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Having now settled in, enjoyed a large pot of tea and sausage sandwich, we’ve started to get down to the maim business of the weekend.. Magic..

Heading back to the Ruskin hotel, we did a bit of mingling, and watching magic, nothing major going on, as I think most people were only just starting to arrive.

Registration starts tomorrow morning from 9:00am..

Well after almost four hours of driving we are finally here.. The trip up wasn’t too bad, only about 4 hours from home to the hotel. The hotel its self is fair, a bed, very large bar, shower, and most importantly… FREE wifi!! The other main advantage is its almost on top of the winter gardens, and main HQ hotel the Ruskin.

First stop is a large cup of tea and a sandwich to repleanish ourselves the from the drive up.

The line up looks great for the weekend.. David Sousa, Valerie, Chris Priest, Shawn Farquhar, David Stone, Martin Sanderson, David solomon, Shoot Ogowa, Kostya Kimlat, JJ Sanvert, JC Wagner, Lior Manor, Helder Guimaraes, Colonel Custard (paul Megram), Geoffrey Durham, Wayne Dobson, Michael Close, Topaz, Shimada, Ken Dodd, Manka Tendo, Rafael, Antje Pode, Fukai, Scott Penrose, John Archer, Danny Hunt, and Adrian Walsh all listed to appear at some point during the weekend.

The Blackpool Magic Convention is the worlds largest magic convention, held in February every year at the magnificent Opera House and Winter Gardens in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The Convention features over 100 Magic Dealers from all over the world, the British Magical Championships for Close-Up Magic, the United Kingdom Children’s Entertainer of the Year Competition, Lectures, the British Magical Stage Championships and an International Gala Show.

Hosted by the Blackpool Magicians Club, it’s always a fabulous event, and it’s been a few years since I’ve been. This year, just like I did at FISM 2006, and The International Convention, I’m intending to blog and report as much as I can from the event.

This is going to rely on a number of things, firstly the quality of mobile signal in the Winter Gardens, given that I’m hoping to blog the majority of the event from my iPhone. Secondly, just how much I can see and report on during the weekend. I hope to live blog as I go, and provide updates and photos as I go. Anything I can report on live from the convention center, hopefully I’ll be able to update from my hotel just round the corner from the Winter Gardens and the Ruskin Hotel (the epicenter of the convention). I will be up in Blackpool from Thursday, and hopefully start reporting from there on in.

Given it’s only likely to be me blogging on here, then I’m unlikely to cover everything, I’ll try and provide as much an overview of the day to day happenings as I can. I have also created a Flickr group for anyone attending to upload photos to.

Update: The convention blogs are now posted under the Blackpool2008 category. Enjoy!