788: TAOM 2023 Convention - Day Four Report

Monday September 4, 2023

8:00 AM until 12:00 PM TAOM 2024 Registration

10:00 AM until 12:00 PM Lecture Brent Braun and Andy Glass

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772: S.A.M. 2023 Convention in New Orleans - Day Two Report

Monday, July 24th

9:00 AM Registration Open Vieux Carre Foyer

9:00 AM SAM Event 1 – Youth Protection Training “Thurston Lecture Hall”

9:00 AM SYM Youth Academy “William Andrews Classroom”

10:00 AM EXHIBITORS Open “Kellar Exhibitor Hall”

10:30 AM LECTURE 3: Doug Conn “Thurston Lecture Hall”

1:30 PM SHOW 2: STARS OF TOMORROW Stage Show “Thurston Lecture Hall”

3:30 PM LECTURE 4: Pro close up 1 with R. Paul Wilson & Friends “Thurston Lecture Hall”

3:30 PM Registration Close Vieux Carre Foyer

5:00 PM EXHIBITORS Close “Kellar Exhibitor Hall” S.Y.M. Youth Academy Ends “William Andrews Classroom”

7:00 PM Bus transporation pick up at hotel

8:00 PM SHOW 3: S.A.M. Contest Experience Houdini Theater @ The Jesuit

9:30 PM Bus transportation pick up at Jesuit 10:30 PM PARTY 2: SAM Jam Session or Movie Vieux Carre Foyer

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 – during our walk to the Café du Monde, we chat with Jay Ragnu “the Okay” who regales us with a story of him competing at an early Las Vegas Desert Seminar.

00:10:42 – Past National President of the S.A.M, Mike Miller is the Talent Coordinator for the S.A.M. and helped book the acts for this convention.

00:22:50 – Past National President of the S.A.M., Mark Weidhauss, chats about his responsibilities at this convention over the past several years.

00:30:32 – Past winner of many magic convention contests, Ed Ripley, talks about the importance of entering and competing in contests.

00:34:48 – Past President of the T.A.O.M., Jeff Lee, chats about this convention plus what Vito Lupo has been up to over the past few years. Jeff worked and traveled with Vito for years.

716: Reza - On The Edge

Reza is changing the landscape of entertainment in Branson, Missouri. Long a tourist destination for tour bus groups, families and the geriatric set, Branson’s demographic is changing. And Reza’s cutting edge show is meeting and exceeding those demands with regularly sold-out shows. Reza is a name that is making impact far outside of Branson. His recent tour and television appearances have astounded over 30 million viewers from around the world on networks such as MTV, A&E, The CW, PBS, Reelz, CX, Fuji, and Telemundo as well as live venues including the Alamodome (San Antonio), Villanova Pavilion (Philadelphia), and Mundo Imperial Forum (Acapulco), to name a few.

Reza shares stories from his career from his beginnings in South Dakota where there were no magic shops and very few other magicians to talk to and learn from in the area. He discusses why he landed in Branson instead of Las Vegas and also about working with Criss Angel.

788: TAOM 2023 Convention - Day Four Report

Monday September 4, 2023

772: S.A.M. 2023 Convention in New Orleans - Day Two Report

Monday, July 24th

716: Reza - On The Edge

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