Ebook - Conrad "Connie" Bush's Color Isolation by Joseph K. Schmidt

Discover 'Color Isolation' - A Masterful Card Act

Step into the world of truly baffling card magic with Conrad 'Connie' Bush's 'Color Isolation,' a masterful digital ebook by Joseph K. Schmidt. This isn't just a trick; it's a complete, multi-phase card act designed to astound audiences by making the red and black cards seemingly obey your every command, all while handled and shuffled by a spectator. Prepare to learn a routine that is not only highly deceptive but also incredibly entertaining, perfect for both close-up and parlor settings.

The Journey Through 'Color Isolation'

Imagine this: A borrowed deck is thoroughly shuffled. The spectator cuts off a portion, and you instantly reveal the exact count of red and black cards they hold. They shuffle again, and incredibly, deal their cards into perfect red and black piles—a stunning 'Out of this World' effect in miniature. You then demonstrate the magic with a captivating 'Follow the Leader' sequence, seamlessly integrated into the color separation theme. The routine builds to an impressive finale, where a spectator's multiple shuffles culminate in a precisely predicted separation of reds and blacks across three piles, leaving them with an unforgettable climax as the entire deck reveals its perfect division.

Unleashing Your Inner Magician

What makes 'Color Isolation' a standout? Its methods are subtle, full of clever twists, and designed to flow effortlessly from one miraculous moment to the next. Performers will appreciate the unique flexibility; this routine can be approached as an almost self-working marvel, or you can infuse it with as much advanced sleight-of-hand as you desire. It's a highly entertaining sequence with vast audience appeal, ensuring maximum impact. No cards are ever selected, and every action appears completely fair, creating an impenetrable illusion that will leave spectators wondering how it was even possible. This ebook provides a finely honed example of what exceptional card magic should truly be.

Original Specs

What is Color Isolation? It's a complete card act where the two colors of the deck — red and black — continually separate, each time under quite different and more mysterious conditions. The deck is handled and shuffled by the spectator throughout, yet the colors seem to instantly obey the magician's every whim.

From the performer's standpoint, Color Isolation is an interlocking series of effects, each building on the next. You can borrow a deck, have it thoroughly shuffled by the spectator and proceed. After shuffling the deck, the spectator simply cuts off a portion and counts them face down. Immediately you seem to tell the spectator how many reds and blacks he holds.

The spectator shuffles again and deals cards onto indicator cards, only to discover he's separated the dealt portion into reds and blacks! Sure, it's a quickie version of Out of this World, but what a version!

Apparently demonstrating how it works, you show that the reds and blacks unfailingly separate no matter how much they are moved around with a quick and clearcut version of Follow the Leader that is interlinked beautifully with the theme of the routine.

The spectator shuffles again, and yet you produce red and black Aces as you move into the finale: Placing aside a written prediction, you have the spectator shuffle and reshuffle the deck. Separating the deck into three piles, the spectator opens the prediction to find you have predicted exactly the number of reds and blacks in the selected pile. But the climax comes when the remaining two piles are turned face up . . . once again, the deck has separated into reds and blacks!

The methods are subtle, full of new twists and turns, and flow from one sequence to the next. Unusual is the fact that this can be done almost as a self-working routine, or you can put in as much "heavy work" as you wish. Connie Bush's Color Isolation is a highly entertaining sequence with vast audience appeal — no cards are selected and everything seems fair at all points. This is a finely routined example of what card magic should be.

1st edition 1988, 33 pages; PDF 33 pages.
word count: 7757 which is equivalent to 31 standard pages of text