Jack Wagner demonstrates a rope trick.IF YOU GOWhat: Family Magic NightWhen: 7 p.m. Saturday doors open; 7:30 p.m. showWhere: Chester Frost Park, 2318 Gold Point Circle North, HixsonAdmission: $5 per person, $15 per family; cash or check only at doorTo register: Reservations required by Thursday; call 842-6748AREA MAGIC CLUBS• Chattanooga Magic Club: Tuesday, April 16, 7 p.m., East Ridge Retirement Center, 1417 N. Mack Smith Road.• Fellowship of Christian Magicians: Tonight, 7 p.m., Salvation Army Cafe/Coffeehouse, 437 Inman St., Cleveland, Tenn.; or Thursday, April 11, 7 p.m., Garrison Baptist Church, 260 Garrison Road, Dayton, Tenn.
Jack Wagner will be one of four Chattanooga Magic Club magicians performing at Chester Frost Park on Saturday. Look for card tricks, rope tricks and the “black hole.”Pick a card, any card,” Ron Williams encourages a volunteer.
Performing the Rising Card illusion, the Cleveland, Tenn., magician explains: “You get somebody to pick a card out of a deck. You take an art pad and draw a picture of their card like you’re reading their mind.
“Of course, you get it wrong. So you act flustered and start making magical gestures and then, in the picture, the correct card rises out of the deck.”
OK, so maybe it’s not David Blaine hanging in a plexiglass box over the River Thames, but it shows that local amateurs have a few tricks up their sleeves.