MAGIC U CAN DO IT 7

Andruzzi ascending
This trick is of medium skill

-Effect
To perform the andruzzi levitation, the magician floats 6 inches off the ground with spectators in front and behind him.

-Preparation
What you need to do is find a pair of hard rubber shoes. I use a new pair of casual adidas superstars, don’t use leather shoes, or the prepared shoe will bend during the levitation. To prepare the shoe, you need to cut a hole on the bottom of your ‘lifting foot’. Make sure there’s about 5mm in the front and back of the shoe. I also recommend wearing black socks during the presentation.

-Method
Go out and find up to four spectators. Place two of them behind you for the proper angles of the balducci levitation. Say your lifting foot (the foot inside the prepared shoe) is your right. Have the other two specs stand in front of you, but have them stand more to your left, and make sure they can still see both your feet. It’s then a simple matter, to slip your toes out of the uncut segment in the front of your shoe to do normal balducci levitation, come back down to the ground, slip your toes back into the segment, and walk away.

Vanishing quarter

Appear to vanish a quarter through a table

-Effect
A glass is covered with a paper tube. The glass and tube is then placed over a coin on the table. When the paper tube removed, the coin has vanished and has actually travelled through the table.

-Preparation
You will need an ordinary glass. Three sheets of white paper approx 8 inches by 12 inches. Glue and scissors and a coin. Place some glue round the rim of the glass upside on a sheet of white paper and allow the glue to dry. When the glue is dry cut round the rim of the glass with the scissors so a paper circle covers the mouth of the glass. Turn the glass upside down and wrap a second sheet of paper round it to form a loose fitting tube and glue this and allow drying. Place a coin on third sheet of paper laid on the table and a second coin of the same value should be attached by tape or wax under the table.

-Method
Announce to a spectator that you are going to make a coin travel through a solid table. Take the paper tube and pace it over the glass, which is already on the table upside down on top on the sheet of paper. Lift the tube-covered glass and place it over the coin with the glass still being upside down. Remove the tube from the glass and the coin appears to have disappeared. Give the tube to the spectator for inspection. The coin is actually under the paper rim of the glass, which is invisible as it is the same color as the paper sheet on the table. If you wish to increase the effect you can reach under the table and remove the other coin and tell the spectator that the coin has actually travelled through the table.

Easy coin vanish

-Effect
A coin is placed onto the table and it vanishes

-Method
Put the coin onto the table with your left hand. Say something like “check this out” and reach over with your right hand. Then press down on the coin with your middle, index and third finger with your hand and arm parallel with the table. Slide the coin towards you remembering that it should be completely covered up. Slide the coin off the table so it falls on your lap without the spectator seeing. Touch your thumb to your middle finger as if you are picking up the coin as it reaches the edge of the table. Keeping your fingers still closed, stare at where the coin should be as you slowly move your hand away from you back to about 6 inches from where the coin originally was. Start moving your thumb in a circular motion as if the coin’s disappearing. Slowly turn your hand around and spread your fingers apart. Now the rest is up to you. The more surprised you act the more people will believe that they have seen a real coin vanish.

Minus your money

-Effect
The magician clearly has three one-dollar bills and magically, one disappears leaving the two left untouched, right before the audiences baffled Eyes!
Preparation
Secretly take out of your pocket/purse a dollar bill and fold it over about two thirds across. Take another bill and place it over the crease of the fold hiding the fold from view. The two bills should now look somewhat like Three-dollar bills.

-Method
Take the already set dollar bills in your hand and announce that you are about to do what most people dread, make your money disappear. Take the top of the two bottom edges of the dollar bill. When they are in between your thumb and pointer finger, shake the bill wildly so the top edge of the bill flops backward making the folded bill unfolded. Then, take your bills and show that three one-dollar bills have magically changed into two genuine Dollar bills.