The Golden Gate Gathering http://bamagic.com THE tiny magic convention Fri, 17 May 2013 19:46:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 2012 Schedule of events http://bamagic.com/2012-schedule-of-events/ http://bamagic.com/2012-schedule-of-events/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:21:33 +0000 ilusnst http://goldengategathering.com/?p=746 Please remain calm.

We are aware that the GGG having a schedule is highly unusual.

Some may view our having a schedule and posting it a timely fashion to this website as one of the seven signs of the apocalypse.  Do not panic, the world is not ending…

…until after the 2012 GGG.

The 2012 Golden Gate Gathering “official” schedule of events:

Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Attendees arrive.
Get your badge
and info in the lobby

7:00PM
Performance by
Howard Hamburg
&
Luis Solrzano

 1:00PM
Tony Cabral

4:00PM
David Regal

7:00PM
Jared Kopf

 1:00PM
Hank Miller

4:00PM
Darwin Ortiz

7:00PM
Lance Pierce

 The GGG ends

10:00am
Dani DaOrtiz
Lecture
($25)

12:30pm
Dani DaOrtiz
Workshop
($125)

On Monday the Word ends. Have a nice day.

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]]> http://bamagic.com/pictures-we-have-pictures/feed/ 0 After the Gathering, from Kent Gunn http://bamagic.com/after-the-gathering-from-kent-gunn/ http://bamagic.com/after-the-gathering-from-kent-gunn/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:13:56 +0000 ilusnst http://goldengategathering.com/blog/?p=324 The convention went well.Paul Vigil showed up and performed his Mirage show. He had an entourage of about thirty people that came up from Vegas to support him. We’d never had a full evening magic show before at the convention. Paul’s show was enthusiastically received by magician and the public alike.
I’d never seen Steve Mayhew’s show before. He rocked it, just rocked it.Eric Jonesentranced us all with his smooth magic. I’d not seen any of his card stuff before. He could dump the coins entirely and still be better by far at magic than nearly all of us.Curtis Kam did a full show, as part of his lecture that was all coin tricks. He was accompanied by his guitarist Wil Tafalo. Classy freakin’ show.Howie Schwarzman played piano for us throughout the convention and nailed his lecture. It was very cool to finally get to meet him.Lee Asher, our media mogul, probably gave the single most polished and well-though-out lecture of them all. He’s had that lecture for awhile. It just keeps getting better.None of those guys came close, in my eyes, to the sixth guy on the bill.Bob Whiteagreed to lecture for us and made it out to the convention. If you don’t know him or about him . . . shame on you. 

 

He’s a working pro from Texas, tall and genteel. A classy guy who had a stroke about sixteen months ago. It left him and his life in a shambles. He’s made a lot of progress since then though.

Throughout the convention he was charming and entertained the throngs that sprung up around him.

Bob’s lecture was . . . heavenly. He did a fantastic job. Every attendee who spoke of it, to me, was blown away. He continued to fool people as he tried to explain one of his false counts. He was explaining them just fine. The moves were simply too deceptive in his hands.

I think he wanted to include the Cups in his lecture. I believe with the number of sequences in the routine he thought he could no longer do the effect justice. He left it out of the lecture.

End of the last night of the convention I busted out my table to do the cups for him. Just a few of us were outside; Jared Kopf, Bob, Mike Feldman and me. I did my routine and then . . .

He got Jared to bring out his P&L cups and explained to us how he’d given them to Jared.

There was something in the San Francisco air that night though, I swear it. In the middle of his discussion of the cups he borrowed a coat from Mike Feldman and . . .

He busted out the finest performance of that trick I’ve even been allowed to see. Nary a slip, not an awkward moment. That night Bob White and sleight-of-hand magic kicked heart disease square in the ass!

Most magical moment of my life.

- Kent Gunn

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We arrived in droves, swarming the Crowne Plaza hotel like card-wielding locusts, dominating the lobby atrium and bar.  Old friends seldom seen, new friends made and even the lay-public churned in the hotel until nine o-clock when Paul Vigil began his show.

It was then that the impossible occurred.  Repeatedly.  Paul’s show is immaculate.  His presence is commanding and his intensity infectious.  He read our minds, predicted our futures and made objects move inexplicably with the power of his thoughts.  You should see him and you have the opportunity:  Paul Vigil appears at King Ink Las Vegas in the Mirage.  Sit with Paul and you won’t be the same.

