852: MAGIC Live! 2024 Convention - Day Four Report

Wednesday, August 7th

(Pre Convention Activities)
24 hours Mystque Lounge, Jackson Square

9:00 a.m. Information Booth, KIosk (11:00 p.m.)
10:00 a.m. Registration, Bienville G (10:00 p.m.)

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)

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

Structure and Perception, St. Charles Miguel Angel Gea
World’s Greatest Con, Bienville G Brian Brushwood
Close-up Clinic, French Quarter

3:30 p.m. Focus Sessions for red lanyards until 4:30 pm (see above)

Live Tonight!

Hidden Cabaret, Showroom 5:30, 7:25, 9:30 p.m.
Farewell Party, Mardi Gras 10:00p – 1:00 a.m.
Souvenir Program Handout, Mardi Gras 10:00p – 1:00a

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

00:00:18 –

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759: Magic Collector Expo - Days 1 & 2 Report

Tuesday, May 9

10:00am Registration Opens

1:00pm to 4:00pm Dealers Open

4:00pm to 5:00pm Session #1 “Welcome To Cleveland” with Lance Rich, Dr. Bruce Averbook & Tim LaGanke

5:00pm to 7:00pm Dinner

7:00pm to 8:30pm Session #2 with Jim Hagy “The Instant Illusionist and The Cleveland Bunch: Dreams of a Vaudeville Life”, Sandy Daily “The Adventures & Challenges of a Magic Collectors Wife, Gene Anderson “Not Just a One Trick Pony” with Stan Allen

8:30pm to 11:30pm Dealer Room Open

Wednesday, May 10

10:00am First Buses Load for Tours of Dr. Bruce Averbook & Tim LaGangke Collections

2:00pm to 5:00pm Dealer Room Open

7:00pm to 8:30pm Session #3 with Richard Cohn “Roltaire”, Phil Schwartz “Steals, Lifts & Body Loads-The Funny Business of Magic Collecting, Al Belmont “Memories of the Blackstone Sr. Show”

8:30pm to 11:30pm Dealer Room Open

Time stamps for this episode will be provided after I’ve had some sleep

00:00:18 - Scott Wells prepares to take off to Cleveland, Ohio, along with Charlie Randall and Dick Olson for the Magic Collectors Expo

00:03:13 - Larry Dunbar is behind the registration desk. He is traveling with Lance Burton and Friends and he tells us a little about their upcoming tour and places they will be going.

00:05:35 - Lupe Nielsen is one of the attendees but not a presenter or dealer. She tells us what she’s working on for the magic community including Dean’s Box.

00:09:53 - Charles Greene, III talks about his book, “Ionia” and what he’s been doing and where he’s been traveling to talk about this book.

00:14:52 - Arthur Moses is a dealer who is selling some Houdini memorabilia. He talks about his recent appearance on Collector’s Call on ME-TV as he showed some of his collection on TV and how that all came about.

00:19:07 - Houdini expert, John Cox, is the blogger on WildAboutHoudini.com John will be a presenter at this convention as he talks about Houdini’s appearances in Cleveland. He also talks about some recent projects that are very exciting.

00:22:07 - Adele Friel Rhindress was one of the assistants for Harry Blackstone, Sr. and she talks about what she’s been doing recently

00:28:07 - Bill Kallush is the curator of the Conjurer’s Arts Research Center who also talks about Ask Alexander which is a repository of about 3MM pages of books in the museum.

00:33:36 - we begin day two, the first full day as we chat with Joe Hanosek. We talk about some of the activities from the previous evening’s talks.

00:36:24 - Lance Rich talks a bit about helping to put together this convention. He also explains the logistics of getting around to see two magnificent collections, Bruce Averbook and Tim LaGanke. On the bus, we just finished seeing Bruce’s collection which we discuss.

00:47:16 - Neil Rozum tells us a “twilight zone” type story related to his personal experience while working in a local theme park

00:49:24 - Les Arnold is the grand-son of The Great Leon and he chats a bit about that connection

00:55:12 - we finished the events for the day and now we chat with Richard Cohn who gave a presentation about a relatively unknown magician, Roltaire as well as some magicians who appeared at Coney Island in New York

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695: I.B.M. 2022 Convention - Day Four Report

Saturday July 16th 2022

8 am Order of Merlin Breakfast Talk: Road to FISM with Stuart MacDonald Promenade

9 am - 1 pm Registration Open and 2023 Registration Chattooga Hallway

10 am Special Event - TALK MAGIC II
DAVID GOLDRAKE
TRIGG WATSON
LANCE RICH Grand Salon

11 am - 6 pm Dealers Open Chattahoochee Ballroom

11 am - Noon Lance Burton Teen Seminar Rabun 11 am Raffle Drawings in Dealer Room Chattahoochee Ballroom

12 noon Lunch Break (Cash Lunches Available) Promenade

1 pm - 3 pm Ring 2100 In-Person & Virtual JAM Session Grand Salon

3:30 pm Special Event - CLOSE UP SHOW
MC - DOC DIXON
ICE MCDONALD
ALYX HILSHEY
BRENT BRAUN
JOE M. TURNER Grand Salon

8 pm. Showtime - Grand Finale Show
MC - RAFAEL
TRIGG WATSON
JULIANA CHEN
RICHARD PRESTON
THE EVASONS
DAVID GOLDRAKE Grand Salon

10 pm Farewell Party Promenade

Contest Winners:

Close-Up Award Winners:

Youth Award of Merit: Jackson Oliver - Honolulu, Hawaii
Youth First Place: Anja Steyn, Cape Town, South Africa
Adult Award of Merit: Tetro - West Hollywood, California
Adult First Place: Micheal Bloemeke - Raleigh, North Carolina

Stage Award Winners:

Finalists:

Danny King - Garland, Texas
James Irwin - Arlington, Texas
Rena Cui - Fresh Meadows, New York
Anjya Steyn - Cape Town, South Africa
The Wushuong - People’s Republic of China
Artem Shchukin - Moscow, Russia

Youth Stage Award of Merit - Rena Cui - Fresh Meadows, New York

Youth Stage First Place - Anya Steyn - Cape Town, South Africa

Adult Stage Award of Merit: The Wushuong - The People’s Republic of China

Adult Stage First Place: Artum Shchunik - Moscow, Russia

Gold Medal: Artem Shchunik - Moscow, Russia

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Award winners names announced

00:03:22 - Stuart MacDonald talks to the Order of Merlin group with his speech on his Journey to FISM

00:24:18 - David Garrard and Tommy Ellison recap the previous evening’s contest show

00:35:33 - Jeff and Tessa Evason talk about this and other magic conventions they have performed in plus what they did during COVID

00:45:53 - Jeffrey Alan (an I.B.M Board member and American Museum of Magic Board Member) and his assistant, Angela, talk about this convention and the museum

00:52:54 - Trigg Watson was one of the evening’s performer who can now relax. He chats about his experience as well as part of what he talked about at the Youth Seminar

00:57:53 - Past International President of the I.B.M., David Sandy, has also chaired and produced several magic conventions. We recap this convention including the final night’s gala show.

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