781: MAGIC Live! 2023 Convention - Day Three Report

Tuesday, August 8th

24 hours Mystique Lounge, Jackson Square
9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Registration, Kiosk

10:00 a.m. - Noon General Session for PURPLE, Showroom

10:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE

Easy Steps to Broadway, Chris Cox, French Quarter

Lost Luggage Show, Ian Kendall, Bienville G

Build Your Own Magic, Laurent Piron ,Hugo Van De Plas St Charles

11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. The Magic Shop, Mardi Gras

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE, see above

11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Taco Tuesday Lunch, Esplanade

2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. General Session for WHITE, Showroom

2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for PURPLE, see above

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Focus Sessions for PURPLE, see above

Live Tonight!

6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Curiosities, Dauphine

6:00 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 9:00 p.m, 10:30 p.m. The Close-Up Experience

7:00 p.m., 8:45 p.m., 10:30 p.m. In Concert: Ben Seidman, French Quarter

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750: Luis De Matos - Learn, Share and Collaborate

We have reached a momentous milestone with The Magic Word Podcast with this episode #750. Who better to feature than the international illusionist, television star, and creator, Luis De Matos. He has won numerous awards for his magic over the decades and been heralded by the Portuguese press at the age of 25 as being the “David Copperfield of Portugal.” He was the youngest magician to receive “The Devant Award” from The Magic Circle when he was 41 years old and the “Magician of the Year” from the Academy of Magical Arts when he was just 29 years old. Luis has since progressed and become an international sensation touring with his own show as well as with “The Illusionists” in 2013-2018.

Luis has a passion for magic and also wants to share it with the world. He has written a magic book for the public, though it is only available in Portuguese. In this episode, Luis goes into detail about why he loves magic and how the community can, and should, help each other so we can grow and evolve.

Only available in Portuguese. But if you can read this language, then you can order your copy through Amazon here and also help The Magic Word Podcast through their Affilliate Program.

683: MAGIC Live! 2022 - Day Three Report

Tuesday, May 17, 2022

9:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Registration open
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. - General Session for YELLOW lanyard
10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Focus Sessions for GREEN lanyards
- Rules of Engagement by R. Paul Wilson
- Details in Adapting by Alex Ramon
- Close-Up Clinic: Cris Korn, Eric Mead and Erik Tate
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - The Magic Shop (Dealers) Open
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Focus Session for GREEN Lanyards
2:15 - 4:15 p.m. General Session for GREEN Lanyards
2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Focus Session for YELLOW Lanyards
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Focus Session for YELLOW Lanyards

LIVE Tonight!

Truth, Truth, Lie! 60 minutes: 6:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:30 p.m.
The Close-Up Experience 70 minutes: 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m.
In Concert: The Historie of Magic 60 minutes: 6:00 7:45 9:45 p.m.
Exhibit: Museum of the Arcane 6:30 until 10:30 p.m.

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Daniel Will and Scott recap last evening’s show plus some other highlights of the convention

00:15:00 - Nick Diffate tells us a bit about his new book and his recent presentation during the General Session about queuing your stage volunteers

00:17:35 - Gabe Fajuri is another dealer talking about the room and what’s been a big seller plus upcoming Potter & Potter Auctions

00:22:08 - Rudy Coby talks…just talks. :)

00:29:23 - Niels Duiner is a juggler who is also a magician who is looking for a story line for his juggling act here at MAGIC Live!

00:38:07 - Seth Kramer tells us why he attends MAGIC Live and David Regal gives us a summary of his talk in the General Session

00:45:17 - Tom Cutts used to work with L&L Publishing and their video production crew. He has a unique perspective on what went on back then. He shares some good memories from those days.

00:53:17- Alex Boyce tells us about his view of the convention