Thanks

[davidparr]

I hope everyone on this site who attended the West Coast Inner Circle conference will devote a moment to this topic:

Walt Anthony really deserves our thanks for making this West Coast conference happen. Walt's efforts made it possible for all of us to spend time among people who truly care about magic, people we may not otherwise have had the opportunity to meet. Putting together an event like this is a difficult task; let's make sure it's not a thankless one.

Thank you Walt!

[Kay]

I second the THANKS to Walt and the others who made the weekend possible.

I Freely admit that I still am in awe of the great minds who came and shared of themselves for the weekend.
My experience of magical gatherings has usually been one of large groups of roving card workers-justifying my purchase of the T-Shirt years ago of "Please, do not show me another card trick!"

While there were cards used in some of the discussions, and effects shown, they were actually a refreshing and welcome change from the insidious "Pick a Card" demonstrators of digital dexterity. <maybe my bout with Carpal Tunnel had made me jealous, maybe not!>

Perhaps it is the smaller groupings, maybe it is just that for the people who look a bit deeper into why they do magic, and who they do magic for <not to> makes a difference. Everyone was friendly and welcoming.

Finally, while I realize that some of the women there were in the supportive/shopping/lets take a trip- role for their partners, it was still nice to meet the other women involved in the genre'. I hope that everyone enjoyed themselves, as I know that Tory and I both did!
Thanks again for all the work everyone did!
kay

[Joshua Kane]

There was much pleasure to be had, especially in the category of putting faces to names. I found the dialogue stimulating and am thrilled after years of Kardor stories to finally see him live.

People really did travel for this one. The airlines made a mint. This definitely illustrates the serious commitment that folk feel to exploring our form.

It was a lovely chance to affirm old friendships and begin new ones.

My Thanks to Walt, Santiago, David Parr, Robert and Gayle Neale, Diane Enright, Heather Rogers, David Miller, David Hirata, Evil Dan, Joe Cabral and all of the folk whose presence itself added eclat to the event. This was truly a case of one's presence was their present.

Best

Joshua Kane

[DavidHirata]

I'm with you guys, and can't say it any better than you did, so I'll keep it simple:

Thanks Walt! It was a lot of fun and we owe you, man. A lot.

David

[davidparr]

It's a couple of months since the bizarre magic conference in San Fran, so we're gonna put this forum in deep freeze now. Thanks to everyone who posted here. The Odd Odyssey would not have been the same without you.