Sunday, July 23rd
8:00 AM REGISTRATION Open Vieux Carre Foyer
9:00 AM SAM National Council Mtg “Thurston Lecture Hall” SYM Youth Academy “William Andrews Classroom”
11:00 AM Exhibitors Grand Opening “Kellar Exhibitor Hall”
1:00 PM SHOW 1: Exhibitors Showcase Show “Thurston Lecture Hall”
2:15 PM Convention Welcome “Thurston Lecture Hall”
2:30 PM Lecture 1: Bruce Kalver – Tech Tips & Tricks “Thurston Lecture Hall”
4:00 PM Lecture 2: Barry Mitchell Focus on Funny for Kids “Thurston Lecture Hall”
4:00 PM REGISTRATION Closed Vieux Carre Foyer
6:00 PM Exhibitors Close “Kellar Exhibitor Hall” 8:00 PM PARTY 1: Mardi Gras Welcome Party. Join the 2nd line Parade – with the Crecent City Conjourers (Warpo, Doug Conn, Devon Faul, Steve Reynolds, Winston Helling Jr, Michael Dardant) and Variety Talent by Frenchman Street Productions Promenade/Courtyard/Martinkas Backroom and balcony
Time stamps for this episode:
00:00:18 – Scott and Dick Olson are traveling by car from Houston to New Orleans and talk about their excitement and anticipation for this upcoming convention.
00:05:10 – National President, Rod Chow, arrived yesterday and tells us a bit about some of the pre-convention activities. He also recaps his year as the National President and what he accomplished over the past year.
00:12:19 – President Elect, John Midgley, tells us a bit about some of the magic caricatures that he has been drawing and posting on Facebook, including one of your humble host, Scott Wells.
00:19:05 – Steve Reynolds is a local New Orleans magician who is also part of the talent on the bill at this convention.
00:25:55 – Cody Clark and Sid Hagarty are young magicians who are excited about this convention.
00:34:49 - Incoming National President of the S.A.M., John Sturk, tells us what he hopes to accomplish during his upcoming year as President.
00:48:14 – at the President’s Party, we have a martini as we chat with Past National President, Dal Sanders and his wife Cinde Sanders who tell us what they love magic conventions.
00:53:04 – Past National President of the S.A.M., Bruce Kalver, tells us about the new S.A.M. history book.
01:03:26 – Editor of the M.U.M., Alan Howard, chats about the S.A.M. journal and his path to this job y working with Stan Allen.
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