901: Magic Collectors Expo 2025 - Day Two Report

Tuesday May 6, 2025

9:00 am Tour #1 Leaves for DC Museum Tour

11:15 am to 4:00 pm Dealer Room Opens & Vintage Vegas Video

3:35 pm Last DC Tour Returns

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm Session #3

8:30 pm to 11:30 pm Dealer Room Open

Time Stamps: These will be posted after I have gotten some sleep.

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780: MAGIC Live! 2023 Convention - Day Two Report

Monday, August 7th

24 hours Mystque Lounge, Jackson Square
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. - Noon General Session for PURPLE, Showroom
10:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m. Focus Session
Sleightly Absurd, Charlie Frye in French Quarter
Building a Mystery, John Bannon in Bienville G
Six-Figure Family Shows by Ken Scott Joe Romano, and John Abrams in St. Charles
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. The Magic Shop, Mardi Gras
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Focus Sessions for WHITE, see above
2:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. General Session for WHITE, Showroom
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 pm. Focus Sessions for PURPLE, see above
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Focus Sessions for PURPLE, see above
Live Tonight!
6;00, 7:30, 9:00, 10:30 p.m. The Close-Up Experience, Bienville H
7:00, 10:15 p.m. Live Onstage!, Showroom
7:00, 8:45, 10:30 p.m. In Concert: Ben Seidman, French Quarter

699: FISM Quebec 2022 - Day Four Report

Thursday July 28th 2022

8:15-11:00 - Stage Contest
12:30 - 14:30: Close-up Contest

8:30 - 9:30: Lisa Menna

10:30 - 11:30.: Marc De Souza

8:00 - 9:00: Michael Ammar

10:00 - 11:00: Jared Kopf

12:00 - 13:00: Miguel Muñoz

14:30 - 15:30: Brian South

16:30 - 17:30: Shawn Farquhar

19:00 - 20:15: Spectacle - One Man Show: Dani DaOrtiz - Group B

19:00 - 21:00: Banquet Group A

21:30 - 23:00: Mysterious Gala

23:30 - 0:30: Max Maven presents Connie Boyd on “Women in Magic”

23:00 - 0:00: Larry Hass

23:30 - 0:30: Stéphane Bourgoin

22:00 - 1:00: Workshop / Sos & Victoria

Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - As we walk from the hotel to the convention center, Connie Boyd, talks about her upcoming presentation at FISM. She will be talking about the influence of women in magic.

00:03:22 - Marc DeSouza and Scott give a rundown of the previous night’s show complete with who did what and their opinions of how the show was received by the aucience.

00:08:50 - Chip Romero and Peter Samelson give their perceptions on this FISM. Chip will be presenting a lecture on Doug Henning here at FISM. The two talk about Doug’s influence on magic.

00:15:34 - Edward Hilsum and Scott Wells finally meet in person as they chat about the Magic Circle contests and Edward’s perception of what it’s like as a competitor at the FISM international level.

00:21:08 - After completing the morning stage contest, Peter Samelson and Scott Wells give a rundown on all of the competitors and their acts.

00:41:50 - After the close-up competition ended, Marc DeSouza and Scott discuss all of the competitors, who they were and what they did.

00:58:30 - The evening banquet was in full swing as we chat with Roger Nicot from Card Shark who tells us about why the dealer room was so light.