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Ben You and Harapan Ong – Ben-tastic

TheCuso — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 12:21:07 +0000

Apparently, it’s not that rare to find awesome card guys that live near you, since I live in Singapore, a country so small that… that it’s so small.

I found out that Ben You (of wecallitshockeffect fame again) lives near me as well, and we met up for a session. We got chased out of Starbucks and ended up in a McDonald’s where we filmed all these stuff you’re about to see in the video. As usual, his mastery of the pasteboards floored me, and I am lucky enough to witness some of his talent, both in magic and flourishes.

Song is “All I Have to do is Dream” by The Everly Brothers.

Enjoy.

-Harapan Ong

Harapan and Jonathan Coffeeshop Talk

TheCuso — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:47:18 +0000

It’s rare to find an awesome card guy that lives near me. In the past, Kevin Ho used to be that guy.

Now, I discovered that Jonathan Foo (of wecallitshockeffect and Laika fame) lives near me as well. So, we met up at a nearby Starbucks one Saturday afternoon to have a session of magic and flourishes. I managed to film a fraction of Jonathan’s awesomeness and biceps, while filming a whole load of my random stuff.

Song is “Ka Fei Wu” (Coffee Without Milk) by Wu Qi Xian.

Enjoy.

-Harapan Ong

Arcane Playing Cards Review by our Singaporeans…

TheCuso — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:30:47 +0000

Our very own Singaporeans got their hands onto some fresh Arcane Playing Cards…

Leon Tai, Harapan Ong, Ling, Claudia and Kenneth review the arcanes!

Hi Leon! I’m doing 3P with my Arcanes!

-Alejandro Portela

Open Discussion – Turning Card Flourishing into Magic

TheCuso — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:47:27 +0000

There came a turning point a few years ago when I wanted to try to streamline my magic a little. I loved using story tricks back then, and my friends were complaining that my tricks were too draggy.

I realised that doing card flourishes might somehow help me with that, because if I incoporate my magic with flourishes, I would somehow be forced to talk less. (Don’t ask me how my twisted mind managed to justify that.)

So, I got really interested in flourishing, wanting to find out how I can incoporate flourishes into card magic wthout “losing magic’s impact”, as most magicians would argue. They would say that flourishes make magic less “mysterious” and laymen would think it’s just “fast hands”.

I’m still not quite sure how to argue back, but I am having a ton of fun doing flourishes for laymen in between my magic tricks. It establishes credibility instantly, and flourishes has that quality that makes people to think “Wish I could do that”.

This routine, Fourish, is a simple multiple card location routine which uses many of my favourite flourishes. It’s more of a framework than a trick itself – you can jazz in and out of it by yourself.

Credits go to Kevin Ho for KFC, Dan and Dave Buck for the Molecule Combo, De’vo vom Schattenreich for Vertical Spin, Chris Kenner for the Sybil, and myself for Breaking Point (the ace producton).

And yes, it’s a new filming spot.

Enjoy, with a huge dose of fanning powder.

-Harapan Ong

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