Price$28.80
Media TypeTrick
CategoryGeneral
Date AddedJan 29, 2004
Still Ringing
Aldo Colombini
(Based on 1 review)
"I'm very excited about this routine for a number of reasons. As you will see, each phase blends into the next smoothly with an economy of moves that should appeal to every performer. Because of this, it can be done silently (set to music) or you can write a script with appropriate patter. It lends itself easily to both comic and serious presentations. It is a very versatile routine, because it can be done close-up, in walk-around situations or even used in parlor or stage performances. Finally, it is not difficult to do. Once understood, the moves are very easy." -Aldo Colombini.
Reviews
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I've always loved the concept and premise of the ring and rope-have acquired numerous gaffed versions over years, including Bewildering which Doug Henning once performed on the tonight show. Then, there is UF Grant's ring and shoelace, and the classic Jardin Ellis ring. What I was ultimately looking for was a routine that had eye-popping effects, with just one rope, one ring that were ordinary.
While I don't own it, I did appreciate Daryl's handling of this classic, especially the size ring he used. By the time I read the routine for Still Ringling, at least a few of the moves were familiar, and appear in Lewis Ganson's Art of Close up books. There are other moves here however that I wasn't familiar with-and they are more subltlties than moves. When going through the routine, I actually surprised myself, watching the ring come seemingly off and on-doing things I hadn't thought possible.
You know, those moments when we may think 'this is brilliant! Simple! How did anyone pickup on this detail?!' Indeed, simple subtlies and details-nothing hard at all about the routine. I'll say that the instructions credit over a half dozen magicians, who's moves have been published separately through decades. The routine flows so naturally. I only changed the ending, adding a truly impossible knot/bind to the ring, which the spectator gets to hold as the rope snaps free and the knot dissapears.
Earlier phases also ask for the spectator's hand, so, it keeps the entire from just being a show and tell trick. One busboy at my favorite restaurant saw me do this routine, and he literally HAD to examine the ring-and then the rope-looking for something to explain what he just saw. Much laughter, I may add, at the impossible knot climax. This trick, like many others is available at Wild Colombini Magic for 10$, less than it's listed on this page.
The only negative was the ring that came with the trick-it was plastic, and neon pink-could have been a large Barbie Doll Hoola Hoop-no matter, the routine works with a range of rings, but larger and thinner helps one later phase to truly fool. I love this routine to the point where I haven't shown my other versions, the gaffed ones, for a couple of months already. To me this is easy, solid, entertaining, inexplicable magic, using ordinary objects...why wouldn't that excite me?!
While I don't own it, I did appreciate Daryl's handling of this classic, especially the size ring he used. By the time I read the routine for Still Ringling, at least a few of the moves were familiar, and appear in Lewis Ganson's Art of Close up books. There are other moves here however that I wasn't familiar with-and they are more subltlties than moves. When going through the routine, I actually surprised myself, watching the ring come seemingly off and on-doing things I hadn't thought possible.
You know, those moments when we may think 'this is brilliant! Simple! How did anyone pickup on this detail?!' Indeed, simple subtlies and details-nothing hard at all about the routine. I'll say that the instructions credit over a half dozen magicians, who's moves have been published separately through decades. The routine flows so naturally. I only changed the ending, adding a truly impossible knot/bind to the ring, which the spectator gets to hold as the rope snaps free and the knot dissapears.
Earlier phases also ask for the spectator's hand, so, it keeps the entire from just being a show and tell trick. One busboy at my favorite restaurant saw me do this routine, and he literally HAD to examine the ring-and then the rope-looking for something to explain what he just saw. Much laughter, I may add, at the impossible knot climax. This trick, like many others is available at Wild Colombini Magic for 10$, less than it's listed on this page.
The only negative was the ring that came with the trick-it was plastic, and neon pink-could have been a large Barbie Doll Hoola Hoop-no matter, the routine works with a range of rings, but larger and thinner helps one later phase to truly fool. I love this routine to the point where I haven't shown my other versions, the gaffed ones, for a couple of months already. To me this is easy, solid, entertaining, inexplicable magic, using ordinary objects...why wouldn't that excite me?!