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777: Abbott's 85th Get Together 2023 Convention - Day Three Report

Friday, August 4th

9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant 9:30AM ABBOTT'S TALENT CONTEST (more info ) at High School (requires registration) 10:00AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (requires registration) 11:00AM - 5:00PM COLON ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR (Craft Show/Vendor Info) 12:00PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Odd Cory & JuJu Sideshow at Grannys) 1:00PM LECTURE - MAC KING (requires registration) 1:00PM MAGIC SHOW featuring Tim Wright at Abbott's Magic Theatre $5 2:00PM JAY BLACKWELL JUGGLING/FIRE EATING & MORE at Sterlini Magic & Theater $10 2:30PM ABBOTT'S CLOSEUP SHOW (requires registration) 3:00PM FACE PAINTING till 6PM outside 5 Star Pizza by Award Winning Artist Carol Hendrix (Standard Fees) 3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open (Colon Museum Webpage) 4:00PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Gordon Russ at Colon Library) 4:30PM MAGIC SHOW featuring Rocky Clements at Abbott's Magic Theatre $5 5:00PM LIVE AT 5 WITH THE STERLINI'S at Sterlini Magic & Theater $10 5:30PM FREE STREET PERFORMANCE (Trino at Curlys) 6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER (on your own) 7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk 8:00PM ABBOTT'S STAGE SHOW - THE FAR EAST MAGIC GALA           Featuring Kento Mukai (Japan), Shimpei Katsuragawa (Japan), Takehito Inoue (Japan), Yukihiro Katayama (Japan), Yu Komohara (Japan), Shouma (Japan) 10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS (requires registration) 10:15PM DAVID MCCREARY at Sterlini Magic & Theater $15 10:30PM ABBOTT'S TALENT CONTEST AWARDS (requires registration)

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767: Randy Wakeman - I've Been Around for a Long, Long Years

Randy Wakeman has been around for many decades and was often seen lecturing and performing at magic conventions. Nonetheless, I have always seen him as an “underground” magician who appeals to the true sleight-of-hand experts. He is one of those guys who has “been there, done that, has the t-shirt” as he was one of the regular performers about the Chicago Bar Magic Scene before the turn of the last century. He has written several books on magic (card magic mostly) and is still relevant in our community as a performer, teacher and author.

While at the recent Senior Tour close-up convention in St. Louis, The Magic Word spoke with Randy as part of the convention report content. He was preparing for a workshop, so we didn’t get a chance to go in-depth as I had wanted. But we agreed to get together at the 4F convention in Buffalo a couple months later. True to his word, we sat down to complete our chat which results in this episode. The content of our chat in both places was a little disjunctive, so the editing required us to put the second conversation first then plug in the chat in St. Louis and finish with our talk while in Buffalo. This sounds more confusing that it actually is, but I know you will understand and enjoy our chat.

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626: 2021 Abbott's Get Together - Day Two

THURSDAY, AUGUST 5TH 2021 9:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at the Abbott Plant 10:00AM-10:45AM ABBOTT'S DEALERS' ROOM at Colon High School 11:00AM LECTURE at Colon High School Kevin James 12:00PM STREET PERFORMER (Jon LaChance) at Dawn's Cafe (sponsored by IBM Ring 386-Percy Abbott / Monk Watson Magic Club) 1:00PM LECTURE at Colon High School Ice McDonald 1:00PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott's Magic (with Jeffrey Alan; $5 cash at the door) 2:30PM STREET PERFORMER (Jania Taylor) at Abbott's Magic (sponsored by IBM Ring 386-Percy Abbott / Monk Watson Magic Club) 2:30PM-6PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS' ROOM at Colon High School 3:00PM DEALERS SHOW at Colon High School 3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open 3:45PM FAMOUS MAGICIANS GRAVEYARD TOUR ushered by Al The Only 4:30PM MAGIC SHOW at Abbott's Magic (with Joe Bennett; $5 cash at the door) 5:00PM-7:00PM Spaghetti Dinner at Methodist Church (230 N Blackstone Ave, Colon; $ cash dinner fee) 5:30PM STREET PERFORMER (Nick Eaton) at Curly's (sponsored by IBM Ring 386-Percy Abbott / Monk Watson Magic Club) 6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER on your own 7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk 8:00PM ABBOTT'S STAGE SHOW - (view seating chart) Featuring Mac King, Mike Caveney, Tina Lenert, Tim Wright, Joel Hodgson 10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS at Colon High School

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