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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759: Magic Collector Expo - Days 1 & 2 Report

Tuesday, May 9

10:00am Registration Opens

1:00pm to 4:00pm Dealers Open

4:00pm to 5:00pm Session #1 “Welcome To Cleveland” with Lance Rich, Dr. Bruce Averbook & Tim LaGanke

5:00pm to 7:00pm Dinner

7:00pm to 8:30pm Session #2 with Jim Hagy “The Instant Illusionist and The Cleveland Bunch: Dreams of a Vaudeville Life”, Sandy Daily “The Adventures & Challenges of a Magic Collectors Wife, Gene Anderson “Not Just a One Trick Pony” with Stan Allen

8:30pm to 11:30pm Dealer Room Open

Wednesday, May 10

10:00am First Buses Load for Tours of Dr. Bruce Averbook & Tim LaGangke Collections

2:00pm to 5:00pm Dealer Room Open

7:00pm to 8:30pm Session #3 with Richard Cohn “Roltaire”, Phil Schwartz “Steals, Lifts & Body Loads-The Funny Business of Magic Collecting, Al Belmont “Memories of the Blackstone Sr. Show”

8:30pm to 11:30pm Dealer Room Open

Time stamps for this episode will be provided after I’ve had some sleep

00:00:18 - Scott Wells prepares to take off to Cleveland, Ohio, along with Charlie Randall and Dick Olson for the Magic Collectors Expo

00:03:13 - Larry Dunbar is behind the registration desk. He is traveling with Lance Burton and Friends and he tells us a little about their upcoming tour and places they will be going.

00:05:35 - Lupe Nielsen is one of the attendees but not a presenter or dealer. She tells us what she’s working on for the magic community including Dean’s Box.

00:09:53 - Charles Greene, III talks about his book, “Ionia” and what he’s been doing and where he’s been traveling to talk about this book.

00:14:52 - Arthur Moses is a dealer who is selling some Houdini memorabilia. He talks about his recent appearance on Collector’s Call on ME-TV as he showed some of his collection on TV and how that all came about.

00:19:07 - Houdini expert, John Cox, is the blogger on WildAboutHoudini.com John will be a presenter at this convention as he talks about Houdini’s appearances in Cleveland. He also talks about some recent projects that are very exciting.

00:22:07 - Adele Friel Rhindress was one of the assistants for Harry Blackstone, Sr. and she talks about what she’s been doing recently

00:28:07 - Bill Kallush is the curator of the Conjurer’s Arts Research Center who also talks about Ask Alexander which is a repository of about 3MM pages of books in the museum.

00:33:36 - we begin day two, the first full day as we chat with Joe Hanosek. We talk about some of the activities from the previous evening’s talks.

00:36:24 - Lance Rich talks a bit about helping to put together this convention. He also explains the logistics of getting around to see two magnificent collections, Bruce Averbook and Tim LaGanke. On the bus, we just finished seeing Bruce’s collection which we discuss.

00:47:16 - Neil Rozum tells us a “twilight zone” type story related to his personal experience while working in a local theme park

00:49:24 - Les Arnold is the grand-son of The Great Leon and he chats a bit about that connection

00:55:12 - we finished the events for the day and now we chat with Richard Cohn who gave a presentation about a relatively unknown magician, Roltaire as well as some magicians who appeared at Coney Island in New York

713: Texas Association of Magicians 2022 - Report on Days Three and Four

Sunday - September 4, 2022
8:00 AM - Gospel Magic
9:00 PM - The Magic Word Podcast with Scott Wells featuring a chat with Jeanette Andrews
9:30 AM - T.A.O.M. General Meeting
10:00 AM - Lynetta Welch (LECTURE) Fabric Manipulation
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Dealers Open
11:00 AM - Texas Magic Collectors
2:30 - 5:00 PM - Dealers Open LAST CALL!
11:30 AM - Fort Worth Magic Championships
1:00 PM - Bruce Chadwick (LECTURE)
3:00 PM - Professional Close-Up Show
7:30 PM - Classics of Magic with Awards Ceremony before the show
10:00 PM - Gay Blackstone (VIDEO LECTURE) Life After Blackstone

Monday, September 5, 2022
8:30 AM - Jay Zugai (LECTURE)
10:00 PM - Fabian (LECTURE) Puddin’ it Together

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 - JD Stewart and I talk about the agenda for the day plus a recap of the previous evening’s activities and show. Plus, JD talks about his New Magic Academy.

00:19:48 - In the dealers’ room we stop for a chat with Harry Allen and discuss what’s new

00:24:43 - Losander chats about this convention and his appearance here as a performer and lecturer

00:31:23 - From Fabric Manipulation, Lynetta Welch tells us about her egg bags and more. She also talks about Johnny “The Great Tomsoni” Thompson’s jacket which she brought with her to display. We also hear a tidbit about the late Doug Henniing that was interesting to know.

00:38:01 - Fabian Moreno talks about his portion of the convention who will be giving a lecture and hosted the Midnight Madness and performed at a couple other events.

00:51:26 - Stage Contest winner, Paprika, chats with us about how she developed her award winning act.

00:58:15 - Dal Sanders and I chat about the evening’s show that was a “Twilight Zone” themed show and the people who performed it.

01:12:42 - Jay Zugai talks about his participation inn this year’s convention. He was a triple threat who lectured and performed in the “professional close-up” show, he lectured plus he closed the final night show with his stage show that featured his dog who did tricks. Jay was featured so prominently in the convention and was seen almost as much as Bronson and his dad, Bruce, who also did everything.

01:20:31 - Close-up competitor, Ray Adams, and Stage Comedy winner, Greg Youngs talk about how they prepared to compete for this convention contest.

00:24:45 - Silvain Juzan from Luxembourg was a stand-out lecturer and }professional close-up” performer talks about this being one of his first convention appearances in the U.S.

00:35:05 - T.A.O.M. 2022 President Bronson Chadwick recaps the convention as he “takes a breath” now that the convention is over.