Tuesday, August 6th
24 hours Mystique Lounge, Jackson Square
9:00 a.m. Information Booth, Kiosk 11:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. General Session for red lanyards, Showroom (Noon)
11:00 a.m. The MAGIC Shop, Mardi Gras (6:00p)
11:30 a.m. Out to Lunch, Esplanade (1:30p)
2:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for red lanyards (3:15p)
Acting for Magicians, French Quarter with Chris Philpott & Steve Valentine
Share the Awe, St. Charles with Javi Benitez
Magyver of Magic, Bienville G with Christian Engbloom
3:30 p.m. Focus Sessions for red lanyards until 4:30 p.m. (see above)
Live Tonight!
Documentary Live: The Juniors, Dauphine 5:15, 7:50, 10:15 p.m.
The Little Big Show, Esplanade 5:35, 8:10, 10:35 p.m.
Close-up Experience, Bienville H 6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m.
In Concert: Tanto, Dauphine 6:30, 9:05, 11:30p
Penguin Magic Podcast, St. Charles 7:00, 8:30, 10:00p
Time stamps for this episode:
00:00:20 – Matt Alexander shaved his beard just for the Sunday night costume party. That was quite a commitment. We then summarized some of events that led up to today.
00:20:59 – Armando Lucero is enjoying this convention by visiting with friends and introducing some of them for their presentations. He shared some of the memories of past events.
00:23:31 – John Kippen is a Knight of the Magic Castle and is one of the regular performers there. He has been buying some a lot of magic here and telling us what memories are being created at this convention. He particularly liked Jon Armstrong. He also gives us a tip on how to handle an audience members who might be playing on their phone during your show. He also talks about his Friday Zoom meetings that was started during COVID and continues to this day.
00:31:27 – John Cox was one of the outstanding presenters at this convention as he talks about the book he is working on about Houdini’s life that was taken from his travel diary from 1897-1899.
00:41:22 – Morris Herzberg talks about our long-time friendship which is what this podcast is all about: renewing old friendships.
00:46:30 – Joey Martinez, Entertainment Director at Nashville’s House of Cards, talks about that venue and how has been doing. We also summarize one of the shows at this convention and how much we enjoyed it.
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