659: MagiFest 2022 - Day One Report

Thursday 20th January 2022

5:00pm - 10:00pm Dealer’s Room Open

6:00pm - 7:00pm Jason England Lecture

7:00pm - 8:30pm Garrett Thomas Show and Lecture

9:00pm - 9:45pm Matt Holtzclaw One Man Show (suitable for 14 and up). Hosted by Michael Kent.

9:00pm - 9:45pm Youth Program Welcome Event

10:00pm - 11:00pm Mike Pisciotta Lecture

Magic and Martinis Thursday Virtual Happy Hour from the Magifest in Columbus, Ohio.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Scott Wells takes off from Houston for his trip to Columbus, Ohio and the MagiFest

00:03:33 - Organizers Joshua Jay and Andi Gladwin talk about what we might expect at this year;s MagiFest and why it will be different from past and future events.

00:12:46 - Mike Powers is a frequent registrant at the MagiFest and he tells us why

00:21:49 - Shawn Popp from Denver, Colorado and Cosmo Solano from Colorado Springs, Colorado discuss the upcoming MINDvention and Cosmo’s new magic theater.

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641: MagiFest - Day Three Report

Saturday 18th September 2021

10:00am - 6pm Dealers Open

10:00am - 11:00am Simon Aronson Memorial Event

11:30pm - 12.30pm Steve Cohen Guest of Honor Ceremony and Event

2:00pm - 3:00pm Carisa Hendrix Lecture

3:30pm - 5pm Nate Staniforth Show and Lecture

5:30pm - 6:30pm Asi Wind Lecture

8:30pm - 10:00pm Gala Show hosted by Lucy Darling with Danny and Stacy Cole, Jeff and Tessa Evason, The Passing Zone and Alex Ramon.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Richard Hatch gives us an overview of the coming days activities and a look back at last night’s shows

00:13:39 - Scott Robinson reflects on the late Simon Aronson

00:26:00 - Brent Braun was the first lecturer of the convention and also a dealer at this year’s Magifest. He now consults for magicians including those who have performed and won on Britain’s Got Talent and America’s Got Talent

00:38:06 - Erik Tait is the podcast host for Penguin and chats about replacing Dan Harlan as the host of lectures

00:45:00 - Alex Boyce encourages magicians to compete and also consider performing with doves

00:50:35 - We catch up with Reuben Moreland who was a young winner of several magic contests

00:59:08 - We close the convention with the other partner and organizer of Magifest, Andi Gladwin

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299: Day One - 2016 I.B.M. Convention

San Antonio, the Alamo City, is the host for this year's 88th annual I.B.M. convention. The weather is perfect, the talent is outstanding, the fellowship is fun, the magic is awesome, and the dealers have all the latest, greatest stuff. If you cannot be here in person, then these daily podcasts will be the next best thing.

And thanks to a new feature on Facebook, we can enlarge the experience by going "Live" with our chats where you can ask questions in "real time" via Facebook as I am chatting/recording my conversation. Be sure to "Like" our page at http://facebook.com/themagicwordpodcast to participate in these impromptu, off-the-cuff chats that will happen. They can happen at any time so be vigilant if you want to participate.

First day activities.kicked off with the stage contest. This year there will be two scheduled days to hold all of the contestants, and it looks like there may be a Gold Medal or perhaps a Gold Cup awarded this year. Stiff competition.

The afternoon featured our first lecture with a full house for Joshua Jay. The evening started with an autograph session and each registrant received a free commemorative poster to have signed by the performers. The evening featured the Guests of Honor, The Great Tomsoni & Co. in a one-on-one chat with Paul Vigil as host. Afterwards followed the "Penn & Teller Fool Us" panel discussion featuring some of those who have been on the TV show and this was hosted by Shawn Farquhar that concluded the day's activities.

On July 2, 2016, while attending the 88th I.B.M. conveintion in San Antonio, Texas, Joe M. Turner, the current and outgoing International President of the I.B.M., joined Scott Wells on the microphone to record a podcast for The Magic Word. This was the first time we used Facebook's Live Streaming function.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:14 - Scott gets ready to depart for San Antonio

00:02:28 - Incoming International President, Oscar Munoz, talks about his goals and direction for the coming year as the new head of the organization,

00:11:35 - Joe Tuner talks LIVE on Facebook with Scott about his travels and work this past year as the International President.

00:22:44 - Andi Gladwin talks LIVE on Facebook with Scott about the Session convention in England, his partnership with Joshua Jay, and the MagiFest that he and Josh put together each year.

00:37:34 - Paul Vigil hosts a chat on stage with Johnny Thompson and Pam. This was recorded in the banquet room but pretty good acoustics.

Today begins the first of our daily reports from San Antonio. If you plan to attend (or even if you would like to keep up with what's happening each day), then download this FREE Guidebook app now to keep everything in the palm of your hand: schedule, maps, performers, dealers and more. Plus you can create your own personalized schedule so you never miss anything you want to be sure to see!