919: Abbott's Get Together 2025 - Day One Report

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30TH 2025

9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant
10:00AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (Requires Registration)
10:30AM ABBOTT'S SUPER SHOWROOM SPECIALS BEGINS (Requires Registration)
12:00PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE - Jania Taylor @ Magic Capital Grill
1:00PM LECTURE Craig Diamond (Requires Registration)
1:00PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott's Magic Showroom Theatre $5
2:00PM JAY BLACKWELL JUGGLING/FIRE EATING & MORE at Sterlini Magic & Theater $10
2:30PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE - John Sturk @ Grannys Place
3:00PM LECTURE David Charvet (Requires Registration)
3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open
3:00PM FACE PAINTING till 6PM outside 5 Star Pizza by Award Winning Artist Carol Hendrix (Standard Fees)
3:30PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott's Magic Showroom Theatre $5
5:00PM LIVE AT 5 WITH THE STERLINI'S at Sterlini Magic & Theater $10
5:30PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE - Cap'n Sean & Mirf @ Magic Capital Grill
6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER on your own
7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk
8:00PM GET-TOGETHER STAGE SHOW - Wednesday Night Gala Show
Featuring Lance Burton, BJ Mallen, Keith West, Fielding West, Michael Goodeau
Requires Registration or Tickets
10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM RE-OPENS (Requires Registration)

Time Stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - driving in the rental car from Chicago to Colon, Michigan, as we talk a bit about my trip to Italy attending FISM. Now it’s about time for the first event: The Open Colon Golf Tournament

00:06:20 - Al the Only is one of the staples of the Get Together who has attended now 53 of these Get Together. He is also the host of the Open Colon. This is the 36th tournament. Al also conducts the graveyard tour.

00:19:34 - Jeff Hobson is here for the golf and the convention. He tells us why this is his favorite convention.

00:29:20 - David Seebach and Julie Subanski always hosts an opening night party. We talk a bit about the upcoming convention and what he’s been doing lately.

00:42:11 - Mikayla Oz is attending her first Get Together, but she’s not new to magic conventions. She has been working with Steve Daly since the first AbraCornDabra. She hopes to bring some of the ideas from this convention to Iowa.

00:49:46 - Greg Bordner, proprietor of Abbott’s Magic Company and co-organizer of the Get Together with his wife, Debbie. He welcomes everyone to this year’s convention. He also promises to keep this going again at least next year.

00:59:16 - Michael Mode has coordinated some parties for the local Amish families featuring some of the magician attendees. We talk here about the great opening night show which was Lance Burton and Friends that included Fielding West, Michael Goudeau, and Keith West.

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868: TRICS 2024 - Days One and Two

Thursday November 7, 2024

Event Time

Ed Ellis 6:00 pm – 7:00pm
Newcomer 8:00pm – 8:45pm
David Parr 9:30pm – 10:00pm

Friday November 8, 2024

Event Time

Paul Gertner 11:00 – 12:00
Bernardo 1:00 – 2;00
Lunch 2:00 – 3:30
Pipo 3:30 – 4:30
Insights 5:00 – 6:30
Dinner 6:30 – 8:00
Friday Night Show 8:00 – 9:30
Pizza Party 10:00 Until

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 – Join Scott Wells at Starbucks in the Austin, Texas, airport as we prepare to jump on our “magic carpet” to Charlotte, North Carolina, for TRICS Convention.

00;04:57 – Before the first event (Ed Ellis lecture) we visit the dealers’ room where we chat with Roy Kueppers who is showing his wares for the first time. Roy also talks about his brand being stolen and the importance of owning a trademark for your name and why you should consider doing it if you want to own your own brand.

00:11:30 – Rocco talks about joining Franz Harary with his new show in Hong Kong that will be similar to his show in Macau.

00:15:53 – Organizer, Scott Robinso, tells us what to expect this weekend and how it differs from previous years. This year he went international and contest winners (i.e. FISM, IBM, SAM winners, Penn & Teller Foolers, etc.) He tells us there are 160 registrants plus performers here this year.

00:23:06 – a word from our sponsor, the New York Magic Conference, coming up on Saturday November 16th in Douglaston, NY.

00:26:40 – Mike Dunagan, International President of the I.B.M., talks about the conventions he’s attended as president. He talks about next year’s I.B.M. convention being in Houston, Texas, featuring Randy and Kristy Pitchford as the Guests of Honor.

00:35:21 – Following Paull Gertner’s lecture, we chat with Michael Bloemeke who just qualified at MAGIC Texas to compete in FISM Italy in 2025.

00:44:18 – Geoff Williams was another lecturer/performer from a previous year. We do a quick overview recapping what went on today.

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861: Up in Colon...Michigan, that is with Al the Only

Al the Only loved performing as a “40 miler” around the Detroit, Michigan, area for many decades. He entertained regularly as a restaurant magician and also as a trade show “infotainer.” He excelled in performing for numerous corporate clients, but his “real home” is where his heart is…Colon, Michigan, the Magic Capitol of the World. Al has been traveling to Colon for decades where he regularly gives tours of the magicians’ graveyard, He has even written a book about it that is updated every so often as another couple dozen magicians are interred there. A few years ago he moved to Lahaina, Hawaii, and suffered a huge loss due to the fires that devastated the town in 2023.

In this episode, Al the Only talks about performing magic in restaurants, working the trade showroom floors, entertaining corporate clients, authoring the book “The Magic Graveyard” and giving tours of the graveyard for over 40 years. He also discusses his move to Hawaii and how his home was destroyed in the 2023 fire that devastated Lahaina.

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