Magic Show

With his helpers the “Amazing” Adele Cummins and audience volunteer Andres Reyes holding a scarf, magician “The Fantastic” Kent Cummins prepares to perform Houdini’s chain escape trick and free himself from the chain locked around his wrists during the magic show at the San Marcos Public Library. Daily Record photos by Denise Cathey

Kylie Gomez holds her daughter Tess as they watch feats of magic and illusion performed.

“The Fantastic” Kent Cummins brandishes a rope as he tells the audience about a trick he came up with as a young man to turn one length of rope into two.