Well, it's not that I can't, it's that I have no idea what Gaeton Bloom said on the Luis Dematos Floating Ball DVD! And frankly, I so enjoyed the talk that Luis and Gaeton had about the ball, that I don't wish to spoil it. The Doug Henning version came from Charles Reynolds who got the routine from a source I won't reveal. Moving to the later part of the 20th Century we have Doug Henning's Floating Ball routine. The photo to the right is yours truly holding the Spreer made Fu-Manchu Floating Ball and below that the plexiglass box that mysteriously opened on it's own to allow the ball to float out or float back in. The chapter gives a lot of details to the Fu-Manchu routine, which we can assume was identical or at least very close to his father's routine. The chapter is mostly written by Edmund Spreer, who learned the Floating Ball from Okito and even hand made the Floating Ball for David Bamberg. ![]() In the book, ILLUSION BUILDER TO FU-MANCHU by Robert Olsen, a section on the Floating Ball is included. Okito passed his routine onto his son, David, known professionally as FuManchu. Interestingly, he neverÄivulges his routine but he does divulge that his routine was ten Okito discusses the history of his routine. In his book, OKITO ON MAGIC, there is a 5 page chapter where Theo Bamberg, known as Okito, used the Abbott version as the starting point but worked to develop his own moves and sequences. The ball eventually floats back to the cabinet. ![]() It's at this point that Thurston walks away from the ball while it is hovering in mid-air. It moves and floats about the stage and at one point is hovering above the stage. Thurston routine begins with the ball floating forth from the Spirit Cabinet. ![]() Interestingly, the Thurston routine has a slightly different method to the Abbott version. The Thurston version of the Abbott routine was part of his Spirit Cabinet routine. Thurston included it in his show and Okito would use the Floating Ball in his own show and develop a routine that set a new standard for the time. Abbott taught the routine to Howard Thurston and Theo Bamberg.
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