Dana Daniels was one of the famous Long Beach Mystics when he was growing up in California and later found a career with Disney at Disneyland where he took on many roles before ending up in the Golden Horseshoe. In recent years, he and his bird, Luigi, have enjoyed the Hawaiian lifestyle as performers at Warren & Annabelle’s, a magic dinner theater in Lahiana, Maui, Hawaii.

As many of you know, a fire ravaged the island and destroyed homes and businesses across the island wreaking havoc, death and devastation. One of the businesses that was affected was Warren & Annabelle’s which burned to the ground. Warren Gibson, owner of the club, has started a Go-Fund-Me which is set up to financially assist the families of employees who have lost their jobs, homes, and everything. You can visit the Go-Fund-Me site by Clicking Here. Please help if you can with any amount of financial support you can give.

This week Dana talks about his magic roots as he joined the Long Beach Mystics and how they supported and helped him grow to the success he is today. He also talks extensively about his time at Disney and how his career careened and veered into many areas. Finally, Dana wraps up this episode talking about his involvement with Warren & Annabelle’s. This episode was recorded just 24 hours before news broke about the devastating fire, so it is timely and appropriate that you listen to his excitement and fondness for the club where he expected to work indefinitely.

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447: 2018 TAOM - Day Three Update

Sunday, September 2, 2018

7:00 am Invisible Lodge

8:00 am Gospel Magic Services

9:00 am Registration Opens

9:00 am Dealers Open

9:00 am TAOM General Meeting

10:00 am Registration Open for Next TAOM

10:00 am Lecture – Paul Draper

11:30 am Lunch on Your Own

1:00 pm Lecture – Kiko Pastur

2:30 pm Professional Close-Up Magic Show – Alex Rangel, Xavier Spade, Caleb Wiles, Kiko Pastur, Chad Long

4:30 pm Lecture – Kyle and Mistie Knight

6:00 pm Dealers Close

7:00 pm Contest Awards

7:30 pm International Magic Show – Emcee Ben Jackson, Mario the Magician, Docc Hilford, Shane Cobalt, John Archer

9:30 pm Lecture – Xavier Spade

11:00pm Lecture – Chad Long

12:00 am President’s Party – Super Heroes and Villains Theme

Monday, September 3, 2018

9:00 am Registration Open for Next TAOM

10:30 am Lecture – Mario the Magician

12:00 pm Lecture – Carisa Hendrix

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:16 - Jim McPherson gives us his observation from a registrant's point of view who only attends this one convention per year

00:06:25 - Mario the Magician talks about creating robots for his magic act and how to inspire children

00:11:32 - Paul Draper tells us about his first experience at the TAOM

00:17:49 - Room B tells us what they liked about the convention

00:24:21 - Room C has some thoughts of their own including National President Ron Ishimaru

00:36:37 - Caleb Wiles talks about getting on Penn & Teller Fool Us and what you should consider if you want to be on their TV show

00:44:00 - Kyle and Mistie Knight talk about working cruise ships and the TAOM

00:56:27 - This is John Archer's second TAOM convention and he tells us why he likes coming here.

01:02:00 - Shane Cobalt talks about his work around the world

01:16:30 - President Jamie Salinas and Chip Romero give us a wrap of the convention

01:24:10 - Scott Wells gives his assessment of this convention

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