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Welcome! Welcome to the 46th annual Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic — here’s what you’ll find in this e-book: • 2016 Guests of Honor: The Fat Brothers • Guests of Honor • MVPs • Workshops, Lectures, & Shows • Program • 4F 2016 by the numbers • Dealers • Attendees • In memory of... • Links • Meals • Thanks! • Help/About This year was one of the best!
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1977 Jim Ryan 1978 Eddie Fechter 1979 Larry Jennings 1980 Gene Gordon 1981 Bob Read 1982 Sid Lorraine 1983 Steve Dusheck 1984 Rick Johnsson 1985 Tom Mullica 1986 Jay Marshall 1987 Tom Craven 1988 Phil Willmarth 1989 Gary Ouellet 1990 Shigeo Takagi 1991 Harry Lorayne 1992 Daryl 1993 Paul Gertner 1994 Derek Dingle 1995 Paul Daniels 1996 Jerry Andrus 1997 Johnny Thompson 1998 Juan Tamariz 1999 Lennart Green 2000 Bill Malone 2001 Herb Zarrow 2002 Max Maven 2003 Meir Yedid 2004 Pat Page 2005 Gene Anderson & Dan Garrett 2006 Aldo Colombini 2007 Ton Onosaka 2008 Boris Wild 2009 Henry Evans 2010 Obie O’Brien 2011 Steve Beam 2012 David Stone 2013 Stephen Bargatze 2014 Shawn Farquhar 2015 Oscar Muñoz 2016 The Fat Brothers
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1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Karl Norman Steve Dusheck Bob Stencel Jerry Andrus Shigeo Takagi Rocco Gary Kurtz David Williamson Juan Tamariz Aldo Colombini Lennart Green Jim Krenz Steve Beam Paul Daniels Pat Page Alex Elmsley Tom Gagnon Lennart Green Bill Malone Tim Ellis & Sue-Anne Webster Henry Evans David Stone Armando Lucero Reed McClintock Flicking Fingers Shoot Ogawa Boris Wild Dick Cook Obie O’Brien Steve Beam Denis Behr Dani DaOrtiz Michael Dardant Amanda and Roger Nicot Jimmy Cieslinski
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Workshops, Lectures, & Shows Wednesday 8:00 1st Show 10:30 Lecture #1
Canadian Gala................ MC: Joan Caesar Canada............................... Huot/Lacroix
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Hospitality Suite Opens ................................................... Room 300
Thursday 11:00 1:30 3:30 8:00
Lecture #2 2nd Show 3rd Show Lecture #3
4F Friends Old & New....... MC: Gary Morton British Gala........................ MC: Darryl Rose Spain/Finland....................... The Fat Brothers
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4F 1st Timers Meeting
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Hospitality Suite Opens ................................................... Room 300
South Korea.......................... Lukas
Friday 9:30
Golf Tournament (extra cost)........................................... Bruce Trigg
11:00 1:30 3:30 8:00
Workshop 4th Show 5th Show 6th Show
“Ring Magic”.................... MC: Mike Powers Magical Moments............ MC: The Painters Italian Gala....................... MC: Alain Iannone Finger Flicking Friday......... MC: Meir Yedid
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Saturday 11:00 1:30 3:30 7:45 8:00 11:30
Venezuela............................ Luis Otero Lecture #4 Asian Gala......................... MC: Andost 7th Show Fechter’s Fabulous Frolics.. MC: Steve Beam 8th Show Tribute to our Guests of Honor ........................... The Fat Brothers Final 4F Gala..................... MC: Obie O’Brien 9th Show Hospitality Suite Opens ................................................... Room 300
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Program
