that a large item cannot be produced at the end of the routine, so the routine is often ended with the production of many of the same sized balls, although Shankar Junior would end with the production of black powder from one of the bowls.

The number of cups and balls used varies, with between 1 and 5 balls in play during the routine, and between 2 and 4 cups. The magician uses 3 bowls, and traditionally 4 soft silk covered balls as 3, a fan and 3 final productions, either oranges or boxes, sometimes of cigarettes.

The movements of the Japanese routine are based on Japanese classical dance. There is a display to show the bowls used called ' Owan-Gaeshi' where the performer passes the bowls from hand to hand, showing them empty in a dance-like manner.

The routine has been described as having a reverent, ceremonial air. The routine was also performed kneeling on the floor, for a kneeling audience. Unlike other cups and balls routines the Japanese magician would usually work inside, and to music. It takes its name from the saying 'Plant melons and you get melons, sow beans and you get beans' The immortal was believed to grow from ordinary man who is capable of various magic power and longevity by either accumulation of mortal cultivation or eating elixir vitae.

The beans in the routine represent beans of elixir vitae. The props used consisted of a fan, mat, and between 2 and 6 bowls, with between 3 and 10 beans. The most common numbers being 2 bowls with 3 or 5 beans.

The Chinese method is unusual in that an extra bean or ball is rarely used. They also have some unique methods of concealing the beans. Traditionally the routine was performed on the ground, but now it's more commonly performed on a table.

Another element of the Chinese routine is to make large productions at the start as well as the end of the routine. Common productions include changing a small peach into an egg, producing water, sometimes with fish, and sometimes. For the finale, 'Harvesting a Million Beans' involves placing two bowls mouth to mouth, when they are opened many tiny beans are seen to over flow from the lower bowl.

Modern cups and balls: the Dai Vernon routine [ ] The cups and balls have a long history, and the routines performed by today's performers are naturally built upon the work of previous masters. In ancient Greece and Rome magicians would perform stood behind a table, as opposed to on the ground as seen in Egypt, India and Turkey, to allow a larger audience to see the show, this tradition has continued today.

Tall conical shaped metal cups were the norm in Europe and Egypt until the routine by became popular using shorter, more squat cups that were about as tall as the hand. Dai Vernon's influence can be seen in many modern routines. Jim Cellini, a student of, and teacher of many street performers, credits his routine to Vernon, Miller, and.

The Vernon routine consists of vanishing the three balls, to reappear under the cups, the penetration of the balls through the cups, the spectator choosing which cup to invisibly transport a ball to, the removal and return of the balls, and the revelation of the final large production items, usually fruit.

Watching modern performances of the cups and balls you are likely to see a similar sequence followed. In fact, you really only need I liked the Jennings very clear and Alan's presentation, not so much Lewis a variation with green balls and Burt too slow for my taste World's Greatest magic DVD here you have more variations of performer and routines Regal, Ouellet, Mendoza, tong and Jennings this is the same routine as the other DVD but in a different setting and not so clear , then you have Dacri and Swain that are similar to Jennings Hope this helps Martino Special user Manchester, UK Posts.

It is in David Regal's routine. Personally, I don't like Dan Tong's routine. I know it works for him, but I personally abhor the whole premise of it as a game where the spectator is always wrong. If he says it is under the cup, I'll pull it out of my pocket, if he says it is in my pocket, I lift the cup.

There are a couple of routines that do use this premise in a way that works, but so many fail to make it fun and deceptive. Mendoza's routine has the same failing, in my opinion.

And most other routines are less magical than I think the magicians want to think. I love David Regal's presentation because it gets away from the ball and uses a mouse instead.