This was a very strange yet enjoyable week in drama club. We didn't practice much but instead went to the local library Tuesday through Friday to watch world class magic acts. Each day was a different magician, all courtesy of Spellbinders. (That's what this whole thing was called by the way.) Unfortunately we weren't allowed to take any photos or record any videos of the performances so just use your imagination.

On Tuesday, we saw a man named John Carney I believe preform his magic up close. (As with all other magicians this week.) He was a very good magician with a solid routine but was also a bit of a comedian. He kind of had a gambler's theme going on with roulette balls and the like. He did something similar to what Lexi is doing (see previous post) with them. Card manipulation was a smaller part in his act too. His person himself was well refined. He reminded me of Philip Seymour Hoffman in way of appearance and dress. Carney was a great performer.

Wednesday brought a man who I believe was Swedish but I didn't catch his name. His accent was thicker than molasses in January. His routine was very heavily card based but a recent turn of events gave him difficulty with his tricks. He said that he'd suffered a stroke in the past months so this made his speech and tricks more difficult. He was very good but not exactly the most memorable.

Thursday brought who was easily the most impressive magician I've ever seen in my life. A Japanese native named Shoot Ogawa (who might have the best website ever, holyshoot.com) preformed what was easily the best performance I've ever seen. He had three separate coins become three different sizes at three separate times. Incredible. One crucial flaw is that I was hypnotized by his non-hypnotic tricks and ended up staring through him and not fully observing the tricks; if that makes any sense. The most memorable trick was one that might as well have broken the guy sitting next to me's sanity.he made seven goldfish appear out of thin air and into an empty wine glass.

Friday's magician was a guy named Bob. he said he was "that one weird uncle that everyone has". He was certainly weird. He mainly did the trick with the ball and three cups, except with a pea. He mainly did variations of this trick. He relied heavily on crowd participation and energy. Top notch magician.

All in all they proved why each was world renowned magician. Unfortunately all these magicians have left by now and will not return for either in six or so months or a year.

More to come soon.