"Part-Time Pro" Lecture Notes

The debut of "The Part-Time Pro" lecture was for the Academy of Magical Arts in Hollywood in 1975. It earned me a nomination for Lecturer of the Year, and I was simultaneously nominated for Visiting Magician of the Year for that week's performances at the Magic Castle. Since then new editions of the "Part-Time Pro" lecture have been presented throughout the USA and in ten other countries. This is the latest edition of the lecture notes.

"The Part-Time Pro" premise is that most magicians do something other than magic for a living, but many wish to also perform magic for professional fees. "The Part-Time Pro" notes (red cover, 20 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, stapled) details a 10-step framework for developing your own show, (stage, parlor or close-up) and includes assembling the trick list, writing a script, practicing, rehearsing and developing new material. These notes are the basis of "The Part-Time Pro" lecture section on the Gene Anderson DVD.

"Tricks for the Part-Time Pro" notes (purple cover, 24 pages, 5½ x 8½ inches, stapled) describes eight tricks that are all "A" material from my own show. They were chosen because of the basic magic principles they employ and the methodology illustrated when springboarding on these principles to update effects. Picto Transpo (7 pages, 18 drawings) describes how to make your own Picto Transpo set using posterboard. I used the posterboard version myself for 30 years before switching to the new Teflon-surface version that I now use and manufacture. Other effects in the notes are wand from purse, a loose buttons rigging for your suit and vest, a three-phase coin-in-nest-of-boxes routine and the Son of Morning match vanish. Two of the effects in the purple notes are also demonstrated and explained on the Gene Anderson DVD: Picto Transpo and Son of Morning.