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I missed the Abbott?s Get-Together and the FAB MagiCelebration in Colon this year. The Get-Together is one of my favorite times and the addition of Rick and Cheryl Fisher?s FAB MagiCelebration to the week only made the trip more inviting.
I heard there were great shows and great contests. Ron Jaxon picked up a couple of prizes in the Close-Up and Stage competitions at the MagiCelebration. Mr. Jaxon is one impressive magician. I watched him win the close-up contest at Curly?s Bar a couple of years back and read the very positive review of one of his newly released effects in Genii this month. He is good and it is good that people outside of the Magic Corridor (US-12 running from Chicago to Detroit, through Colon) have a chance to see his stuff.
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Mr. Fisher reports that he had nearly sold out houses for his big shows and the dealers at the flea market did very well. Congratulations to the Fishers. I look forward to seeing what they have planned for next year. FAB Magic definitely has the jump on Abbott?s in the electronic marketplace. For some reason, the venerable Abbott?s cannot find a way to produce a website worthy of their name. Abbott?s has had the same awkward and rudimentary website since Al Gore first funded the Internet. C?mon guys!
FAB Magic has the talents of Cheryl Fisher to guide them into and successfully along the information superhighway. Their pages are easy to navigate and the offerings are plentiful.
Okay, I?ll close with this.
I read Abbott?s own review of the Get-Together and was dismayed that there was no mention of the FAB Magic or Marilyn Abbott ? although you would have to walk by the FAB Magic store on your way to or from the performing and dealers? venues from the Abbott?s shop. I was also dismayed ? as opposed to being ?mayed?? ? at the rather negative tone towards the dealers that line Dallas Street.
The Abbott?s website suggests:
As has become fashion, Dallas Street was chock full of people selling magic out of the trunks of their cars, and we noticed this…
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