Wednesday 2:00-7:00 Registration open 2:00-5:00 4F Shop open 6:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures/shows) 8:00 1st Show: Canadian Gala (Joan Caesar MC) 10:30 Huot/Lacroix Lecture 11:30 Hospitality Suite (Room 300) opens -- Free Donuts, Coffee, Soda 12:00 Dealers’ Room closes Thursday 10:00-5:30 Registration open (closed during lectures and shows) 10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures and shows) 10:00-11:00 4F Shop open 11:00 Lukas Lecture 12:30 Lunch: on your own 1:30 2nd Show: 4F Friends Old & New (Gary Morton MC) 3:30 3rd Show: British Gala (Darryl Rose MC) 5:30 Supper: on your own 7:00-7:45 4F Shop is open 8:00 Fat Brothers lecture 10:15 4F first timers meeting (Executive Room) 10:30 Hospitality Suite (Room 300) opens 12:00 Dealers’ Room closes Friday 8:00 Bob Little Open Golf Tournament (see Bruce Trigg to register, extra cost) 10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures, shows, and dinner) 10:00-11:00 4F Shop open 11:00 Pat Page Memorial Workshop: “Ring Magic” (Mike Powers MC) 12:00 Lunch break: on your own – Free Beer, Coffee and Soda starts 1:30 4th Show: Magical Moments (The Painters MC) 3:30 5th Show: Italian Gala (Alain Iannone MC) 5:30 Smorgasbord (ticket required) 7:00-7:45 4F Shop open 8:00 6th Show: Finger Flicking Friday (Meir Yedid MC) 11:00 Hospitality Suite (Room 300) opens 12:00 Dealers’ Room closes Saturday 10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures, shows, and dinner) 10:00-10:45 Registration & 4F Shop open 11:00 Luis Otero Lecture 12:15 Lunch break (ticket required) 1:30 7th Show: Asian Gala (Andost MC) 3:30 8th Show: Fechter’s Fabulous Frolics (Steve Beam MC) 5:30 Smorgasbord (ticket required) 7:45 Tribute to Guests of Honor The Fat Brothers 8:00 9th Show: 4F Final Gala (Obie O’Brien MC) 11:30 Hospitality Suite (Room 300) opens 12:00 Dealers’ Room closes NOTE: this page is not linked...
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Canadian Gala Wednesday 8:00 pm
MC: Joan Caesar (11th 4F) 1. Shawn Farquhar 11th time at 4F; 5 time FISM winner 2. Chris Pilsworth 4th time at 4F; NYCAN & Magie Montreal winner 3. Rod
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5. Huot/Lacroix 18th/ 21st time at 4F 6. Eric Leclerc Masters; 3rd time at 4F; 2-time Canadian Magic Champion 7. Bill Abbott 4th time at 4F; Canadian Magican of the Year 8. David Merry Masters; past winner of the “Club Comic of the Year Award” at Cdn. Comedy Awards Festival 9. Hayashi 4th time at 4F; European Champion 10. Mike Robinson 12th time at 4F; cruise ship vent
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4F Friends Old & New Thursday 1:30 pm MC: Gary Morton (23rd 4F) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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Lion Fludd
Francis Menotti
PhD; fooled Penn & Teller (2015)
Michael Kirschner
Bachelor’s; sponsors: DeCamps/Maione
Daniel Collado
Bachelor’s; sponsors: Farquhar/Obie
Greg Frewin
Master’s; FISM Champion
Juan Carlos Rodarte Masters, FISM winner
Edouard Boulanger
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Roy Eidem PhD
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MC: Darryl Rose (4th 4F; MIMC) 1.
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Geoff Ray
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Neil Stirton
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Fay Presto
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Martin Cox th
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Marcus Taylor
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Bob Swadling th
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Amanda Nicot th
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Keith Fields th
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Bachelor’s; from Scotland; sponsors: Solomon/McLanachan Bachelor’s; Magic Circle winner; sponsors; Caesar/Obie
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Pat Page Memorial Workshop Friday 11:00 am MC: Mike Powers
“Ring Magic”
Joe M. Turner
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USA 12th time at 4F; IBM President
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Raj Madhok
3. Canada
Glenn Brown
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Marc DeSouza
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26th time at 4F
USA 16th time at 4F
5. Eric DeCamps USA 16th time at 4F 6. England
Mark Leveridge
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Roy Eidem
11th time at 4F
3rd time at 4F
Photos by Roland Meister
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Magical Moments Friday 1:30 pm MC: The Painters (6th 4F) 1.
