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== Weekends ==
 
== Weekends ==
* Held at Magic Inc. in Chicago
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* Held at Magic Inc. in Chicago up until 1993.
** 1970 ?
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* Year / Honoree
** 1971 ?
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* 1970 01st - [[Ed Miller]]
** 1972 - March 24/25  
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* 1971 02nd - (March 20-21) [[Al Flosso]]
** 1974 - March 22/23
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* 1972 03rd - (March 24/25) [[Chet Karkut]]
** 1975 - Sixth Annual ?
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* 1973 04th - [[Sid Lorraine]]
** 1977 - March 25/26
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* 1974 05th - (March 22/23) [[Bert Pratt]]
** 1978 - April 7-8  
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* 1975 06th - [[Dorny Dornfield]]
** 1979 - Tenth Annual ?
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* 1976
** 1983 - 14th Annual event, April 15- 17
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* 1977 08th - (March 25/26) [[Walter B. Gibson]]
** 1984 - April 5 6 7 honoring honoring Marion Nicola widow of the [[Great Nicola]] and [[Will Rock]].
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* 1978 09th - (April 7/8) [[Bill Kuethe]] and [[Stewart James]]
** 1987 [[John Booth]] and [[John Calvert]] were each honored for 50 years of contributions to the art of magic.  David Charvet was featured speaker talking about the career of [[Jack Gwynne]].
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* 1979 10th - [[Dr. Edwin Dawes]]
** 1988 - April 7 -9   
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* 1980 11th - [[H. Adrian Smith]]
* 1993 - The 24th Annual Magic Collector's Association Weekend held on May 6/7 in Covington, KY and was hosted by [[Ken Klosterman]].
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* 1981 12th - [[Lloyd E. Jones]]
* 1998 - 29th Annual Magic Collectors' Weekend April 23, 24 and 25 Schaumburg, Illinois honoring the Blackstone family of illusionists.
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* 1982 13th - [[Milbourne Christopher]] and [[Little Johnny Jones]]
* 2000 - Baltimore, Maryland hosted by [[Society of Osiris]].
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* 1983 14th - (April 15/17) Honoring [[Ken Klosterman]] and [[Irving Desfor]]
* 2005 -Las Vegas in April.
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* 1984 15th - (April 5/7) Honoring Marion Nicola widow of the [[Great Nicola]] and [[Will Rock]].
* 2006 - Rosslyn, Virginia/Washington D.C. March 30, 31–April 1
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* 1985 16th - [[Jane Thurston Shepard]] and [[Rev. William V. Rauscher]]
* 2007 -38th Annual Magic Collectors' Weekend Schaumburg, IL, May 3-5, Honoring [[Jim Steinmeyer]] hosted by Squash publishing.
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* 1986 17th - [[Virgil & Julie]] and [[McDonald Birch]]
* 2009- 40th Annual Magic Collectors’ Weekend Honoring Johnny Thompson April 23-25, 2009  Schaumburg, Illinois
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* 1987 18th - (April 30-May 2) [[John Booth]] and [[John Calvert]] were each honored for 50 years of contributions to the art of magic.  David Charvet was featured speaker talking about the career of [[Jack Gwynne]].
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* 1988 19th - (April 7-9) [[Stuart Cramer]] and [[Ormond McGill]]
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* 1989 20th - [[Bruce Posgate]], [[George Johnstone]] and [[Stan Kramien]]
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* 1990 21st - [[Walter J. Gydesen]] and [[John Gaughan]]
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* 1991 22nd - [[Robert Lund]] and [[Roberto Albo]]
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* 1992 23rd - [[Dr. Morris Young]] and [[Sidney Radner]]
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* 1993 24th - (May 6/7, Covington, KY) Hosted by [[Ken Klosterman]] honoring [[Frank Herman]] and [[William Brewe]]
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* 1994 25th - [[Seymour Davis]]
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* 1995 26th - [[Bev Bergeron]]
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* 1996 27th
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* 1997 28th - [[Paul Daniels]]
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* 1998 29th - (April 23-25, Schaumburg, IL) Honoring the [[Blackstone]] family of illusionists.
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* 1999 30th
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* 2000 31st - Baltimore, Maryland hosted by [[Society of Osiris]].
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* 2001 32nd - (May 17-19 Schaumburg, Illinois)
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* 2005 36th - (April) Las Vegas.
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* 2006 37th - (March 30-April 1) Rosslyn, Virginia/Washington D.C.  
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* 2007 38th - (May 3-5, Schaumburg, IL) Honoring [[Jim Steinmeyer]] hosted by Squash publishing.
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* 2009 40th - (April 23-25, Schaumburg, IL) Honoring [[Johnny Thompson]] 
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* 2010 41st - (May 13 - 15,  Chicago)  with Guests of Honor: [[George Daily]] & [[Mike Caveney]]
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* 2011 42nd - (May 19, 20 & 21, Chicago) with Guests of Honor: [[Dr. Gene Matsuura]] & [[Ray Goulet|Ray and Ann Goulet]].
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* 2012 43rd - ( May 10 - 12,Chicago) with honor guests [[James Hagy]] and [[Richard Kaufman]].
  
  

Latest revision as of 21:02, 5 March 2015

Magic Collectors' Weekend is the annual gathering of the The Magic Collectors’ Association.

Originated by Walter Gydesen and was initially held each winter (March or April) in Chicago, hosted by Frances and Jay Marshall.

Weekends


Note there is also a Magic Collectors's Day in England.

References