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New England Magicians Conference
New England Magicians Conference (NEMCON) is an annual magic convention sponsored by the SAM Tom Prete Assembly #127.
In 1982, the Assembly sponsored the very first conference with Hank Moorehouse, George Schindler, Danny Tong and Paul Fusco as the performers. Tom Prete, the founder and first President of Assembly No. 127, was the first chairman of NEMCON Inc. Prete served as chairman until his death in 2007 after which; the chairmanship was passed on to Assembly 127 President and NEMCON co-chair Henry Holava.
At the third convention in 1984, NEMCON honored Chet Karkut as its very first honoree.
In 2008, the assembly launched the Tom Prete Scholarship Fund for the Arts and held its first Silent Auction at the 28th Annual NEMCON convention to raise funds.
On September 9, 2009, it was incorporated as the "New England Magicians Conference Inc.", with a Board of Directors, Corporate officers and Board advisers. The Corporations purpopse is to conduct conferences, forums, panels, lectures, and similar programs for instruction and training of individuals in the art of and performance of magic.[1]
Honorees
- 1984 Chet Karkut
- 1985 Father Cyprian Murray
- 1986 Dr. John Henry Grossman
- 1987 Harry Hines
- 1988 Tom Prete
- 1989 Dick Hodes
- 1990 George Schindler
- 1991 Bob Elliott
- 1992 Bill Greenberg
- 1993 Ray Goulet
- 1994 Wendell Gibson
- 1995 Hank Lee
- 1996 Craig Dickson
- 1997 Bill Wisch
- 1998 General Grant
- 1999 Ken Allen
- 2000 Chick Kelman
- 2001 Eric DeCamps
- 2002 Harry Lorayne
- 2003 John Calvert
- 2004 Charles Cambra
- 2005 Bill Andrews
- 2006 David Oliver
- 2007 Richard Dooley
- 2008 Henry Holava
- 2009 Bob Little
- 2010 Joe Cabral
- 2011 Patrick Guida