| putting things on the table without stress. The whole point here is that your actions do |
| not indicate to the audience that you are performing a trick. When the cards and coins |
| are on the table ready to go I say, “A matrix is a rectangular array”. Which is |
| followed with, “And this is a rectangular array of coins and cards”. |
| In the next phase I prepare the cards for the magic performance. The deck is dropped |
to the side.  Then each card is rotated ninety degrees. The left hand moves up |
| to the upper left card and the right moves to the upper right card. The left |
| rotates its card clockwise. As the card is rotated the left thumb hits the just added coin |
| and rotates it with the card so as to remain hidden from the view of the audience. The |
| right hand rotates its card so the long edge of the card is brought in line with the edge |
| of the coin there in preparation for the Schneider Pickup Move. Both hands move at |
| the same time. Then the left goes to the lower left card while the right goes to |
| the lower right card. There the left rotates the card clockwise bringing the |
| long edge of the card in alignment with the edge of the coin. The right hand rotates its |
| card being sure to not reveal that there is nothing under the card, All of this |
| has been done quickly without a word suggesting you are lining the cards up to get |
| ready to perform the trick. |
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