Does one have to have inborn talents for magic like Harry Potter to perform card tricks? The answer is No. Anyone can perform card tricks . You can learn to perform card tricks if you are willing to learn with a set of books, a pack of cards and hours of card trick practice! You also need to be willing to develop the correct mind set for card trick performance.
Every card trick performer must remember that card tricks are performed in public. The public have gathered there to witness the card trick performance voluntarily and with a willingness to be entertained by the card trick performer. This audience wants to be baffled, entertained, amazed, amused and astounded with your card tricks. As a card trick performer you must focus your attention on what will entertain the audience gathered there to witness your card tricks. You must select pieces that will deliver the goods to this card trick audience.
Card trick routines must be rehearsed till the act will provide oodles of entertainment to the audience at your card trick show. This basic rule of card trick entertainment applies to the newbie to the subject and to the professional performer. The card trick newbie needs to develop the mindset to entertain and the card trick professional needs to practice the mindset to entertain. It is best to begin learning the art of card trick entertainment with your family and friends around you and to develop your skills as you go along the journey to becoming a card trick professional.
The entertainment mindset lies in the presentation of the tricks, in the stories you tell and in the speed with which you perform your card tricks. This card trick entertainment skills cannot be culled out of any book. It is ok to study the shows of great maestros of the card trick and learn from their performances. However, you will become a great card trick entertainer only if you have a repository of interesting anecdotes to tell and develop your own peculiar card trick entertainment jargon. If you show great pleasure in what you say and do during a card trick, you will find that your audience too enjoys your card trick with you.
Talking and gesturing while performing card tricks will also help you get over your nerves. Most card trick performers (even the great maestros) began their lessons with churning stomachs and sweaty palms. It is best to try and relax and divert your mind and attention to the performance of the card trick and the words you speak during a card trick performance.
So if you want to be a card trick performer of some repute, begin at the beginning and learn your skills by not only focusing on the card trick itself but also on the language you use and the anecdotes you tell during a performance.
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