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waltrick New user 6 Posts |
Thank you for the review. Exactely how I experienced it in Rimini.
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T.G. Jones Elite user 489 Posts |
I considered going this year and based on the reviews it looks like I made the right decision. It was billed to be better then Beijing, Stockholm and Blackpool but from the evidence presented it looks like it might have been the worst one yet. I enjoyed Blackpool and Beijing, less so Stockholm. The question now is whether to go to Busan, hmmm?
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Steven Leung Inner circle found the Magic Rainbow after 1614 Posts |
Thank you so much for posting this thread. Especially for those who did not attend Rimini FISM can glimpse what we experience over a week in Rimini.
It was only my second FISM, I have mixed feelings and quite emotional about this FISM as well. It was the first FISM in Europe that I attended, previous FISM I went to was Beijing and now I have a better understanding of the difference in terms of dealers and competitors in contest. To be honest, both elements were much better if FISM organize in Europe, so you can expect what happen in 2018 for elements I just mentioned. However, speaking of hardware in terms of hotels, convention centre, catering, unfortunately to say, Rimini is not an ideal place. No shuttle bus back and forth from convention centre to hotel area was a disaster. I was fortune enough to share taxi two mornings with others, walked more than 40 mins in one day, then reserved taxi the day before for other two days to make sure that I do not need to walk under melting sun in the morning. The air conditioning was really bad in convention centre and dealers on second floor suffer direct sunshine on day time, and day time last until almost 10 pm in Rimini. No one care about filming is prohibited during competition, I even saw many people with crew T-shirt on using smart phone to film, there is no difference in close up gala, stage gala whatever until the last day a sign no video / photo show on the enterance of stage hall. I still wonder why we need to wear that wrist band made by paper otherwise the mafia security kick us out from convention centre, please note we all had our badge on our necks. Delay over 90 mins on opening gala, stage competition, double up attendees tiredness on day one. I spent over 30 hours, 2 air flight + 3 trains with loading and unloading heavy luggage from my country thousand of miles away and not expecting things organize like that. Sorry I have to say that what Paul Daniels said really offended most people. FISM is not the most expensive convention but it is not cheap either. Speaking that way did not help to make the situation better in gala shows in front of 2 thousand brothers and sister of the magic family. Juan Mayoral is a hero. From what I know, at least 5 person got robbed / steal during their trip to FISM in Italy... Sunday soft opening reception was a disaster... I stood there for 2 hours just to get my welcome pack. For those who want to know Juan Tamariz Magic Bar, the organizer seems have no idea what Juan needs and need Maestro to ask and we all follow Maestro at first just to get chairs that we simply want to make it happen the first night. Ridiculous, how come it need the Maestro to ask at the scene the proper simple room to perform for his audience? On the bright side, I have went through... 6 days with David Williamson and he introduce me more magic friends. I looking forward to continus magic journey with this giant in magic. His lecture is a must watch, standing ovation as usual. 2 standing ovation magic nights, 2 standing ovation one man show, workshop by Maestro Juan Tamariz with standing ovation of course. Gaeten Bloom lecture made me cry, emotional touching lecture. Guy Hollingworth's standing ovation lecture and I helped to clear the line for all who get his sold-out new lecture notes. Hong Kong made their new page in history of magic, two contestants awarded second runner up in Parlor and Card Magic, magic scene in Hong Kong will not the same and will getting only better. I hope that I can make it to Bushan in 2018, and looking forward to see you guys there. Note, the bidding document of Bushan said we can walk 5km in 5 mins and I start to doubt ... fingercross... In summary, I would like to quote the Grand Prix winner Hector Mancha speech, one the best I ever heard. 'Thank you Magic of Spain, and thank you Ascanio and Juan Tamariz!'
Most memorable moment - with Maestro Juan Tamariz & Consuelo Lorgia in FISM Busan 2018.
"Being fooled by a trick doesn't always mean they are having a good time" - Homer Liwag https://hhpresents.com/ https://www.glitchstudiohk.com/ |
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weehome New user Singapore 7 Posts |
Not sure if anyone still read Forum like this.... I am suffering from FISM withdrawal and no one has written about it. (I guess not many read nowadays, most prefer videos?) so here goes... let me know if you are reading and enjoying it. Will post on different aspects everyday:
FISM Busan 2018 Busan is port city of South Korea. Known for its beaches and seafood (a lot of my Facebook friends posted videos of them eating live octopus! Eeeek!!!), the city has a lot of accommodation in the area which makes the cost of staying very affordable. The convention centre, Bexco, is connected by the subway. Taxi is inexpensive. There are numerous food choices around and the organisers even added food trucks midway through the convention to cater to magicians who just wanted a quick snack. Some magicians commented that this year’s program was not as packed as previous. I felt the schedule was just nice! It gave us some time for magicians to catch up over lunch and dinner! (NB. This is only my 3rd FISM and I haven’t attended magic convention for the past decade partly because of my young children.) The schedule started at 8:30am in the morning and didn’t end until 12:30am! Magic overdose? No! A lot of the magicians continued to hang out to eat and talk magic! The Convention of Shows This convention had the greatest number of shows I had ever seen. There were 5 one-man shows and 5 theatre shows, not including the contests and award ceremony! Some magicians put together shows not seen before. For instance, Shoot Ogawa and Simon Colonel created this 2-man show exposing the small chats and ego-challenges which went on backstage while magicians rested! Eun Gyeol Lee opened the first gala with his illusion show; his showmanship was impeccable. This was the first time he had done this show in English and his hard work shined through the performance. There were different directors for each show so we saw totally shows of different style. The best for me was the Korean Night. ( To be continued..... / / / / / P.S. I am a writer for MUM so I thought I share my experience. There will be an interview with the Grand Prix on insights of their acts. So do join Society of American Magicians for more exciting reads. More information at www.magicsam.com for more information about me, go to www.magician.com.sg or www.kidsparty.com.sg |
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