Not quite “man bites dog” but, as a header, it’ll do.<\/p>\n
This weekend, Abbott\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Magic Get-Together<\/a> marks the 68th year of get-togethers in Colon, MI. An article today in Sturgis Journal mentions:<\/p>\n This is the 68th year for the Abbott\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Magic Get-Together. Magicians from several foreign countries have arrived in preparation for the magic shows at Colon High School. Greg Bordner, owner-operator of the Abbott Magic Company, said he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s already thinking ahead to next year working on a list of potential performers.<\/p>\n Featured at this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s get-together are more than 1,000 magic tricks, a new catalog and 300 copies of the just-released \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Steward James Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n The FAB Magic\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Magi Celebration\u00e2\u20ac\u009d takes place under the tent outside Clancy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s and will feature two all-star shows Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n The Colon Chamber of Commerce is selling copies of a new Colon Magic Capital of the World souvenir license plate for $5. It has been a popular sales item for magicians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n As Tevye would put it, “Tradition.”<\/em><\/p>\n The article also interviews amateur magician\/atom splitter Wayne Braun<\/a> — who hasn’t missed a Get-Together in 28 years.<\/p>\n Check out the article<\/a> if you have a moment. <\/p>\n I wish there’d had been added to that article just a little bit about the history of Abbott’s Magic. Of course, Abbott’s own web site doesn’t offer much in the way of history, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not quite “man bites dog” but, as a header, it’ll do. This weekend, Abbott\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Magic Get-Together marks the 68th year of get-togethers in Colon, MI. An article today in Sturgis Journal mentions: This is the 68th year for the Abbott\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Magic Get-Together. Magicians from several foreign countries have arrived in preparation for the magic shows […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.escamoteurettes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}