904: AbraCORNdabra 2025 - Day Two Report

Saturday May 17, 2025

9:00 AM magiK-MART Opens with FREE DONUTS with the dealers! (Bring your own drink) magiK-MART Dealers Room

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Lecture #5 - ALLAN ACKERMAN

10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Break

10:30 AM – 3:30 PM The WORLD FAMOUS F.O.V. SILENT MAGIC AUCTION – raising funds for the Young Magician’s Fund. SIDE LOBBY

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM The Kernels Showcase Show BALLROOM WEST

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM FREE PIZZA & POP LUNCH ON ABRACORNDABRA! (Kernels & Parents Pizza & Pop Lunch critique in private dining room) Enjoy an AbraCORNdabra FREE PIZZA & POP LUNCH!

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Show & Lecture #6 - JEKI YOO

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Break LAST CHANCE TO BID ON SILENT AUCTION ITEMS! (Silent auction closes at 3:15 PM) HEARTS, DIAMONDS, CLUBS, SPADES, JOKERS, GAFFS

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM THE MIDWEST CHAMPIONSHIP OF CLOSE-UP MAGIC Downstairs

TWELVE Performers
SIX rooms
TWO Awards
ONE CHAMPION!

“Who will it be?
Will it be YOU?”

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Pay & Pick up Auction Winnings

6:00 PM magiK-MART Closes (dealers)

5:00 PM – 7:30 PM Dinner on your own

7:30 PM – 8:30 PM OscEARs Awards Party

Doors open – mingle with magical friends – cash bar

Come dressed in your best Gangster’s outfit or Flapper attire! You may take your own photos in front of the “Police Line-up Wall”, find the Maitra D’ who will show you the “back alley entrance.” Figure out the password to gain entrance into the SPEAKEASY where surprises await you! - Hotel Lobby

8:30 PM – 9:00 PM Old Maid’s Staff Show

9:00 PM -9:30 PM Awards Presentations with surprise guest

9:30 PM – 10:00 PM The OscEARs Wrap Party MYSTERY MAGICIAN & GUESTS SHOW!
THIS WILL BE THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS OSCEARS PARTY EVER!
(What happens at THIS YEAR’S OsEAR’s Awards Party will be talked about for years to come!)

10:00 PM – 11:00 PM Meet & Great with the Magical Stars – Souvenir Poster Signing

Time Stamps: These will be posted after I have gotten some sleep.

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792: Chris Capehart - Takin' It To The Street

Master Magician, Chris Capehart, loves the street. Although street magic is his passion and preferred venue, he performs all over the word at magic conventions and corporate events. His humor endears the audience and brings them closer as they have fun.

Chris shares some stories from his many years on the street and how he got started and moved from the corporate world to the full time business of magic. Not only is this a funny episode with a comedy magician, but also has a lot of valuable advice for all magicians regardless of wherever you work.

587: Eileen McFalls - Cellini: No Ordinary Magic

Eileen McFalls spent much of the 1980’s with legendary street magician, Jim Cellini, during his formative and growth years on the street. All of this “underbelly” of an otherwise unseen world is brought into focus in the memoirs of his traveling companion, Eileen McFalls in, “No Ordinary Magic - Unexpected Travels with the Great Cellini.” Few books give such details recounting the sights, sounds, smells and ambiance of an era and,, indeed, of every moment on the road. You can feel the heat, smell the sweat, hear the music and feel the pressure of the street and the audience as Eileen reveals intimate details from her memoir.

The one and only Jim Cellini plays Jackson Square in New Orleans, 1985.

In this episode, we hit the streets as we are transported to a different time and different places in this detailed travelogue that you will not hear anywhere else. Eileen shares some stories from her book plus additional details and memories that didn’t make it inn the book.

904: AbraCORNdabra 2025 - Day Two Report

Saturday May 17, 2025

792: Chris Capehart - Takin' It To The Street

587: Eileen McFalls - Cellini: No Ordinary Magic

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