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Fred Rosenbaum
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Bachelor’s; sponsors: Beam/M.Gorman
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Thomas Barthes
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David Finkelstein
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Bachelor’s; sponsors: Aragón/DaOrtiz
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Bachelor’s; sponsors Wild/Boulanger; FFAP winner
Bachelor’s; sponsors: Bannon/Solomon
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Javier Piñeiro
Jimmy Ichihana
Bachelor’s; sponsors: Hrab/Episcopo
Rémy Robert
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5th time at 4F; Italian Magic Symposium winner
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Howard Hamburg rd
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2nd time at 4F; Masters; FISM & GP Dutch Convention
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MC: Alain Iannone (5th 4F)
1. Riccardo 5th time at 4F
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2. Manfredi Corradino Bachelor’s; sponsors: Iannone/Duperré 4. Fabio Marchegiano Bachelor’s; sponsors: Aragón/Benatar
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6. Michele Trabona Bachelor’s; sponsors: Friedberg/Duperré 7. Tony Polli 6th time at 4F
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Finger Flicking Friday Friday 8:00 pm MC: Meir Yedid (35th 4F; SAM winner)
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Taiwan
Alec Tsai
Bachelor’s, Sponsors: Obie/Horret Wu; 2015 BIMF Taiwan
Billy Debu
France
Master’s; Milan & FFAP winner
Spain
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Lawrens Godon
Master’s; Colombe d’Or winner
Canada
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Angel San Martin th
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Finland
USA
Sweden
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Rune Carlsen
PhD; IBM Milan & MacMillan winner
Miika Pelkonen
Bachelor’s; sponsors: Aalto/Engblom; FISM Europe & Finnish Champ
Joe Monti th 4
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Jacob Schenström Masters; MacMillan Champion
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Asian Gala Saturday 1:30 pm MC: Andost (6th 4F; FISM winner) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Yumi th
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Beomseok Jun
Bachelor’s; sponsors: Obie/C.Choi, South Korea winner
Shimpei
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Ed Kwon
South Korea
Bachelor’s; sponsors: Obie/Cieslinski
Japan
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Austria
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Takamiz Usui
Bachelor’s; sponsors: Critelli/Katsuragawa
Billy Cheung
Master’s; FFAP & Belgium winner
Mo Yukimasa
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Fechter’s Fabulous Frolics Saturday 3:30 pm MC: Steve Beam (26nd time at 4F)
Eric DeCamps
1. USA
16th time at 4F; SAM Gold Medal winner
Joe Cabral
2. USA
9th time at 4F; cover of MUM
Andrew Quinn
3. USA
16th time at 4F; PhD; Presursor Suite sponsor
Jim Vines
4. USA
Bachelor’s; sponsors: Muñoz/Ripley; PCAM & Daytona winner
Luis Olmedo
5. Spain
PhD
Clemens Ilgner
6. Germany
4th time at 4F
Pete Lentini
7. USA
14th time at 4F; PhD
Martin Braessas
8. Argentina
Masters; FISM NA winner
Christian Engblom
9. Finland
5th time at 4F; Finland winner
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4F Final Gala Saturday 7:45 pm MC: Obie O’Brien (46th 4F, 2010 GoH)
A Tribute to our Guests of Honor: The Fat Brothers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Japan
Cuba
Taiwan
South Korea
Shoot Ogawa
PhD; 2008 Parlor Magician of the Year
Alberto Lorenzo
PhD; IBM & SAM winner
Horret Wu
Master’s; FISM Champion 2016 BIMF & TMA
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Bachelor’s; sponsors: Caesar/Obie; FISM GP Asia winners
Satoru Furukawa
Japan
Bachelor’s; sponsors: Caesar/Obie; 2015 TMA Taiwan 2014 FISM Asia
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Here’s the number of times people here have attended the 4F since 1971 (2016 is the 46th 4F):
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Ed Eckl, Dick Cook, Tim Williams.
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Gordon Boyd, Harrison Carroll, Paul Critelii, Charlie Decker, Mark Fitzgerald, Dan Garrett, Mike Gorman, Richard Hughes, Joe Mogar, Dave Neighbors, Gary Para, Bob Rees, Meir Yedid.
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Gene Anderson, Steve Beam, Glenn Brown, Robert Davis, Ray Eyler, Gary Freed, Paul Gertner, Alan Kronzek, Marv Leventhal, Bill Malone, Larry Martinez, Phil Messina, John Miller, Mike Powers, Keith Randolf, Prof. Rem, Buddy Smith, Vic Trabucco, Bruce Trigg, Scott Wells, Dave Wiedemer.
