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757: MAWNY 2023 - One Day Convention Report

Sunday, April 30th

Registration Opens - 9:00 am

  • Auction (NO BOOKS OR MAGAZINES) - 10:30 am to 12:00 pm

  • (NOTE: All auction items must be checked-in no later than 10:15 am)

  • Lunch and Mingle with Your Fellow Magicians - 12:00 pm

  • Close-Up Performers - 2:00-ish pm hosted by Eric Decamps with Bernardo Sedlacek, Jimmy C., Michael Ammar, Quentin Reynolds, Aaron Isaac, Alexandra Duvivier

  • Lecture - 3:30-ish pm

  • Dinner Buffet - 5:00 pm

  • (Doors open at 6:30 pm) (Time subject to change) for Dealers

  • International Evening Show - 7:00 pm (Time subject to change) hosted by Christian and Katalina with Martin Braessas, Michael Dardant, Darryl Rose, Sara Crasson, Greg Frewin, Christian Mocia, Meadow Perry, and Juliana Chen.

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 - Tony Weiland has been attending MAWNY for many years and gives us a little history of this event which is celebrating their 75th anniversary.

00:12:05 - Juliana Chen will be performing her linking ring routine and she talks a bit about that, FISM, and more. She will be receiving a Fellowship plus has received an nomination for Stage Magician of the Year at the Magic Castle.

00:17:27 - Michael Dardant is another 4F performer who will be staying over for MAWNY and will be performing juggling on the evening show.

00:19:50 - National President of the S.A.M., Rod Chow, is visiting this convention in an official capacity among others around the world.

00:25:33 - William Watt is yet another holdover from the 4F who is attending MAWNY. His name is on the program by mistake.

00:32:27 - Sara Crasson and her bear, Bamburg, join us to chat about her book and her upcoming performance on the evening show.

00:42:43 - Friend of the Magic Word, Bruce Purdy, has been attending MAWNY for many years and talks about some of the convention activities.

00:48:04 - Keith Randolph is at the registration desk who talks about this convention who reports that over 200 people are registered this year. He also explains the errors on the printed schedule for which he takes responsibility. He also tells us a little about the history of MAWNY.

00:52:43 - Meadow Perry will be presenting her bubble act on the evening show. She talks about how she developed her act.

01:01:50 - Eric DeCamps helps recap the convention and a review of the evening show.

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April 30, 2023 by Scott Wells.
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626: 2021 Abbott's Get Together - Day Two

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5TH 2021
9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant
10:00AM-10:45AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS' ROOM at Colon High School
11:00AM LECTURE at Colon High School Kevin James
12:00PM STREET PERFORMER (Jon LaChance) at Dawn's Cafe (sponsored by IBM Ring 386-Percy Abbott / Monk Watson Magic Club)
1:00PM LECTURE at Colon High School Ice McDonald
1:00PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott's Magic (with Jeffrey Alan; $5 cash at the door)
2:30PM STREET PERFORMER (Jania Taylor) at Abbott's Magic (sponsored by IBM Ring 386-Percy Abbott / Monk Watson Magic Club)
2:30PM-6PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS' ROOM at Colon High School
3:00PM DEALERS SHOW at Colon High School
3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open 3:45PM FAMOUS MAGICIANS GRAVEYARD TOUR ushered by Al The Only
4:30PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott's Magic (with Joe Bennett; $5 cash at the door)
5:00PM-7:00PM Spaghetti Dinner at Methodist Church (230 N Blackstone Ave, Colon; $ cash dinner fee)
5:30PM STREET PERFORMER (Nick Eaton) at Curly's (sponsored by IBM Ring 386-Percy Abbott / Monk Watson Magic Club)
6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER on your own 7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk
8:00PM ABBOTT'S STAGE SHOW - (view seating chart)
Featuring Mac King, Mike Caveney, Tina Lenert, Tim Wright, Joel Hodgson
10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS at Colon High School

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Jeff Jackowski, John Dudley and Mark McDermott are registrants of this year’s Get Together and we get their perspective of the first day’s show

00:06:16 - Eric Decamps was one of the performers and lecturers at this year’s event. Eric talks about this being his first Get Together. We are later joined by Randy Wakeman who joined us and gave us an update on the health of Simon Lovell.

00:17:45 - Steve Chezaday, from Naperville, Illinois, is one of the stage crew for this Get Together

00:24:56 - Louie Foxx talks about his performance for the Amish families and his experiences for this, his first, Get Together

00:32:25 - Mike Miller was the Talent Coordinator of this year’s Get Together. He chats a bit about putting this all together and the challenges of doing it during the pandemic.

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August 5, 2021 by Scott Wells.
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620: Katrina Kroetch - A New Force Awakens

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“Magical Katrina” aka Katrina Kroetch, is one of the new breed of young (under 30) magicians who is making a name for herself in our business. Katrina has competed not only in magic conventions, but also on the “big stage” in Las Vegas on “Penn & Teller Fool Us.” She is adept at close-up. stand-up comedy magic and birthday parties. She also knows how to use her social media to her advantage and how to find the right people to save her hours of time. One such suggestion is to get a “personal virtual assistant” as suggested by Tim Ferriss in “The 4 Hour Work Week” (link to the book below) and by listening to his podcast.

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This week, Magical Katrina talks about how and why she goes by a stage name and how she brands her identity in social media. She also talks about how she got on “Penn & Teller Fool Us” and how she got to know Penn Jillette. Katrina is not a name that is universally known, but I believe that if she keeps doing what she is doing, she will be a force to be reckoned with soon.

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July 8, 2021 by Scott Wells.
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