440: 2018 MAGIC Live! - Day Two Update

Day Two Schedule - Monday, August 6, 2018

9:00 a.m. Registration until 12:15 p.m.

10:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. - General Session for White Lanyards

10:00 a.m. Focus Session for BLUE lanyards until 11:00 a.m.

The Garage: Tune-Up Your Magic

Rubber Band Magic

Why Mentalism

11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. - What's New (Dealers' Faire)

11:15 a.m - 12:15 p.m. - Focus Sessions for BLUE Lanyards.

12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Close-Up Experience

2:15 - 4:30 p.m. - General Session for WHITE lanyards

2:15 - 3:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE Lanyards

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.- Focus Sessions for WHITE lanyards

Live Tonight!

The Close-Up Experience: 75 minutes - various times

Parlour of Victorian Mysteries: 50 minutes - various times

Live Onstage One!: 75 minutes 7:00 p.m. and 10:15 p.m.

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:17 - Richard Olson won one of the grand prizes in the drawing last night with over $1,000 in magic items, Jon Stetson talks about mentalism workshops, John Rose talks about MagiCuba, and David Hinkin chats about the T.A.O.M. convention.

00:09:16 - Marc Summers kicks off the Morning Session who explains the theme of this year's MAGIC Live!

00:16:38 - Lunch time at In 'n Out

00:17:23 - Phillip Boruchowitz from South Africa talks about why he attends magic conventions around the world and how much he enjoys listening to The Magic Word Podcast

00:20:32 - Ron Ishimaru, National President of the S.A.M. tells us what he plans to do this year on his agenda for the organization.

00:25:23 - Scott Tokar talks about getting youth involved as Magic Castle youth program

00:35:31 - Marco Tempest talks about the future of magic conventions and magic performances using technology

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247: Day Three - MAGIC Live! 2015

Another whirlwind day of activities and more surprises. The general session was hosted by David Deeble and included a surprise performance by James Dimare as he performed to new music that was especially composed and arranged for him by one of our speakers, Edward B. Kessel. Jorge Blass talked about his Facebook trick he sold to Copperfield; Wayne Houchin taught a couple tricks from his lecture; and Michael Carbonaro talked about his hit TV show, "The Carbonaro Effect". Another surprise happened when Michael brought a couple on stage and the man proposed to his girlfriend.

The "Focus" Sessions included a wonderful talk by Mike Caveney on "Classic Correspondence" which brought history to life; Martin Lewis teaching something new and something old; and the close-up clinic that featured a grab bag of great close-up pros teaching hands-on card tricks and featured Alan Ackerman, Jason England, Tom Frank, Jared Kopf, Chris Korn, Steve Reynolds and R. Paul Wilson.

The evening show I saw was David and Leeman which was very funny, but before that, we had several groups attend a half hour "experimental" event that had everyone interacting with a projection screen hosted by Richard Wiseman. It was quite entertaining.

A new levitation of a borrowed wine glass, full or empty

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:24 - David Hinkin along with Dick and Diane Olson recap yesterday's event over breakfast.

00:09:14 - Dave Magee talks about why he got off all social media.

00:19:56 - Dirk Losander and Michael Ammar talk about their newest projects and a new levitation trick that will soon be available.

00:29:00 - Peter Nardi, Alakazam Magic, talks about performing at weddings and restaurants in England.

00:45:45 - Paul Draper talks about being the Technical Director of the daily sessions and the challenges of putting it all together.

00:52:28 - Chuck and Jan Jones talk about his creation of various illusions like the MIsMade Girl and lots of stories about his travels and television experience including an interesting story about working with Orson Welles.

01:13:57 - Stan Allen talks about how things are going so far and what all they are doing to keep the surprises secret.

01:28:53 - Bill and Marlene Seagraves talks about this being convention from the perspective of first time attendees.

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#196 - School Shows, Libraries, and Kids...Oh My!

Julian Franklin and David Hinkin are a couple of the hardest working kid show entertainers in the Houston area and indeed throughout Texas. David is semi-retired after working for the McDonald's corporation for 37 years though he still entertains children at multiple functions around town. Julian performs hundreds of shows each year in libraries and school auditoriums.

I caught up with Julian and David after our annual Houston Magic Auction where they opened up about their careers. Julian talks about working in libraries and for school assemblies. He has several shows that he offers to schools including the Wild West Reading Show, Top Secret, Color Your World - A Magical Exploration of Diversity, Go Wild - A Humorous and Engaging Tour of The Scientific Process, Book Bash and the Arctic Express, just to name a few. Julian discusses how magic and mystery are important, but it's all about learning. And that doesn't necessarily mean an hour of magic tricks. You can learn more3 about Julian and the shows he offers at his website LibraryRat.com

David Hinkin had an illustrious career with McDonald's and shares suggestions for how others might get into this line of work. They both talk about how they go about writing scripts for shows, booking, and much more.

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