504: Day Four- 2019 I.B.M. Convention

2019 Convention Schedule - Scottsdale, Arizona

Saturday July 13th 2019

9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. - 2020 Pre-Registration Opens for Pittsburgh PA I.B.M. Convention, July 8th - 11th 2020

8 a.m. - Merlin Breakfast

9 a.m. - 5 p.m. - I.B.M. Magic Shops Open

9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. - Lecture EDF Distinguished Lecture Chip Romero

11 a.m.- 12 p.m. - Lecture Robert Baxt

11 a.m.- 12 p.m. - Lance Burton Teen Scene #3

1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Lecture Sessions - Pick Your 2 That Fits You! - Matt Baker - Buster Balloon - David DaVinci

3:30 p.m.- 5:30 p.m. - Doug Henning Exhibit

7 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - I.B.M. Contest Awards

8 p.m. -10 p.m. - The Incredible Grand Finale Show! Mc's Ken Scott and Michael Finney, with Shawn Farquhar, Les Arnold & Dazzle, Kevin James, Rudy Coby and Les Bubb

10:15 p.m. - Attempt to break several Guinness Book of Records! Be a part of the fun! Bring your linking rings, cards, and a coin.

Here are the award winners for the 2019 I.B.M. Convention:

Youth Close-up:
Award of Merit - London Jones
1st Place - Geno Ploeger

Youth Stage
Award of Merit - James Irwin
1st Place - Colin Eleazer

Adult Close-Up
Award of Merit - Emmanuel Sutter
1st Place - Josep Vidal

People’s Choice - Josep Vidal

Adult stage:
Award of Merit - Elliott Hunter
1st Place - Masayo Sato

People’s Choice - Masayo Sato

Time Stamps for this podcast:

00:00:17 - Ron Connely

00:09:00 - Jeff McBride talks to the Order of Merlin breakfast about the .”Decoding the I.B.M. Logo” regarding the symbolism of the logo.

00:36:16 - Dr. Nicholas Saint-Erne

00:43:41 - Chip Romero and Jessica Jane talking about the Doug Henning exhibit

00:58:09 - Rick Heath (from Le Grand David show) recaps the convention

01:07:22 - Shawn Farquhar

01:14:27 - Scott Wells wraps it up

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501: Day One - 2019 I.B.M. Convention

2019 Convention Schedule - Scottsdale, Arizona

Monday July 8th 2019

7 p.m. -9:15 p.m. - Lance Burton Teen Seminar

8 p.m.-9:15 p.m. - Lance Burton Parent Teen Seminar - Parents meeting

Tuesday July 9th 2019

9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Lance Burton Teen Seminar

4 p.m. - 9 p.m. Early Bird Registration Open

4 p.m. - 9 p.m. Dealers load in

8 p.m. - 9 p.m. Lecture- Stephen Bargatze

Wednesday July 10th 2019

8 a.m.- 10:30 a.m. - Dealers Last load in

8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. - Stage Contestants’ meeting

9 a.m. - NOON - Registration Open

9:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Lance Burton Teen Seminar

9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Stage Contest Rehearsal

10 a.m. - 11 a.m. - Lecture with Greg Wilson

11 a.m. - I.B.M. Board Meeting

1 p.m.-3 p.m. - Stage Contest Part 1

1 p.m.- 5 p.m. - Registration Open

2 p.m. - 7 p.m. - I.B.M. Magic Shops Open

3:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. - Lecture Shawn Farquhar

5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - I.B.M. Magic Shops Party With Prizes

6:30 p.m. - Welcome Reception And Meet and Greet Performers

8 p.m. - Opening Show with Headliner Paul Kozak plus Misty Lee

10:30 p.m. till ? - Late Night Talk With Comedy Legend Paul Kozak and Friends

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:17 - Scott Wells hits the road to drive to Scottsdale, Arizona for the convention.

00:05:55 - Jarvis and Mel Kientz at the bar

00:11:26 - Alex Zander, incoming International President of the I.B.M. 2019-2020

00:21:33 - Joshua Jay talks about his upcoming participation at the convention plus MagiFest 2020

00:30:27 - Michael Finney, International President of the I.B.M. 2018-2019

00:32:24 - Michael Trixx

00:40:35 - Jeff McBride, Mike Hammer, Lance Burton, Larry Haas poster signing. Lance does the interviewing

00:42:31 - John Armstrong and Les Arnold

00:43:13 - Banachek talks about his new podcast, Banachek’s Brain

334: A Magical Christmas Carol

Over the past year, I have attended a LOT of magic conventions. During those events, i have tried to update you with what was going on each day with daily updates from the organizers, talent, registrants, and dealers plus sometimes a little "color" background outside of the hotel.

But while I had some of my guests "cornered" for a few minutes, I asked them to do a reading of the classic story, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. As many of you don't know, Dickens was a bit of a conjurer himself having performed during the summer of 1949 in a coastal resort off of the Isle of Wight purveying prestidigitation to those on holiday in the area. He was known as the “Rhia Rhama Rhoos - the Unparalleled Necromancer" and reportedly performed many unusual tricks including making playing cards magically burst into flames, transporting a woman’s watch from inside a wooden box and into the middle of a loaf of bread, and even cooking a steaming hot plum pudding in a gentleman’s top hat.

But prior to his venturing onto the stage to prestidigitate, he had already written many of his well-known novels including one published in 1843 which would become the iconic classic and perennial treatise on the holiday, "A Christmas Carol".

So here I present you this year's audio greeting card with great gratitude to all of my guests who participated in this project and also to all of you who regularly listen to The Magic Word Podcast. Happy Holidays!

As a little added treat for you this holiday season, here is a video I filmed and edited in 1985. Magician Scott Wells is visited by "three foreign" visitors who want to learn magic. In this video, Scott performs close-up, stand-up and stage magic for his guests. He also gives magic lessons to his guests; however, these instructions have been edited out of this public video.