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845: Abbott's Get Together 2024 - Day One Report

TUESDAY, July 30th 2024 (Pre Get Together Events)

8:00AM THE OPEN COLON "NO FRILLS" GOLF CLASSIC
(with Al The Only - The cost is $20 plus the cost of golf)

1:00PM LANCE BURTON'S MAGICIAN'S TOUR OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF MAGIC Limited Availability, $50 per person, You must self drive to the Museum, reservations are necessary.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31ST 2024

9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant
10:00AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (Requires Registration)
10:30AM ABBOTT'S SLIGHTLY IRREGULAR BOOK SALE BEGINS (Requires Registration)
10:30AM ABBOTT'S SUPER SHOWROOM SPECIALS BEGINS (Requires Registration)
11:00AM ABBOTT'S NEW BOOK RELEASE - ILLUSIONQUESTS (Requires Registration)
12:00PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE - Jania Taylor @ Magic Capital Grill
1:00PM LECTURE BARRY MITCHELL from Tennessee (Requires Registration)
1:00PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott's Magic Showroom Theatre $5
2:00PM JAY BLACKWELL JUGGLING/FIRE EATING & MORE at Sterlini Magic & Theater $10
2:30PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE - John Sturk @ Grannys Place
3:00PM LECTURE CLEMENS STAHMER-ILGNER from Germany - (Requires Registration)
3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open
3:00PM FACE PAINTING till 6PM outside 5 Star Pizza by Award Winning Artist Carol Hendrix (Standard Fees)
4:30PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott's Magic Showroom Theatre $5
5:00PM LIVE AT 5 WITH THE STERLINI'S at Sterlini Magic & Theater $10
5:30PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE - Cap'n Sean & Mirf @ Magic Capital Grill
6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER on your own
7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk
8:00PM GET-TOGETHER STAGE SHOW - Wednesday Night Gala
     Requires Registration or Tickets (Floor / Bleachers)
     Featuring BJ Mallen MC, Barry Mitchell, Danny Archer AKA Gino Mozzarella, Chris Capehart, John Measner
10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM RE-OPENS (Requires Registration)

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00:00:17 – Join Scott as he prepares to board his magic carpet for Colon, Michigan, and Abbott’s Get Together.

00:04:30 – David Seebach, Milwaukee’s famed illusionist, and Julie Sabanski always host the opening day party as people gather from around the world in “Camp Colon”. They talk about having hosted this for over 20 years ago.

00:12:36 – Clemens Ilgner, from Berlin, Germany, is one of the lecturers/performers this year who tells us a bit about what he will be doing at the Get Together.

00:14:10 – my microphone battery died so the chat with Clemens was cut short. But we pick up on the next morning with Gerry Costello who tells us about a new painting on the wall of a building where one can take selfies.

00:18:48 – Dan Rosenburg and Mike Conklin join us to talk about memories about the Get Together. Mike has been coming since 1961.

00:27:00 – Dick Stoner has been coming for 70 years and talks about his magic shop and he still finds new magic to keep him “young” at heart.

00:31:18 – Jason Byrne, Michael Mode, and Sean Bogonia talk about how important the Get Together is for them because they got to spend time together as youth. They talk about how Bret Daniels influenced them to pursue magic. We were then joined by Gabe Fajuri joins us late in the conversation who talks about some of the pictures that have been found and are important to our history.

00:48:46 – Steve Chezaday, from Chicago, is one of the back stage helpers each year. He tells about the challenges to do that every year and how they as similar yet different.

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August 1, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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676: Ed Alonzo - In The Library

While I was in Los Angeles to work on “Masters of Illusion” TV series, Ed Alonzo found time to sit in the library of the Magic Castle to chat about his career. As a former member of the Long Beach Mystics and the Magic Castle Junior group, Ed launched successful careers as both a magician and an actor having major roles in many television series including “Saved By The Bell.” He also went on to work with Britney Spears on her worldwide concert tour where he interacted with her on stage in his character as a magician.

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In this week’s episode, Ed covers a lot of territory in a short hour podcast. He talks extensively about the Magic Castle and his love and dedication to the clubhouse. He also talks about his time as a youth as he was trying to “find his character” when he was a member of the Long Beach Mystics and the Magic Castle Juniors. He tells how he transitioned into acting but never lost his love for performing magic, which he still does to this day having just completed the taping of Season Nine of “Masters of Illusion.” By the way, he talked about running for office on the Academy of Magical Arts: he won the election and is now on the Board of Directors. Congratulations, Ed.

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Towards the end of the episode, Ed talks about being on “The American Life” podcast with Ira Glass and David Kestenbaum as they talked about “The Lady Vanishes” or, David Copperfield’s vanish of the Statue of Liberty. Ed was part of the team that worked with David on this illusion and this episode goes into detail about the effect. The podcast website for this episode is HERE. “The Lady Vanishes” is the second part of this episode entitled “The Magic Show” and Ed Alonzo’s part comes very near the end at around time stamp 00:53:00.

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April 21, 2022 by Scott Wells.
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307: 2016 Abbott's Get Together - Day One

Day One - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3rd 2016
9:00AM ABBOTT'S COLON GOLF CLASSIC (more info) with Al the Only
9:00AM ABBOTT'S REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant
10:00AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (more info) at Elementary School
10:30AM SUPER SHOWROOM SPECIALS (more info) at Elementary
10:30AM SLIGHTLY IRREGULAR DISCOUNT BOOK SALE (more info) at Elementary
11:00AM LECTURE - Clemens ILgner at the High School
12:00PM COLON STREET PERFORMERS - outside M&M Grill featuring Joe Bennett
1:00PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM OPEN TILL 4PM (more info)
1:00PM BALLOON SCULPTING WORKSHOP - at Sterlini's Magic Shop (more info)
1:30PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott Plant with BJ Mallen or Gordon Miller
3:00PM LECTURE - Martin Cox at the High School
3:00PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott Plant with BJ Mallen or Gordon Miller
3:00PM - 6:00PM FACE PAINTING outside 5 Star Pizza by Carol Hendrix
5:30PM RIVER LAKE INN’S MAGIC SHOW & DINNER with Ron Carnell
8:00PM ABBOTT'S STAGE SHOW at the High School (Preshow Live Organ Music)
          Featuring Ice McDonald MC, Sir Patrick, Brenda Hahne, Clemens ILgner, Seebach Illusions
          (view seating chart)
10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS at Grade School after show

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00:00:13 - Mike Conklin, son of "The Amazing Conklins" grew up in Colon and reared by a magical family. He tells what it was like growing up in a small village that blossomed into the Magic Capitol every year.

00:07:19 - Al the Only talks about organizing the "Colon Open Golf Classic" for the past 27 years plus his cemetery tours that he conduct every year and his book

00:16:27 - Antony Gerard is one of the "street dealers" that makes the Get Together unique from other conventions.

00:35:32 - Gave Fajuri talks about the recent Potter & Potter Auction that featured the Norm Neilsen poster collection, part one, plus other upcoming auctions and book projects including John Bannon and Handsome Jack's newest books.

00:44:42 - David Linsell celebrates his 50th attendance at Abbott's Get Together with a coffee table book entitled "The Spirit of Magic" which is a beautiful photo gallery of about 150 images of performance images. This is an absolutely phenomenal book and I hope to offer this in the Magic Store soon or through Amazon.

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August 3, 2016 by Scott Wells.
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