Mind reading, telekinesis and telling the future were all a part of mentalist Robert Channing’s act Thursday.

Channing, known as the “World’s Foremost Mind Reader,” performed in the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. Crowd turnout was low, with 19 people in attendance.

Campus Activities Board Adviser Excell Lewis III organized the event. Lewis said more people would have attended if there was more advertising.

Because of the low turnout, almost everyone in the audience participated in Channing’s act.

Channing began the act by guessing an audience member’s pocket change, a number between one and 100 and guessing the first word on the pages of a novel at random. He also borrowed an audience member’s pair of glasses and levitated them just feet from the audience.

For the next part of Channing’s act he asked a male and female audience member to come to the stage and help him. His assistants placed two half dollars, seven pieces of duct tape and a handkerchief over his eyes for the rest of his performance.

“What we’re doing now is sealing off my sense of sight to create a sixth sense, or ESP.” Channing said.

The assistants were then asked to collect six items from the crowd.

While blindfolded, Channing guessed the items: two cell phones, a Martin’s Boutique card, an ID, lip balm and a book by Nelson Black.

“Put that cell phone down, it’s too easy,” Channing joked.

The next part of the show involved the whole audience. Audience members were asked to write: their funniest or most embarrassing moment, a number that means something to them, a question they wanted answered and a nickname.

Channing collected the papers, while blindfolded, guessed what was written on the sheets and even answered some of the questions.

One audience member asked if her boyfriend was cheating on her. Channing responded by saying she should stop cheating on him. Channing also guessed Rob Olszewski’s, a senior mechanical engineering major, most embarrassing moment which was running into a wall while “hammered.”

The show ended when Channing predicted the combined dream vacation of four audience members in a sealed envelope. The audience was surprised when an assistant read Channing’s prediction: a trip to Aruba with Joe, March 7, 1982, costing $100,000.

Despite the low attendance, the audience seemed to enjoy the show.

“[It was] mind-blowing … Unbelievable,” Olszewski said.

“Thirty-five percent of what you’ve witnessed here tonight is ESP, 35 percent is showmanship, and the rest is dumb luck,” Channing said at the end of the show.

After the performance, Channing invited the audience members to approach the stage and take part in a few smaller tricks. He told the group he is not a psychic or a healer but an entertainer.