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869: TRICS 2024 - Day Three

Saturday November 9, 2024

Event                                         Time           

John Graham                         11:00 – 12: 00

Rocco                                       12:30 – 1:30

Lunch                                      1:30 – 3:00
Rubi                                         3:00 – 4:00
Shoot                                       5:00 – 6:00
Dinner                                     6:00 – 8:15
Saturday Show                       8:15 – 10:15

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 – Day Three kicks off with Mark Pocan who talks about this being his first TRICS convention and was inspired to come when he learned the Bernardo Sedlacek and Rubi were going to be here.

00:09:36 – Rhett Bryson, theater teacher for Farnum University, talks about his collection of automata and he also hosts the Whispering Imps website.

00:14:52 – Jeff Lefton is at this convention after being inspired by last year’s TRICS convention report and came to see John Graham after having read his book, “Stage by Stage.” But he arrived early to see Kerry Pollock at his club in Hilton Head. He also talked about setting up an activity venue for children to come and have their birthday parties.

00:21:02 – Terry Ward, from Orlando, was one of the lectures/performers from a previous year.and tells us which acts he has enjoyed at this convention.

00:26:57 = Bernardo Sedlacek is one of this year’s lecturers/performers who also offered a workshop to registrants. He talks about working shows in Spain, even though he is from Brazil.

00:32:45 – Boris Wild is another registrant who was also a lecturer/performer but is now just enjoying this event as a registrant and not having todo anything.

00:43:00 – David Parr and Tery Tyson were presenters at the “Insights” session yesterday. In this quick chat, they provide a summary of their talks. Bernardo Sedlack chimes in towards the end, too.

00:51:28 – Tiffany Allen is married to Boris Wild and now travels back and forth between the U.S. and France. She is the only female member of the Sleight Club, which is the group who is sponsoring this event.

01:03:57 – Organizer Scott Robinson provides a little “post mortem” on the convention as we talk about all the things that went on in this convention.

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November 9, 2024 by Scott Wells.
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799: TRICS 2023 - Days One & Two Report

Thursday, November 2nd

Kayla Drescher                7:00pm – 8:00pm
David Jonathon               9:00pm – 10:00pm

Friday, November 3rd

Blake Vogt                    11:00 – 12:00
Eric Jones                      1:00 – 2;00
Lunch                             2:00 – 3:30
Jon Armstrong              3:30 – 4:30
Insights                          5:30 – 7:00
Dinner                            7:00 – 8:30
Friday Night Show       8:30 – 9:30
Pizza Party                    10:00 Until

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Scott takes off on his “flying carpet” from Houston to Charlotte for the TRICS convention. He talks about some of the talent who will be at the convention.

00:05:28 - at the registration desk we chat with Tiffany Allen (the wife of Boris Wild) who talks about the registration at this convention plus what it’s like after moving to France

00:12:07 - Shawn Farquhar (the Guest of Honor at this convention) plus Billy Hsueh talk about their recent travels around the world

00:21:44 - Marv Leventhal tells us about the health status of Tom Craven

00:32:58 - Kyle Purnell and John Wolfe chat about this convention and why they attend here regularly plus we recap the lectures from the previous night

00:38:45 - Scott Robinson, main organizer of TRICS tells us that this is year number 14 and some of the special things going on

00;44:00 - Joe Daniels will be the host of the Insights event later today and talks about who will be on the panel

00:49:19 - Roy Eidem confirmed that Tom Craven had passed within the past few hours and since Marv Leventhal and Scott Wells talked about him

00:52:03 - David Coll, Chris Sharp, and Robert Sands are all first-timers to this convention and explain why they came to this event and what they are looking forward to seeing. It’s a nice perspective from the viewpoint of first-timers.

00:55:48 - Michael Kaminskas and Scott Wells give a wrap-up of most of today’s activities.

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A very hard week for the magic community. We just lost these six incredible magicians.

Graham Putnam, Dirk Arthur, David Berglas,

Dick Gustafson, Karl Fulves, Tom Craven.

I am so glad that I had some of these legends on the podcast. Aloha, my friends.

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November 3, 2023 by Scott Wells.
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649: TRICS 2021 - Day Three Report

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Saturday 6th November 2021

Dan Harlan 11:00 – 12: 00

Beam’s Door Jam 12:30 – 1:30

Lunch 1:30 – 3:00
Jonathan Levit 3:00 – 4:00
Henry Evans 5:00 – 6:00
Dinner 6:00 – 8:15
Public Show with Dan Harlan, Ryan Plunkett, Jonathan Levit, Garrett Thomas, Michael Ammar, and Henry Evans 8:15 – 10:15

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:17 - Kevin Raylek is one of the dozen dealers at TRICS and he talks a bit about this event and dealers.

00:04:26 - a Friend of The Magic Word, Rick DeNatale, talks about why he enjoys coming to this convention and a few things he has enjoyed most so far.

00:09:20 - one of the presenters on Friday in the “Insights” portion of the program was Rolando Santos. He gives us a recap of his “TED Talk”

00:18:39 - Steve Beam and Scott Robinson talk about their work with TRICS and keeping this event fun and fresh each year.

00:26:28 - Tiffany Allen performs a “Georgia Wonder/Magnet” show and has been a long time member of the local “Sleight Club”

00:35:41 - Dan Harlan is no longer associated with Penguin Magic by resides in nearby Raleigh, NC and tells us what he’s been up to for the past year including a “secret” project that he tips to The Magic Word as a scoop.

00:41:38 - Michael Ammar enjoyed his first TRICS convention, too, and talked about this, his family and upcoming projects.

00:49:57 - Scott Robinson gives a wrap and perspective on the 2021 convention.

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November 6, 2021 by Scott Wells.
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