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The time has come, when once
again, We fellows with the rabbits
All gather 'round in Magic glee,
And hit the trail for Abbott's.
We swoop down on the little town
And swell it twice its size —
The people see so many tricks
They can't believe their eyes.
The thumb tips have a merry chase,
The billiard balls are gay,
The "night before" is one mad
time, And so is every day.
We fool each other night and
day
And make a lot of clatter In
demonstrating some new twist,
Or showing off our
patter. |
We see so many tricks we
are
A dizzy congregation, But you
should see us crowd the floor
At Percy's
"Demonstration!"
We riot (In a friendly
way)
To see the public shows, The rush
for tickets at the last
Most every Magus
knows.
We live it, eat it — sleep it,
too —
We're in the middle of it, And
though we're fagged out by the end,
We just can't help but love
it.
Of all the happy joys of
life
It's soon one of our habits To
pack up this time every year —
And hit the trail for
Abbott's. |
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Get-Together Shows to be Under
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To accomodate what promises at
this writing to be a record breaking crowd at Abbott's 10th Annual Magic
Get-Together at Colon, Sept. 9, 10, and 11, Percy Abbott has bought the
big tent theatre formerly used by the late Skippy LaMore for his summer
season of dramatic shows.
Thus Magicians and other visitors
to the Get-Together will be assured a chance to see the two big public
shows this year without the up-to-the-curtain anxiety about getting seats
as some experienced in the past.
There will be plenty of seats for
Magicians and plenty for the public too, for the tent can handle a bigger
audience than any other auditorium in Colon.
And from the production
viewpoint, the shows will appear much as they would in a theatre, for the
wide stage, curtains, lighting, speaker system and other appointments make
it a real theatre under canvas.
Reservations for rooms and
tickets are coming in daily and by the time this appears, tickets
will be in the hands of all who have ordered them in advance.
Among those who have written they
will attend the Get-Together are Charlie Larson, |
Tommy Windsor, Ray Newton, and a
large number of regulars including John Braun, Stewart Judah, Doc
Mahendra, Bert Allerton, Dr. Zina Bennett, Al Munroe, Al Zink, Russ Walsh,
and Boris Zola, to name a few.
Plans for the entertainment of
the several hundred visitors also goes on — and while the bills for the
public shows are pretty well set, Percy and Howard Strickler and other
stunt promoters are arranging the various surprises without which an
Abbott's Get-Together would not be an Abbott's Get-Together. Mainly these
will be brought out at the grand and glorius "night before" party, which
this year is styled "Victory Night," and will be featured by a group of
patriotic effects.
Those who have been reading the
advertisements will know who will be on the bills for, the public
shows, and these acts will be as advertised, but it is safe to say that
there will be some additions to their ranks, performers who at the last
minute find they can stop over at Colon between dates "or something." The
bills as arranged so far include some of the best performers in Magic and
several novelty vaudeville turns. Both will be top-notch
programs. |
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