After many weeks spent practicing our routine while being plagued by constant unexpected problems, the day of Baruch’s Got Talent finally arrived. We hoped to win, being as every other act (with the  exception of one very ambitious jump rope routine) was centered around performing music or spoken word, so we would have the element of surprise. Unfortunately, after a performance that was the best it could be, being as one last unexpected problem (the camera not being able to project what it was capturing onto a giant projector screen to make the trick easier to see) decided to rear its ugly head, we received a lot of applause from the audience, but criticism from the judges, most of it concerning that final problem. It was a learning experience though, teaching me and my partner that we have to be 400% prepared before we try anything like this again, not just 100%, as you never know what could go wrong. Our synergy was also off on stage, with a few instances of one of us doing something too early or too late, causing the other to have to adapt to prevent the illusion from falling apart. All in all, I enjoyed participating in Baruch’s Got Talent, and the most talented person definitely won. If I ever consider magic as a career choice, I know that I can use this experience to rectify numerous errors before they even occur. (Note: No picture is attached because I forgot to take one and Candice was coordinating the event so she definitely knows that I participated, in addition to Douglass being selected (randomly, by our assistant) for the final illusion. Solid alibi crewwwww)