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855: Magic Texas - Day Two Report

Saturday August 31st, 2024

Subject to change

  • 8:30 AM – 6:30 PM Registration Open

  • 9:00 AM -1:00 PM Youth Academy

  • 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Dealers Room Open

  • 9:00 - 11:00 AM Close-up Contest

  • 10:00 - 11:00 AM SESSION #4: Choice between; Paul Draper – Marketing Jeff Copeland – Coins

  • 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Lecture - Artem Shchukin

  • 12:45 – 1:45 PM Lecture – Shawn Farquhar

  • 2:00 - 3:00 PM Stars of Tomorrow Stage Show

  • 3:00 – 6:00 PM Youth Academy

  • 3:30 - 4:30 PM Franz Harary Interviews Gay Blackstone

  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Lecture – Adrian Vega

  • 6:00 PM BUS OR SELF DRIVE TO UT ARLINGTON Texas Hall Theater

  • 6:00 – 7:30 PM

    RED & WHITE Party with Strolling Magic at UTA Texas Hall Theater

    (Food for Purchase)

  • 8:00 - 9:30 PM International GALA Stage Show – Texas Hall on the UTA Campus Starring Greg Frewin, Yu Komohara, Shimpei. Syouma, Wessy, Adrien Kill and Emcee, BJ Mallin

  • 10:00 - 11:30 PM FILM: Lost In The Shuffle – Houdini Theater at the Loews Ballroom

  • 10:00 – 10:30 PM Mind2Mind Mentalism Session #4 (30 Person Limit – Must be pre-registered)

  • 10:45 – 11:15 PM Mind2Mind Mentalism Session #5 (30 Person Limit – Must be pre-registered)

  • 11:30 PM - ??? Midnight Madness – Open Mic, hosted by Fabian Moreno

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Time stamps for this episode: updates will be posted after I get some sleep

00:00:18 –

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September 1, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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854: Magic Texas - Day One Report

Friday, August 30th, 2024

Subject to change

  • 8:00 AM – 7:00 PM Registration Open

  • 9:00 AM SAM National Council Meeting

  • 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Youth Academy

  • NOON – 1:00 PM SESSION #1 – Choice between; Kent Cummins – Marketing Magic Live, Gustavo Raley – Creativity

  • 1:30 – 2:30 PM SESSION #2 – Choice Between; SAM Youth Protection Training, Diamond Jim Tyler – Bamboozlers

  • 3:00 - 4:00 PM SESSION #3 – Choice between; Fabian Moreno – The High-End Residency, Bruce Kalver – Tech Talk

  • 6:00 - 7:00 PM Welcome To Texas Party – Foyer of Ballroom – Cash Bar,

  • 7:00 - 7:30 PM Welcome Event – TAOM & SAM Officers, Introduction of FISM-NA Contestants. Introduce Gay Blackstone, Honoree. Andrea Baioni FISM Talk (with slide show) - Houdini Theater at Loews Ballroom

  • 7:30 – 7:50 PM A Conversation with David Copperfield – Eric Hogue

  • 8:00 – 9:00 PM Adrian Vega One-Man Close-Up Show # 1

  • 8:00 – 8:30 PM Mind2Mind Mentalism Session #1 (30 Person Limit – Must be pre-registered)

  • 8:00 – 11:00 PM Youth Academy

  • 7:30 –11:30 PM Grand Opening of Dealers Room – Magic Texas Clue – Prizes from Dealers

  • 8:45 – 9:15 PM Mind2Mind Mentalism Session #2 (30 Person Limit – Must be pre-registered)

  • 9:00 – 10:00 PM Adrian Vega One-Man Close-Up Show #2

  • 9:30 – 10:00 PM Mind2Mind Mentalism Session #3 (30 Person Limit – Must be pre-registered)

  • 10:00 – 11:30 PM MAGIC COLLECTORS/HISTORY SESSION – Chip Romero on Doug Henning, Mark Jensen on Marshall Brodien

  • 11:30 PM – Late Night Magic Jam

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00:00:18 –

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August 30, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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696: FISM Quebec 2022 - Day One Report

Monday July 25th 2022

19:30 - 20:45: Opening ceremony

21:30 - 22:30: Max Maven presents Dr Will Houstoun “What we learned from Professor Hoffmann”

0:00 - 1:00: Luis De Matos Intimate Conversation with Arturo Brachett

21:00 - 22:00: Yann Frisch

23:00 - 0:00: Lee Asher

21:30 - 22:30: Mario Lopez

23:30 - 0:30: Bernardo Sedlacek

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00:00:16 - Scott Wells is at the airport awaiting his “magic carpet” to wing him to Quebec

00:03:06 - Alexandria Duvivier is one of the performers/lecturers at this event and is the first person we met. Lisa Menna is also there with us and chats a bit about her appearance at FISM Quebec.

00:05:44 - At the S.A.M. black tie banquet, we chat with the incoming President Elect John Sturk

00:14:50 - Gay Blackstone talks about her and Harry Blackstone, Jr. performances at previous FISMs

00:18:30 - Editor of the Magic Circular, Will Houstoun talks about his upcoming talk on Professor Hoffman later tonight.

00:21:10 - Before the evening opening gala, Mike Caveney talks about his recent episode #700 then Ice McDonald talks about attending this convention. From South Africa, Craig Mitchell talks about his job for Genii reporting on all of the competition for the magazine.

00:27:47 - From Scotland, Peter McLanachan talks about the reasons that he attends FISM

00:33:37 - Dal Sanders is a delegate representing the S.A.M. and talks about the opening gala show.

00:39:27 - From Spain, Luis DeMatos will be presenting his “in Conversation With…” during this FISM and talks about how he prepares for the conversations.

00:47:40 - David “Silly Billy” Kaye talks about life after COVID work and how his work has picked up and has returned to pre-COVID level of activity.

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