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John Bannon, Lee Eyler, Mike Hrab, Yannick Lacroix, Richard Levin, Bob Little, Bob Macey, Raj Madhok, Richard Mattner, Gary Morton, Dave Oestreicher, Charlie Randall, Don Voltz, Boris Wild, Gary Wiseman.
21 countries on 4 continents are attending 4F this year: 20 from Canada, 13 from England, 10 from France, 9 from Japan, 8 from Spain, 7 from Italy, 5 from South Korea, 3 from Germany, 2 each from Finland, Netherlands, Scotland and Taiwan; 1each from Argentina, Austria, China, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela; and about 165 from the USA. We have 40 contest winners from conventions around the world, including 14 FISM Winners; 12 past Presidents of the IBM plus their current President; 6 past st Presidents of the SAM — along with 26 magicians attending 4F for the 1 time. People from
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Dealers
Xavier Belmont
[email protected] T. Biancarelli magikoins.com E. Boulanger edouardboulanger.com Martin Braessas
[email protected] Craig Dickson wizardcraft.com The Fat Brothers grupokaps.com Dan Garrett dangarrettmagic.com Andy Greget 480 284-4363 | cell: 602 524-6444 Mark Leveridge markleveridge.co.uk Bob Little boblittlessupersunday.com Lukas lukascrafts.com Joe Mogar joemogar.com Pattrick Przysiecki pattricksmagic.com Charlie Randall magicbookshop.com C. Schenk/R.Nicot
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Martin Braessas Austria
Bill Cheung Canada
Bill Abbott Glenn Brown Joan Caesar Rod Chow Robin Dawes Jean-Luc Dupont Shawn Farquhar Derick Finn Greg Frewin Terry Greenwood Michel Huot Yannick Lacroix Eric Leclerc David Merry Allan Nackan Chris Pilsworth Brian Roberts Mike Robinson Bruce Trigg Gary Wiseman
Mark Leveridge Amanda Nicot Chris Payne Fay Presto Geoff Ray Darryl Rose Bob Swadling Marcus Taylor
Japan
Satoru Furukawa Hide Kimoto Yumi Nakajima Shoot Ogawa Satoshi Onosaka Shimpei Toto Takamiz Usui Mo Yukimasa
Finland
Christian Engblom Miika Pelkonen
Luis Olmedo Javier Piñeiro Angel San Martin-Gil Sweden
Jacob Schenström Switzerland Roland Meister Taiwan
Mexico
Juan Carlos Rodarte
Alec Tsai Horret Wu
France
Thomas Barthes Xavier Belmont Edouard Boulanger Jérôme Bourgeon Billy Debu Lawrens Godon Vincent Hedan Rémy Robert William Watt Boris Wild
Netherlands Auke van Dokkum Lodewijk de Widt
Germany
Hayashi Clemens Ilgner Christian Schenk
Sin Hyuk Choi Beomseok Jun Ed Kwon Lukas Lee Minho Park
Norway
Rune Carlsen Scotland
Peter McLanachan Neil Stirton
China
Daly
Italy
England Harold Cataquet Martin Cox Will Houstoun Kieron Johnson Simon Lane
Manfredi Corradino Alain Iannone Fabio Marchegiano Riccardo Negroni Tony Polli Sergio Starman Michele Trabona
South Korea
Spain
Woody Aragón Daniel Collado Dani DaOrtiz Miguel Angel Gea Willy Monroe
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Katalina Absolon Jason Alan Gene Anderson Andost Augie Arnstein Simon Aronson John Bannon Stephen Bargatze Steve Beam Bill Bishop Thomas Blacke Gordon Boyd Jack Browne Bill Butski Joe Cabral Joe Cappon Harrison Carroll Fred Casto Jack Chancellor Evert Chapman Jimmy Cieslinski Dick Cook David Corsaro
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Attendees (cont’d) USA Tom Craven Paul Critelli Michael Dardant Robert Davis Eric Decamps Charlie Decker Michael Dedee Marc Desouza Craig Dickson Eric Dockery Alan Drew III Ed Eckl Roy Eidem Matt Episcopo Bill Evans Lee Eyler Ray Eyler Buddy Farnan Dale Farris Michael Feldman Will Fern Keith Fields David Finkelstein Mark Fitzgerald Lion Fludd Gary Freed Steve Friedberg Tom Gagnon Dan Garrett Paul Gertner Gene Gordon Doug Gorman Mike Gorman Alexander Great Joel Greenwich Andy Greget
