Rocky Mountain PCMA

Did my mix & mingle magic for the Rocky Mountain Professional Convention Management Association last night. The board members were holding a retreat to plan for 2009, so after their long day of hard work, I was brought in to lighten the moody and reward the board for their efforts.

This was a fairly small group of people (about 25) so I wasn’t under pressure to race from group to group to see everyone before the evening was over. Instead I spent time visiting with people, finding out what they do, and making them feel welcome.

As far as the magic goes, for small groups like this, I start out by doing the same set of magic for each group. Later in the evening, I’ll see new people whom I haven’t entertained — but they’ll be visiting with people for whom I’ve already performed. At this point I can switch to my second set of magic, so that everyone in the group sees something new. Keep your powder dry, in other words.

In the past I’ve made my work more difficult by performing a hodge-podge of magic sets too early in the evening. Then when I’d come across a group with some people who hadn’t seen me work and some people who had, I wasn’t able to keep track of who had seen what.

That’s all I have time for today. I need to cut this short as I’ve got to get ready for a performance tonight.