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    The Silk in the Apple
    The Silk in the Apple
    The Silk in the Apple
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    The Silk in the Apple

    By D. Angelo Ferri

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    The Silk In The Apple has quite a bit of controversy swirling around it. I remember Slydini telling me he performed this routine on Cuban television in the 50's and it created quite a stir. He said when he walked down the street people would come up to him, point, and say 'The Apple'! This wonderful trick is suitable for stage and platform. You will also learn a very commercial variation, the Silk in the Pony Glass.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. Angelo Ferri
    Release dateJan 15, 2019
    ISBN9780463005262
    The Silk in the Apple
    Author

    D. Angelo Ferri

    I was a little kid in the 1950's. At first we lived with my mothers parents in their apartment. Sundays meant family dinners, aunts, uncles, cousins. After dinner my brother, my cousins and I would all go out to play. Sometimes we'd head to the Italian pastry shop for lemon ice. All my uncles and my father had fought in World Two, so I heard stories about their experiences from time to time. My mother told me stories about growing up during the depression, seeing Joe Di Maggio play base ball. I loved those old gangster movies and radio shows. I'd watch the Friday night fights with my Uncle Willie and he'd tell me about the boxers. It was a great time to be a kid. I wanted to put all of this into my story. I wanted to remember how things used to be when the family was together. Every Sunday, after dinner the men would play cards. I was fascinated by the way they shuffled the cards and the strategy of the games. Years later I would become a professional Magician. I studied with the great Italian Master Slydini. I re-learned Neapolitan, the dialect I heard growing up. For the past five years I've traveled to Napoli and performed while speaking Neapolitan, which I love. I hope to continue to write and perform.

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      Book preview

      The Silk in the Apple - D. Angelo Ferri

      The Silk in The Apple, 2019 Edition

      by D. Angelo Ferri

      Distributed by Smashwords

      Copyright 2019

      D. Angelo Ferri

      Introduction

      The Silk in the Apple

      Stance

      Displaying the Silk

      Stealing the Silk

      Taking the Silk from the Apple

      Silk in the Pony Glass

      Meet the Author, D. Angelo Ferri

      Other e-books by D. Angelo Ferri

      Introduction

      The Silk in The Apple has quite a bit of controversy swirling around it.

      I remember Slydini telling me he performed this routine on Cuban television in the 50's and it created quite a stir.

      He said when he walked down the street people would come up to him, point, and say 'The Apple'!

      Slydini asked a spectator, usually a woman to join him on stage. Next he showed an apple that had its’ center cored out. It was very clear that there was nothing inside the apple.

      This done he carefully, openly, wrapped the napkin with some paper napkins and asked the woman to hold it up so everyone in the audience could see it.

      This done he displayed a long serpent silk. He flicked the silk at the apple a few times and then began to poke the silk into his closed left hand. As he poked the silk into his hand, a bit at a time, he would pause and flick the exposed portion of the silk at the apple in a kind of 'taunting' way.

      Suddenly he would open his hand. The silk was gone. Using his pinkie, he poked a hole into the napkin and the reached into the apple with his thumb and forefinger, withdrawing the silk form the apple!

      Older Latin people can be superstitious and for whatever reason this routine strikes a chord with them.

      I am Italian American. I remember doing this trick for my great aunt. She was born in Italy and in her late eighties when I showed this to her. She actually became afraid and called the

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