SWITCH - Unfolding The $100 Bill Change by John Lovick - Book

Build a richer close-up or stand-up performance around the classic $100 Bill Switch with SWITCH, John Lovick’s 346-page book on bill changes. Explore the many ways magicians have developed the visual transformation, along with routines that take the effect beyond changing a dollar into a hundred.

Use its ideas for close-up, cabaret, or stage magic, with plots ranging from transpositions and torn-and-restored effects to bill productions and vanishes. The collection also includes several routines that do not involve money.

Key Features

• Broad coverage: Learn the original handling as performed by Vlado, plus more than twenty variations.
• Extensive routines: Explore more than 60 close-up and stand-up routines, described in detail.
• Illustrated instruction: More than 700 line drawings accompany the explanations.
• Beyond the effect: Find sleights, subtleties, utility moves, performance theory, presentation ideas, and a history of the bill switch.
• Firsthand perspective: Read an interview in which Vlado tells his story.

With contributions from magicians around the world, SWITCH gives you a substantial resource for shaping a familiar bill change into a routine that suits your performance.