You’ll need to wear something that you’re comfortable in, but also something where people will take you serious as a street magician. What works best for me, is simply normal street gear that fits in with current trends. You’ll need to figure out what this is for your own situation and part of the world. When you look like a street magician, not only will it make you feel more confident when approaching new groups of people, but they will also receive you much better!
Rule 5: Just Be Natural The last thing you want when performing on the street is to stand out like a sore thumb. The “Barney The Dinosaur” kind of sore thumb. In other words, you want to just fit in with the street environment. If you turn up with all sorts of funny clothes on and all sorts of funny props, people will already be a bit suspicious even before you get to perform to them. And something like that can raise people’s expectations a lot, which could make it much harder for you to impress them. But if you just naturally fit in with the environment, and then start approaching people with your magic, at first they won’t suspect you of trying to fool them. In other words, they will have pretty low expectations. And as you perform your first trick, you’ll just blow them away because your amazing magic will just be so unexpected, and will come across a lot more powerful. So, just chill, be as natural as you can, and just fit in with the environment of the street.
Rule 6: Only Ever Do A Trick Once When performing on the street, you will get people so amazed and flustered by your magic, that they will often want to know how the trick was done. They will normally say something like: “Oh my goodness! That was SO amazing! How did you do that? Can you do the trick again?” But don’t fall for it. Never do the same trick more than once, not matter how much they plead!
Never do the same trick more than once, no matter how much they plead!
Ok, in some cases, if you’re really good, you can do the same trick again, but with a variation on it so that it’s not quite the same. For example, change the order of things, or the story that goes along with it - be creative. Why is this important?
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