There were two terrific meetings held in August.

The first meeting was Bag for Life, with Paul Rae as our host. He introduced the subject and listed many of the uses for and variations of bags in magic. He showed us a quick smash effect (infallible, he said) using a clever equivoque. He then invited the members to show us effects using bags. We saw some really good stuff, with contributions from Jono, Dave Anderson, The Secretary and Garry (who showed us a nice Egg Bag routine, very much inspired by his Dad. Paul showed us a clear force bag, which he incorporated with the 9 principal. James demonstrated a liquid in magazine effect where the bag is not seen but is the very well designed and engineered prop. Steve then led a discussion on change bags, their variety and uses.

The second meeting was The meeting was Sid Ozalid hosted by Douglas Cairns. Douglas spoke about his early life and upbringing, including his educational and other difficulties. He paid a tribute to the support he got from various sources including his father, the Arts Centre and Childrens Theatre in general. He then spoke about his life in entertainment and how he developed his persona and act. He spoke about his supporting of various music acts in the seventies and onwards. He also discussed his life in business and how that also progressed alongside entertaining. Douglas then told us about his accident, brain injury and how he started his recovery and still continues with it. Sid then gave us an energy-filled performance and took questions from the floor. When he finished, Douglas thanked us for our time in coming along, our help in his development then handed back to Garry.

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