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.

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709: Poe's Magic Conference 2022 - Day Three Report

Saturday - August 20, 2022
10:00 AM - MARK STRIVINGS
1:00 PM- PETER SAMELSON (LECTURE/WORKSHOP)
3:00 PM - LUNCH BREAK
4:00 PM - TERRY TYSON (LECTURE/WORKSHOP)
5:30 PM - PROF BC (LECTURE/WORKSHOP)
7:00 PM - DINNER
8:00 PM - ENSEMBLE SHOW (Joe Daniels, Vince Wilson, Jeff McBride, Vlad, Susan Zeller, Hiawatha, Kenton Knepper, Adam Stone, Christopher Taylor, Terry Tyson, and Peter Samelson)
11:00 PM - BLACK CAT LOUNGE

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Joseph Daniels is one of the performers and lecturers. Part of our conversation (actually a large part of our chat) is about Joe’s work with the TV series “The Walking Dead.” Joe is one of the walkers in the series and this part of the podcast quickly turned into an episode of “The Talking Dead” as Joe tells us things from the walkers’ point of view on the popular television show.

00:24:50 - Hiawatha Johnson, Jr. and I get reacquainted as he tells us what he’s been up to over the past few years.

00:39:53 - Rolando Santos talks about his experience with this convention as well as what’s going on in the “bizarre” community and how it has evolved.

00:4:51 - Kenton Knepper is another one of the performers and lecturers who tells us a bit about what was the crux of his presentation.

01:00:20 - Peter Samelson has been traveling a bit since we last saw each other at FISM a few weeks ago. Peter closed the Saturday evening show here.

701: FISM Quebec 2022 - Day Five Report

Friday July 29th 2022

8:15-11:00 - Stage Contest
12:30 - 14:30: Close-up Contest

8:30 - 9:30: Bernardo Sedlacek

8:00 - 9:00: Brian South

8:00 - 9:00: Paul Gertner

10:00 - 11:00: Stéphane Bourgoin

10:00 - 11:00: Lisa Menna

10:30 - 11:30: Shawn Farquhar

12:00 - 13:00: Ekaterina Dobrokhotov

12:00 - 13:00: Jeki Yoo

14:30 - 15:30: Marc De Souza

16:30 - 17:30: Lee Asher

17:30 - 18:30: Michael Weber Experience

17:45 - 18:45: Alain Choquette

19:00 - 20:15: Spectacle - One Man Show: Dani DaOrtiz - Group A

Banquet Group B: 19:00 - 21:00

21:30 - 23:00: Close-up Gala

23:30 - 0:30: Chip Romero - Lecture about Doug Henning

23:30 - 0:30: Eric Jones

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - At the convention center, John Kaplan talks about this being his first FISM plus his first visit to Quebec despite being a Canadian citizen.

00:05:54 - Ed Ripley, a U.S. competitor, talks about his side of the story of why his act didn’t score well in the contests

00:11:11 - During a break in the stage competition, Steve Friedberg, a friend from Pennsylvania and frequent attendee at the F.F.F.F. convention, he talks about why he is enjoying this FISM event. As he says, although we all speak different languages, we all speak “Magic.”

00:17:16 - The afternoon competitions have ended and we chat with one of the funniest men on the planet, John Archer. He was on the bill of the previous night’s bill and talks about scripting the show.

00:23:28 - Mark DeSouza and Scott give a description of the people and acts in the stage competition.

00:39:43 - Peter Samelson and Scott cover the close-up contest (Marc DeSouza was a presenter and missed seeing the competition).

01:05:55 - Zabrecky hosted the evening show and now we get to chat with Benjamin Barnes who is attending his first FISM. He gives us his opinion of the event plus his projections of who might be the winners.