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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464: Jonathan Levit - Never Stop Creating

Jonathan Levit has accomplished so much for his young years. I believe he qualifies for the title of “Renaissance Man” because he not only performs magic, but also is an actor on television and film plus consulting to magicians and actors, television host, website and app developer, and more. He has many revenue streams which is essential to any magician who is looking to be financially successful.

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Jonathan Levit performing a version of the memorized magazine. Taken from a performance at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, December 2007

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341: Houdini-Opoly with Dick Brookz and Dorothy Dietrich

Dorothy Dietrich and Dick Brookz own and operate the Houdini Museum in Scranton, Pennsylvania. They have both led extraordinary lives and worthy of talking more about their Houdini museum, the Houdini seance, and the former Magic Townhouse in New York City. They talk about all these things but the purpose of this particular podcast is to help the magic world learn more about their newest project, "Houdini-Opoly"

They have been working on this board game for over two years and with the Kickstarter campaign now being fully funded just before this podcast was released. So not it's on to meet their "stretch" goals to pay for the "enhancements". Thanks to your support, it appears that it will be in production soon this year. The Magic Word Podcast is selective in providing a platform for promoting individuals or pet projects. But this is one I support and think is of particular interest to our community. But even if you choose not to support the cause and buy a game, the rest of our chat is interesting as we talk about the old Magic Townhouse in New York City and why it closed and the museum moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania. We also discuss the Houdini seance and the museum.

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