It was grand!
Thank you to those who joined us for the 41st annual "Collectors Weekend" May 13 - 15, 2010 in Chicago.
It was terrific to see so many of our members - and some new faces - at the Westin O'Hare. (Click on the images below to enlarge.)
Congratulations to our Guests of Honor: Georgy Daily & Mike Caveney
Presenters
- Jim Alfredson on the Sphinx (the magazine)
- Walter "Zaney" Blaney on the history of his famous Ladder Levitation presentation along with his final performance
- David Charvet on The Phantom Ray
- Joe Culpepper on The Sphinx Illusion
- Diego Domingo & Gary Hunt on "Finding Your Man"
- Jason England on Unusual Artifacts from the World of Artifice
- Will Houstoun on Professor Hellis
- Jim Maloney on Nate Leipzig
- Sandy Marshall with untold tales from Beating a Dead Horse
- Robert E. Olson on 20th Century Magic
- Scott Penrose & Brian Sibley video of the Magic Circle Collection
- Eduardo Sanchez on David Bamberg & Fu Manchu
- Daniel Zuckerbrot on Documenting Magic
Photos: David Linsell
Congratulations
Congratulations to Will Houstoun, on receiving the inaugural recipient of the Edwin A. Dawes Award for Magic Scholarship, which was also annoucned at the MCW. Thank you to Dr. Dawes and Clay Shevlin for their support on the launch of this award.
Evenings of Mystery
Thank you to our performers for making our "Night That Cannot Be Explained" and "Evening of Mystery" so fun and memorable - especially when the power mysteriously vanished at our last show! Perhaps The Phantom Ray was just too much?!
Mike Caveney
Tina Lenert
David Charvet
Ardan James
Tomas Medina
Jason England
What did you think?
We appreciate the supportive feedback we've received from our members as well as a few helpful suggestions to make next year even better. If you haven't already done so, why not take a moment and email us [mca.info@magicana.com] with three things you liked, and three things you would like to see changed or improved for next year.
2011: Will you be there?
We have tentantively scheduled May 19 to 22, 2011 for the 42nd MCW. We hope you will join us!
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