510: Day Four - 2019 MAGIC Live! Convention

2019 Convention Schedule - Wednesday August 7, 2019

9:00 a.m. Registration (Kiosk) until 5:30 p.m.

10:00 a.m. General Session for WHITE lanyards (Showroom) until 12:15 p.m.

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

The Magic of Making (Dauphine B)

100% Daortiz (Bienville G)

Close-up Clinic (Esplanade L)

11:00 a.m. The Magic Shop (Mardi Gras) until 2:00 p.m.

11:15 a.m. Focus Sessions for BLUE lanyards until 12:15 p.m. (see Focus Session, 10:00 a.m.)

2:15 p.m. General Session for BLUE lanyards (Showroom) until 4:30 p.m.

2:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE lanyards until 3:15 p.m. (see Focus Session, 10:00 a.m.)

3:30 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE lanyards until 4:30 p.m. (see Focus Session, 10:00 a.m.)

Live Tonight!

6:00 until 10:00 p.m. - Exhibit: Guess More Gimmicks! (Dauphine F)

6:30, 9:00 p.m. - Live Onstage!, 90 min. (Showroom)

10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. - Farewell Party (Mardi Gras)

11:15 p.m. - 2019 Program Handout (Mardi Gras)

11:15 p.m. - 2020 Prizes! (Mardi Gras)

At 2019 MAGIC Live!

Time Stamps for this podcast:

00:00:17 - Roger Nicot and Christian Shenk from Card Shark talk about what its been like as a dealer here at MAGIC Live

00:10:48 - Master Payne (a former presenter at MAGIC Live!) talks about his favorite parts of this convention

00:20:49 - David Deeble (one of the former Long Beach Mystics and a guest on a previous podcast)

00:23:26 - David Penn from the WizardProduct Review talks about some of the shows on the Strip plus his favorite parts of the convention

00:35:37 - Jonathan Levit (former host of MAGIC Live!) talks about his new app, “The Stranger” which has gone viral.

00:40:50 - Michael Chaut introduces Alex Boyce who is an outstanding young act

00:44:07 - Rory Johnston is one of the main organizers who helps Stan Allen and he talks about some of the challenges of this year’s convention

00:48:46 - Jody Baran is celebrating his 61st birthday. He is joined by James Dimmare as they talk about dove work

01:03:49 - Justin Flom

01:07:20 - Jeff McBride talks about “Guess the Gimmick” game show which he hosted

01:12:56 - Stan Allen wraps up the convention

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470: 2019 Magi-Fest Day One Update

Day One Schedule - January 17, 2019

6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Dealers Open

7:00 - 7:05 p.m. Josh and Andi Keynote Welcome

7:05 - 8:00 p.m. Howard Hamburg Lecture

9:00 - 10:00 p.m. Alan Marchese Lecture

10:00 - 11:30 p.m. Youth Event

10::30 - 11:15 p.m. Six and a Half Magic Tricks at a Magic Convention

11:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m. Blake Vogt Live

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:18 - join Scott on the road as we drive from Houston, Texas to Columbus, Ohio to the 2019 MagiFest

00:10:15 - Howard Hamburg talks about his lecture travels

00:23:00 - Xavier Spade talks about attending the MagiFest over the years and why he enjoys this event

00:31:03 - Raj Madhok, Rick Wilcox and Scott Robinson talk about this convention plus TRICS and other conventions.

00:35:20 - Steve Bryant talks about his Little Egypt Magic

00:41:46 - Joshua Jay welcomes us to the convention. He was standing near the Registration Desk where he thanked each person as they/we drew closer to the desk. He gives us some statistics about this year’s convention.

00:49:00 - Daniel Garcia talks magic and what’s happening with David Blaine and even shows us a trick

232: FISM Italy - Day One

Well, here we go, day one of the six day (and night) congress. After arriving a week early flying into Milan and traveling to Stresa for a couple nights, to Padova for a couple more then ending in Padova, we traveled to Rimini to check in for the International Championships.

Day one was filled with stage and close-up contests and plenty of lectures from dawn to, well, almost dawn the next day. My favorite so far for stage illusion was Mag Edgar from Spain and for manipulation (and maybe the Grand Prix) Lee Chang Min from the Republic of Korea.