first time on this section, i'm here reading guys posts for the last 2 hours... i thought of starting restaurant walkarounds out myself after reading all the great posts all of you guys published here.

i think myslef as an intermidiate magician. the only thing i bought so far that has to do with magic are the AOA books, which are great. i live in Israel (belive it or not) and i want to start working at a nice Restaurant.

first of all, i'm 17 years old, plz tell me if it's too young to start performing, i've already done a few kids shows for birthdays etc.
i handle very well with cards, i know false cuts, forces, double lifts, and MANY tircks. i can only buy from pengiun when my dad goes to the us (for job buisness) so i could send the shipment to him. i thought of buying some stuff but thats on the advice forum section if u want to take a look..

anyway, i think working at a non-junk food restaurant is the best way to go, coz people sit a long time and usally don't hurry anywhere... if i want to start working, how should i approach the boss of the restaurant? i mean, should i show him a few tricks? or show him the best tricks? or a short routine?
my dad would probably go to the us in 3 weeks, i want to get started after he gets back, i'm going to buy magic material for about 150$

another thing, how much do u think i should ask for per night? do u guys work 3 hours a night? 4 hours? or less?

i already have 2 card routins that i do perfectly, but i know i need more then that if the people come back on another day, and also, cards can get boring, it would even bore me doing only 2 routines... after my dad would get back, i'll have a few gimmiked tricks like the invisible deck, and maybe PK5.

also, i would probably go from table to table (are there any other ways?) and perform in that way magic to people. do people u done magic for sometimes follow you to see what you would do next? do people sometimes go all around you? i mean, like when i go to my first table and perform, wouldn't everyone in the restaurant would come to see whats going on?

i know i have a lot of questions, and i was hoping u guys would have all of the answers, or at least some of them. i would really appriciate if u even answer only one of the questions, so u won't have like half an hour wasted answering all of them.

tnx for reading this and for all the help

Tomer

I think you should have at least a years experience under your belt before you go for a restaurant gig. You also need a ton of effects, because repeat customers don't want to see the same performance again.

..and consider buying a book on restaurant magic. I recommend www.the-restauran-magician.com, although it's a little pricy.

I think he meant to link to this site. I don't have this book, but it does look interesting.

Anyone else here own it? Is it worth the money? Caruthias... what about it made you recommend it?

Jeff

tnx for the link, but i prefer dealing only with pengiun, any good books about this subject here?

If you only want to deal with Penguin then one thing that comes to mind is R Paul Wilson's the Restaurant Act. But if you want to venture away from Penguin for a couple of things Jim Pace has a few books and also an author named Kirk Charles does too. I have one of Kirk Charles books and it helps with resume and booking and contacts not really effects. Hope this helps.
Wade