Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Creating illusion amazing skeptics mazing even the most doubting I skeptics, Junior Louis Dorfman performs the dangerous Water Tor- ture Trick during which he is chained iupside down and suspended in a vat of 'water for two minutes. Fascinated by tricks at seven, Dorf- iman became interested in card magic. , Scott Vandemark showed me differ- 'ent kinds of card tricks, and I became good at them, said Dorfman. l Through Vandemark, Dorfman met Walter Blaney, who introduced him to illusions. Dorfegan doing strait jacket escapes, one of his more dangerous tricks. Dorfman has been professionally performing for 5-6 years. He has per- formed at such places as the Fairmont Hilton in Dallas, Houston's Hyatt Regency, and he has also done charity work for hospitals. Injury is a risk involved in some of the tricks Dorfman performs. live hurt my arms and ribs in the strait jacket before, said Dorfman. Dorfman's younger brother Mark, a freshman, is also a professional magi- cian. For some time they were partners as the Dorfman Brothers. In Septem- ber of 1974, the Dorfmans were awarded second in the state at the Texas Association of Magicians Con- vention. , . , if t . l,- , 1 A .af , , . Q4 . , 1 fi1::f-'12 -.:--lar: ifilf .. ' '1'f:::EIf?5'E5E:5:fV5'1f.',' - ' .' :V Liiyffixx ':5r:3Ez2Zfiil , : 3-Z. . f sa , i -7 -jf ht , , Much of Dorfman's style comes from Magician Mark Wilson, Dorf- manls favorite. I try to see Mark Wil- son anytime I can, said Dorfman. Dorfman has seen illusionist Doug Henning performing card magic in the Louis Tannen Magic Shop in New York, one of the magic shops, according to Dorfman. Though Hen- ning is considered the best, Dorfman does not like his style. Some people feel that Dorfman's performances are trickery, and they don't like it. People don't like to be fooled, said Dorfman. I get up there and make things disappear and, when they can't understand, they get offended. Little children are hard to perform for, according to Dorfman, because they have an open mind and see iight through it. However, he believes, from age I2 and older, people take a scien- tific 'How can he do that?' view, and they try to make a simple thing seem impossible. Someone will scream, 'Hey, I know how it's done!,' said Dorfman, and then I'll do the trick over in a different wayf' Dorfman ends his performance with, In ending, for those who understand, no explanation is necessary, for those who don't understand, no explanation will suffice. - 30 - - Loretta Farb ,-.., g N.-v , . r ' x 93211 A . .. I I .. . fl l ld -fffs-. .- f - Q .I !-'gllrg 'u , ' .a vs, gf.: - ' A 3.75. J.. , v CONCENTRATING ON EVERY MOVE, Louis Dorfman struggles to escape from a strait jacket. Photo by Trent Rosenthal Rick Moore Sharon Moore Michele Morgan . Missy Morgan Cathy Morse Karen Moss Barby Musil Blake Myers . I' L. ' Richard McCarre Kathelene McCarty - - Catherine McCIeskey M . 5 Kim McCulloch '. ' ' , W. Bret McDougle V Julie McDougal l Steve McGaugh Richard McGee mf if I .liliita A-'Ii if 1 I .ffl I .L V. 1, i i. Q: ,, . 4-e I 5 I .. f ,. - 57 ' -v Q J- If :1 9'-- s 1 N x - I at iiffihf X ' t 15 . ' l 1 X Qjy.--kv: ' . . 5s l g r 1 V i 1 5.1 . .r t V 'w H, , 7 fG':?.i11ii' l it bf. t .QQ H..'l.jV.i ,E W: Wi, Q- w e . b . U ,I mp 1 ' ' 'ii 3' X ,zllrdhfl V. ff:-23, Mft L1 .5217 f, 'mil 3 '-1 . .. if l , , 1 - ff ' I' ' I 2 - Jana Mclntosh Robert McLean ' s' 1 ' l MariIutcMcNaughton Mike Phail Alex Naredo Y gvfg- ' f' 4 is ' i Ma 'lanne Nelson WGICVI Newman Joe McGinnis ,. M ,, .. . ' .Q , . 3' 3, Q, .. ' f, , 1 3 -f Q -ga K' m f TW .im-.. - DianeN arede Barbaraolsordmeyer PeterNolan . Susan Nuss S0011 Ochs - Amionette Overholse W ' X , Jarnes0rr r ' ,- ' LhryOverIy lmoore-overly, Juniors ' 109

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