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November Meeting Report - Wesley James Lectures for PA #1

New York, New York

On November 9th the Dean of the Parent Assembly Sam Schwartz joined a lively group of 12 at the S.A.M. Magic Table. The Table meets Fridays from 12:30 on for lunch at the Edison Hotel Café on 47th Street between 7th and 8th Avenue in Times Square. Talking about the Table the former host of the Table Mike Bornstein is one of the three people the new book “Hidden New York” is dedicated to. The book contains 6 pages on the Magic Table and other haunts of metropolitan magicians. At the Book Party in the Municipal Arts Society on November 6th National Dean George Schindler spoke before the crowd of over 300 people about the Table and its history. George was there with Table regulars Jerry Oppenheimer, Eric DeCamps, Bob Friedhoffer, Richard Bossong, Isaac Rodriguez and I recreating the Magic Table for the event.

Out monthly meeting was held on November 3rd at Mount Sinai in upper Manhattan. As usual it started with Harvey Berg’s Teach-a-Trick at 6:30. It was well attend and enjoyed.
By 7:15 it was time to start our general meeting. Our MI President Ken Schwabe opened the meeting. Several new members came to join the Parent Assembly with checks in hand and applications filled out. The meeting went quickly as Ken is a good manager of business and assembly affairs. The meeting ended on time as we had a fine lecture as our after meeting event.

The night which was produced by President Schwabe was a lecture by New York’s Wesley James. Many of us know Mr. James as a principal in New York’s Magic Towne House in the early 1970’s and as a professional performer. Welsey James presented a wonderful lecture broken into three parts. First was a dazzling close-up performance. Then in the second and third parts he performed and then taught and clearly explained many fine effects. He presented his “L.S.D. Aces” and “Cannibal Cards” and many others from his book “Enchantments”. His skill and handling amazed even Dr. Ken Krenzel in the front row. The lecture went well into the evening and it was a wonderful night
 

reported by Tom Klem, Reporter, Chairman of the Board, Treasurer and Trustee of the S.A.M. Parent Assembly Number 1 - November 17, 2006

photo courtesy of Tom Klem