357: Timo Marc - An Unexpected Visitor

Timo Marc is an award winning magician from a small town near Stuttgart, Germany. He happened to be in Las Vegas overlapping my visit there. We tried all week to get together and due to conflicting schedules and his short bout with the flu, we nearly missed each other. But on the last night of my stay, we met up at the Orleans hotel and recorded this delightful chat.

Timo is a winner of the Monte Carlo Grand Prix plus recipient of the Siegfried and Roy "SARMOTI" Award, too. He travels the world with his "shadow act" but often stays in Germany where he is a frequent performer in a the local city theatre.

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In this podcast, Timo Marc talks about the German equivalent of "America's Got Talent [sic]" TV show and why it isn't good for professional nor amateur in Germany. He also talks about developing his stage act, performing in FISM contests, working in Macau with Franz Harary, meeting his "heroes" like Rudy Coby, and his long-standing friendship with Christian and Katalina Painter.

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243: Tea TIme with Paul Daniels hosted by Luis de Matos

FISM is more than just days of contests and shows. There are also schedule lectures and "talks". One such "talk" that was a regular feature on several days of the congress was "Tea Time With..." hosted by Luis de Matos. Each day Luis spent an hour interviewing legendary magicians including Paul Daniels, Silvan, Lu Chin and Cyril. When it came to chatting with Paul, all Luis had to do was ask one question and Paul filled in the rest with amazing stories. This man has lead a charmed life and his future looks bright, too!

I chatted with Paul earlier during the first day of the congress and posted our brief conversation. My regular listeners will remember the two part podcast that was broadcast earlier this year (#206 and #207). I asked if I could record the lecture in the hall for broadcast and Paul said, "I don't know that many other people will want to hear all of this from me again." I disagreed because I knew he would relate new and different stories than those he related in the aforementioned podcasts. So, he relented and graciously agreed to allow me to record and share this podcast with you. So, if you were at FISM but missed this event, or if you heard it but would like to hear it again, or if you missed FISM entirely, then here is your chance to sit beside me and listen to a master story teller and magician weave some magic.

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240: I.B.M. 2015 Convention - Day Three

Day three of the 87th annual convention continued with the second day of the "Big Three" events (see yesterday's blog). The afternoon event was four hours of close-up contests with 14 or so contestants. After the contest, David Kaplan lectured before the evening banquet. The diners were entertained by Bill Abbott and Soma before they let out and everyone hustled over to the theater for the evening show, hosted by Dave Cox. The show was the top six finalists (listed in yesterday's blog) who were competing for the Gold Cups. The winners of all the contests will be announced on the Saturday night show. The late night lecture was by Chad Long.

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Time stamps for this podcast:

00:02:29 - Multiple award winning magician, Michael Dardant, talks about entering contests and his FISM experience of being entered and competing in both stage and close-up in Italy.

00:16:47 - I.B.M. President Elect and Contest Committee Chairman, Oscar Munoz

00:28:57 - Academy of Magical Arts (The Magic Castle) Close-Up Magician of the Year, Suzanne, talks about restaurant magic. She is joined late in the discussion my Oscar Munoz who also talks about school shows.

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