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896: Obie's 4F 2025 Close-Up Convention - Days One and Two Report

Wednesday April 23

1:00pm: Registration
1:00pm: 4F Shop Open
5:00pm: Dealers’ Room Opens (closed during events)
7:30pm: 1st Show: Opening Gala (MC - Jay Scott Berry)
11:00pm: Hospitality Suite Opens
12:00am: Dealers’ Room Closes

 Thursday April 24

10:00am: Registration Open (closed during events)
10:00am: Dealers’ Room & 4F Shop Open (closed during events)
10:30am: Lecture #1 - Horrett Wu
1:30pm: 2nd Show: Magical Moments (MC - Will Fern)
3:30pm: ED Talks #1 (MC’s - Christian and Katalina)
7:30pm: 3rd Show: Friends Old & New (MC - Michael Dardant)
9:30pm: Lecture #2 - Eric DeCamps
11:00pm: Hospitality Suite Opens
12:00am: Dealers’ Room Closes

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

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Happy birthday for our Friend of the Magic Word, “Fancy” Nancy Anderson. Originally from Lima, Peru, she now resides in the Chicago area where she lives and performs. She is a self-proclaimed BIG fan of magic and is often seen enjoying live shows at the Chicago Magic Lounge and the Rhapsody Theatre. Her actual birthday was this past week, April 21st. So, mark your calendar for next year so you don’t forget to wish her a happy birthday.

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April 24, 2025 by Scott Wells.
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887: WInter Carnival of Magic 2025 - Day One Report

Thursday, March 6th

  • 11:30 AM Registration Opens (Closing at 5:00 PM)

  • 12:00 PM Dealers Open (closing at 6:00 PM)

  • 1:30 PM Lecture: Tiffany Sauvage – “The New Georgia Wonder”

  • 3:30 PM Lecture: Geoff Williams

  • 7:30 PM Pure Gold Anniversary Show Matt STANLEY – Jeff HOBSON – Dan SPERRY – Stephen BARGATZE

  • 9:15-ish Star-Studded “Teach-a-Trick” Session with Stephen Bargatze & Friends

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Posted in Convention Report and tagged with Winter Carnival of Magic, Pigeon Forge, Terry Evanswood, Dan Sperry, R. Paul Wilson, John Archer, Tom Vorjohan, Ron Hudspeth, Geoff Williams, Erik Tait, Jeff Hobson, Steve Beam.

March 6, 2025 by Scott Wells.
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872: Scott Wells - It's All About AI Generation

Wow! That’s about all I can say. Wow! It is amazing what Artificial Intelligence (AI) can do. In this week’s episode we touch on AI and have a few things generated for us. First of all, we get a photo retouch in the photos below. Next we get a little new music generated for this podcast. And finally, we actually have a podcast episode generated by AI. Wow!

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The AI generated podcast was based on the November 2021 M.U.M. cover article that was written by Tom Vorjohan. The website that generated it was https://notebooklm.google/ My friend, John Gaspard, linked it in his “Behind the Page” podcast (about the Eli Marks book series) and it piqued my interest. The music was generated by AI using https://suno.com/ and the photos by https://www.photoleapapp.com/ and https://newprofilepic.com/

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November 28, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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