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630: 2021 Magic Collector Expo - Day One & Two

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Thursday August 19, 2021

10:00am - 4:00pm    Registration Open        

1:00pm – 4:00p        Dealer Room Open     

4:00pm – 5:00p        Welcome To Vegas hosted with Paul Stone and Mike Caveney   

7:00pm – 9:00pm     Expo Session #1  hosted by Bill Smith with David Charvet (on Alexander) and Charles Greene III (on Ionia) and David Sandy and Lance Rich performing a trick by Andre Kole       

9:00pm – Midnight   Dealers Open             

 

Friday August 20, 2021

9:00am -                   Tour 1 Leaves               David Copperfield Museum

9:25am-                    Tour 2 Leaves            David Copperfield Museum

9:50am                     Tour 3 Leaves             David Copperfield Museum

10:15am                   Tour 4 Leaves              David Copperfield Museum

10:40am                   Tour 5 Leaves                David Copperfield Museum

11:05am                   Tour 6 Leaves                     David Copperfield Museum

11:15am – 4:00pm   Dealer Room Open        

11:15am – 4:00pm   The Magicana

                                 Screening Room          

11:30am                   Tour 7 Leaves                David Copperfield Museum

11:55pm                   Tour 8 Leaves                David Copperfield Museum

12:20pm                   Tour 9 Leaves               David Copperfield Museum

12:45am                   Tour 10 Leaves              David Copperfield Museum

1:10pm                     Tour 11 Leaves              David Copperfield Museum

1:35pm                     Tour 12 Leaves              David Copperfield Museum

3:35pm -                   Last Tour Returns          David Copperfield Museum

7:00pm – 8:45pm     Expo Session #2            

9:00pm – 10:30pm   Blackstone                     

10:30pm – Midnight Dealer Room Open        

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Scott Wells at the airport and ready with Dunkin’ Donuts to go to Las Vegas

00:02:57 - Paul Stone will be the first speaker this evening who will talk about the career of the Las Vegas icons, Siegfried and Roy

00:11:38 - Chip Romero happened upon a unique find: Doug Henning’s diary when he was traveling to the Magic Castle to meet Dai Vernon

00:15:28 - Blair Robertson talks about Walter Blaney’s new Vanishing Birdcage

00:23:05 - Paul Kieve talks about some history of the Sawing illusion plus Robert Harbin info and stories plus Richard Hatch talks about his experience of visiting the Copperfield museum

00:41:29 - Terry Magelssen tells us his thoughts about being on the tour of the Copperfield museum

00:47:41 - David “Silly Billy” Kaye talks about the history of children’s magic in the world

Days One and Two of Magic Collector Expo 2021 - Las Vegas
Scott Wells with Stone, Romero, Robertson, Kieve, Hatch, Magelssen and Kaye
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August 20, 2021 by Scott Wells.
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