922: Abbott's Get Together 2025 - Day Four Report

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND 2025

9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant
10:00AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (Requires Registration)
11:00AM LECTURE Marc DeSouza (Requires Registration)
1:00PM LECTURE Artem Shchukin (Requires Registration)
1:00PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott's Magic Showroom Theatre $5
3:00PM LECTURE Lance Burton & Friends (Requires Registration)
3:30PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott's Magic Showroom Theatre $5
6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER (on your own)
7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk
8:00PM GET-TOGETHER STAGE SHOW - Saturday Night Gala Show
Featuring Greg Frewin & Alexandra, Dan Sperry, John Shyrock
Requires Registration or Tickets
10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM RE-OPENS (Requires Registration)
10:30PM ABBOTT'S PERFORMER AWARDS (Requires Registration)

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

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902: Magic Collectors Expo 2025 - Day Three Report

Wednesday May 7, 2025

9:30 am to 11:00 am Dealer Room Opens

11:00 am to 12:30 pm Session #4

12:30 pm to 2:30 pm Dealers Open

2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Session #5

6:30 pm- 10:00 Fabulous Las Vegas Dinner & Show

Time Stamps:

00:00:19 - This is the first Collector Expo for Jania Taylor. She is the Chairman of the Board for the American Museum of Magic and is enjoying this convention.

00:13:40 - John Carney will be one of the performers who will be on the bill for our evening’s dinner. He chats about his experiences in attending many of these events going back to the 1980’s.

00:20:41 - Charles Greene III is working on yet another biography of a noted person, but this one is not necessarily a magician. His book on Ionia has been a best seller for him.

00:31:09 - We thank David Copperfield for opening his museum to the attendees and I give him some critical suggestion about the Women in Magic section of his collection.

00:36:00 - Stan Allen has been attending many of these history conferences since they used to be in Los Angeles. He talks about the rich history of this convention, plus he talks about MAGIC Live!

00:50:14 - David Sandy and Lance Rich are two of the forces behind the success of the Magic Collector Expo. In lieu of having Bill Smith chat with us, these two gentlemen give us a wrap of the day’s activities.

816: Protecting Secrets with David Sandy, Bill Smith and Mark Holstein

Over the last two weeks, we have presented two individuals who support and encourage magic exposure. This episode features three magicians who have vested interests in keeping magic secrets secret. David Sandy is a performer, producer and collector. Bill Smith is a builder, performer and collector. Mark Holstein is an attorney, performer and collector. What they all have in common is their passion for the keeping magic secrets from the prying public in order to keep our audiences amazed and mystified.

Each of our guests this week has a little different perspective on why we should protect the secrets of our craft. While agreeing that anything can be found online in an instant, it still takes time for someone to go to the effort of looking it up. They believe that magic secrets shouldn’t come across social feeds indiscriminately without the viewer requesting it. They believe that secrets are being shared with some people who would rather not know. The adage, “it’s fun to be fooled, but more fun to know,” is not what they believe. This week, they tell us why.

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922: Abbott's Get Together 2025 - Day Four Report

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2ND 2025

902: Magic Collectors Expo 2025 - Day Three Report

Wednesday May 7, 2025

816: Protecting Secrets with David Sandy, Bill Smith and Mark Holstein

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