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Perhaps the most important thing to remember when performing this trick is that the sequence of events is critical to the overall impact.

Begin by showing interest in your friend’s ring, and try to get as much information as you can about it. Borrow it, examine it intently and compliment the owner on its beauty. If it is a modern ring, you might want to explain how it will always want to gravitate towards its owner (rising to heaven is not relevant with a modern ring).

Whatever you do, make sure you have created interest in the ring before you bring out the rubber band. Also, try to have it in your pocket for a credible purpose. In Amanda’s case, the band was around some envelopes, which will actually be used in the next trick. The band must appear insignificant: if it looks like you had it ready for this occasion, the effect of the trick could be diminished.

Therefore, at no point during your performance should you mention the band – it is just there.

In this trick actions will speak louder than words. Thread the ring on to the band and position yourself to perform the secret moves. Make sure, of course, that you have hidden the remaining portion of the band in your left hand and that no one is viewing from an angle where they can see what you are doing. Focus everyone’s attention on the ring and let them see it rise.

This trick is different from the previous one in that there is no definite climax as the ring never makes it to the very top, yet in Predictable Behaviour the moment of revelation is quite astounding. Thus, as it apparently reaches three-quarters of the way along the band, you pause for a moment, look at your friend and hand the ring back, saying that it clearly belongs to her, and perhaps we ‘shouldn’t disturb her Grandmother’s spirit’. Thus we have a moment of drama to provide a definite conclusion to the effect.