776: Abbott's 85th Get Together 2023 Convention - Day Two Report

Thursday, August 3rd

9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant
10:00AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (requires registration)
11:00AM LECTURE - 2ND JAPANESE GROUP LECTURE (requires registration)
12:00PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Gordon Russ at Magic Capital Grill)
1:00PM LECTURE - 2ND SOUTH AMERICAN GROUP LECTURE (requires registration)
1:00PM MAGIC SHOW featuring Jeffrey Alan at Abbott's Magic Theatre $5
2:00PM JAY BLACKWELL JUGGLING/FIRE EATING & MORE at Sterlini Magic & Theater $10
2:30PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Trino at Grannys Place)
2:30PM VENT O RAMA (Vent O Rama Webpage) at Abbotts Plant (requires registration)
3:00PM FACE PAINTING till 6PM outside 5 Star Pizza by Award Winning Artist Carol Hendrix (Standard Fees)
3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open (Colon Museum Webpage)
3:45PM FAMOUS MAGICIANS GRAVEYARD TOUR (Graveyard Tour Webpage) ushered by Al The Only
4:30PM MAGIC SHOW featuring John Gilmore at Abbott's Magic Theatre $5
5:00PM LIVE AT 5 WITH THE STERLINI'S at Sterlini Magic & Theater $10
5:30PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Jania Taylor at Magic Capital Grill)
6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER (on your own)
7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk
8:00PM ABBOTT'S STAGE SHOW - THE LAS VEGAS MAGIC GALA
Featuring Mike Caveney, Mac King, Guy Hollingworth, Meadow Perry, Pat Hazell
10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (requires registration)
10:15PM CURLYS CLOSEUP CONTEST

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 – Terry Evanswood tells us a little more detail about the house tours he puts together for his Magic Mansion in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

00:07:26 – Chairman of the Board of the American Museum of Magic, Jania Taylor, updates us on what’s going on with the museum and why they need our financial contributions.

00:14:12 – Steve Chezaday closed the opening night’s show last night. He is also a long time member of the stage crew at Abbott’s. He and his fiancé, Carol Hendrix, also helped recap the show.

00:23:51 – at the Legion Hall we chat with BJ Mallen who talks about this evening’s show featuring Mick Caveney as emcee, Pat Hazel with comedy, then more comedy by Mac King, and closing with Guy Hollingworth. During the show, Lance Burton and Mac King did a touching bit that is detailed in this chat. But the bulk of this chat is about why this event is important to the magic community.

00:35:09 – Matt Stanley gives us his thoughts about this evening’s show.

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756: F.F.F.F. 2023 - Day Four Report

Saturday, April 29th

10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures, shows, and dinner)

10:00-10:45 2024 Registration & 4F Shop open

1:30 6th Show: Eric DeCamps: One Man Show

3:30 ED Talks #2 (MCs: Christian/Katalina with Rick Wilcox (The Challenge of Stage Illusions), Keith Fields (Audience Management), and Christian & Katalina (Creating a Seance Show)

5:30 Banquet (ticket required)

7:00 Dealers’ Room & 4F Shop open

7:45 Tribute to our Guest of Honor: Mark Mason

8:00 7th Show: 4F Closing Gala (MC: Steve Beam) featuring: Montreal Trio (Micheal Huot, Yannick Lacroix, and Marc Trudel), Alexandria Duvivier, Shoot Ogawa, Mike Robinson, Horret Wu, Carisa Hendrix, Juliana Chen, and Stephen Bargatze and Rick Merrill

10:00 Hospitality Suite opens

12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

Keith Fields playing “Bohemian Rhapsody” on the ukulele at Abbott’s Get Together in August 2021.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 - Marc DeSouza gives us a colorful recap of the Friday night show

00:24:14 - Michael Ammar talks about Eric Decamps’ one-man show we just saw. This was Michael’s first time returning after 42 years of absence, plus he talks about some new projects.

00:32:02 - Keith Fields was one of the presenters who talked about audience management and he recaps his talk here.

00:43:37 - Rick Wilcox was another presenter who talked about doing an illusion show and he recaps some highlights from his talk here.

00:50:53 - Darryl Rose and Boris Wild stop for a quick chat about this convention and Boris’ choice of an emotional performance for Obie O’Brien

00:57:51- Carisa Hendrix performed at this convention as her “real” self and, of course, as Lucy Darling. She also chats about Michael Dardant impersonating her as “Juicy Starling”

01:00:23 - Joe Monti has had some health issues but is glad to be back with the 4F family that has made him feel good

01:05:26 - Marc DeSouza returns to wrap up the evening show and the entire 50th anniversary celebration of the 4F.

728: Behind the Camera at Masters of Illusion Season 9 - Part Two

It takes a village to produce a successful television series, and the village that produces “Masters of Illusion” has been successful year after year as they go into their ninth season on the CW Network. Last week we released the first of this two part series which gives listeners a peek into the lives of some of those who were involved in the making of this year’s series. We continue this week as we complete the episodic series with more conversations and more insight.

This week we start the episode featuring a chat back stage with Lucy Darling (in full character, of course). Next we catch a few minutes with the “Man of Steel”, the emcee of MOI, none other than television’s Superman, Dean Cain. Then we hear from as well as visiting the dressing room of “the Conjurors” from the U.K., Matthew Pomeroy and Natasha Lamb. We hear from one of the few mentalists on the show, Wayne Hoffman, then we sit down for a bite to eat with Jonathan Levit. One of the unexpected pleasures I experienced was getting to consult with one of the performers, Mai Wynn as I taught her a few close-up and stand-up routines to use on the show. We wrap this two part episode with a visit with the Executive Producer, Gay Blackstone, who finally took a breather after the two week shoot to talk about this year’s experience.

776: Abbott's 85th Get Together 2023 Convention - Day Two Report

Thursday, August 3rd

756: F.F.F.F. 2023 - Day Four Report

Saturday, April 29th

728: Behind the Camera at Masters of Illusion Season 9 - Part Two

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