Howard Hamburg Darryl Harris Richard Hatch Rick Hebert Terry Hedges Karl Hein Mike Hrab Gary Hughes Richard Hughes Jimmy Ichihana Brad Jacobs Mike Joseph Jason Juliano Michael Kaminskas Michael Kirschner Jim Klayder Larry Kohorst Ray Kosby Shank Kothare Allan Kronzek Michael Lair Rian Lehman Peter Lentini Marv Leventhal Bob Little Alberto Lorenzo John Luka Bob Macey Daniel MacInnis Raj Madhok Mike Maione Larry Martinez Richard Mattner Ice McDonald Jay McLaughlin Francis Menotti Rick Merrill
Phil Messina John Miller Mike Miller Scott Miller Joe Mogar Harry Monti Joe Monti Gary Morton Thomas Mosier Dave Neighbors Todd Nelson Roger Nicot Obie O’Brien David Oestreicher Christian Painter Gary Para Kirk Patrick Andrew Pojman Howard Port Mike Powers Frank Price Gene Protas David Prouty Pattrick Przysiecki Andrew Quinn Charlie Randall Keith Randolph Eric Redman Dwight Redman Sr. Bob Rees Prof. Rem Paul Richards Joe Rindfleisch Ed Ripley Scott Robinson Fred Rosenbaum Rolando Santos
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Maria Schwieter Michael Seege George Silverman Buddy Smith David Solomon Bill Spooner Dick Steiner Mike Stratman Michael Tallon Vic Trabucco Corbett Troyer Joe M. Turner Arie Vilner Jim Vines Don Voltz Randy Wakeman Gary Ward Tony Weiland Bill Wells Scott Wells John West Don Wiberg Dave Wiedemer Rick Wilcox Geoff Williams Tim Williams Mark Yeager Meir Yedid Hull Youngblood Mark Zacharia Venezuela Luis Otero
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In memory of... Van Abernathy Don Alan Mike Amico Jerry Andrus Arturo Ascanio Chris Ball Howard Bamman Jos Bema Roger Bernheim Frank Bierovic Jack Birnman John Blake Ernie Blau Ed Blodgett Ali Bongo Vanni Bossi Wesley Braun Gordon Braun A. C. Brickell Rodger Bucy Frank Callahan George Campbell Del Cartier Jim Cellini Dom Cervas Aldo Colombini Tim Conover Del Copley R. C. Crabb Roger Crabtree Walter Cummings Father Cyprian Steve Dacri Paul Daniels Cliff Davis Mike Desimone Bud Dietrich Derek Dingle Pat Doolin J.C. Doty Doc Dougherty Herb Downs Dave Drake Tony Econ Tommy Edwards Neal Elias Bob Elliott
Mike Ellis Alex Elmsley Tony Eng Don England Ken Erle Ralph Erlewine Bob Escher Joe Farina Eddie Fechter Bob Follmer Kevin Fox Winston Freer Lou Gallo Frank Garcia Brian Glover Eli Goldberg Gene Gordon (Avery) Albert Goshman George Graham Ace Greenberg Dick Grigsby Ed Hagan Bob Haines Claude Hale Doug Henning Mike Hilburger Jim Hill Al Hillman Reggie Holden Bill Hollen Sam Horowitz Norm Houghton Peter Isaacs Larry Jennings Rick Johnsson Willis Kenney George Kirkendall Roger Klause Paul Kois Mike Kolis Joe Lamonica Woody Landers Fred Langer Geoff Latta Peter Layne Dave Lederman Jim Lee
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Neil Lester Lou Locacio Sid Lorraine Leo Lyno Howard Lyons Joel Machtinger Dennis Mackenzie Jay Malbrough Ray Mangel Dennis Marks Jay Marshall Marty Martin Bob McAllister Billy McComb Baron McCormick Dan McDonald John Menard Jerry Mentzer Ray Mertz Bill Miesel R. H. Bob Miller Jack Miller Harry Milliken Hank Moorehouse John Mueller Tom Mullica Al Munro John Murray Tony Musto Martin Nash Ed Newman Hal Newton Karl Norman Earle Oakes Mike O’Dowd Wayne Osinski Gary Ouellet Pat Page Pavel Dick Pecorella Peter Plotkin Bruce Posgate Del Ray Bob Read Jerome Remenicky Charles Reynolds Joe Riding
