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Day Four Schedule - August 17, 2016

24 hours - The Back Room 9:00 a.m. Registration 10:00 a.m. - Wednesday General Session for Maroon lanyards    The Drink That Schooled Einstein - Michael Weber    Raise Your Level - Ken Weber    The Magic Shop - Bizzaro    Teach-in the F.B.I. to Read Minds - Ian Rowland    ON AIR: How to Get Yourself Booked on Television - Steve Spangler    The Illusion of Reality - Curtis Hickman 10:00 a.m. - Wednesday Focus Group for Black lanyards    Close-Up Clinic - Nine Master Teachers, hands-On    Improv for Magicians - Navaris Darson of The Groundlings    20/20 Hindsight - 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 5 subjects 11:00 a.m. The MAGIC Shop open until 6:30 p.m. 11:15 a.m. - Wednesday Focus Group for Black lanyards    Close-Up Clinic - Nine Master Teachers, hands-On    Improv for Magicians - Navaris Darson of The Groundlings    20/20 Hindsight - 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 5 subjects 12:15 p.m. lunch break 2:15 p.m. - Wednesday General Session for Black lanyards    The Drink That Schooled Einstein - Michael Weber    Raise Your Level - Ken Weber    The Magic Shop - Bizzaro    Teach in the F.B.I. to Read Minds - Ian Rowland    ON AIR: How to Get Yourself Booked on Television - Steve Spangler    The Illusion of Reality - Curtis Hickman 2:15 p.m. - Wednesday Focus Group for Maroon lanyards    Close-Up Clinic - Nine Master Teachers, hands-On    Improv for Magicians - Navaris Darson of The Groundlings    20/20 Hindsight - 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 5 subjects 3:30 p.m. - Wednesday Focus Group for Maroon lanyards    Close-Up Clinic - Nine Master Teachers, hands-On    Improv for Magicians - Navaris Darson of The Groundlings    20/20 Hindsight - 20 slides, 20 seconds each, 5 subjects 5:00 p.m. - Dinner break 6:30 p.m. - Live on stage II 9:00 p.m. Live On Stage II 10:00 p.m. Farewell party until 1:00 a.m. 11:00 p.m. Special Presentation

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:00:13: - Mel Kientz, distributor of the free daily news brief - "Magician's Life", gives his perspective on this year's MAGIC Live!

00:06:24 - Mark Ginther gives us a couple suggestions for shows to see while visiting Las Vegas (HIT: Xavier Mortimer).

00:09:05 - Simon and Ginny Aronson chats about their intimate close-up magic group in Chicago that was featured in a recent news article.

00:18:11 - Bizzaro talks about his participation in the General Session plus some of his roots in Texas.

00:26:23 - Mark Mason is wrapping up his dealer's booth and his association with Penguin Magic and the one-day events (Magic Expo) where he deals. Plus he gives some advice on a throat losenger.

00:30:47 - Busy trade show magician, Scott Tokar, talks about this convention and his views of MAGIC Live plus some trade show worker tips.

00:41:09 - FISM 2015 winner and July 2016 MAGIC Magazine cover boy, Pierric, chats about his experience of attending MAGIC Live for the first time and for that matter, his first time in Las Vegas. He chats about his FISM competition experience.

00:47:01 - Richard Hatch, of H&R Magic Books, tells us what he has seen or heard that has been some of the top tricks at this convention. Dan Witkowski joins us to give us his perspetive of MAGIC Live, too.

00:58:36 - Peter Samelson gives a quick review of the final night show plus what made this convention memorable for him.

01:02:07 - Fielding West, one of the 'cover boys" from MAGIC Magazine, talks about the importance of using a metronome when practicing.

01:13:14 - Luis Piedrahita, star of Spain's TV show, "The Anthill" tells us how to pronounce his last name, plus an overview of his presentation from his General Session.

01:23:51 - Stan Allen is listing the names of people who are in attendance who have appeared on the cover of MAGIC Magazine over the past 25 years. There were over 70 celebrated magicians here tonight.

01:28:47 - Stan Allen talks about this all being over and his plans for the future. Thanks, Stan!