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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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

630: 2021 Magic Collector Expo - Day One & Two

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

Screening Room

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

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