786: TAOM 2023 Convention - Day Two Report

Saturday September 2, 2023

9:00 AM until 6:00 PM Registration Open

10:00 AM until 6:30 PM Dealers Room Open

8:30 AM until 11:00 AM Close-up Contest

11:00 AM until 12:30 PM Lecture Chris Carter

12:30 PM until 2:00 PM Lunch

12:30 PM until 2:00 PM Willard Lunch

2:00 PM until 3:30 PM CJ Johnson Family Magic Show

3:30 PM until 5:00 PM Lecture Doug Conn

4:00 PM until 6:00 PM Strolling Magic

5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM until 9:00 PM Stage Show

* Michael Finney

* Chris Carter

* Steve Valentine

9:15 PM until 10:00 PM Strolling Magic

9:30 PM until 11:00PM Panel Discussion Children’s/Family Magic

11:00 PM until 12:30 AM Eric Tait

12:30 AM until 1:30 AM Midnight Madness

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785: TAOM 2023 Convention - Day One Report

September 1, 2023

10:00 AM until 7:00 PM Registration Open

12:00 PM until 6:30 PM Dealers Room Open

11:30 AM until 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 PM until 2:30 PM Lecture David and Jake Rangel

2:30 PM until 4:00 PM Lecture Jamie Salinas

4:00 PM until 5:00 PM TAOM Board Meeting

4:00 PM until 6:00 PM Strolling Magic

5:00 PM until 7:00 PM Dinner

7:00 PM until 9:00 PM Stage Show #1

* Bill Palmer

* David and Jake Rangel

* Harry Maurer

9:30 PM until 11:00 PM Lecture Chad Long

9:15 PM until 10:00 PM Strolling Magic

11:00 PM until midnight Chip Romero

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.

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.