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934: Magistrorum 2025 - Report on Days 3 and 4

Saturday September 20, 2025

Dealer room----------------------9:00 am - 10:00 am
Melody the Magnificent-------10:15 am - 10:45 am
Doug Gorman----------------------11:00 am - 11:30 am
Lunch--------------------------------11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Dealer room-----------------------12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Jeff McBride-----------------------1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Remy Connor------------------------2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
Dealer room-----------------------3:30 pm - 500 pm
Dinner-------------------------------5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Crispy Knight----------------------6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Traveler Award--------------------6:45 pm - 7:00 pm

Ari Rose-----------------------------7:15 pm - 7:45 pm

Rocco Kult-------------------------8:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Jeff McBride Master Class-----9:00 pm - 12:00 am

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Magistrorum 2025 Days 3 and 4 Report
Scott Wells with Jordan Jonas, Ross Horwitz, Andrew Derutter, Rick Bruce, Saul Ravencraft, Jeff McBride, and James Cox
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September 21, 2025 by Scott Wells.
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933: Magistrorum 2025 - Report on Days 1 and 2

Thursday September 18, 2025

vendor & stage set-up ------------8:00 am
The Guide Presenting Opening Ceremonies --------------2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Dealer room--------------------------3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Susan Gerbic-------------------------5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Richard Green------------------------6:15 pm - 7:00 pm

Rolando Santos----------------------7:15 pm - 8:00 pm
Paul Draper-------------------------8:15 pm - 9:00 pm

Terry Tyson's Séance Master Class----------------9:00 pm - 12:00 am

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Friday September 19, 2025

Dealer room-------------------------9:00 am - 10:30 am

Bruce Chadwick--------------------10:30 am - 11:15 am
Daniel Gastellum-------------------11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch----------------------------------12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Dealer room-------------------------1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
John Gilmore------------------------2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Jeff McBride-------------------------3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Andreas Sebring--------------------4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Dinner----------------------------------5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Dealer Room-------------------------6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Jordan Jonas-------------------------7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Mysterion------------------------------7:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Terry Tyson's Séance Master Class----------------9:00 pm - 12:00 am

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Magistorum 2025 Days 1 and 2 Report
Scott Wells with George Ferrin, Terry Tyson, Paul Draper, Doug Gorman, Hare Evison, Melody Berg, and John Gilmore
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September 19, 2025 by Scott Wells.
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928: T.A.O.M. 2025 Convention Report from Dallas, Texas

Friday, August 29, 2025

4:00 PM TAOM Board Meeting

6:00 PM Dinner Buffet

8:00 PM Dealer Exhibition

12:00 AM Midnight Madness

Saturday, August 30,2025

8:00 AM Breakfast

9:30 AM Lecture

11:00 AM Lecture

12:30 PM Lunch

2:00 PM Lecture

4:00 PM lecture

6:30 PM TAOM General Meeting and Memoriam

7:00 PM Picnic BBQ Dinner Buffet

8:00 PM A Night of Prestidigitation

9:30 PM TAOM 2026 Convention and Swearing in of New TAOM Officers

10:00 PM Midnight Madness

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00:00:17 – announcement of winners from recent contest for the book “Practicing the Art of Magic” who were: Gary Weimer, Gary Freidrich, George Reis, Nicholas Nardi, Alison Homburger, and Greg Youngs.

00:02:46 – Kent Cummins joins me in the car drive to Dallas for the convention as we talk about our expectations and Kent’s experiences of past conventions.

00:16:37 – Eric Hogue is the President of this year’s event and he tells us what to expect and some of the challenges he has had over the past year in planning this.

00:25:54 – Clark May, owner of the Rabbit in Hat magic shop in Locust Grove, Oklahoma. This is his first T.A.O.M. convention and he tells us why it’s taken so long to get here.

00:37:11 – From South Africa, Trevor Duffy joins us to talk about his nationwide lecture tour. He is a dealer at this convention.

00:47:02 – a brief overview of what happened so far, then we talk with John Carter who is an avid magic collector and was one of the people to helped Chip Romero put together the Doug Henning exhibit at MAGIC Live! He tells us about that experience.

00:54:38 – more updates on what the morning brought us. Scott Hollingsworth, Entertainment Director of Houston’s Magic Island, who brings us up to date on the October 1st opening of the Magic Island.

01:03:14 – Gene Protas will be the T.A.O.M. President for 2026 who already has the talent planned and everything else you need to know like hotel, registration, and more.

01:08:37 – Now Past President, Eric Hogue and Scott wraps up the convention as Eric tells us how he felt the day went for him.

TAOM 2025 Showcase Report
Scott Wells with Kent Cummins, Eric Hogue, Trevor Duffy, John Carter, Scott Hollingsworth, Clark May, and Gene Protas
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August 30, 2025 by Scott Wells.
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