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Not too long ago, I was booked to perform at a fete. Fete performing has always been one of my specialties. I worked my way up from performing get-togethers to picnics to conclaves to hanging-out opportunities. But back to the fete. There were 15 tables with eight rich people at each table. It was going to be loud, drunken and disorganized ? just like one of my Saturday Night baths.
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I needed something special that I could carry around and perform on the tables of the eight rich people. I knew I couldn?t bring my nightclub table for a few reasons: number one, this wasn?t a nightclub (or ?niteclub? if you have one of the old Tannen?s models); number two, the floor was uneven and my table wouldn?t roll smoothly ? even if it did have wheels, but it doesn?t; number three, I wanted to perform anywhere I could find space on the rich people?s tables and rolling or, for my table, dragging a table around would slow up the process; and number four, I hadn?t repainted my nightclub since my last trade show for the for a colostomy cleaning supply company.
Anyway, I found the perfect solution. I bought a trick that came with its own carrying case that just happened to be a perfect close-up performance surface. The Psychokinetic
Bolt by Sam Dalal is an incredible effect. It comes with a case that works perfectly as your moveable close-up pad and, because it is a case as well as a performance surface, it can also be used as a case.
Here?s the unvarnished depiction of Psychokinetic Bolt:
The performer displays a nut and bolt, which can be thoroughly examined by the audience. You thread the bolt on the nut or have a member of the close-up audience do the threading. I had one of the less drunk rich people do the threading ? that still didn?t stop…
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