President's Letter
Greetings Compeers,
I want to take this opportunity to remind you of a few of the wonderful things that are happening in magic in Indianapolis at The Harry Riser Assembly 31. This coming Monday, December 5 at 7 p.m. at our usual meeting place (Irvington United Methodist Church-the parlor) we will celebrate the season with the theme of "Holiday Magic". Choose your favorite holiday and amaze us with your favorite festive effect. Invite all of your friends who have an interest in magic. Even if you don't want to perform yourself you can sit back and enjoy the wizardry of your compeers. Remember, our IBM brethren now join us. The chemistry between the two groups is wonderful and the excitement has grown with each meeting. Our numbers are swelling (both in attendance and in membership. We recently inducted two new members. Two additional new members have paid their dues and are waiting to be inducted and we have a couple of individuals that are waiting in the wings. Please renew your membership dues if you haven't paid them since May of this year.). If you haven't been to a meeting lately come see what you have been missing. You won't be disappointed.
Also, don't forget to mark your calendars for our special Holiday Luncheon/magic show. THE EVENT will take place on January 8, 2012. Last year's event was so successful we decided to use the same format this year. We'll gather for the noon meal at The Old Country Buffet in Carmel (2009-7 Greyhound Pass, Carmel) at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 8 and enjoy a buffet meal together. At 2 p.m. we will move to The Carmel Community Playhouse across the street to enjoy some amazing magic and variety entertainment produced by Berry Rice. The show is open to the general public so bring your family, friends and neighbors with you. It is will be a show that you won't want to miss.
Finally, the trip To Klostermann's museum of magic had to be postponed due to Ken Klostermann's scheduling conflict but we are in the process of rescheduling it. Although we don't have a firm date yet, we hope to make the field trip sometime in February or early March. Stay tuned.
That's all for now. Hopefully, you can sense my excitement concerning our club and the magic community in Indianapolis. Keep believing in the magic which is all around you. You won't be disappointed.
Steven A. Spence
President, The Harry Riser Assembly 31,
The Society of American Magicans
The Klosterman Tour--your invitation
Come and see magic history like you may never see again. Ken Klosterman's collection is legendary among magicians and contains over one million items of historical interest. See magic once owned by Houdini, Thurston, Robert-Houdin, Hermann The Great, and many many more. The trip will take place on Feb. 11, leave from the Irvington Methodist Church at 10 N. Audubon at 9 AM. We should be returning about 9 PM. We will visit not only the main collection housed in a salt mine under Mr. Klosterman's house, but also The White House collection about 20 minutes away from the Loveland, Ohio house. There is housed the levitations of famous magicians, a parlor of gambling devices that are all cheats, and another 3 floors of massive rooms filled with magic. See more at http://salondemagie.com/.
Do it soon as we're limiting this to 15 and 10 reservations have already been made. The cost is $15 per person. Write me at taylor@indymagicmonthly.com
Taylor Martin, Vice President S.A.M #31
Klostermann Museum of Magic Field Trip
Our field trip to Klostermann's Museum of Magic has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 11. This special day trip into magic history will be open to the first 15 people who sign up. The cost is $15. Reservations may be made by contacting 2nd V.P. Taylor Martin at KAZOO23@aol.com. Don't miss this opportunity to step into the heyday of magic when Ken Klostermann opens his personal collection to our group.
Steve Spence
