771: S.A.M. 2023 Convention in New Orleans - Day One Report

Sunday, July 23rd

8:00 AM REGISTRATION Open Vieux Carre Foyer

9:00 AM SAM National Council Mtg “Thurston Lecture Hall” SYM Youth Academy “William Andrews Classroom”

11:00 AM Exhibitors Grand Opening “Kellar Exhibitor Hall”

1:00 PM SHOW 1: Exhibitors Showcase Show “Thurston Lecture Hall”

2:15 PM Convention Welcome “Thurston Lecture Hall”

2:30 PM Lecture 1: Bruce Kalver – Tech Tips & Tricks “Thurston Lecture Hall”

4:00 PM Lecture 2: Barry Mitchell Focus on Funny for Kids “Thurston Lecture Hall”

4:00 PM REGISTRATION Closed Vieux Carre Foyer

6:00 PM Exhibitors Close “Kellar Exhibitor Hall” 8:00 PM PARTY 1: Mardi Gras Welcome Party. Join the 2nd line Parade – with the Crecent City Conjourers (Warpo, Doug Conn, Devon Faul, Steve Reynolds, Winston Helling Jr, Michael Dardant) and Variety Talent by Frenchman Street Productions Promenade/Courtyard/Martinkas Backroom and balcony

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 – Scott and Dick Olson are traveling by car from Houston to New Orleans and talk about their excitement and anticipation for this upcoming convention.

00:05:10 – National President, Rod Chow, arrived yesterday and tells us a bit about some of the pre-convention activities. He also recaps his year as the National President and what he accomplished over the past year.

00:12:19 – President Elect, John Midgley, tells us a bit about some of the magic caricatures that he has been drawing and posting on Facebook, including one of your humble host, Scott Wells.

00:19:05 – Steve Reynolds is a local New Orleans magician who is also part of the talent on the bill at this convention.

00:25:55 – Cody Clark and Sid Hagarty are young magicians who are excited about this convention.

00:34:49 - Incoming National President of the S.A.M., John Sturk, tells us what he hopes to accomplish during his upcoming year as President.

00:48:14 – at the President’s Party, we have a martini as we chat with Past National President, Dal Sanders and his wife Cinde Sanders who tell us what they love magic conventions.

00:53:04 – Past National President of the S.A.M., Bruce Kalver, tells us about the new S.A.M. history book.

01:03:26 – Editor of the M.U.M., Alan Howard, chats about the S.A.M. journal and his path to this job y working with Stan Allen.

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314: Day 3 - MAGIC Live! 2016

Schedule for Day Three - August 16, 2016

24 hours - The Back Room
9:00 a.m. - Registration
10:00 a.m. - Tuesday General Session for Maroon lanyards (showroom until 12:15 p.m.
   Real or Camera Tricks - Mat Franco
   Reaching Out, Changing Lives - Julie Eng
   Expectations - Master Payne
   Making Magic - Martin Lewis
   Magic, Special Effects, and the Narrative Thread - Mike Elizalde
   Passing the Light - David Copperfield and Marvyn Roy
   The Gambler's Ballad, or An Incident At Jake's Saloon - Johnny Thompson and Penn Jilette
10:00 a.m. - Tuesday Focus Sessions for black lanyards until 11:00 a.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael
11:00 a.m. - The MAGIC Shop until 6:30 p.m.
11:15 - Tuesday Focus Sessions for maroon lanyards until 11:00 a.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael
12:15 p.m. - lunch break
2:15 - Tuesday General Session for Black lanyards (showroom until 4:15 p.m.
   Real or Camera Tricks - Mat Franco
   Reaching Out, Changing Lives - Julie Eng
   Expectations - Master Payne
   Making Magic - Martin Lewis
   Magic, Special Effects, and the Narrative Thread - Mike Elizalde
   Passing the Light - David Copperfield and Marvyn Roy
   The Gambler's Ballad, or An Incident At Jake's Saloon - Johnny Thompson and Penn Jilette
2:15 p.m. - Tuesday Focus Sessions for maroon lanyards until 3:15 p.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael
3:30 p.m. - Tuesday Focus Sessions for maroon lanyards until 4:30 p.m.
   Practical and Performable - Daryl
   Show Doctor ICU - Jeff McBride
   Innovative Ideas in Family Entertainment - Rafael5:00 p.m. Dinner break
5:00 p.m. Dinner break
5:30 - MAGIC Museum until 11:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. - The Game until 7:45 p.m.
7:30 p.m. - Close-Up Experience until 8:45 p.m.
7:30 p.m. MAGIC Cabaret: The Secret Class until 8:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m. - The Game uneil 8:45 p.m.
9:00 p.m. - Close-Up Experience until 10:15 p.m.
9:00 p.m. - The Game until 9:45 p.m.
9:15 p.m. MAGIC Cabaret: The Secret Class until 10:45 p.m.
10:00 p.m. - The Game until 10:45 p.m.
10:30 p.m. - Close-Up Experience until 11:45 p.m.