Fred Robinson Rollan Rochelle David Roemer Mike Rogers Ed Rosenthal Jim Ryan Dave Saunders Jack Sandorse Dick Schick Willie Schneider Craig Schneider Jerry Schnepp Bud Schreiber Max Scott Terry Seabrooke Mark Sicher Mike Skinner Neil Stafford Sr. Chuck Stanfield Bob Stencel Warren Stephens Mike Stollar Mel Stover Allan Strauss Silky Sullivan Jim Surprise Shigeo Takagi Peter Tappan Mahka Tendo Ward Thomas Hans Trixer J. C. Wagner Steve Walker Fred Watson Carl Weisinger Larry West Bob Wicks Joe Willard Phil Willmarth Wally Wilson Ronald Wohl Herb Zarrow Ron Zollweg Charles Zuis
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• 4F Web Page: http://www.ffffmagic.com • Pat Page Memorial Workshop: http://www.mallofmagic.com/pp2015 • Denis Behr’s Magic Book Archive: http://archive.denisbehr.de A quick search of YouTube and you’ll find a lot of 4Fers, including (names in bold attended 4F 2016):
Andost Gene Anderson Jerry Andrus Woody Aragón John Bannon Stephen Bargatze Bébel Denis Behr Giacomo Bertini Mathieu Bich Chris Capehart Charlie Caper John Cornelius Harrison Carroll Mike Chao Bruno Copin Dani DaOrtiz Michael Dardant Marc Desouza Henry Evans Buddy Farnan Shawn Farquhar Eddie Fechter
Yann Frisch Akira Fujii Dan Garrett Paul Gertner Lennart Green Chris Hannibal Pit Hartling Hayashi Vincent Hedan Guy Hollingsworth Alain Ianonne Robert Jägerhorn Joshua Jay Eric Jones Shin Lim Gazzo Macee Bill Malone Jay Marshall Max Maven Rick Merrill Willy Monroe Michael ‘Six’ Muldoon Oscar Muñoz 22
Tom Mullica Marc Oberon Shoot Ogawa Ouka Del Ray Juan Luis Rubiales Bob Sheets Rocco Silano Johan Ståhl David Stone Sergio Starman Frances Tabary Juan Tamariz Garrett Thomas Joe M. Turner John van der Put Scott Wells Boris Wild David Williamson Yumi Zeki
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Some 4F meals are provided (Friday dinner, Saturday lunch and dinner), and there is good food in the hotel -- check out the breakfast menu on the next two pages.
Thursday and Frida y Lunch offer for 4 F registra nts only: Hotdogs: $2.25 Hamburg ers: $2.50 Cheeseb urger $3.0 0 Pizza: $2.0 0 Chips/Sn ack Bags : $1.00 24 oz. Po p: $2.00
For those who want to explore, here’s what I’ve found locally: Alex’s Place 8322 Park Road, Batavia, NY 585 344-2999 A decent steakhouse, and the closest restaurant to the hotel; best to get a reservation first. Applebee’s 8322 Lewiston Rd, Batavia, NY 585 344-0600 Reasonably priced family restaurant. Peking Buffet Chinese Restaurant 8322 Lewiston Rd, Batavia, NY 585 343-8828 One of Obie’s favorites. Red Osier 6492 Main Rd. (NYS Route 5) Stafford, N.Y. 585 343-6972 Easily worth the 20 minute drive. Show your 4F badge to get the
Ultimate Red Osier Experience Dinner for $21.99 (regular $31.99.) It will include: crab/lobster bisque prepared tableside, Caesar salad prepared tableside, and a ten ounce portion of Prime Rib carved tableside. Settlers Restaurant 353 W Main St, Batavia, NY 585 343-7443 You’ll find a lot of 4Fers having breakfast here. Sport of Kings 419 W Main St, Batavia, NY 585 343-1274 Decent breakfast spot. Subway 8351 Lewiston Rd, Batavia, NY 585 343-7827 Fast food, submarine sandwiches. 23
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Take $1.00 off any breakfast if you wear your 4F badge! Robin Dawes at the Griddle
Good enough to write about. Served with your choice of bacon, sausage or ham add $1.75 Boris’ French Toast with a kiss of Cinnamon $5.95 Luscious slices of bread dipped in a cinnamon egg batter and grilled to a golden brown. Served with maple syrup. Great Wall of Buttermilk Pancakes $5.95 Hot and fluffy buttermilk pancakes grilled to a golden brown and topped with butter and served with maple syrup. Add blueberries or chocolate chips for $.50 Eyler’s Belgian Waffle $5.75 The classic favorite: a hot from the griddle thick, golden and crispy waffle topped with butter and served with maple syrup. Add a topping of chocolate chip, blueberry, strawberry or banana with whipped cream for $.75 2√(4F-4F-4F) $6.50 2 fluffy pancakes, 2 eggs cooked to your liking & choice of 2 pieces of meat (bacon, sausage or ham)
