04/11/2026
FVMC Meeting April 9, 2026
Our monthly meeting took place at President Dave Watters home.
This is always a fun night as it is the time to exchange our magic purchases from the annual FVMC auction.
Thanks to Gord Boyes for managing the auction site and sending out all the sold reports to each of the sellers. There were over 200 items up for grabs and we had bidders from as far away as Calgary and Edmonton. Thanks to Chris Yuill and Gord for arranging the delivery of the magic items to our out-of-province buyers.
The meeting started a little late due to the auction activities, so Dave skipped the business portion and went straight to the announcements.
A quick review of the ticket sales for the upcoming Eric Samuels FVMC Lecture - May 3rd and show in May are off to a slow start. We are encouraging all the members to spread the word to their family and friends and on social media.
The other item Dave mentioned was Lon Mandrake’s Celebration of Life to be held at Science World this Friday April 17th at 7pm. Chris Yuill will M/C and Cathie Watters will be organizing the food. Cathie has asked for a few more volunteers to help with the food set up at the venue.
The meeting then shifted towards the workshop portion featuring elastic band magic.
Chris Yuill, Dave Watters, Rob Teszka, Ray Wong, and Rick Mearns, demonstrated and then taught their tricks.
At 8pm the meeting took a break for dinner. Cathie Watters served up an absolutely delicious assortment of very tasty treats from her homemade chicken pot pies to the pulled pork sandwiches, it was enjoyed by all. Thank you Cathie!
We resumed the meeting with the always fun and interesting Bomb’s Away competition.
This competition usually involves members performing tricks they just won at the auction. No practice, just performance of the trick, and we vote on the funniest, best performance, or who bombed!
Due to the fact we only had one entry from an auction won trick, two others were allowed to compete.
First up was Glen Labarre with a 2-deck card trick, then Rob Teszka with a mind reading card trick, and last was Rick Mearns with his version of Out of this World.
After all the votes were counted, the winner of this year’s Bomb’s Away trophy was…Rick Mearns! Congratulations Rick!
The meeting wound down after a little more socializing. We had 13 members, and 4 guests.
Scott Barker
(Photos from Rick Mearns and Gord Boyes)
