Recap: Ring 216 Election of Officers for 2013

The annual election of officers was held on Nov 14th at the Ring Meeting. Each nominated candidate was announced and floor nominations were opened up for each position. There was one floor nomination for Sergeant at Arms (which had no candidate).  With only one candidate for each position, candidates were approved with a showing of approval by raised hands. All positions were unanimously approved.

Here are the results:
* President - Calvin Tong
* Vice President - Raahul Srinivasan
* Secretary- John Jones
* Treasurer- Will Chandler
* Web Master - David Martinez
* Sergeant at Arms – Craig Ousterling

Recap: Ring 216 October Events

This month we held our highly anticipated Annual Close Up Competition with 6 amazing performances.  As Masters of Ceremony, Cal Tong lead the competitors through 3 Close Up Stations strategically placed in different locations in the room.  Each competitor repeated their close up act three times throughout the evening.  The 3 stations each contained 5 to 7 audience members per station.  This year’s highly skilled and entertaining competitors included new Ring 216 Member David Martinez, Professor Aldrian Estepa, Past President Doug Eakin, Vice President Raahul Srinivasan, the Amazing Alan Leeds, and Sergeant at Arms John Jones.  Memorable moments included David’s Triumph, Aldrian’s Card Transformations, Doug Eakin’s Dramatic Card Routine, Raahul’s Paste Board Miracles, Alan’s original Coin and Glass Act, and John Jones's visual coin magic.  The ballots were calculated at the end of the evening and the winners were announced to the audience.  Doug Eakin won first place, Alan Leeds won 2nd place, and Raahul Srinivasan and Adrian Estepa tied for 3rd place.  Great job by all the competitors!

Close-up Competition Magicians

Recap: Ring 216 Walk-Around competition

This was an amazing night!  Four Magi's competed in the Standard Walk Around Competition and three Magi's competed in the Masters Division.  In the Standard Division, the club members were treated to amazing performances from Alan Leeds, Aldrian Estepa, David Clavens, and John Jones.  In the Masters Division, we received magical performances from Cal Tong, Phil Ackerly, and Theron Schaub!

Congratulations to all the competitors for a job well done!  2nd place in the Standard Division goes to Aldrian Estepa, and first place goes to David Clavens!

First place winner of the Masters Division will be announced at Ring 216's Annual Banquet.

Recap: Professional Lecture by Kainoa Harbottle

Kainoa, a professor of literature and dream, treated us to some fascinating  coin and card magic, and theories on how to be better magician. He has lots of experience performing close up magic and explained how he was able to adapt it to a classroom of 100 students.

Recap: PIZZA NIGHT, Mini-Teach-Ins, and Open Performance Night!

Pizza was enjoyed by all during performing and learning sessions.  Your Officers (Cal, Raahul, Will, and Fred) had some magic prepared to perform and teach you based on their area of expertise! John Jones kicked off our Open Performances!