"Hiya! Wanna see some magic?"

[Albert]

Originally Posted by TheMisdirectingHand

I have only done actual street magic to completely random strangers about two times in total. I have a reputation at my school, though. One day it was just a LITTLE too much. Someone who knew I did magic saw me and he bought a crowd of about twenty, and they got REALLY interested.

I got too nervous, and couldn't think at all. I don't know how to get a small group of people inside of school. I have no method of approach, either. I'm scared of getting rejected and embarrassed, or if I'm asking the wrong group of people, if you get what I'm talking about.

Oh.... I know that all too well hahaha

In my opinion, if you get really really nervous, but don't want to let them down, calm down, take a few deep breaths and start off with a very easy trick, like a double lift. Say "Have you ever seen an extremely ambitious card before?" and just try it.

For me personally, whenever I get really nervous, but I can't reject them, I start off easy and when I get some good reactions, I start to calm down automatically.

I think students of a school are like any other people, so there is no right or wrong group of people (unless they are druggies offering you marijuana or cocaine for showing you magic xD). I think older people are easier to approach, not necessarily for you as a younger person, but for the spectators. Since the spectators are older, they don't have to get so nervous in front of a younger person and they would be less likely to reject you.

I was usually approached more so than me approaching people at high school so I guess I don't have that much experience regarding this xD