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856: Magic Texas - Day Three Report

Sunday September 1st, 2024

Subject to change

  • 6:00 - 8:00 AM Invisible Lodge

  • 7:00 - 8:00 AM Religious Meeting/Gospel Magic

  • 8:00 - 8:30 AM TAOM General Meeting

  • 8:30 – 10:00 AM Combined TAOM Willard Breakfast & SAM Life Member Breakfast

  • 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM TAOM 2025 and SAM 2025 Registration Opens

  • 9:00 AM -7:00 PM Youth Academy

  • 10:00 AM -5:00 PM Dealers Room Open

  • 9:00 - 10:00 AM SESSION #5 – Choice Between; Marc DeSouza – Competing at Conventions Joel Zaritsky – Improving Your Magic Club

  • 10:30 AM -11:30 AM Lecture – Eric Chein

  • 12:00 – 1:30: PM Stage Magic Contest

  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Lecture – Syouma

  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM SESSION #6 – Choice Between; Panel Discussion – Don’t Be a Jerk on the Internet – Exposure & Civility (Panel : Stan Allen, Brian South, Scott Wells and more) and Rodney James Piper – Creating a Performance Space

  • 5:00 - 7:00 PM Banquet and Reception – Gustavo Raley Entertainment Transfer of Power; TAOM & SAM, Special Awards

  • 7:00 PM BUS OR SELF DRIVE TO UT ARLINGTON Texas Hall Theater

  • 7:30 – 8:00 PM Announce FISM & TAOM Contest Awards and Acts for People Choice

  • 8:00 – 9:30 PM

    Champions of FISM GALA SHOW – Texas Hall on the UTA Campus Starring; Shawn Farquhar, Eric Chien, Laurent Piron, Artem Shchukin, and Norbert Ferre.

  • 10:00 - 11:00 PM Magic Auction Live - Greg Wilson

  • 10:00 – 10:30 PM Mind2Mind Mentalism Session #6 (30 Person Limit – Must be pre-registered)

  • 10:30 – 11:00 PM Mind2Mind Mentalism Session #7 (30 Person Limit – Must be pre-registered)

  • 11:00 – 11:30 PM Mind2Mind Mentalism Session #8 (30 Person Limit – Must be pre-registered)

  • 11:30 PM -1:00 AM President’s Party

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Time stamps for this episode: updates will be posted after I get some sleep

00:00:18 –

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September 2, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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846: Abbott's Get Together 2024 - Day Two Report

THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST 2024
9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant
10:00AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (Requires Registration)
11:00AM LECTURE AXEL HECKLAU from Germany - (Requires Registration)
12:00PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE - Gordon Russ @ Curly's
1:00PM LECTURE CHRIS CAPEHART - from Delaware - (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 - The Amazing Bibik @ Granny's Place
2:30PM VENT O RAMA at Abbotts Plant (Requires Registration)
3:00PM FACE PAINTING till 6PM outside 5 Star Pizza by Award Winning Artist Carol Hendrix (Standard Fees)
3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open
3:45PM FAMOUS MAGICIANS GRAVEYARD TOUR ushered by Al The Only
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 - Thursday Night Gala (Mike & Friends)
     Requires Registration or Tickets (Floor / Bleachers)
     Featuring Mike Caveney MC, David Williamson, Piff The Magic Dragon, Mac King
10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM RE-OPENS (Requires Registration)
10:15PM CURLYS CLOSEUP CONTEST

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 – Join Scott Wells at Starbucks in the Austin, Texas, airport as we prepare to jump on our “magic carpet” to Charlotte, North Carolina, for TRICS Convention.

00;04:57 – Before the first event (Ed Ellis lecture) we visit the dealers’ room where we chat with Roy Kueppers who is showing his wares for the first time. Roy also talks about his brand being stolen and the importance of owning a trademark for your name and why you should consider doing it if you want to own your own brand.

00:11:30 – Rocco talks about joining Franz Harary with his new show in Hong Kong that will be similar to his show in Macau.

00:15:53 – Organizer, Scott Robinso, tells us what to expect this weekend and how it differs from previous years. This year he went international and contest winners (i.e. FISM, IBM, SAM winners, Penn & Teller Foolers, etc.) He tells us there are 160 registrants plus performers here this year.

00:23:06 – a word from our sponsor, the New York Magic Conference, coming up on Saturday November 16th in Douglaston, NY.

00:26:40 – Mike Dunagan, International President of the I.B.M., talks about the conventions he’s attended as president. He talks about next year’s I.B.M. convention being in Houston, Texas, featuring Randy and Kristy Pitchford as the Guests of Honor.

00:35:21 – Following Paull Gertner’s lecture, we chat with Michael Bloemeke who just qualified at MAGIC Texas to compete in FISM Italy in 2025.

00:44:18 – Geoff Williams was another lecturer/performer from a previous year. We do a quick overview recapping what went on today.

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Posted in Convention Report and tagged with Abbott's Get Together, Colon Michigan, John Sturk, Chuck Arkin, Terry Evanswood, Bob Evanswood, Pedro Nieves Bosque, Don Wiberg, Jeff Bibik, Al the Only, Joe Hanosek, BJ Mallen, Gay Blackstone.

August 2, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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758: Artem Shchukin - A Peek Behind the Iron Curtain

The Iron Curtain was the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. Since then and with the advent of the internet and the digital age, Russia has had more and more access to learning magic from the rest of the world. But this week we take a peek behind the curtain, so to speak, to see how Russians learn magic when there are few brick and mortar magic shops, few opportunities for restaurant workers, learning from (mostly) English magic books, and the market for birthday party and wedding magicians, restaurant workers and trade show performers. FISM Champion, Artem Shchukin candidly shares his journey from the circus to the FISM competition.

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Artem speaks frankly about how he learned magic from his traveling circus family in Russia then later during lock-down in South Korea and how he developed an award winning, creative magic act. He also answers my probing questions about some of the mysteries in Russia and how people find work as a magician there. For the most part, magic, like many other things, is still kept secret in Russia with little sharing nor congregating at clubs and conventions. Magic is still considered a hobby and not a contributing art to the communal (or Communist) way of life.

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Tagged with Pigeon Forge, Artem Shchukin, David Ginn, Lisa Menna, FISM Winner, Russia.

May 4, 2023 by Scott Wells.
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