February 2025 Meeting

Big night last night for Ring 112. Our February meeting was packed with fun and magic. We welcomed two new attendees. Darce Peter found the club through our website and shared some of his excellent card magic. And Daniel Martin, already a member, was able to join us for the first time. Welcome to the Chattanooga Magic Club!

Attendees approved having a new feature during meetings. Our “Mini Lecture Series” will premier in March with Mike Edwards starting things off sharing his work and experiences doing Lego themed shows at Lego festivals around the Southeast. We also decided to move forward with sponsoring an exciting lecture in mid summer. Look for an upcoming announcement!

Daniel Martin unveiled a new club tee shirt. Watch for ordering information. Proceeds will go to the club’s treasury.

During our performance/sharing time, our theme was “Luck and Fortune” and we enjoyed magic from Jeff Williams, Adam Ryan, Tommy Johns, Roger Smith, Jim Driscoll, Daniel Martin and our guest Darce Peter.

Our next meeting will be March 18. Our theme will be “DIY Magic – Creative magic with household objects, gimmick-building and thinking outside the box.”

And we look forward to seeing as many members as possible during the Winter Carnival of Magic in early March.

January 2025 Meeting

Ring 112 kicked off 2025 last night with another great meeting. Our main piece of business was electing officers for the year.

Our magic sharing/performance portion was fun. Some of the highlights included:

— Robert Jones shared his collection of illusion ornaments created each year by Smokey Mountain Magic

— Mike Frisbee divined each person’s special number which ended with a Valentine’s theme

— Barry Savage demonstrated a unique idea involving a spooky, animated pin impaled on a drawing of a voodoo doll

— Jim Driscoll performed a Valentine’s version of Dan Garrett’s “Heartz” routine

— and Tommy Johns gave away bananas (yes, you read that right.)

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, February 18. Our theme will be “Luck and Fortune: Tricks themed with luck, gambling and games of chance”

September 2024 Meeting

RING 112, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE – M.H. Ortwein Ring Meets 3rd Tuesday, each month at 6:00 pm Miller’s Ale House, 2119 Gunbarrel Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37421

 Our regular monthly meeting was on Tuesday, September 17. The month’s theme was “Birds, Bubbles, and Planes; What Else Rises and/or Floats!” We had a great session of performing, sharing, and teaching. Here are some highlights:

— Tom Raidy, our program chairman, started things off by floating a $20 bill between his hands.

— Mike Edwards performed a unique floating card box routine with a one-of-a-kind prop. He followed that with a routine featuring bubbles mysteriously floating under a cloth.

— Cindy Poteet Williams showcased her latest 3-D printing project of creating holders for half dollars.

— Jim Driscoll shared a floating zombie doll that he’ll be using during this year’s Halloween season.

— Michael Frisbee wowed everyone with a very creative and fun soft drink prediction routine that had everyone talking afterward. He claimed the bubbles in the Sprite qualified the trick for the theme. (There may be a spike in sales on Amazon after he revealed the clever gimmick for this unique effect.)

— Tommy Johns, a visitor from Ring 9 in Atlanta, capped off the evening by showing and teaching “Serendipity,” his favorite go-to card trick with a shuffled deck.

 We invite all former Ring 112 members, and all magicians in the Chattanooga, south Tennessee and north Georgia areas who are interested in becoming a part of the club, to join us at one of our future meetings. Our meeting location is at Miller’s Ale House, near the Hamilton Place Mall in Chattanooga.

April 2024 Meeting

RING 112, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE – M.H. Ortwein Ring Meets 3rd Tuesday, each month at 6:00 pm Miller’s Ale House, 2119 Gunbarrel Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37421 Ring 112

After a period of not meeting regularly, Ring 112 is back! A small but energetic group of members gathered in April to chart the future of the ring and to plan on the best ways to reenergize the organization and build membership. We’re inviting all former members, and those in the Chattanooga and north Georgia area who are interested in becoming a part of the club, to join us at one of our future meetings. Our meeting location is at Miller’s Ale House, near the Hamilton Place Mall in Chattanooga. After a short, but productive business meeting, the fun part of the evening started. We enjoyed magic from Adam Ryan, Tom Raidy and Jim Driscoll It was a great night for the Chattanooga Magic Club that was originally founded back in 1919 and has enjoyed so much history through the years. We’re optimistic about its future and invite all magicians nearby to join us.

JIM DRISCOLL: Acting President / jim.driscoll@gmail.com