Terence’s Skillets
The perfect hearty breakfast topped with 2 grade A eggs cooked to order. All dishes served with a choice of breakfast bread and skillet browns or hash browns. Yo! -- substitute Egg Beaters at no additional charge. Gary Plant’s Veggie Skillet $7.50 Mushrooms, green pepper, onion and tomato combined with skillet browned potatoes and topped with shredded cheddar cheese. Dani’s Hearty Breakfast Skillet $7.75 Skillet browned potatoes with bits of bacon, sausage, ham, mushrooms, green pepper, onion & cheese. Served with your choice of bacon, sausage or ham add $1.75
4F 2016 Guests of Honor The Fat Brothers Ed Eckl Omelets
All omelets are served with your choice of breakfast bread and skillet or hash browns (except low carb). Substitute Egg Beaters at no additional charge. Egg white omelet available upon request for $1.25. Ripley’s Hip-Hop Mid-Western Omelet $7.95 The classic omelet stuffed with diced ham, sautéed onions, green pepper & cheddar cheese cooked to perfection. Onosaka Japanese Garden Omelette $7.75 The perfect omelet for those with a love of fresh garden vegetables, folded with sautéed onion, mushrooms, green pepper, fresh tomato and cheddar cheese. Merrill’s Ham It Up Omelette with Cheese $6.95 A 3-egg omelet cooked in real butter with ham and Cheddar cheese folded inside. Rocco’s Hawaiian Omelette $7.50 Sautéed pineapple and ham smothered in a spicy Monterey Jack cheese and shredded cheddar folded inside. Messy but good! Farquhar’s Grand Prix Omelette with Canadian Bacon & Cheese (Low Carb) $7.25 Served without breakfast potatoes or bread. A 3-egg omelet cooked in real butter with bacon and cheddar cheese folded inside. Roland’s Spinach & Feta Omelet (Low Carb) $7.50 Served without breakfast potatoes or bread. A 3-egg omelet cooked in real butter with spinach and feta cheese folded inside.
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All served with skillet or Hash browned potatoes and a choice of breakfast bread. Substitute Egg Beaters at no additional charge. Jimmy C’s Value Breakfast $6.50 Two grade A eggs, two strips of bacon and a choice of breakfast bread served with skillet browned potatoes. Obie’s Full Value Breakfast $7.95 Designed to satisfy a hearty appetite. Three eggs cooked to order with your choice of breakfast meat. Includes an 8oz. juice of your choice. Yumi’s Classic Eggs Benedict $7.25 A timeless classic of two grade A poached eggs with Canadian bacon atop an English muffin and topped with Hollandaise sauce.
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Your choice of seasonal fruit add $2.00 Mike’s Powerful Hot Oatmeal With a touch of brown sugar A Trabucco Glass Bowl Of Cereal Frosted Flakes, Toasty O’s, Raisin Bran, Tootie Fruities.
$3.25 $2.50
Don Voltz Fresh Fruit (Stay healthy!) $6.25 A large bowl of the season’s best fruit with a scoop of cottage cheese. Add more fruit for $1.25. Steve Beam’s Right Start $4.75 One grade-A egg cooked to order, English muffin or toast and fresh fruit. Bruce Trigg Yogurt- For athletes $4.00 Your choice of assorted yogurts, please ask your server for selection.
Puga’s Hungry Man’s Benedict Skillet $7.95 Seasoned skillet browned potatoes with ham, bacon, onions, mushrooms & cheese topped with poached eggs and drizzled with Hollandaise sauce & parsley.
