"Cavorting Aces" (& A Very Young Jin)
by @jin-out on Brave-Smoke's Corner
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This is a recording of the first debut of my one man show "Shuffling Philosophies" in the city of Birmingham, England. The Venue was the "Old Joint Stock" Pub and Theatre https://www.oldjointstock.co.uk/ up on the second floor.
Here a very young Jin (freshly 21, with a Sparrow-Tail haircut and some goggles) is performing a few light sequences aimed at steering the audience from the light tone of the show to a more philosophical tone; i think of a show in the Shakespearean thematic progression of building up the show (i see a show as a Drama Play) from light pieces that require no interaction to begin with (so the audience can settle in and get comfy with some eye-candy), to light pieces that introduce audience interaction, leading onto what i call the "half-way point" whereby a longer storytelling piece with a (starkly different tone to the pieces experienced beforehand) will be introduced; this juxtaposition of themes is psychologically jarring in the sense that keeps the audience at peak curiosity. After the "half-way point" the show plunges into my personal style according to the message of the show.
"The Cavorting Aces" is one such piece just before the "half-way point". Once this "point" has been reached then heavier pieces must be introduced....pieces such as "The Duel Of The West" (equally powerful as a show-closer, i prefer) or the like.
The Cavorting Aces was originally conceived in 1876 in a book called "Modern Magic" by Professor Hoffman. The trick/effect is described:
"Having placed the Four Aces in different positions in the Pack, to make the two Black change places with the two Red ones, and finally to bring all Four together in the middle of the Pack" https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/book/453?highlight=27540
I have toyed with various versions and i do enjoy performing the Hofzinser versions, which the Maestro named aptly "Marriage:
"Hofzinser's Kartenkünste Vol II"
"King and Queen of Hearts put together in deck, they appear at top and bottom and are tabled, then appear back on top and bottom and tabled cards are indifferent, Jack of Clubs added to King and Queen, monte type routine with those three cards, they all change into Jacks of Clubs, Kings and Queen produced from deck again" https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/person/490?highlight=84848
Or even from S.W Erdnase's "Expert At The Card Table" https://www.conjuringarchive.com/list/category/783?highlight=7797
Lovely, no?