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As you may be aware, The Nashville Ring 37 had to cancel convention plans for September due to the loss of facilities since the recent flood there. We have no SEAM this year to avoid conflict with the SAM convention in Atlanta in July.
Therefore, Lucy and I have decided to do what we can afford to get a magicians’ get together for September at Magic Valley Ranch. It is not a true convention at all. It is a Magicians’ Flea Market. There are no plans for lectures or night shows. (There is also no plan for an admission charge either!)
The date is Saturday September 11, 2010. The place is here at the ranch (Magic Valley Ranch 395 County Road 478, Clanton, AL). Admission is restricted to magicians and their guests. The vendors are the magicians with treasures (and some white elephants) to trade.
Facilities are a bit unusual. The arena is reserved for booth spaces for magicians with magic for sale. If more space is needed, it is certainly available. There is also an outdoor stage near the arena; special areas (covered and in the shade) for close-up magic “discussions”, bull sessions, and deep conversations about the strategic importance of entertaining others; an indoor theater (Bunny Heart Theater) for stage magic; and food vendors working for local charities. Otherwise it is rolling grassy hills, wooden fences, a lake and horses, goats, geese, etc. It is a gated community due to the horses! We are private. Yes, there are bathrooms!
Both vendors and bargain hunters are sought. There is no charge to be either or both.
Things to bring are a chair, walking shoes, camera, money to buy magical treasures and lunch, magic trade goods, tall tales, the need to associate with other magicians and magic to show and tell or just walk around and use for conversation starters with others. Pets are not allowed (except for caged doves and rabbits) since we already have animals here we don’t want bothered by other animals.
Vendors will need tables and, if desired – and recommended - a shade cover of some sort.
Coolers are OK but please remember that Chilton County is a dry county. It is also an election year (November) and the local sheriff will hopefully be replaced. (He’s not happy about that.)
Opportunities to perform exist. What interest you: walk-around, close-up, stage?
There is plenty of lodging available locally. There are three (count them!) Robert Trent Jones Golf Courses here, the national tournaments for BassMaster are held within ten minutes of the ranch, less than 50 miles south of the ranch in Montgomery are the Shakespeare Festival (http://www.asf.net/index.aspx) , the Hank Williams museum and a good zoo. If you want a night show I recommend the Shakespeare Festival. It is ranked 7th in the world. Even from the outside, it is something to see.
North is Birmingham. The ranch is almost exactly dead center between Birmingham and Montgomery about five miles off exit 208 on I-65. There is only one turn. A map and directions are attached.
Please use MagicValleyRanch@MagicValleyMagic.com for emails about this. Your comments and ideas are welcomed.
Please do let me hear from you.
Magically yours,
Bob
Bob Sanders
Magic Valley Ranch
395 County Road 478
Clanton, AL 35046-3213 U.S.A.
(205) 755-6882 Ranch
(334) 412-5789 Cell
Bob@MagicBySander.com
http://www.magicbysander.com/
Map to Magic Valley Ranch
From I-65 Exit 208 (Clanton exit for Shoney’s and Love’s)
1. From I-65 Take Exit 208
2. Go east (Toward Love’s) for about 4.8 miles on CR 28 (unmarked)
Locally it is known as Lake Mitchell Road.
3. Turn RIGHT onto County Road 97 at sign for Providence Church for 0.1 mile
4. Continue straight (Left curve) on cemetery side onto County Road 478
5. Around the curve on the LEFT look for the Magic Valley Ranch gate (about 0.1 mile)
6. If you see wooded fences, barns, arena, a lake and horses, You are passing the ranch!
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