More great competitors made for some outstanding shows. And some really. Great lectures, too. By Luke Jermay, David Stone, Paul Wilson, Dani Da Ortiz, Luis De Matos, Rob Zabrcky and many others. And the competitions (both close-up and stage) run opposite and in conjunction with the lectures.

the evening show was the "Magic Mentors" featuring Xavier Mortimer, Dan Sperry, Gaetan Bloom, , Juliana Chen, Simon Pierro, Marco Zoppi, Armando Lucero, Raymond Crowe, James More, and as MC,  Topas who introduced the following presenters, Max Maven, Lu Chin, Luis de Matos, Marco Tempest, Rafael, Mike Caveney, Tina Lennert, Guy Hollingworth, 

And the dealers...oh, the dealers! Such great stuff from all over the world. I have finally started "dipping into the pond" and buying a few things. And the activities go late into the, uh, morning. On this second day, the late night (12:30) show was "he great Jabba extreme freak show" 

Time stamps for this podcast:

00:49:39 - Paul Stone talks about Innovention an dmore

00:13:04 - Sandy Marshall, son of Jay Marshall and owner of Magic, Inc. in Chicago, Illinois

00:24:21 - Mark Mason, owner of JP Magic

00:28:59 - Danny Orleans talks about his lecture here at FISM plus some tips on trade show business

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