The Effect
"Picture this - A spectator's ring is magically plucked off the center of a rope and just as effortlessly thrown back on - without letting go of the ends! In a flurry of non-stop action, the ring takes on a life of its own - it hops and pops, slips and slides, jumps and bumps, moves and grooves. In other words, you can't stop it!"
The DVD comes with a ribbon and a ring so you can get right to it. There are no gimmicks involved so you can literally use your shoe string and a borrowed ring and you've got material for a killer routine - although Wilson doesn't like using shoe strings.
Degree of Difficulty
Moderate. These are pretty easy sleights to master and perform. It will take you a few weeks of practice to perfect a good routine.
Teaching
Greg Wilson has to be one to the best teachers in magic and a very funny guy. He moves slowly, provides patter ideas and suggests alternative presentations. He has a jewelry store story line which provides the motivation for the tricks. He goes over the source books (where he learned from) and credits the inventors of the effects. He provides a lot of subtilities and misdirections that help to sell the tricks.
Quantity of Effects
There are a lot of tricks. Once you get good at these you can start with the Jewelry store patter and improvise a five minute routine with ease. You are given the Ring Leader routine that Greg demos - it is an okay routine but there are so many great effects that I suggest weaving in 3 or 4 other effects for a full routine.
Quality of Effects
It may not seem like a ring and string could produce jaw dropping effects but they do. These little illusions are visually striking. There are a lot of good closing effects so you can build up to some great climaxes such as the Gold Medal Insertion. Some of these effects have audience participation elements. My favorite effects are:
* You thread the ring on the string, then unthread the ring. Then you throw the ring at the string and it pops right into the middle the string.
* With the ring on the middle of the string, you hand one end of the string to a spectator and the other end to another spec - then pluck the ring from the middle of the string - mind blowing!
Production Quality
Not a flashy production but video and sound quality are good. You are often given multiple angles.
Overall: 10/10
This is the DVD reference encyclopedia for ring and string effects. I now carry a string and ring with me so I can practice or perform anywhere. There is enormous value and all of the routines are very usable in any number of settings; kids and adults, parlor and close up. You just can't go wrong with Gregory Wilson's Ring Leader.
"Picture this - A spectator's ring is magically plucked off the center of a rope and just as effortlessly thrown back on - without letting go of the ends! In a flurry of non-stop action, the ring takes on a life of its own - it hops and pops, slips and slides, jumps and bumps, moves and grooves. In other words, you can't stop it!"
The DVD comes with a ribbon and a ring so you can get right to it. There are no gimmicks involved so you can literally use your shoe string and a borrowed ring and you've got material for a killer routine - although Wilson doesn't like using shoe strings.
Degree of Difficulty
Moderate. These are pretty easy sleights to master and perform. It will take you a few weeks of practice to perfect a good routine.
Teaching
Greg Wilson has to be one to the best teachers in magic and a very funny guy. He moves slowly, provides patter ideas and suggests alternative presentations. He has a jewelry store story line which provides the motivation for the tricks. He goes over the source books (where he learned from) and credits the inventors of the effects. He provides a lot of subtilities and misdirections that help to sell the tricks.
Quantity of Effects
There are a lot of tricks. Once you get good at these you can start with the Jewelry store patter and improvise a five minute routine with ease. You are given the Ring Leader routine that Greg demos - it is an okay routine but there are so many great effects that I suggest weaving in 3 or 4 other effects for a full routine.
Quality of Effects
It may not seem like a ring and string could produce jaw dropping effects but they do. These little illusions are visually striking. There are a lot of good closing effects so you can build up to some great climaxes such as the Gold Medal Insertion. Some of these effects have audience participation elements. My favorite effects are:
* You thread the ring on the string, then unthread the ring. Then you throw the ring at the string and it pops right into the middle the string.
* With the ring on the middle of the string, you hand one end of the string to a spectator and the other end to another spec - then pluck the ring from the middle of the string - mind blowing!
Production Quality
Not a flashy production but video and sound quality are good. You are often given multiple angles.
Overall: 10/10
This is the DVD reference encyclopedia for ring and string effects. I now carry a string and ring with me so I can practice or perform anywhere. There is enormous value and all of the routines are very usable in any number of settings; kids and adults, parlor and close up. You just can't go wrong with Gregory Wilson's Ring Leader.
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Thanks for the review!
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