694: I.B.M. 2022 Convention - Day Three Report

Friday July 15th 2022

9 am Close-up Contestants Meet Savannah C

9 am - Noon Registration Open Chattooga Hallway

10 am Spouse Social Hour Ogeechee Room

10 am Special Event - TALK MAGIC
GWYN AUGER
BRENT BRAUN
ALYX HILSHEY Grand Salon

11 am - 6 pm Dealers Open Chattahoochee Ballroom

11 am - Noon Lance Burton Teen Seminar Rabun

11 am Board Meeting - Billy Hsueh Finish Line

12 noon Lunch Break (Cash Lunches Available) Promenade

1 pm - 5 pm Registration Open Chattooga Hallway

1 pm - 3 pm Close-up Contest Oconee, Lanier A&B, Savannah A&B, Sinclair

3:30 pm Lecture - ALEX RAMON Grand Salon

5 pm Reception & Grand Banquet
Music provided by Joe M. Turner Promenade

7 pm Grand Banquet Show
STEPHEN BARGATZE Grand Salon

8 pm. Showtime - Gold Medal Contest & Awards
MC - ALEX RAMON Grand Salon

10 pm Centennial Group Photo, Social Time & JAM Session Promenade

A sold out trick offered at the Daytona Magic booth.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Alan Fisher recaps the previous night’s show.

00:17:57 - Harry Allen from Daytona Magic tells us about some of the hottest selling tricks at his shop

00:29:46 - David Ginn opened this convention with his lecture and is also selling some of his books and products in the Dealers’ Room. He talks a bit about his history with kids’ shows.

00:45:03 - Magician with a Paint Brush and former member of the Le Grand David Company of performers, Rick Heath talks a bit about the Company’s history.

00:57:47 - International President, Ken Scott talks about this convention and what it’s been like coming out of COVID

01:04:40 - David Goldrake is one of the performers who will be closing the gala show with his illusion act. He talks a bit about his schedule and his observations on this convention

01:08:58 - Stuart MacDonald is another performer at this convention who will be presenting his FISM act in tonight’s show that he will compete with in Canada soon. You can hear his entire speech on the final day podcast.

01:17:25 - Alyx Hilshey is a street performer and part of the talent at this convention. She was recently on the cover of VANISH Magazine plus she talks about some of her background.

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682: MAGIC Live! 2022 - Day Two Report

Monday, May 16, 2022

9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Registration open
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. - General Session for YELLOW lanyard
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Focus Sessions for GREEN lanyards
- Talk About Tricks: Very Best of by Joshua Jay
- A Perilous Tightrope by Christopher T. Magician
- Rediscovering Wonder with Michael Weber
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - The Magic Shop (Dealers) Open
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Focus Session for GREEN Lanyards
12:30 - 1:40 p.m. The Close-up Experience
2:15 - 4:15 p.m. General Session for GREEN Lanyards
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Focus Session for YELLOW Lanyards
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Focus Session for YELLOW Lanyards

LIVE Tonight!

Documentary Live 70 minutes: 6:00, 8:00, 10:30 p.m.
The Close-Up Experience 70 minutes: 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m.
In Concert: The Historie of Magic 60 minutes: 6:00 7:45 9:45 p.m.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:42 - Trigg Watson talks about this convention and Masters of Illusion and Matthew O’Niell (20 year old member of Magic Castle Juniors) talks about this being his first MAGIC Live convention

00:08:03 - Diamond Jim Tyler talks about some of the events we attended so far today, plus an update on his “Bamboozlers 4” book

00:16:14 - Joseph Daniels is one of the dealers and chats about Arcane Relics and some future “Bizzare” conventions coming this year.

00:22:09 - Chris Philpott (creator of “100 Monkeys”) moved to Canada during lockdown but has been working on other projects during that time.

00:29:05 - Ben Dentika is another person who is attending MAGIC Live! for the first time and shares his experience

00:35:21 - Earl Chaney is one of the original Ronald McDonald clowns and is a chronicler of old Las Vegas

640: MagiFest - Day Two Report

Friday 17th September 2021

10:00am - 6pm Dealers Open (Closed for lunch 12:30 - 2:00pm)

10:00am - 11:30am Eric Jones Show and Lecture

12:30pm - 1:30pm The Magifest Session: Hosted by Andi Gladwin, featuring Tim Hill, and Terry Ward

2:30pm - 3:30pm Alexander Boyce Show and Lecture

4:30pm - 5:30pm Joshua Jay’s How Magicians Think Talk & Interview

7:00pm - 8:00pm Lucy Darling Show

8:00pm - 9:00pm Terry Ward in the Lobby

9:00pm - 10:00pm Asi Wind Show

10:00pm - 11:30pm Terry Ward in the Lobby

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Richard Hatch and Scott Wells recap the night before show/lecture

00:22:42 - Mark Pocan, Congressman from Wisconsin, talks about attending this convention and some virtual conventions he has attended

00:26:31 - Werner Reich, author of “Death Camp Magicians” talks about what he’s been doing recently

00:34:31 - “Fancy Nancy” Anderson talks about her excitement of attending this convention

00:39:57 - Master of the Rubik’s Cube, Steven Brundage, talks about all the new magic presentations he’s been working on during the pandemic

00:48:42 - Kevin Madden is on a nationwide magic tour of the lower 48 States in 120 days

00:56:40 - Chris Philpott recently moved from Los Angeles to Windsor, Canada and talks about what he’s been up to for the last several months

01:05:11 - Street Magic Legend, Kozmo, is getting back in the swing of things with his buddy, Garrett Thomas

694: I.B.M. 2022 Convention - Day Three Report

682: MAGIC Live! 2022 - Day Two Report

640: MagiFest - Day Two Report

Friday 17th September 2021

The Magic Word