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869: TRICS 2024 - Day Three

Saturday November 9, 2024

Event                                         Time           

John Graham                         11:00 – 12: 00

Rocco                                       12:30 – 1:30

Lunch                                      1:30 – 3:00
Rubi                                         3:00 – 4:00
Shoot                                       5:00 – 6:00
Dinner                                     6:00 – 8:15
Saturday Show                       8:15 – 10:15

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 – Day Three kicks off with Mark Pocan who talks about this being his first TRICS convention and was inspired to come when he learned the Bernardo Sedlacek and Rubi were going to be here.

00:09:36 – Rhett Bryson, theater teacher for Farnum University, talks about his collection of automata and he also hosts the Whispering Imps website.

00:14:52 – Jeff Lefton is at this convention after being inspired by last year’s TRICS convention report and came to see John Graham after having read his book, “Stage by Stage.” But he arrived early to see Kerry Pollock at his club in Hilton Head. He also talked about setting up an activity venue for children to come and have their birthday parties.

00:21:02 – Terry Ward, from Orlando, was one of the lectures/performers from a previous year.and tells us which acts he has enjoyed at this convention.

00:26:57 = Bernardo Sedlacek is one of this year’s lecturers/performers who also offered a workshop to registrants. He talks about working shows in Spain, even though he is from Brazil.

00:32:45 – Boris Wild is another registrant who was also a lecturer/performer but is now just enjoying this event as a registrant and not having todo anything.

00:43:00 – David Parr and Tery Tyson were presenters at the “Insights” session yesterday. In this quick chat, they provide a summary of their talks. Bernardo Sedlack chimes in towards the end, too.

00:51:28 – Tiffany Allen is married to Boris Wild and now travels back and forth between the U.S. and France. She is the only female member of the Sleight Club, which is the group who is sponsoring this event.

01:03:57 – Organizer Scott Robinson provides a little “post mortem” on the convention as we talk about all the things that went on in this convention.

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November 9, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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849: MAGIC Live! 2024 Convention - Days One and Two Report

Sunday, August 4th

(Pre Convention Activities)
24 hours Mystque Lounge, Jackson Square
10:00 a.m. Registration, Bienville G (10:00 p.m.)

10:00 a.m. Photo Badges Dauphine F (10:00 p.m.)

LIVE Tonight!

7:30 - 11:30 p.m. Welcome Party, Esplanade

7:30 - 11:00 p.m. The Magic Shop, Mardi Gras

11:00 - 11:30 p.m. Grand Prize Giveaway, Esplanade

Monday, August 5th

24 hours          Mystique Lounge, Jackson Square

 9:00 a.m.        Information Booth, Kiosk 11:00p

 10:00 a.m.      General Session for red lanyards, Showroom (Noon) 

11:00 a.m.         The MAGIC Shop, Mardi Gras (6:00p)

 11:30 a.m.        Out to Lunch, Esplanade (1:30p)

 12:30 p.m.       Close-up Experience, Bienville H (1:40p)      (with show ticket or standby ticket)

 2:15 p.m.          Focus Sessions for red lanyards (3:15)

  • Carbone’s Creativity Class, French Quarter Angelo Carbone

  • Children Do Not Exist, St. Charles   Maga Gaia

  • The Art of Shaping Perceptions, Bienville G Gabriel Werlen

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 Live Tonight!

  •  Documentary Live: The Juniors, Dauphine     5:15, 7:50, 10:15 p.m.

  • The Little Big Show, Esplanade    5:35, 8:10, 10:35 p.m.

  • Close-up Experience, Bienville H     6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m.

  • In Concert: Tanto, Dauphine     6:30, 9:05, 11:30p

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 – Scott Wells just finished attending Abbott’s Get Together and returned to nearby Chicago where he is catching his “Magic Carpet” to Las Vegas for the Sunday night party.

00:02:59 – Nancy Anderson, Nancy Gibson, and Ron Saylor are the first people I met up with at the costume party. They tell us why they attend this event each year; catching up with old friends and making new friends. We then run into Gene Anderson who tells us about why he didn’t attend Abbott’s but why he came to this convention.

00:09:53 – Chad Long, Karl Hein, and Dick Olson talk about how much they like they like this convention and MagiCuba Convention that Chad and I attended.

00:12:44 – Jason Michaels talks about the I.B.M. convention they just had in Tacoma, Washington.

00:15:13 – Michael Chaut, producer of Monday Night Magic, introduced me to James Harrison and Marina from Dubai who are scheduled to perform at Magic Texas with their two person mind reading act.

00:21:07 – Chris and Ryan Zubrick, illusionists from St. Petersburg, Florida, just left their home that luckily survived the current hurricane.

00:23:00 – Joel “Batman” Zaritsky, was here to fight crime and buy magic.

00:24:26 – Paul Gertner will be an emcee for one of the sessions but will not be lecturing nor performing here. He will be the Guest of Honor at TRICS in November.

00:28:07 – Bruce Averbook and Ron Anderson are both magic collectors and frequent attendees to MAGIC Live! Bruce talks about his expanding collection in his magic museum in Cleveland, Ohio, which rivals the David Copperfield collection.

00:33:15 – John Bannon talks about his regular magic meetings online that started in Chicago and his new book that is debuting here.

00:37:15 – Richard Trembly and Richard LeBlanc, both from Canada, have already visited the dealer room and purchased John Bannon’s book.

00:43:17 – Diamond Jim Tyler has been attending MAGIC Live! at least six times just hang out with friends and see new magic. He will be lecturing at Magic Texas.

00:47:21 – Bill Flanagan, from Houston, has enjoyed the activities and tells us some of what he has enjoyed the most so far, even though the convention has just started.

00:49:47 – Bob Gould talks about a great new printing system to individually print on cards rather than having to place a large order for multiple decks.

00:54:41 – Greg Wilson and Starr talk about this convention. Starr is a designer of many of the graphics that are used at MAGIC Live! as well as many illusions. They both come to hang out with friends. They discuss some of the things they have seen here this year.

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August 5, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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833: Magic Collector Expo 2024 - Day Three

Thursday, May 10, 2024

9:30am-11:00am Dealer Room Open

11:00am-12:30 Session #5

12:30am-2:30pm Dealer Room Open

2:30pm-4:00pm Session #6

6:30pm-10:00pm Dinner & Show

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Timestamps for this episode:

00:00:17 – We begin the third and final day of the Expo and just finished taking a ghost tour of the Queen Mary. Brad Henderson was the curator for the Richard Garriott magic collection and tells us what Richard has been doing since he moved from Austin to New York. He also gives us his viewpoint of the Expo.

00:14:35 – Organizer, Bill Smith, welcomes us to the Queen Mary and tells us why he selected this venue for the convention.

00:21:59 – Ed Alonzo, was a Long Beach Mystic and he tells us how that changed his life.

00:28:40 – as they are setting up for the final night banquet, we chat with Lance Burton, and John Cox. John had talked about Houdini on ship voyages and how Harry was the “King of Sea Sickness.”

00:36:30 – Dianna Zimmerman has been working with the Magic Castle Juniors for decades and she tells us how it got started in 1975 and how rewarding it has been for her.

00:48:51 – Mike Michaels is a performer/creator/builder/creator who tells us how his life was influenced by Lance Burton and how he developed his robotic act.

00:53:30 – Greg Wilson talks about this convention plus his years as part of the Wilson family magic legacy.

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May 10, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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