We have done some of these, but some other clubs have done nights from the list: I think I may choose one of the discussions as part of the Thursday night's theme.
Lecture by outside person.
Lecture by club member or several mini-lectures
Teach-a-Trick (one or several; many kinds of tricks; could be teach-a-sleight)
Swap (barter: stuff for stuff) Night
Auction: live, silent or both.
Card Magic (in general)
Jumbo Size Card Magic
Packet Card Magic (Uses Non-regular Cards like Color Monte, etc.)
Semi-Automatic (No-Sleight) Card Magic
Card Magic Related to Gambling
My Favorite Card Trick I Do
Member installation with banquet and show by locals or outside
Tarbell Night (or some similarly respected book choice)
Linking Ring Parade Night (or Genii or M.U.M. or Magic)
Past Presidents Night (or last year's officers or current officers)
Children's & Kid Show Magic
Magic of (Slydini or Marlo or Vernon or Bobo or Ammar or whoever)
Money Magic (Folding or coins)
Liquid Magic
Rope Magic (string, ribbon)
Rope Magic Where the Rope Isn't Cut
Homemade Magic (whether original or not)
"My Favorite Trick I Do"
Close-up Caravan (4-5 performers who shift while audiences stay put)
Demonstration of Collectible Magic or Rare Magic
Book Review (or video, new magazine, lecture, show or convention)
Mentalism Night
Halloween/Spooky/Scary/Ghostly Magic (during October or not)
"That Magic Effect You Rarely Do Because." Night
Magic with Everyday Objects
Square Magic (or Round Magic or both)
Déjà vu Night (one club had all members do Professor's Nightmare, etc)
Magic Accessory Night (could get specific---tables, wax, case, pads, etc.)
Comedy Magic Night
Stuff bought at recent national or local convention
Things You Worked On Over the Summer (logically, in a fall meeting)
Ladies Do The Magic Night
Costumes/Characters/Clowns (dress for magi, assistants and/or helpers)
Original Magic (created by performer)
Original Routine with Standard Effect
Magic That Needs Help (better ending, misdirection, patter, music, staging, etc.)
Holiday Magic (or Christmas Magic or St. Patrick's, 4th of July, Valentine's, etc.)
Silk (or other) Handkerchief Magic
Bag Night (egg, change, Gag, etc.)
Animal Magic (real or fake)
Lapping or Sleeving or Topit Night (separately or together in combination)
Showmanship/Presentation/Staging Night
Using Magic In Your Real Job – panel
Teaching Through Magic (gospel, safety, ecology, whatever)
Patter (funny or otherwise)
Sponge Ball or other sponge magic
Cup(s) Night (chop, cups and balls, One Bowl)
Paper Magic (cutting, folding, etc.)
Thread Magic (invisible or visible or both)
Magic Learned From a Lecture (old or new)
Color Magic (or could be more specific such as color change magic)
Penetration Magic
Suspension/Levitation Magic
Transposition Magic
Productions
Vanishes
Transformation Magic
Story Magic (magic that tells a story)
"Do As I Do" Magic - cards, ropes, rings, etc.
Oil and Water Magic (doesn't have to be cards only)
Things Magicians May Do That Aren't Magic (Arts Allied to Magic) i.e., balloons,puppets/vent/Rocky, chapeaugraphy, Troublewit, fire- eating, juggling, card fanning,/flourishes without production, etc.)
The Magician as Master of Ceremonies
Ancient Magic (must not be newer than sixty or seventy years or whatever is set)
The Business Side of Magic (pricing, promoting including pictures, videos, cards
and flyers, record-keeping, taxes, etc.)
Essentials of a Magic Library - books, video, magazines (panel discussion)
Storing, Transporting and Refurbishing of Equipment
Magic Sounds - Music and Non-music Sounds in Magic
Performing While Outside (or a specific situation such as "walk-around outside")
Performing While Surrounded
Dealer Night (lecture or no lecture, one or several dealers, local or visiting)
Tag-a-Magic (any person starts off doing a trick, they tag someone who must be ready and do something or pay a buck to the kitty, they tag someone to follow them
Magic on the Internet (a little piece of it)
Practice for Convention Contest or Public Show
Trade Show Magic
Guest/Layman/Open House Night
Swap Performers With Nearby Other Club (I.B.M., S.A.M. or independent)
Rubber Band Magic
Magic using Volunteers from the Audience
Sucker Tricks Improved to Not Offend
Sound Reinforcement and Lighting for Magic
Video Tape Night (homemade by local performers or otherwise)
Sharp Magic - Knives, Choppers, Scissors, Spikes, etc.
Magic Related to Food, Drink, Bottle, Can
Wands, Canes, Poles and Sticks
Gimmick Night
What Is This Gimmick or Piece of Magic?
How To Be Funny (or Funnier) or How To Write Funny Patter
Restaurant or Bar Magic (table hopping)
Bizarre Magick Night
Psychology of Magic
Magic from Other Lands (Chinese magic, Indian magic, British magic, etc.)
Impromptu Magic
Zombie Ideas (or floating balls of all types or close-up only: dollar bills, etc.)
Using Confederates and Stooges (known or unknown to audience)
Doing magic for the very young (i.e., 3-5 years old)
Doing magic for the very old
Doing magic for mentally challenged people
Doing magic in hospitals - bedside or otherwise
Special Audiences (combining very young, very old, mentally challenged,
Hospital Magic/ Healing in Magic/ Project Magic
Wallet Night (primarily card to wallet things
Honor a Long Time Member; sort of a "This is Your Life" thing
Have a door prize (draw names) for a member-donated magic book/booklet
The Worst Trick I Ever Bought (if still owned, show; if not owned, talk about)
Very short segment in meetings (perhaps five minutes) where a member (take turns)can sell a trick, book, video, etc., to highest bidder; maybe a portion goes to club.
Tips If You're On Television - performing or just talking about magic or club.
Make-up for magicians - panel discussion or mini-lecture.
Escapology
"What to do if…" (When things go wrong - members' experiences from the past)
Young Magician's Club does entire program (assuming there is such a local group)
A representative of Young Magician's Club performs 5 - 8 minute act
A representative of local clown alley (club) performs clown magic
Psychology of Magic (Linking Ring articles over the years are an excellent source)
History of Magic
Electronic Magic
Contest to create magic effect out of odds and ends received in paper bag with either a time limit that night or the routine due at the next meeting
Contest to come up with new (hopefully, better) way to do an old effect
Panel discussion of what "new" effects will become "classics" of magic and why
Magic Posters (i.e., advertising famous magicians' shows)
Magic Using Magnets (where the magnets are not known to be used) -magic only
Big Stage Illusions
Thumb Tip Tips
Black Art (could involve history of it and trick examples from past and present)
Spouses Night - spouses could be honored for putting up with the magi or perform
Flower Magic (feather, paper, real, etc.)
"My Favorite Tenyo Effect of All Time"
Magic Trivia Night; members guess answers to magic trivia type questions relating to magic in general, and local state, region, or club in particular; maybe win stuff
Show and Tell Magic Items (not tricks)
Magic with Antique Gimmick
Magic with a Gambling or Swindle Theme
Magic with Locks, Keys, or Chains
Mind Power
Oriental Magic
Do a Pitch Act
Magic with Boxes or Tubes
Magic using Toys
Round Robin Magic – Each person does a trick in a theme without repeating one done before him. If he can't do one, he sits out. Last magician left, wins!
Club History Night – Have Ring historian or anyone show scrapbooks
Snack Attack – Have everyone bring in snacks, sit at round tables and do table hopping
"The Ethics of Magic" Discussion
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