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630: 2021 Magic Collector Expo - Day One & Two

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Thursday August 19, 2021

10:00am - 4:00pm    Registration Open        

1:00pm – 4:00p        Dealer Room Open     

4:00pm – 5:00p        Welcome To Vegas hosted with Paul Stone and Mike Caveney   

7:00pm – 9:00pm     Expo Session #1  hosted by Bill Smith with David Charvet (on Alexander) and Charles Greene III (on Ionia) and David Sandy and Lance Rich performing a trick by Andre Kole       

9:00pm – Midnight   Dealers Open             

 

Friday August 20, 2021

9:00am -                   Tour 1 Leaves               David Copperfield Museum

9:25am-                    Tour 2 Leaves            David Copperfield Museum

9:50am                     Tour 3 Leaves             David Copperfield Museum

10:15am                   Tour 4 Leaves              David Copperfield Museum

10:40am                   Tour 5 Leaves                David Copperfield Museum

11:05am                   Tour 6 Leaves                     David Copperfield Museum

11:15am – 4:00pm   Dealer Room Open        

11:15am – 4:00pm   The Magicana

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11:30am                   Tour 7 Leaves                David Copperfield Museum

11:55pm                   Tour 8 Leaves                David Copperfield Museum

12:20pm                   Tour 9 Leaves               David Copperfield Museum

12:45am                   Tour 10 Leaves              David Copperfield Museum

1:10pm                     Tour 11 Leaves              David Copperfield Museum

1:35pm                     Tour 12 Leaves              David Copperfield Museum

3:35pm -                   Last Tour Returns          David Copperfield Museum

7:00pm – 8:45pm     Expo Session #2            

9:00pm – 10:30pm   Blackstone                     

10:30pm – Midnight Dealer Room Open        

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Scott Wells at the airport and ready with Dunkin’ Donuts to go to Las Vegas

00:02:57 - Paul Stone will be the first speaker this evening who will talk about the career of the Las Vegas icons, Siegfried and Roy

00:11:38 - Chip Romero happened upon a unique find: Doug Henning’s diary when he was traveling to the Magic Castle to meet Dai Vernon

00:15:28 - Blair Robertson talks about Walter Blaney’s new Vanishing Birdcage

00:23:05 - Paul Kieve talks about some history of the Sawing illusion plus Robert Harbin info and stories plus Richard Hatch talks about his experience of visiting the Copperfield museum

00:41:29 - Terry Magelssen tells us his thoughts about being on the tour of the Copperfield museum

00:47:41 - David “Silly Billy” Kaye talks about the history of children’s magic in the world

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August 20, 2021 by Scott Wells.
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567: David Kaye - The Method Behind His Silliness

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In response to listeners’ requests for more content and conversations with children and family show entertainer, this week we go to the “top” and visit with David “Silly Billy” Kaye who is regarded by many as one of the best known kid show entertainers in the world today.

Before the Magic Word Podcast became a reality, I was part of a podcast produced by Dodd Vickers called “Magic Newswire”. For quite some time on Sunday evenings, Dodd put together a small band of us, each with specific backgrounds and skill sets, to talk with some of the biggest names in magic (like Johnny Thompson, Mac King, Jamy Ian Swiss, and others). One of the other “co-hosts” with me was David Kaye. Though we had known each other from our times together at various magic conventions, we got to know each other better through our Sunday evening gatherings online from our respective homes before that was a “thing”.

This is a performance of the magic trick called Princess In A Pickle, created by Silly Billy. It was shot at the Magic Castle in Hollywood. A great routine for your show. Packs really flat and plays big and funny for 7 minutes. Buy Princess in a Pickle at https://www.sillymagic.com/product/pr... Silly Billy performs children’s magic for kids in New York.

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David gives us a mini-lecture on the differences in “appreciation” of magic for children of different ages. This is a wonderful, insightful and educational episode for anyone interested in performing for children, regardless if you are just getting started or if you have been entertaining children for years.

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Tagged with David Kaye, Silly Billy, children's magic, kid show.

July 9, 2020 by Scott Wells.
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561: Chris Pilsworth - A Canadian Conjurer with a Cactus

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Chris Pilsworth is not a name that is on the tip of the tongue for most magicians. He quietly performs professionally for corporations across Canada with the occasional outdoor busking, too. But he is noted for his creative ideas and consulting with magicians from Las Vegas to London and even for television in China. His approach to magic is passion and commitment with new ideas popping up all the time. If you don’t already know Chris, then you will make a new friend after hearing this week’s episode.

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Tagged with Chris Pilsworth, Ottawa, Canada, F.F.F.F., street magic, corporate entertainment, creativity, invention, Mac King, Rick Wilcox.

May 28, 2020 by Scott Wells.
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