October was a wee bit quieter than September but we had two great nights. On the 12th we held our annual competition for entertainment, The Jocky Scott Trophy. The line-up of five entrants consisted of: Jim Aitken, Dave Anderson, Jono Geary, Paul Rae and Steve Meredith. All five performed highly entertaining sets with plenty of good magic. After the judges (Jenny Seagraves, Scott Clegg and Bob Gordon) submitted their scorecards and the timekeeper's (John Boyd) records were taken into consideration, Garry totted up the totals and declared the winner to be Paul Rae. Well done Paul! The presentation was made and photographs were taken.

On the 27th our newly-crowned champion of entertainment Paul Rae hosted an evening of TED Talks. Paul introduced the evening and kicked things off himself by talking about two of the many books in his collection, both of which were magic related and concerned the Second World War or the build up to it.Jim Aitken spoke about the Gilbreath Principle and its roots in mathematics and logic, as well as its applications in magic. Bill Seagraves showed us his B.S. Principle, then talked about performing close-up magic at tables in a restaurant or hotel environment. Dave Anderson discussed and demonstrated how magic effects (and one of his in particular) evolve. Scott Clegg told us about Jim Steranko. Scott admires him on two fronts: as a comic book and graphic novel artist and as a card magician. Garry finished off by explaining and showing us his sound system and attachments. Another great night.

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