665: Jania Taylor - Magic Lady

Jania Taylor is indeed a “Magic Lady” who performs on stage as well as out in the street for outdoor festivals. She also offers a lecture on some of the Women in Magic from over the years. Around the holidays she is seen as Santa’s Helper in a costumed character. And during her “off time” in the winter, she teaches snow skiing.

This was a video of “Now You See It with Scott Wells” from the MAES Convention in 2011 that featured Jana Taylor as one of my guests (as well as Denny Haney, too).

Bob Brown (of Bob Brown and Brenda fame) delivered a memorable lecture for the registrants at the 1983 International Brotherhood of Magicians convention in Honolulu, Hawaii. With today's marketing methods, much of his tips are outdated, but there is still much to be learned by this super salesman. Bob died on February 7, 2016, but I know he would like to be remembered for what he did best.

In this week’s episode Jania talks about her character in her outdoor festivals, promoting herself, some of the history of women in magic, busking, and more.

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585: Ariann Black - Solid Gold Magic Diva

Ariann Black was voted the Female Magician of the Decade in Las Vegas. Though her one-woman show has long since disappeared from the Strip, she continues to be relevant in our magic community. Nowadays Ariann can be found in her native home in Canada working on her coffee table book about female magicians from yesteryear. She also currently hosts a weekly cooking show on Facebook called, “Ariann Black’s Magic Kitchen” which features recipes that are quick and easy to make.

A montage from some of female magician Arian's work in shows like SPLASH.

Magician/Illusionist Arian Black preforms the interlude illusion on Masters of Illusion

In this episode, the first part of our conversation focuses on her new book and her research about female magicians from the past. The second half of our chat is about her successes in Las Vegas with her casino show and the heartbreaks and problems with trying to produce her own show in a male dominated industry in “Sin City” where it seems the odds are stacked against a woman trying to make her own way.

For more information and to register for this event, please visit NEMCA.com

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.