Keep an eye out for John Sturk while you are there! He'll be doing some on the spot reporting for the magic Newswire!

A brief schedule of events is below


WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4TH

9:00AM Registration at the Abbott Plant

10:00AM Showroom Opens at the Colon Elementary School

3:00PM LECTURE. Keith Fields (England)

8:00PM STAGE SHOW
Gordon Miller, Bill & Ruth Pitts, Keith Fields (England), Kazu Katayama(Japan), Jim Oakley, Tim & Robin Balster


THURSDAY, AUGUST 5TH

9:00AM Registration at the Abbott Plant

9:30AM LECTURE. Mike Caveney

10:00AM Showroom Opens at the Colon Elementary School

11:00AM Vent-O-Rama with George Schindler at the Abbott Plant

12:00PM Ladies Party at the Methodist Church, light refreshments will be served

12:00 - 4:00PM Colon Chamber Of Commerce Busking Competition

1:00PM LECTURE. John Carney

2:30PM (after lecture) Dealers on Parade at the Elementary School

3:45PM Famous Magicians Graveside Tour ushered by Al the Only

8:00 PM STAGE SHOW
Mark Merchant, George Saterial & Holly, Li Yanpei (China), Mark Cannon


FRIDAY, AUGUST 6TH

9:00AM Registration at the Abbott Plant

9:00AM Magic Ministers Session with Duane Laflin at the Methodist Church

9:00AM Colon Arts and Craft Fair Until 5:00PM

10:00AM Show Room Open at the Colon Elementary School

10:00AM Stage Talent Contest at the Colon High School

12:00 - 4:00PM Colon Chamber Of Commerce Busking Competition

1:00PM LECTURE. Mark Cannon, Escapes

2:30PM CLOSE UP SHOW
John Carney, David Williamson, Keith Fields, Maria

8:00 PM STAGE SHOW
Paul Emmick, Bob Brizendine, Liu Zihao (China), Bob Higa

COLON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FIREWORKS OUTSIDE THE HIGH SCHOOL AFTER THE SHOW

CONTEST AWARDS AFTER FIREWORKS IN GRADE SCHOOL


SATURDAY, AUGUST 7TH

9:00AM Registration at the Abbott Plant

9:00AM Arts and Craft Fair until 5:00PM

9:30AM LECTURE. David Williamson

10:00AM Showroom opens at the Colon Elementary School

2:00 PM BENEFIT MATINEE
Buddy Moorehouse, Yo Master Zeemo, Marien Hopman, Mark Cannon & Shelia, Contest Winner

8:00 PM STAGE SHOW
John Carney, Chris Hart, Tina Lenert, David Williamson, Mike Caveney

ABBOTT AWARDS IN GRADE SCHOOL AFTER SHOW

For full registration online
http://www.abbottmagic.com/2010-Abbotts-......ther.htm

For daily registrations
http://www.abbottmagic.com/Get-Together-......yreg.htm

For Evening show tickets
http://www.abbottmagic.com/Get-Together-......cket.htm

For Saturday Benefit Matinee tickets
http://www.abbottmagic.com/Get-Together-......inee.htm

See http://www.colonmichiganmagic.com for event schedules including FAB events. Abbott's has a boat load of stuff coming out of storage being revealed Wednesday morning for sale, plus there are several magic estate sales/auctions going on this week as well in Colon. Probably the busiest Magic Week (in my view) in Colon history- don't you dare miss it! I started attending back in the Sixties... this will be a dynamite year. John usually is a spotlight operator for the Abbott evening shows-may have one of the best seats in the house from his lofty platform! Fired UP!

Best convention I've been to. Great fun, great acts...thanks.

John's interviews from Abbott's are now online: http://bit.ly/ABBOTTS73

Awesome interviews, Wilma Rench is a true gem

My thanks to Dodd Vickers at the magicnewswire.com to posting our interviews from Colon- and thanks to John Sturk for graciously letting me use all his recording stuff and showing me how to use it (he could have easily done it himself) to interview Wilma Rench, June Horowitz (she is now age 97, the first female President of the IBM)and Sonny Johnson of Indianapolis. I thought the Get-Together was wonderful this year- people really seemed into it and the shows were terrific. I was able to find some great stuff to add to my magic collection too. Roger from http://www.ChristianMagician.org