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Greetings! I hope you are enjoying a successful 2006! This month has been another scheduling challenge, but it all worked out in the end. It's a blessing to have to juggle the schedule to make it all happen!
Next month, look for news about my imminent "Ph.D. in magic," plus information about my upcoming (repeat) bookings at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles and at Houdini's Close-Up Theatre at the Tropicana in Atlantic City. Onward and upward!  Joe M. Turner
The February Shenanigans performance was probably the best to date. We took March off due to my schedule, but have now scheduled shows for Tuesday, April 18 and Thursday, May 25. Click on the logo above to purchase tickets, or click here to read the reviews that have come in from people who have already seen the show. I am still looking for additional locations -- in cities or towns anywhere in the Southeastern US. If you know a local community theatre manager or someone with access to another venue, please let me know and maybe we can work out a performance in your area.
Here's a little demonstration you may find fun to do. We've all heard the term "I got short changed," but if you and a friend actually work through this, you'll see how easy it can sometimes be to make the wrong call even when you're paying attention! This would make an interesting energizer or conversation starter for a team meeting -- how it's important to pay attention to detail, but not to get lost in it! To do this, you will need five $1 bills, one $5 bill, a $10 bill, a $20 bill, and a penny. You will play the part of the customer. You have take the $10 bill and a $1 bill. Your colleague plays the store cashier and has the other money sitting out on a table. 1. You walk up and pretend to purchase a rubber duckie (or any other funny item). The cashier tells you that will be 99 cents. You pay with your $10 bill, expecting nine dollars and 1 cent in change. The cashier hands you the penny and you turn to leave. 2. She stops you because you have more change coming. She gives you the $5 and four $1 bills. 3. You interrupt her because you realize that you have taken most of her change. Apologize profusely! Then give her the $5 bill and the four $1's, and have her give you back the $10 bill. 4. She counts the money you gave her in exchange for the $10 bill -- it's only nine dollars. You suggest that in addition to the nine, you'll give her other the eleven dollars you have to add up to twenty -- and and she can just give you the $20 bill. 5. You hand her the eleven dollars in your hand, take the $20 bill, and walk away. You have just entered a store with eleven dollars, purchased a rubber duckie, and left with twenty dollars! As a group, you and your team may want to follow the storyline through to identify exactly when the short-change scam took place. It's confusing, but it's a good illustration that sometimes what seems perfectly logical is in fact not the right answer! There is a lesson here for people on project teams to maintain a perspective that goes beyond the boundaries of their specific tasks. Eleven plus nine does equal twenty, but that little fact doesn't tell the whole story -- and neither does one team's workplan!
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