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Uniformists carefully "refuel" the arena, leveling the sawdust with a rake. Then, near the "gates" (the open wings of the circus barrier through which the artists pass), they put a small rectangular bedside table on each side, on which the next two uniformists put a simple wooden shield. It turns out a small platform, isolated from the sawdust covering the arena. From the main passage through the arena, two uniformed men carry a large sham clock; among the arena one of them "accidentally" stumbles - and the clock falls; viewers can see that there is nothing inside. In addition, the inside of the watch is clearly visible through the hole for the dial, which is not covered by anything.

The illusionist, with the help of assistants, closes the hole in the clock with paper with a drawn dial, tightens it with a hoop and inserts the hands. The hourly clock is set to 12 and the minute clock to 50 minutes. After that, the New Year's greetings are read to the audience, and the minute hand slowly moves to 12 (Fig. 201). Exactly at 12 o'clock the paper breaks from within; to the music of the orchestra, the entire circus troupe appears from the clock and passes through the New Year's parade in front of the public. Then everything is carried away from the arena.

Focus Christmas clock
Fig. 201

Focus secret:

The secret of the trick is very simple. On fig. 202 schematically shows the location of the underground passage, laid from behind the scenes to the left quadrangular stand B; the latter has only four strong walls, serving as a box without a bottom and a lid. Under the stand in the arena of the circus is a well-sealed hatch that opens up. In the shield, in the right place, a hatch was also made that opens up, into the box-stand. An underground passage leads behind the "forgang" (a curtain from which the artists come out), where a hatch is made in the floor that opens up. At the right moment, the artists go down through the L hatch, go B under the ground to the C hatch, through which they get "through the shield" into the clock.

Focus Christmas clock
Fig. 202

The sudden appearance of the entire troupe from the clock, which everyone had just seen empty, made a great impression.

Author: Vadimov A.A.

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