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779: MAGIC Live! 2023 Convention - Day One Report

Sunday, August 6th

(Pre Convention Activities)
24 hours Mystque Lounge, Jackson Square
10:00 a.m. Registration, Bienville G (10:00 p.m.)

10:00 a.m. Photo Badges Dauphine F (10:00 p.m.)

LIVE Tonight!

7:30 - 11:30 p.m. Welcome Party, Esplanade

7:30 - 11:00 p.m. The Magic Shop, Mardi Gras

11:00 - 11:30 p.m. Grand Prize Giveaway, Esplanade

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:18 – Scott is at the Chicago airport between Abbott’s Get Together in Colon, Michigan, and MAGIC Live! In Las Vegas. He chats briefly about the differences between the two. Joining Scott is Trixie Bond.

00:08:25 – The first stop in Las Vegas was In ‘n Out where Nick Altieri joins Scott for his first visit to this burger joint

00:11:28 – Marc DeSouza talks about this convention plus Michael Close talks about this year’s taping of Penn & Teller Fool Us this season.

00:17:11 – Dana Daniels left Luigi (his bird) as we chat about Dai Vernon and the Magic Castle

00:20:57 – Paul Stone talks about the tour of Siegfried and Roy’s home that he gave

00:25:25 – Julie Eng will be the emcee for the opening general session tomorrow. She gives us a sneak preview of some of the upcoming activities.

00:29:42 – Bill Walsh (from Australia) chatted with us in New Orleans and now we catch up to hear what he did during the week that Scott attended Abbott’s. He attended three different magic shows including Asi Wind, which he discusses in this chat.

00:32:57 – Producer of Monday Night Magic (MNM), Michael Chaut, touts this convention plus updates us about MNM.  Michaell also introduces us to Sterling Lee who is the President of the Parent Assembly #1 in New York. Then Jade joins us for a chat about this convention. Also joining us for a surprise talk is Criss Angel, then we meet and shat with Grady from Florida who is a listener of the Podcast. Finally we wrap up with Larry Wilson who tells us about his new podcast, “How to Talk to Humans”

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August 8, 2023 by Scott Wells.
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