691: Rocco - A D'Lite-ful Magician

Conceived in Italy and named after a Saint, Rocco is a winner of several awards including the Golden Lion Award from Siegfried and Roy, among others that launched his international career. Performing from China to Guam and Paris to Monaco, his silent act has kept him in constant demand at all of the top nightclubs and casinos in the world. He was also the creator of the D’Lite which has sold six million across the globe. Rocco is also the “master of the sleeve” who has made a career of shooting items up and down in and out of his sleeve making for “enlightenment in the mind.”

In this week’s episode, Rocco shares stories about how he started in magic and the story of how D’Lites were created and stolen. He also chats about some of his highlights so far in his life from his many experiences of performing from the Crazy Horse in Paris to winning the Golden Lion from Siegfried and Roy. He also talks about his inspiration from Bill Wisch and Slydini that made him the magician he is today.

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684: MAGIC Live! 2022 - Day Four Report

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

9:00 a.m. - 5:000 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
- Making Tricks into Magic by Nate Staniforth
- In the Spotlight by Christopher Carter
- Emotional Graph by Shoot Ogawa
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - The Magic Shop (Dealers) Open
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Focus Session for GREEN Lanyards
2:00 p.m. The Magic Shop closes
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!

Live Onstage! 90 minutes: 6:00, 9:00, p.m.
Exhibit: Museum of the Arcane 6:30 until 9:30 p.m.
Farewell Party 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.
Program Handout 10:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Jeff McBride talks about how he indexes his library at the Magic School

00:06:41 - Michael Mode helps recap a few of the events of the week

00:13:09 - Stan Allen talks about the convention, some of the challenges and successes of this year’s MAGIC Live!

00:29:35 - James Dimmare talks about this convention plus a bit about his show and keeping his doves

00:35:42 - Rocco and Perry Maynard talked a bit about the fate of MagicFlix and Rocco’s new show at New York New York Casino

00:39:47 - Hans-Joachim Brucherseifer was one of the presenters who talked about his upcoming documentary about the mystery of Erdnase.

00:47:11 - Derek Delgaudio briefly visits with us and chats about his “In And Of Itself”

00:49:01 - Craig Mitchell helps us wrap up the convention

519: Dal Sanders - Still Smiling

Dal Sanders was with the McDonald’s organization for 40 years and is still smiling. And he has a lot to smile about. He is still entertaining children through his Kartoon Circus television show on SpydarTV that is broadcast internationally and features him as the magical ringmaster and his lovely wife, Cindy, as “Boopsie the Clown”. He is Past National President of the Society of American Magicians and currently edits the Magic Compass, an online newsletter that features stories about current events in the magic community. He and Cindy also teach magic at the Dallas Magic Academy and he produces “Magic In The Living Room” each month at a venue in Dallas, Texas. He is also responsible for Magic Monday on “All In With Bryan Weatherford”, another online television show that features business entrepreneurs. And in 2019 he was presented with an Award of Merit by the Academy of Magical Arts for helping to get congress to pass a bill recognizing magic as a legitimate art form. In other words, Dal is a busy, busy man.

In this video Dal Performs FLASH CARDS on his Nationally Syndicated show KARTOON CIRCUS.