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442: 2018 MAGIC Live! - Day Four Update

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Day Four Schedule - Wednesday, August 8, 2018

9:00 a.m. Registration until 5:30 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.

Code of the (Morgan) and West

Magic & Mentalism of Tim Conover

Close-Up Clinic

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.

2:15 - 4:30 p.m. - General Session for BLUE 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!

6:00 - 101:00 p.m. - "Who Am I?" Art Exhibit

6:30 pm. and 9:00 p.m. - Live Onstage Two! 90 minutes

10:00 p.m. Farewell Party

11:15 p.m. The Big One

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Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:14 - Charlie Randall, Richard Hatch and Alan Howard talk about their favorite moments from MAGIC Live!

00:09:42 - Scott Robinson gives us some of his impressions from MAGIC Live! plus gives us a preview of the upcoming TRICS convention.

00:18:36 - Richard Wiseman was one of the presenters again this year and talks about seances

00:26:20 - Dennis Watkins has been performing his magic show in Chicago's Palmer House for the past seven years and tells us about his one man show in the hotel

00:31:46 - Pete McCabe talks about the importance of scripting magic

00:43:47 - Noel Britten expands on his talk he gave in the General Session

00:59:56 - Sebastian Konapix talks about his unique art

01:08:52 - Morgan and West tell us about their two person Victorian act

01:19:00 - Carisa Hendrix was behind the scenes of the General Sessions and is also the co-host of her own podcast with Kaylas Drescher, Shezampod.com

01:27:19 - Hakan Berg from Sweden opened the final night gala with a very funny bird act.

01:35:20 - Stan Allen gives us a wrap of things that went well and some that didn't plus a sneak peek at next year's MAGIC Live!

MAGIC Live! Day Four Report
Scott Wells, Charlie Randall, Richard Hatch, Scott Robinson, Alan Howard, Richard Wiseman, Dennis Watkins, Pete McCabe, Noel Britten, Sebastian Konopix, Morgan and West, Carisa Hendris, Hakan Berg, and Stan Allen
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August 9, 2018 by Scott Wells.
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