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THURSDAY, AUGUST 4TH 20229:30AM REGISTRATION OPENS at Abbott Plant Purchase Registration/Tickets10:00AM-12:45PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS' ROOM at Colon High School Requires Abbott's Registration11:00AM LECTURE - Handsome Jack at High School Requires Abbott's Registration12:00PM STREET PERFORMER - B.J. Mallen (Magic Capital Grill by bridge)1:00PM LECTURE - Reynold Alexander at High School Requires Abbott's Registration1:00PM OLD FASHION MAGIC SHOW with Jeffrey Alan at Abbott's Magic Theatre $52:00 PM JAY BLACKWELL JUGGLING/FIRE EATING & MORE at Sterlini Magic & Theater2:30PM STREET PERFORMER - Bibik! (Granny's Place by American Legion)2:30PM VENT O RAMA (Vent O Rama Webpage) at Abbotts Plant Requires Abbott's Registration3:00PM-5PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS' ROOM at Colon High School Requires Abbott's Registration3:00PM-5PM COLON HISTORICAL MUSEUM is open (Colon Museum Webpage)3:00PM-6PM FACE PAINTING with Award Winning Artist Carol Hendrix3:45PM FAMOUS MAGICIANS GRAVEYARD TOUR (Graveyard Tour Webpage) ushered by Al The Only4:30PM OLD FASHION MAGIC SHOW with Joe Bennett at Abbott's Magic Theatre $55:00 PM LIVE AT 5 WITH THE STERLINI'S at Sterlini Magic & Theater $105:30PM STREET PERFORMER - Thom Bedlem (Magic Capital Grill by bridge) 6:00PM-7:45PM DINNER on your own7:45PM PRESHOW LIVE ORGAN MUSIC - by John Sturk Requires Abbott's Registration or Ticket ($30/$45)8:00PM ABBOTT'S STAGE SHOW Requires Abbott's Registration or Ticket ($30/$45)Featuring Mac King, Mike Caveney, Tina Lenert, Lucy Darling, Lance BurtonNOTE: Tickets for the Abbott evening Stage Show must be purchased in advance at the Abbott Plant or online before 5pm that day.You will be able to pick up tickets at a will call window at the show, but Abbotts will not be able to sell any at the door.8:00PM GRAND MAGIC CLASSIC SHOW - 8 PM at the Laflin's Grand Magic Theater - $14.95 adult, $6.95 child10:00PM ABBOTT'S DEALERS ROOM OPENS at Colon High School Requires Abbott's Registration10:15 PM JONATHON LACHANCE LAUGH MAGIC LIVE at Sterlini Magic & Theater10:45PM CURLYS 30TH CLOSEUP CONTEST at Curly's, more info including signup here.

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Time stamps for this episode:

00:00:16 - Mark Holstein has been been attending Abbott’s Get Together for 45 consecutive years and soon started working back stage then became stage manager which he still does to this day.

00:14:30 - Mike Powers and Maria Schweiter talk about how they first met here in Colon at an Abbott’s Get Together

00:23:54 - In the Grand Magic Theater we chat with Dwayne and Mary Laflin who talk about this being their last week in Colon before they move back to Branson, Missouri.

00:31:53 - Al the Only coordinated the Open Colon Golf Tournament and also is the tour guide for the magic cemetery tour

00:40:50 - Kitty Marie is a professional assistant who traveled here with Lance Burton and his crew.

00:45:29 - Chip Romero joins us at the Legion Hall and talks about this being his first Abbott’s Get Together who gives us the ambiance of the event.

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