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698: FISM Quebec 2022 - Day Three Report

Wednesday July 27th 2022

8:15-11:00 - Stage Contest
12:30 - 14:30: Close-up Contest

8:30 - 9:30: Jared Kopf

10:30- 11:30: Mario Lope

8:00 - 9:00: Greg Frewin

10:00 - 11:00: Zabrecky

12:00 - 13:00: Julie Eng

14:30 - 15:30: Alain Choquette

16:30 - 17:30: Mike Caveney Visit of David Copperfield Museum

19:00 - 20:00: Max Maven presents Magic Christian - Latest research on Hofzinser

19:00 - 20:00: Jim Steinmeyer

19:00 - 20:00: Zabrecky

18::30 - 19:30: Greg Frewin

22::30 - 23:30: Luis De Matos Intimate Conversation with Topas

23:00 - 0:00: Dani DaOrtiz

23:30 - 0:30: Jeki Yoo

22:00 - 1:00: Workshop / Bernardo Sedlacek

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Walking from the hotel to the convention center while visiting with Past International President of the I.B.M., Alex Zander, who is a Canadian resident and expresses his excitement about this being his first FISM plus holding it in his home country.

00:04:12 - Master Payne is at the convention center and looking forward to the coming activities but was disappointed with the small dealers’ room. He will be performing later today at Jeff McBride’s Magic and Mystery school here at FISM. He also gives us a few of his highlights of FISM so far.

00:08:22 - Mark DeSouza and Scott Wells recaps the previous day’s activities.

00:39:15 - Chris Stoltz tells about how excited he is attending this, his first FISM, and a little bit about the next FISM location and a possible hosting city for 2028.

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697: FISM Quebec 2022 - Day Two Report

Tuesday July 26th 2022

8:15-11:00 - Stage Contest
12:30 - 14:30: Close-up Contest

8:30 - 9:30: Jay Sankey

10:30 - 11:30: Banachek

8:00 - 9:00: Tobias Beckwith

10:00 - 11:00: Jim Steinmeyer

12:00 - 13:00: Dani DaOrtiz

16:30 - 17:30: Banachek Lecture about James Rand

16:30 - 17:30: Paul Gertner

18:30 - 19:30 Jeff McBride

19:00 - 20:00: Jay Sankey

19:00 - 20:00: Luis De Matos Intimate Conversation with Max Maven

22:30 - 23:30: Max Maven presents David Ben - Tribute to Dai Vernon

23:00 - 0:00: Yann Frisch

15:00 - 19:30: FISM General Assembly

22:00 - 1:00: Workshop / Dani DaOrtiz

23:30 - 0:30: Alexandra Duvivier

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Stage competition has just started and we open with a chat with Erika Larsen fro the Academy of Magical Arts. She talks about the Magic Castle, her parents, and her upcoming talk during FISM. She also gives us an update on the Magic Castle movie.

00:05:42 - Richard Hatch just arrived and tells us his “contrarian” viewpoint of the previous evening’s show plus his stage picks from the first of five days of competitions.

00:15:17 - Charles Greene III talks a bit about his recent book, “Ionia”

00:21:59 -Mike Segal is in the dealer’s room and welcomes us to his country, Canada, who is hosting this year’s FISM.

00:24:48 - Yigal Mesika talks about his most recent dealers’ items.

00:29:50 - Bob Fitch talks a bit about the differences between coaching and teaching plus some of the points he teaches in workshops and was recounted in our podcast HERE.

00:39:30 - Marc DeSouza gives us a little “color” on the stage and close-up contests.

00:57:12 - Pit Hartling, from Canada, chats about his vacation here in Canada prior to FISM.

01:00:15 - Long time friend from Canada, Bob Farmer, and Scott get caught up after not seeing each other for over a decade.

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July 27, 2022 by Scott Wells.
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696: FISM Quebec 2022 - Day One Report

Monday July 25th 2022

19:30 - 20:45: Opening ceremony

21:30 - 22:30: Max Maven presents Dr Will Houstoun “What we learned from Professor Hoffmann”

0:00 - 1:00: Luis De Matos Intimate Conversation with Arturo Brachett

21:00 - 22:00: Yann Frisch

23:00 - 0:00: Lee Asher

21:30 - 22:30: Mario Lopez

23:30 - 0:30: Bernardo Sedlacek

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Scott Wells is at the airport awaiting his “magic carpet” to wing him to Quebec

00:03:06 - Alexandria Duvivier is one of the performers/lecturers at this event and is the first person we met. Lisa Menna is also there with us and chats a bit about her appearance at FISM Quebec.

00:05:44 - At the S.A.M. black tie banquet, we chat with the incoming President Elect John Sturk

00:14:50 - Gay Blackstone talks about her and Harry Blackstone, Jr. performances at previous FISMs

00:18:30 - Editor of the Magic Circular, Will Houstoun talks about his upcoming talk on Professor Hoffman later tonight.

00:21:10 - Before the evening opening gala, Mike Caveney talks about his recent episode #700 then Ice McDonald talks about attending this convention. From South Africa, Craig Mitchell talks about his job for Genii reporting on all of the competition for the magazine.

00:27:47 - From Scotland, Peter McLanachan talks about the reasons that he attends FISM

00:33:37 - Dal Sanders is a delegate representing the S.A.M. and talks about the opening gala show.

00:39:27 - From Spain, Luis DeMatos will be presenting his “in Conversation With…” during this FISM and talks about how he prepares for the conversations.

00:47:40 - David “Silly Billy” Kaye talks about life after COVID work and how his work has picked up and has returned to pre-COVID level of activity.

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July 25, 2022 by Scott Wells.
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