310: 2016 Abbott's Get Together - Day Four

DAY FOUR - SATURDAY, AUGUST 6TH 2016
9:00AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant
9:00AM MAGIC MINISTERS SESSION (more info) at the Methodist Church
9:00AM COLON ARTS & CRAFT FAIR (more info) until 4:00PM
9:30AM LECTURE - Joaquin Ayala at the High School
10:00AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (more info) at Grade School
11:00AM COLON STREET PERFORMERS - at Craft Fair featuring Jania Taylor
11:30AM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott Plant with BJ Mallen or Gordon Miller
12:00PM COLON STREET PERFORMERS - outside American Legion featuring Jania Taylor
1:00PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM OPEN TILL 4PM (more info)
2:00PM ABBOTT'S BENEFIT MATINEE "THE ABBOTT BOYS" at High School
Featuring Mark Holstein, BJ Mallen, Artie Kidwell, Gordon Miller, Mike Miller, plus the Talent Contest Winning Act!
(view seating chart)
2:30PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott Plant with BJ Mallen or Gordon Miller
3:00PM COLON STREET PERFORMERS - outside Colon Historical Museum featuring Adam Arcana
3:00PM - 6:00PM FACE PAINTING outside 5 Star Pizza by Carol Hendrix
4:00PM COLON STREET PERFORMERS - outside Five Star Pizza featuring Trino
5:00PM MAGIC AND MORE LIVE - Sterlini's Magic Shop (more info)
5:30PM RIVER LAKE INN’S MAGIC SHOW & DINNER with Ron Carnell
8:00PM ABBOTT'S STAGE SHOW at the High School (Preshow Live Organ Music)
Featuring Nick Diffatte MC , Jay Mattioli, Martin Cox, Doc Swan, Tony Chapek, Ayala
(view seating chart)
10:00 PM DEALERS ROOM OPENS at Grade School after show
10:30 PM ABBOTT PERFORMER AWARDS at Grade School after show

Winners of Special Awards:

Jerry Conklin Award (for outstanding service to the Get Together) - Steve Chezaday

Bill Baird/Neil Foster Award (manipulation) - Denny Haney

Senator Crandall Award (comedy): Puck and Scott Alexander

Jack Gwynn Award (presentation) - Jay Mattioli

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:12 - Gene Anderson has finished the book of his lifetime magical achievements and is autographing copies at this convention. Gene tells us some stories from the book and some that are not. He also talks about his association with the late Doug Henning.

00:20:48 - Brenda and Marty Hahne (Dazzling Magic) talk about their experiences in Branson, MO and here at Colon over the past several years. For a thoroughly enlightening podcast with Marty from the archives (March 2014) about his "Rabbit Tales" and the international notoriety he received for his permitting problems, Click Here.

00:29:22 - George Schindler, the Dean of the Society of American Magicians (S.A.M.) tells us what it's like to be "the Dean" plus many more stories about his travels and many friendships. This could have easily been a whole podcast...and perhaps some day I will record a full podcast with this legendary figure.

00:44:34 - Past President of the S.A.M., Ice McDonald, tells us about his experience here at the Get Together and what he likes best about it. Ice is part of the talent booked this week.

00:48:50 - Unveiling ceremony for renaming of a street in White Pigeon, Michigan to "Hank Moorehouse Avenue"

01:04:34 - Hank's widow, Jackie Moorehouse, talks a bit about her 28 year marriage to Hank.

01:07:10- Jeff Bibik helps me wrap up the convention as we say "so long and farewell" to the 79th annual Get Together.

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Brenda and Marty Hahne's online magic shop.

139: Kevin Spencer - The Healing of Magic

One of the highlights of the 2013 MAGIC Live! convention was the talk given by Kevin Spencer. More than an illusionist, this peripatetic prestidigitator is also a "healer". Well, maybe not in the traditional sense, but he has the ability to help heal by using magic. Specifically, over the past few decades, Kevin has been working with therapists around the world and teaching them "simple" magic tricks to use in their physical therapy sessions.

Kevin's short talk made an overwhelmingly positive impact on everyone present. His stories and video brought tears to nearly everyone in the audience as we could see the emotional and long lasting impact "just a little trick" does for those who are physically impaired. And his story about the autistic child...well, he relates this story again in this podcast.

In this podcast, Kevin talks about his career, the impact Doug Henning and later Jim Steinmeyer had/has on his performance and life. After you learn a little about who Kevin is, then you won't find his story surprising toward the end of this podcast as he talks about his true passion: the healing of magic.

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113: T.A.O.M. 2013 Day 3

The third day of the 2013 T.A.O.M. convention was action packed from start to finish beginning with a lecture by Fielding West then panel discussion on "Magic, Movies and a Cast of Characters" hosted by David Magee with Daniel Baldwin, Burton Gilliam, Johnny Thompson and Tom Mullica. Harry Anderson's lecture followed the panel discussion with lots of tips and great advice, anecdotes and jokes with a couple cool tricks interspersed along the way. The professional close-up session had five magicians rotating among five rooms which must have been exhausting. It featured Allen Okawa, John Shyrock, Shin Lim, David Stone and Jared Copf, all great performers.

The evening show was hosted by actor Burton Gilliam after being introduced by Daniel Baldwin. The show opened with the illusions of the Beckers (Fred and Bobbie) then Larry Haas, Ian Richards, and David Magee. A well rounded show. The late night show was Johnny Thompson interviewing Tom Mullica, one on one. It was hilarity at its best as they dealt with microphone problems.

The timestamps for this podcast:

00:00:08 - We catch David Magee for a few moments before he goes in to host the panel discussion with Burton Gilliam (Blazing Saddles actor), Daniel Baldwin (actor), Johnny Thompson and Tom Mullica. Walter "Zaney" Blaney also adds his two cents on the topic of "where did magic lose its audience appeal?.".

00:07:10 - Walter Blaney loves Rob Zabrecky's act and we get to chat with Rob for a short time just before the afternoon panel discussion began.

00:09:36 - Chip Romero talks about Doug Henning and gives us some personal insight that was not discussed during his lecture.

00:28:00 - Burton Gilliam hosted the Sunday Night show. Here he gives us a story about his friends, Slim Pickens.and his wife.

00:31:35 - Burton Gilliam told us a funny golf story ab out him playing in a celebrity golf tournament in Paris, Texas..

00:35:22- Tom Mullica began to chat with us about his first meeting with Red Skelton just before we had to cut it short due to the show was to begin that was to honor him.

00:37:17 - Tom finalized our brief chat about the Red Skelton routines he performs.

00:41:55 - Johnny and Pam Thompson talk about the T.A.O.M., ending their Tomsoni & Company in Vegas and their favorite city in the world.

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310: 2016 Abbott's Get Together - Day Four

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