304: Gay Blackstone - First Lady of Magic

[Scott Wells]

I know that this moniker isn't original, but in my opinion, Gay Blackstone is the one living person most deserving of this title. She has led such a wonderful, colorful life full of stories and well-deserved accolades and she continually reinvents herself.

In this week's podcast on The Magic Word, Gay talks about her early career as a "Gold Digger" dancer on the Dean Martin television show and how she met Harry Blackstone, Jr. She also shares stories about their summer getaways in Colon, Michigan and brings us up to date on her work producing the "Masters of Illusion" TV and theater tours. Are you interested in joining this troupe? Well, she talks about how you can apply and what they are looking for in new talent.

This podcast is sequentially numbered as 304 because of the daily updates from the I.B.M. convention. But in reality, I wanted it to be the 300th since it was a chat with a V.I.P. and I wanted that milestone marked accordingly with a memorable guest. You can watch some videos, see some photos, read the blog, listen to the podcast online and download the MP3 file at: http://themagicwordpodcast.com/scottwel ... blackstone And as usual, you can listen, subscribe and download the podcast from iTunes, Tunein, Stitcher, and Feedpress, among other popular ways to hear podcasts.

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