The Society of American Magicians (SAM) announced that its detailed article about the recent IBM/SAM 2008 Combined Convention that was held in July 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky, is now available to the public.

Offered in downloadable PDF format, the article appears exactly as it will in the upcoming September issue of "M-U-M," the society's monthly magazine. The article is 26 pages long and features some 116 photos. The numerous reports, reviews and write-ups of the shows, lectures, and events include contributions by: John Moehring, Jon Racherbaumer, Richard Hatch, Steve Marshall, Mike Perovich and David Michaels.

Please click here to visit the SAM site and download the pdf file.

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IBM/SAM 2008 Combined Convention
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Right Through

Here's a trick that you can do after dinner with just a napkin and a butter knife.

You drape a napkin over your hand and a butter knife appears to pass right through the napkin. It's an impromptu effect that requires no gimmicks. You can perform this one with a pencil or pen, but it's traditionally performed with a butter knife.

Please click here to learn this trick.

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