382: Day Four - 2017 T.A.O.M.

MONDAY

10:00 a.m. Lecture Doug Anderson

http://www.taom.org Here is a look back at the Texas Association of Magicians convention in Frisco, Texas in 2017

Time Stamps for this Podcast:

00:01:37 - Gregg Lancaster and Bob Porttillo recapped the convention from their attendee perspective, plus we talk about establishing your own theater.

00:24:59 - 14-year-old Jacob "Jake" Rangel gives us his perspective from a young magician's perspective. Be sure to check out his YouTube Channel.

00:38:01 - Scott Wells wraps up the four day convention.

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379: Day One - 2017 T.A.O.M.

FRIDAY

10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. Registration open

12:00 noon Lecture Kylie Knight noon dealers open

2:30 p.m. Lecture The Other Brothers

4:00 p.m. Lecture David Charvet

5:00 p.m. TAOM Board meeting

5:00 p.m. managers cocktail reception

8:00 p.m. dealers close

8:00-9:45 p.m. Evening program Christian and Katalina and Gregory Wilson

10:00 p.m. Lecture Christian & Katalina

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:09:20 - Diamond Jim Tyler is a dealer at this year's convention and he gives us a preview of some of his hottest items plus a little announcement about an upcoming "Bamboozlers" project.

00:15:37 - Kylie Knight gave an afternoon lecture about the importance of make-up for magicians, not only for stage, but also for close-up and daily use. Here she recaps some of her tips from the lecture.

00:21:18 - David Charvet was another afternoon lecturer who spoke about dusting off some of the old classical magic tricks from your closet and putting them back in your act. In our chat, he recaps a bit of his lecture plus talks about his experience of performing the Blackstone Buzzsaw illusion (as Harry Blackstone, Jr.) for MAGIC Live! a few years ago.

00:27:58 - Dal Sanders talks about the new video he just made (posted in the blog of this podcast) that requests donations for the Magic Endowment Fund specifically to assist the victims of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas.

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