Up to the Precursor suite where Tony and Rosie Miller have created the Precursor Cafe serving Chili Dogs, Chicago Dogs, PB and Nana, and other tasty treats.  (See the menu in a previous post. The party raged until the wee hours.

Breakfast this morning turned up a host of characters and now we’re off to see Bob White teach us his wonderful, hysterical feats of the impossible.

Stay tuned.

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Look for The Magic Broadcast starting Thursday the 16th at this year’s Golden Gate Gathering!

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  • Registration 4pm
    • LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Lobby

  • Paul Vigil Presents, An Evening of Enchantments

    • LOCATION: Crowne Plaza Lobby - This event is open to all guests and visitors of the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

Friday, June 17th (All lectures are in the Marco Polo room)

  • 1:00pm Lecture: Bob White
  • 4:00pm Lecture: Lee Asher
  • 8:00pm Lecture: Curtis Kam

Saturday, June 18th

  • 12:30pm Lecture Steve Bowling
  • 2:00pm Lecture Howard Schwarzman
  • 5:00pm Lecture Steve Mayhew
  • 9:00pm Lecture Eric Jones

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“Paul Vigil is one of the most mesmerizing performers in the world. He has been practicing and performing the art of magic since the age of five. “

“Modern Conjuror – Theatrically artful deception for the mind as intelligent magical entertainment.”

Paul Vigil knows what’s impossible.
He can do that.

To begin the 2011 Golden Gate Gathering Mr. Paul Vigil will demonstrate the impossible to the attendees of the GGG and anyone that would care to attend!.

Place yourself in the lobby of the Crowne Plaza Hotel on the night of June 16th at the hour of 9:00pm.

You won’t believe your mind.

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Tony and Rosie (Our spectacular Suite hosts from years past) have decided to open the Precursor Cafe serving everything from the classic Chicago Dog to a Peanut Butter and Nana.  Just remember, if you try to kiss the cook…It might be Tony.

]]> http://bamagic.com/the-precursor-cafe/feed/ 0 Unique happenings at this years GGG http://bamagic.com/unique-happenings-at-this-years-ggg/ http://bamagic.com/unique-happenings-at-this-years-ggg/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:59:33 +0000 ilusnst http://goldengategathering.com/blog/?p=259 You’ll be happy to hear that our old friend Mr. Byron Walker will be at this year’s GGG as usual with his vast assortment of rare and/or interesting books.  (More info: http://www.byronwalkermagicbooks.com)

This year we have a little bonus in the “dealer room”, Mr. Jamie Schoolcraft will have a display of his fine wares for your perusal and purchase.  (More info: http://www.coingaffs.com)

Last but certainly not least, the 2011 GGG is being covered by Internet Radio! www.TheMagicbroadcast.com will be in attendance recording and steaming audio and video for both live and archived broadcasts!  Look for Steve Johnson and his minions from The Magic Broadcast and don’t be shy, they’re looking forward to talking to you.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&sqi=2&ved=0CB0QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coingaffs.com%2F&ei=5q_mTZDiG4m4sAOG2siKBw&usg=AFQjCNF_vKzr0Jg_qzdWOSqRTqNU2Li_dA
]]> http://bamagic.com/unique-happenings-at-this-years-ggg/feed/ 0 The 2010 Media Recap http://bamagic.com/the-2010-media-recap/ http://bamagic.com/the-2010-media-recap/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:28:35 +0000 ilusnst http://www.bamagic.com/blog/?p=239 Yes, it’s been many days since the end of the 2010 Gathering but it’s taken me that long to recover – It was that good.

Attendance was in record numbers this year and the attendees were of the highest caliber – Thanks to all who participated and worked to make this year’s Gathering a smashing success.

PHOTOS and VIDEOS

There are many of you with images and video from the Gathering and we’d love to see what you shot and share it with the world.  If you have video or images to share, please email me directly, I’m steve@grandillusions.com.  We’ll take YouTube video, Flickr galleries, raw images and video and just about anything else you’d care to share.

Show the world a little part of what you experienced by sharing your memories on this site and those of our media partners as well.

Did you know that you can find coverage of the 2010 Golden Gate Gathering on a number of different websites?  Check out the media from this year:

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