Episcopo Breakfast Sandwich $4.25 Choice of bagel or English muffin, ham, sausage or bacon, American cheese and one scrambled egg.
Glenn’s High Steak (Stake) & Eggs $9.95 A 6 oz. N.Y. Strip Steak, pink or no pink, with two eggs prepared any style.
Tony Gerard Light Beverages
Muñoz Breakfast Burrito $6.95 2 Grade A eggs scrambled with onion, peppers, bacon, crisp potatoes and shredded cheese stuffed into a warm flour tortilla.
Dale Farris’ Extras Carroll’s white wheat, rye toast $1.50 Geoff’s Skillet of hash browned potatoes $2.25 A Bannon Bagel $2.65 Katalina’s Bagel with Cream Cheese $2.95 Amanda’s English Muffin $1.75 Maria’s Apple Danish $2.05 McBride’s Blueberry Muffin $2.05 Huot-Lacroix Bacon, very Canadian $2.10 Anderson’s Sausage Link (no paper here) $2.10 Darryl Rose’s Ham Steak: $2.10 Hughes’ One Egg Beauty $1.45 Raj’s Fruit Cup – make it healthy! $2.00
Tim’s Orange Juice 100% Florida Pure Premium Regular $2.50 Large $3.00 Carafe $7.25 Will Grey’s Hot Tea. Very English $1.99 Para’s Hot Chocolate - oh so good! $2.25 Charlie Decker Milk $1.85 Geoff’s Chocolate Milk: A picture of wonder $2.25 Leventhal Soft Drinks $2.25 Ice McDonald’s Bottled Water $1.95 Must have Wiseman’s Assorted Juices. It’s the law! (apple, cranberry, grapefruit, pineapple & tomato) Regular $2.50 Large $3.00 Carafe $7.25 Bill Wells Freshly Brewed Coffee. $1.99 a smart choice Argentina’s Decaffeinated. $1.99 good to the last drop
Bargatze’s Buffet
$6.00 (Full of unexpected surprises) Fruit, cereal, muffins, assorted bread, yogurt, juice coffee and tea. Thursday through Saturday.
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Thanks!
Obie and Executive Assistant Joan Caesar would like to acknowledge and thank the following for their ongoing help with Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic: • Joe Cappon – Video assistant • Charles Decker – Hotel Pictures setup • Craig Dickson – Dealers’ Room • Matt Episcopo – 4F Setup • Dale Farris – Official Photographer • Roland Meister – Official Photographer • Tom Phelps – Hotel Manager • Scott Robinson – Database • Bruce Trigg – Golf Tournament Organizer • Gary Ward – Assistant Sound/Video • Rick Wilcox – Assistant Sound/Video The back stage crew: • Lee Eyler (manager) Crew: Thomas Blacke, Jack Chancellor, Ray Eyler, and Scott Miller. Those staffing the 4F Shop: • Rod Chow (manager) Staffers: Shank Kothare, Simon Lane, Rajneesh Madhok, Jay McLaughlin, Amanda Nicot, Ed Ripley, and Michael Tallon. Our Masters of Ceremony: Andost, Steve Beam, Alain Iannone, Gary Morton, The Painters, Mike Powers, Darryl Rose, and Meir Yedid; lecturers Michel Huot, Yannick Lacroix, Lukas, and Luis Otero; all those who performed, and of course our Guests of Honor The Fat Brothers. All of our dealers, and the 4F Board of Directors: • Glenn Brown – Registration, Publications • Jimmy Cieslinski – Head Sound/Video Technician, Airport Rides • Dan Garrett – Diplomas • Mike Joseph – 4F Setup • Meir Yedid – 4F web site
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Obie’s 4F 2016
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The blue logos you see throughout this eBook signify FISM winners (14 at this year’s 4F.) According to Wikipedia, the International Federation of Magic Societies (FISM) (Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques) was founded in 1948, and is one of the most respected organizations in the magician community. It is an international body coordinating dozens of national and international clubs and federations around the world, representing approximately 50,000 Magicians from 32 countries. The organization hosts a FISM conference every three years (the World Championship of Magic), where magicians compete for “Best of” categories. The last FISM was held in 2015 in Rimini, Italy, and the next will be July 9-14, 2018 in Busan, South Korea. Want to learn more about FISM 2018? For details, surf to:
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