MAGIC Live! Night at the Museum. This was a very special, one night only exhibit of special props, devices, pictures, posters, ephemera, etc. owned and on loan from various private collections including David Copperfield, Gay Blackstone, Norm Neilsen, Penn & Teller, Chip Romero, Mike Caveney and others.

An introduction to the work of Magicians Without Borders, a non-profit group that brings joy and hope to troubled places all around the world. Magicians Without Borders performs magic shows for children in refugee camps, orphanages and hospitals around the world -often in war torn places where love, laughter and magic are desperately needed.

Time stamps for this Podcast:

00:00:12 - Tom Dobrowolski has put on his own magic convention and has nothing but praise for MAGIC Live.

00:06:48 - Dick Olson has attended dozens of magic conventions over the decades and swears that this one is the best.

00:11:34 - Diamond Jim Tyler, author the "Bamboozler" series, chats a bit about this being one of his top conventions and what he enjoyed best.

00:13:59 - Meir Yedid, one of the dealers, talks about being an exhibitor at MAGIC Live!

00:18:40 - Enrico De La Vega has worked with all of the top magicians and chats a bit about some of the stuff he can talk about like the upcoming David Blaine TV special, but not about anything he's doing with Cyril.

00:23:28 - Marvyn Roy "Mr. Electric" talks a bit about his life, his legacy, and the used equipment that he "gave" to David Copperfield for his museum.

00:32:25 - Rudy Coby talks about his recent work in Macau, China, and how exhausting of a show it was. This is Rudy's first MAGIC Live!

00:40:38 - In the MAGIC Live museum, Chip Romero shows us his Doug Henning pieces from his collection that are displayed in his exhibit.

00:44:42 - Michael "Six" Muldoon was one of the presenters in the General Session this today and talked about "Magicians Without Borders". This is an important, philanthropic organization that could use your help.

247: Day Three - MAGIC Live! 2015

Another whirlwind day of activities and more surprises. The general session was hosted by David Deeble and included a surprise performance by James Dimare as he performed to new music that was especially composed and arranged for him by one of our speakers, Edward B. Kessel. Jorge Blass talked about his Facebook trick he sold to Copperfield; Wayne Houchin taught a couple tricks from his lecture; and Michael Carbonaro talked about his hit TV show, "The Carbonaro Effect". Another surprise happened when Michael brought a couple on stage and the man proposed to his girlfriend.

The "Focus" Sessions included a wonderful talk by Mike Caveney on "Classic Correspondence" which brought history to life; Martin Lewis teaching something new and something old; and the close-up clinic that featured a grab bag of great close-up pros teaching hands-on card tricks and featured Alan Ackerman, Jason England, Tom Frank, Jared Kopf, Chris Korn, Steve Reynolds and R. Paul Wilson.

The evening show I saw was David and Leeman which was very funny, but before that, we had several groups attend a half hour "experimental" event that had everyone interacting with a projection screen hosted by Richard Wiseman. It was quite entertaining.

A new levitation of a borrowed wine glass, full or empty

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:24 - David Hinkin along with Dick and Diane Olson recap yesterday's event over breakfast.

00:09:14 - Dave Magee talks about why he got off all social media.

00:19:56 - Dirk Losander and Michael Ammar talk about their newest projects and a new levitation trick that will soon be available.

00:29:00 - Peter Nardi, Alakazam Magic, talks about performing at weddings and restaurants in England.

00:45:45 - Paul Draper talks about being the Technical Director of the daily sessions and the challenges of putting it all together.

00:52:28 - Chuck and Jan Jones talk about his creation of various illusions like the MIsMade Girl and lots of stories about his travels and television experience including an interesting story about working with Orson Welles.

01:13:57 - Stan Allen talks about how things are going so far and what all they are doing to keep the surprises secret.

01:28:53 - Bill and Marlene Seagraves talks about this being convention from the perspective of first time attendees.