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915: FISM 2025 in Turin, Italy- Day Three Report

Tuesday 15 July, 2025

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

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637: 2021 Austin T.A.O.M. - Day Four Report

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Monday September 6, 2021

9am-12:00 noon: Next TAOM Registrations open

9.30am-10.30am: Lecture: Sterling

11am-12:00 noon: Lecture: Vince Wilson

12:00 noon: Convention Ends

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00:00:17 - Dal Sanders provides some “color” reporting on last night’s shows

00:14:54 - Sterling talks about his show in Cabo San Lucas and his history with the TAOM

00:30:49 - Vince Wilson shares with us why we should be booking Halloween shows

00:39:25 - Bertil Fredstrom, President of the 2021 TAOM, reflects on this year’s convention

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September 6, 2021 by Scott Wells.
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634: 2021 Austin T.A.O.M. - Day One Report

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Friday September 3, 2021

9.30am-11.30am - Collectors Meeting: Bill Winters presents “Walter Gibson, the Man Who Knew the Titans of Magic” and A virtual presentation of the Houdini collection by the Curator Eric Colleary.
Free for all!

12pm-5pm - Registration Desk Open

12pm-5pm - Dealers Room Open

1pm-2pm - Lecture: JD Stewart

2pm - Dealer Show 1

2.30pm-3.30pm - Lecture: Kent Cummins

3.30pm - Dealer Show 2

4pm-5pm - Lecture: Cody Fisher

4pm-5pm - TAOM Board Meeting

5pm-6pm - Dinner Break

6pm-8pm - Dealers Room Open

6pm-8pm - Cocktail Party

6.30pm - Dealer Show 3

7pm - Dealer Show 4

7.30pm - Dealer Show 5

8pm-9pm - Cocktail Gala Show: Brian Brushwood and Justin Robert Young

9.30pm-11pm - Lecture: Michael Ammar

11.30pm-12.30am - S. Ravencraft’s “TAOM after Dark” – Cabaret: Bizzaro & Carisa Hendrix

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00:00:17 - a chat with the Secretary/Treasurer of the T.A.O.M. Mary Cay Gold. She is also the Guest of Honor at this year’s convention

00:12:28 - T.A.O.M. 2021 President, Bertil Fredstrom, chats with us before the convention begins. A rare moment of early contemplation.

00:23:09 - Kent Cummins talks about his monthly magic column and his lecture he delivered this afternoon

00:29:38 - Saul Ravencraft talks about the Bizzarre Midnight Magic Shows coming up for the next three nights

00:37:24 - Ken Dickensheets talks about why sound and light are all so important at magic conventions

00:41:32 - Justin Robert Young tells us about this evening’s show along with Brian Brushwood that replaced Nick Diffatte in the evening’s gala show

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