509: Day Three - 2019 MAGIC Live! Convention

2019 Convention Schedule - Tuesday August 6, 2019

9:00 a.m. Registration (Kiosk) until 6:30 p.m.

10:00 a.m. General Session for WHITE lanyards (Showroom) until 12:15 p.m.

10:00 a.m. Focus Sessions for BLUE lanyards until 11:00 p.m.

Eugene Burger: From Beyond (Dauphine B)

Making the Magic More You (Bienville G)

You Are All Terrible! (Esplanade L)

11:00 a.m. The Magic Shop (Mardi Gras) until 6:00 p.m.

11:15 a.m. Focus Sessions for BLUE lanyards until 12:15 p.m. (see Focus Session, 10:00 a.m.)

2:15 p.m. General Session for BLUE lanyards (Showroom) until 4:30 p.m.

2:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE lanyards until 3:15 p.m. (see Focus Session, 10:00 a.m.)

3:30 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE lanyards until 4:30 p.m. (see Focus Session, 10:00a)

Live Tonight!

5:00 until 11:00 p.m. - Exhibit: Ambiguous Objects (Dauphine F)

6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m. - Guess That Gimmick!, 60 min (Dauphine B)

6:00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m. - Close-up Experience, 75 min. (Bienville H)

6:00, 7:45, 9:30 p.m. - Little Big Show, 60 min. (Esplanade M)

One of the videos of objects presented by Kokichi Sugihara at the MAGIC Live! convention. Title: Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion Author: Kokichi Sugihara Institution: Meiji University, Japan

Dick Koornwinder demonstrating his Koornwinder Car

Time Stamps for this podcast:

00:00:17 - Jade talks about recently attending the Tom Stone workshop on creativity in Sweden

00:05:34 - Peter Samelson talks about some of the days activities plus observations on creativity and today’s audiences

00:17:28 - Joe Turner gives his perspective of some of the convention activities

00:29:58 - Curtis Kam tells us some of his favorite sessions so far

00:40:43 - David “Silly Billy” Kaye

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461: MagiCuba 2018 - Day Four Update

Schedule - Saturday November 10, 2018

9:00 a.m. MagiCuba Session #8 - Roger Ruiz, Gardini, WIlfredo Mena & Edgar Cervera with Tina Lennert “Magic After The Revolution” (Parisien)

10:00 a.m. MagiCuba I.B.M. Vice President, Don Greenburg - Salon de la Fama “Induction & I.B.M. Ring Ceremony”

10:30 a.m. MagiCuba Session #9 - Chris Korn “That VooDoo That You Do” (Parisien)

11:30 a.m. MagiCuba Session #10 - Asi Wind “Magic in Progress” (Parisien)

12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. All Day Magic at Cerveceria (Craft beer brewery)

12:30 p.m. Bus to Cuban Circus (for ticket holders)

1:00 p.m. Circo Nacional de Cuba VIP Experience (Extra Event with Lunch)

3:30 p.m. Bus to Hotel Nacional (for ticket holders)

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Magic & Mojitos (Hotel Nacional “Vista al Golfo” Bar)

5:30 p.m. Un Truco (One Trick) Challenge

6:00 p.m. Bus to Dinner & Teatro Nacional

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Dinner

9:00 p.m. The Mac King Comedy Magic Show featuring juggler Michael Goudeau at Teatro Nacional (Covarrubias)

10:30 p.m. Late Night Magic @ Casa de la Musica (Plaza de Revolucion)

11:30 a.m. Bus to Hotel Nacional

12:00 a.m. Nightcap @ Hotel Nacional Terrace

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:03:03 - Jade helps me recap the previous evening’s activities and her take on how the Festival is going.

00:06:30 - Chad Long was one of the close-up performers from the previous evening’s late night show. He talks about his experience being in Cuba.

00:11:52 - Bob Riordan is one of the organizers who talks about some of the “challenges” they faced in putting this event together. We talk while seated in VIP seats just before the circus began.

00:15:07 - Jorge Blass was the emcee of the evening gala shows (two evening shows for the public and all in Spanish) and he talks about his traveling show in Spain.

00:21:17 - Roger Ruiz is the president of the local Havana, Cuba magicians group and was featured in the evening’s gala shows as an illusionist.

00:35:00 - Steve Kradolfer, from Boston, was one of the late night performers who overcame challenges with stage, lighting and sound conditions in his show.

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365: Day One - IBM/SAM Combined Convention 2017

This is the first of a five day series of podcasts from Louisville featuring conversations with convention talent, organizers, dealers and registrants. The intent is to bring you the sounds (and sights through the embedded videos and attached photos) of what's happening almost in "real time" so you have the next best experience of actually being there. .

This is not the "official" first day of the convention, but nonetheless, there were several "pre-convention" activities that happened and are worth recording for this episode which I will call "Day One".

IBM-SAM 2017 COMBINED CONVENTION SCHEDULE

TUESDAY, JULY 11
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Lance Burton Teen Magic Seminar - Jones
Ed Thomas Memorial Jr Magic Workshop - Beckham
2:00 PM - S.A.M. Endowment Fund Meeting - Willis
3:00 PM - S.A.M. Magic Center Meeting - Willis
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Registration Opens - Registration Area
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM - S.A.M. Caucus Meeting - Willis
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Registration Opens - Registration Area
6:00 PM - Red Carpet Event - Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center
7:00 PM - Louisville Premere: Billy Topit - Whitney Hall, Kentucky Center
9:30 PM - Midnight - Dealers Grand Opening / Autograph Session - Exhibit Hall

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:04:20 - David Salwak and Fielding West talk about the talent at this convention, both on the shows and the competition.

00:12:09 - Michael Perovich, from Los Angeles and a member of the Magic Castle, tells why he comes to the combined convention which allows him to see acts that aren't seen at the Magic Castle.

00:25:46 - Oscar Munoz, International President of the I.B.M. tells us about what he has accomplished over the past year as President and some of his highlights of what he has seen and done.

00:28:19 - Dal Sanders, past National President of the S.A.M., tells us what's going on with the S.A.M. Council.

00:33:08 - Richard Turner calls in to remind us of his debut on Penn & Teller Fool Us on July 13, 2017

00:34:57 - Q&A Panel discussion following the debut showing of "Billy Topit"

00:52:03 - Jeff Sikola, National President of the S.A.M., talks about what he feels were the highlights of the past year.

00:57:55 - Jason Andrews talks about the competitions that brought him to where he is today as well as his cruise ship work.

00:02:31 - Tommy Ellison (a Friend of The Magic Word) shares a story as an update from the podcast posted Feb. 27, 2014 and available by Clicking Here.