Magic-Con 2011 Schedule

[Dave Buck]

With Magic-Con less then 2 weeks away, we've decided to finally announce the schedule of events. Although not all the specifics have been revealed, and there are certainly more surprises in store, this general overview of who's speaking when will give you a good idea of what to expect.

View and download the 2011 schedule

[Richard Kaufman]

Official start of speculation about what the special event is on Friday night!

[John McDonald]

I have an idea but won't ruin the surprise in case I am right.

[Richard Kaufman]

Send me an email with your idea! moobooks@verizon.net

[John McDonald]

I was wrong - interesting. Hope there is a good twitter feed. Antone know if there will be a hashtag?

[Richard Kaufman]

I must be old ... what the heck is a "hashtag"?

[John McDonald]

Not old - just busy - check here

[Richard Kaufman]

It's all hashtags to me.

[Ruben Padilla]

I've just posted extensive coverage on the Thursday night reception and Day 1 (Friday) events.
More to come soon.
Hope you enjoy...

www.MagiciansOnly.com

[Donal Chayce]

I've just posted extensive coverage on the Thursday night reception and Day 1 (Friday) events.
More to come soon.
Hope you enjoy...

www.MagiciansOnly.com

Thanks for the in-depth coverage, Ruben. It made for terrific reading.

[Richard Kaufman]

I disagree (as expected) with Ruben's comments about the Pass vs. the Side Steal. My general experience has been that people who do a Side Steal well feel it's better, and people who do a Pass well feel that's better.

And ... nice to meet you again, Ruben!

[Pete McCabe]

I don't do either the pass or the side steal, and so I can quite objectively say that the spread cull is better than either.

[erdnasephile]

Richard:

I'm impressed--it takes real guts to give this type of lecture! (I've been disappointed sometimes when a few famous names have demonstrated the pass--lots of comments about bad angles, etc. True, perhaps, but it's a always a bit of a downer when reality doesn't match reputation.)

Do you normally stay in trim with the pass, or do you have to get into training for a few weeks to get to exhibition speed?

[Richard Kaufman]

I haven't had much time to practice, and unfortunately it showed in my lecture in the sense that more of the passes should have been near invisible. Teaching is not a problem, but it's easier to inspire someone to take the long hard road with the Pass if you can do one that's invisible.

[Pete McCabe]

I saw Richard's lecture and I can say that many of the passes were remarkable or invisible or both, but where his lack of practice (may have) showed was the consistency. He might have done a given pass, say, 10 times, but only maybe 6 or 7 were invisible. So I'd say he did show enough to inspire people, but also enough to warn people just how hard the pass is to make a regular part of your arsenal.

But the next generation is already hooked. One of the highlights for me was when Dave Williamson brought a 13-year-old kid out of the audience. Dave hands him the deck and says "shuffle;" the kid did a nice shuffle. Dave says "okay, Mr. show off, do a top change;" kid did a nice top change. Dave says "Do a pass." Without batting an eye the kid did a classic passpretty quick too. Dave immediately said "Get the hell off the stage." It was hilarious.