Here are the monthly meeting themes and meeting dates for the 2012/2013 season:

September 10:  "New Beginnings-routines that are new (or relatively new) to your

                          repertoire"/ Bobo's The New Modern Coin Magic

October 2:  "Spooky Magic"/ Royal Road to Card Magic

November 5:     Parlor Magic/Tarbell's Course in Magic

December 3:  Christmas Magic/Royal Road to Card Magic

January 7:    "Outside of the Box" magic/Bobo's The New Modern Coin   Magic

February 4:  Magic from the Heart/Tarbell's Course in Magic

March 4:  Ides of March (Treacherous Magic)/Royal Road to Card   Magic

April 1:  Your Favorite Coin routine from Bobo's/Bobo's The Modern  Coin Magic

May 6:  Your Favorite effect from Tarbell's/Tarbell's Course in Magic

June 3:  Your Favorite Card trick from Royal Road/Royal Road to Card   Magic

July 1:  Patriotic Magic/Bobo's The Modern Coin Magic

August 5:  Your All-time Favorite effect/Tarbell's Course in Magic

President Spence has announced the meeting themes for our newly beginning magic year. He will be looking for a volunteer(s) to head up each month. The idea is that the volunteer will select and teach an effect from that month's reference book. Background information regarding the history of the trick would also be included. For the September meeting Steve Spence and Jim Croop will be the "volunteers." SAM #31 Monthly Meeting Themes for 2012-2013 Sept.:  "New Beginnings-routines that are new (or relatively new) to your repertoire"/ Bobo's The New Modern Coin Magic Oct.:  "Spooky Magic"/ Royal Road to Card Magic Nov.:     Parlor Magic/Tarbell's Course in Magic Dec.:  Christmas Magic/Royal Road to Card Magic Jan.:    "Outside of the Box" magic/Bobo's The New Modern Coin Magic Feb.:  Magic from the Heart/Tarbell's Course in Magic March:  Ides of March (Treacherous Magic)/Royal Road to Card Magic April:  Your Favorite Coin routine from Bobo's/Bobo's The Modern Coin Magic May:  Your Favorite effect from Tarbell's/Tarbell's Course in Magic June:  Your Favorite Card trick from Royal Road/Royal Road to Card Magic July:  Patriotic Magic/Bobo's The Modern Coin Magic Aug.:  Your All-time Favorite effect/Tarbell's Course in Magic

The theme for the August 6 2012 meeting of the Harry Riser Assembly was "magicians' choice." The choices turned out to be most interesting and abundant. Nine magicians performed. Jim Croop, who also served as our master of ceremonies, began the evening with his version of Paul Gordon's "Psychotronic Rides Again." Jack Weigle then took a deck of cards and did two effects. The first one was entitled, "It's Up His Sleeve" by William Zavis found in Divers Deceits, (1973). The second was Jay Sankey's "Outsider" from his DVD "Sankey's Best Card Magic." Gerry Thompson demonstrated his newly obtained "Sixth Sense" effect. He asked the club members for assistance in developing a story to go with the effect. Jay Newby performed the Johnny Thompson version of the "Endless Chain" or "Fast and Loose."  Daniel Lee did a nice rendition of Oz Pearlman's "Clutch." Taylor Martin used 50 year old slates to do the "Spirit Slates." The slates were sold to him in Canada by a toy merchant who said he got them from a school in Ontario. And finally, Michael Ray did his version of Calin Merelli's "Dress Code." It was a fun evening with much magic as each performer did one of his favorites.