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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

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636: 2021 Austin T.A.O.M. - Day Three Report

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Sunday September 5, 2021

8am-9am: Gospel Magic Service

9am-5pm: Registration Desk Open

9am-12pm: Dealer Rooms Open

9am-9.30: TAOM General Meeting

9.30am-5pm: Next TAOM Registrations open- Visit https://taom.org/2022 to register for next year’s convention

10am-11.30am: Close-up Contest

10am-11am: Lecture: Bizzaro

12pm: Dealer Show 8

11.30am-12.30pm: Lecture: Cody Fisher

12.30pm-1.30pm: Lunch Break

1pm-5pm: Dealer Rooms Open

1.30pm-2.30pm: Lecture: Carisa Hendrix

2.30pm: Dealer Show 9

3.00pm-4.00pm: Lecture: Paul Prater

3.00pm-4.00pm: Lecture: Cody Fisher 2

4pm-7pm: Cocktail on your own

7pm-10pm: Banquet

7pm-7:30pm: Award Presentation & Gift Drawing. Contest winners were:

  • James Irwin (Sr. Stage)

  • Richard Blake (Sr. Close-Up)

  • Bill Winters (Comedy)

7pm-8.30pm: Dinner

8.30pm-9.30pm: Banquet Gala Show: Sterling

11.30pm-12.30am: Saul Ravencraft’s “TAOM after Dark” – Séance Show: Vince Wilson

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Dal Sanders provides “color” and an overview of last night’s gala show

00:09:01 - Daryl Howard reports on the “TAOM After Dark” show with Paul Prader

00:15:07 - Carisa Hendrix was just signed by the William Morris Agency and things are looking up for her

00:34:36 - Harry Allen has been a long time dealer attending the T.A.O.M. convention over the years and gives us his perspective of brick and mortar shops

00:40:00 - Bizzaro is from Texas and chats about renewing old friendships here

00:50:29 - Magical Mystical Michael was on the gala show last night and talks about his street and Renaissance performances.

00:59:45 - Judy and Scott Hollingsworth are two past Presidents of the T.A.O.M. and talk about this convention in comparison with this one.

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445: 2018 TAOM - Day One Update

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Friday, August 31, 2018

9:00 am           Registration Opens

4:00 pm           TAOM Board of Director’s Meeting

7:30 pm           Friday Evening Show Texas Showcase – Emcee and Opening Act David Hira, Trixie Bond, Caesar, David and Jacob Rangel

9:30 pm           Lecture – TBN

10:30 pm         Texas Collectors Meeting

11:00 pm         Panel Discussion – Consulting for Movies and Television – Enrico De La Vega, Lisa De La Vega, Danny Garcia, Alex Rangel, Brent Braun

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00:00:16 - Scott Wells prepares for the TAOM convention

00:08:20 -Scott Hollingsworth talks about his many years of attending TAOM conventions and Sam and Norma Gainer also share some of their memorable convention experiences and why they enjoy this convention.

00:16:29 - President Jamie Salinas talks about some surprises we have in store for the weekend

00:21:16 - Alex Rangel and Daniel Garcia tell us about what might be discussed on the evening's panel

00:29:52 - After the show and she is in a relaxed mood, Trixie Bond tells us some of her favorite highlights from the past 50 years of TAOM conventions

00:38:23 - Walter "Zaney" Blaney regales us with a few stories from his 90 years of life on earth

00:50:24 - Michael Tallon summarizes the late night panel discussion

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