441: 2018 MAGIC Live! - Day Three Update

Day Three Schedule - Tuesday, August 7, 2018

9:00 a.m. Registration until 6:30 p.m.

10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - General Session for WHITE Lanyards

10:00 a.m. Focus Session for BLUE lanyards until 11:00 a.m.

The Card Cheat

Cardistry: It Is Magic!

The Case You Fear Most

11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - What's New (Dealers' Faire)

11:15 a.m - 12:15 p.m. - Focus Sessions for BLUE Lanyards.

2:15 - 4:30 p.m. - General Session for BLUE Lanyards

2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE Lanyards

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.- Focus Sessions for WHITE lanyards

Live Tonight!

5:00 - 11:00 p.m. - "Who Am I?" Art Exhibit

The Close-Up Experience: 75 minutes - various times

Parlour of Victorian Mysteries: 50 minutes - various times

MAGIC Dead!: 50 minutes - various times

Time Stamps for this podcast:

00:00:15 - Charlie Randall and Scott talk about last night's show

00:06:46 - Caroline Gayle tells us about the new marked cards available from Penguin that they are giving away at the convention

00:09:04 - Jeffrey Williamson was the representative from the U.S. Postal Service who made the presentation along with David Copperfield for the first day of issue magic stamps

00:14:40 - Master Payne has been a presenter at MAGIC Live on many occasions and talks about some of his favorite moments.

00:20:54 - Scott Alexander tells us how he prepares for the holiday special videos for Penguin

00:29:46 - Joel Fenton came over from Australia tells us why several people come to MAGIC Live!

00:33:17 - Michael Borys and Bob Self chat about 49 Boxes, one of my favorite memories of past MAGIC Live! events.

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377: Day Four - 2017 MAGIC Live!

Final day of MAGIC Live! filled with more sessions and conversations with friends. One of the best things about this convention is the opportunities to visit with old friends and make new ones. Certainly that can be said about all magic conventions, but because this one is during the weekdays, more professionals can attend because they are usually working on weekends.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:16- Jon Stetson shares his favorite moments from the convention

00:04:04 - Lance Rich talks about this convention plus David Sandy's "Workshop" coming soon to St. Joseph, Missouri

00:09:01 - Kerry Pollock tells us what he has been p to recently and at 00:18:33 Brad Henderson tells us about puzzles.

00:26:57 - Brian Gillis was here for just one day so his experience was limited but he talks about the recent movie he was in.

00:25:34 - Joe Turner tells what he has enjoyed most from this convention

00:39:25 - John Shryock and I have not seen each other until this last day so he gives us a recap of his highlights from the convention plus what he has been up to recently.

00:44:40- David Hira gives us some of his highlights from the convention

00:54:25 - Marvyn "Mr. Electric" Roy tells us why it's important to celebrate our history

01:00:58 - Keith Fields and John Archer talks a bit about comedy

00:10:12 - Ray Anderson was one of the presenters during the General Session and here he talks a bit about one of his alter egos in "Esther's Follies"

01:14:44 - Stan Allen wraps up his perspective of the convention as we give him thanks for all he and his team have done.

01:21:48 - Scott Wells gives his personal wrap of the convention.

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314: Day 3 - MAGIC Live! 2016

Schedule for Day Three - August 16, 2016

24 hours - The Back Room
9:00 a.m. - Registration
10:00 a.m. - Tuesday General Session for Maroon lanyards (showroom until 12:15 p.m.
   Real or Camera Tricks - Mat Franco
   Reaching Out, Changing Lives - Julie Eng
   Expectations - Master Payne
   Making Magic - Martin Lewis
   Magic, Special Effects, and the Narrative Thread - Mike Elizalde
   Passing the Light - David Copperfield and Marvyn Roy
   The Gambler's Ballad, or An Incident At Jake's Saloon - Johnny Thompson and Penn Jilette
10:00 a.m. - Tuesday Focus Sessions for black lanyards until 11:00 a.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael
11:00 a.m. - The MAGIC Shop until 6:30 p.m.
11:15 - Tuesday Focus Sessions for maroon lanyards until 11:00 a.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael
12:15 p.m. - lunch break
2:15 - Tuesday General Session for Black lanyards (showroom until 4:15 p.m.
   Real or Camera Tricks - Mat Franco
   Reaching Out, Changing Lives - Julie Eng
   Expectations - Master Payne
   Making Magic - Martin Lewis
   Magic, Special Effects, and the Narrative Thread - Mike Elizalde
   Passing the Light - David Copperfield and Marvyn Roy
   The Gambler's Ballad, or An Incident At Jake's Saloon - Johnny Thompson and Penn Jilette
2:15 p.m. - Tuesday Focus Sessions for maroon lanyards until 3:15 p.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael
3:30 p.m. - Tuesday Focus Sessions for maroon lanyards until 4:30 p.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael5:00 p.m. Dinner break
5:00 p.m. Dinner break
5:30 - MAGIC Museum until 11:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. - The Game until 7:45 p.m.
7:30 p.m. - Close-Up Experience until 8:45 p.m.
7:30 p.m. MAGIC Cabaret: The Secret Class until 8:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m. - The Game uneil 8:45 p.m.
9:00 p.m. - Close-Up Experience until 10:15 p.m.
9:00 p.m. - The Game until 9:45 p.m.
9:15 p.m. MAGIC Cabaret: The Secret Class until 10:45 p.m.
10:00 p.m. - The Game until 10:45 p.m.
10:30 p.m. - Close-Up Experience until 11:45 p.m.

MAGIC Live! Night at the Museum. This was a very special, one night only exhibit of special props, devices, pictures, posters, ephemera, etc. owned and on loan from various private collections including David Copperfield, Gay Blackstone, Norm Neilsen, Penn & Teller, Chip Romero, Mike Caveney and others.

An introduction to the work of Magicians Without Borders, a non-profit group that brings joy and hope to troubled places all around the world. Magicians Without Borders performs magic shows for children in refugee camps, orphanages and hospitals around the world -often in war torn places where love, laughter and magic are desperately needed.

Time stamps for this Podcast:

00:00:12 - Tom Dobrowolski has put on his own magic convention and has nothing but praise for MAGIC Live.

00:06:48 - Dick Olson has attended dozens of magic conventions over the decades and swears that this one is the best.

00:11:34 - Diamond Jim Tyler, author the "Bamboozler" series, chats a bit about this being one of his top conventions and what he enjoyed best.

00:13:59 - Meir Yedid, one of the dealers, talks about being an exhibitor at MAGIC Live!

00:18:40 - Enrico De La Vega has worked with all of the top magicians and chats a bit about some of the stuff he can talk about like the upcoming David Blaine TV special, but not about anything he's doing with Cyril.

00:23:28 - Marvyn Roy "Mr. Electric" talks a bit about his life, his legacy, and the used equipment that he "gave" to David Copperfield for his museum.

00:32:25 - Rudy Coby talks about his recent work in Macau, China, and how exhausting of a show it was. This is Rudy's first MAGIC Live!

00:40:38 - In the MAGIC Live museum, Chip Romero shows us his Doug Henning pieces from his collection that are displayed in his exhibit.

00:44:42 - Michael "Six" Muldoon was one of the presenters in the General Session this today and talked about "Magicians Without Borders". This is an important, philanthropic organization that could use your help.

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441: 2018 MAGIC Live! - Day Three Update

Day Three Schedule - Tuesday, August 7, 2018

377: Day Four - 2017 MAGIC Live!

314: Day 3 - MAGIC Live! 2016

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