Obie’s 4F 2014 Welcome!

Welcome to the 44th annual Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic — here’s what you’ll find in this e-book:

• 2014 Guest of Honor: Shawn Farquhar

• Guests of Honor

• MVPs

• Workshops, Lectures, & Shows

• Program

• 4F 2014 by the numbers • Dealers

• Attendees

• In memory of...

• Links

• Eating Out

• Thanks!

• Help/About

This year was one of the best!

Obie O’Brien

4F 2014, page 1 Obie’s 4F 2014 Guest of Honor: Shawn Farquhar

Photo by Roland Meister

Creator, Author and Lecturer of , winner of Penn & Teller’s reality TV show “Fool Us”, and guest star on the Ellen Show; Shawn has many roles: he has performed on luxury cruise ships since 1983, produced numerous magic conventions, and been a technical advisor for film and television. He is Past President of the CAM and PCAM and President- Elect of the I.B.M. Shawn also has many awards including: 2001 SAM Close Up Champion with Medal of Honour, 2001 FFFF “Obie” People’s Choice Award, 2003 & 2010 Canadian Magician of the Year, he is the only magician to win both I.B.M. Stage and Close Up awards, and he is the 2009 FISM Grand Prix World Champion and World Champion of Card Magic.

4F 2014, page 2 Obie’s 4F 2014 Guests of Honor

• 1977 Jim Ryan • 1978 Eddie Fechter • 1979 • 1980 Gene Gordon • 1981 Bob Read • 1982 Sid Lorraine • 1983 Steve Dusheck • 1984 Rick Johnsson • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 Tom Craven • 1988 Phil Willmarth • 1989 Gary Ouellet • 1990 Shigeo Takagi • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 Derek Dingle • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 Lennart Green • 2000 Bill Malone • 2001 Herb Zarrow • 2002 • 2003 Meir Yedid • 2004 • 2005 Gene Anderson & Dan Garrett • 2006 • 2007 Ton Onosaka • 2008 Boris Wild • 2009 Henry Evans • 2010 Obie O’Brien • 2011 Steve Beam • 2012 David Stone • 2013 Stephen Bargatze • 2014 Shawn Farquhar • 2015 Oscar Munoz

4F 2014, page 3 Obie’s 4F 2014 Lou Gallo MVPs

• 1982 Karl Norman • 1983 Steve Dusheck • 1984 Bob Stencil • 1985 Jerry Andrus • 1986 Shigeo Takagi • 1987 Rocco • 1988 Gary Kurtz • 1989 David Williamson • 1990 Juan Tamariz • 1991 Aldo Colombini • 1992 Lennart Green • 1993 Jim Krenz • 1994 Steve Beam • 1995 Paul Daniels • 1996 Pat Page • 1997 • 1998 Tom Gagnon • 1999 Lennart Green • 2000 Bill Malone • 2001 Tim Ellis & Sue-Anne Webster • 2002 Henry Evans • 2003 David Stone • 2004 Armando Lucero • 2005 Reed McClintock • 2006 Flicking Fingers • 2007 • 2008 Boris Wild • 2009 Dick Cook • 2010 Obie O’Brien • 2011 Steve Beam • 2012 Denis Behr • 2013 Dani DaOrtiz • 2014 Michael Darant

4F 2014, page 4 Obie’s 4F 2014 Workshops, Lectures, & Shows

Wednesday 8:00 1st Show Opening Gala...... MC: Joe M. Turner 10:00 Lecture #1 France...... Bruno Copin 11:00 Hospitality Suite Opens ...... Room 300

Thursday 11:00 Lecture #2 Australia...... Tim Ellis 1:30 2nd Show Kick Off Show...... MC: Steve Beam 3:30 3rd Show Recognizable Faces...... MC: Gary Morton 8:00 Lecture #3 Canada...... Shawn Farquhar 10:15 4F 1st Timers Meeting ...... Executive Room 10:30 Hospitality Suite Opens ...... Room 300

Friday 9:30 Golf Tournament (extra cost)...... Bruce Trigg 11:00 Workshop Tricks from before 1950...... MC: Mike Powers 1:30 4th Show World Gala Show...... MC: Buddy Farnan 3:30 5th Show 4F Friends Old and New...... MC: Oscar Muñoz 8:00 6th Show Friday’s Finger Flicking Frolics...... MC: Meir Yedid 11:00 Hospitality Suite Opens ...... Room 300

Saturday 11:00 Lecture #4 Argentina...... Henry Evans 1:30 7th Show Magical Moments...... MC: Pattrick Przysiecki 3:30 8th Show Fechter’s Fabulous Frolics...... MC: Dan Garrett 7:45 9th Show 4F Grand Finale...... MC: Obie O’Brien 11:30 Hospitality Suite Opens ...... Room 300

4F 2014, page 5 Obie’s 4F 2014 Program Wednesday 2:00-7:00 Registration open 2:00-5:00 4F Shop open 6:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures and shows) 8:00 1st Show: Opening Gala (Joe M. Turner MC) 10:00 Bruno Copin lecture 11:00 Hospitality Suite (Room 300) opens 12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

Thursday 10:00-5:30 Registration open (closed during lectures and shows) 10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures and shows) 10:00-11:00 4F Shop open 11:00 Tim Ellis lecture 12:30 Lunch: on your own 1:30 2nd Show: The Kick Off (Steve Beam MC) 3:30 3rd Show: Recognizable Faces (Gary Morton MC) 5:30 Supper: on your own 7:00-7:45 4F Shop is open 8:00 Shawn Farquhar lecture 10:15 4F 1st Timers meeting (Executive Room) 10:30 Hospitality Suite (Room 300) opens 12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

Friday 8:00 Bob Little Open Golf Tournament (see Bruce Trigg to register) 10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures, shows, and dinner) 10:00-11:00 4F Shop open 11:00 Pat Page Memorial Workshop (Mike Powers MC) 12:00 Lunch break – free soda and beer starts 1:30 4th Show: World Gala Show (Buddy Farnan MC) 3:30 5th Show: 4F Friends Old & New (Oscar Muñoz MC) 5:30 Smorgasbord: ticket required 7:00-7:45 4F Shop open 8:00 6th Show: Friday’s Finger Flicking Frolics (Meir Yedid MC) 11:00 Hospitality Suite (Room 300) opens 12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

Saturday 10:00 Dealers’ Room opens (closed during lectures, shows, and dinner) 10:00-10:45 Registration & 4F Shop open 11:00 Henry Evans lecture 12:15 Lunch break: ticket required 1:30 7th Show: Magical Moments (Pattrick Przysiecki MC) 3:30 8th Show: Fechter’s Fabulous Frolics (Dan Garrett MC) 5:30 Smorgasbord: ticket required 7:45 Tribute to Guest of Honor Shawn Farquhar 8:00 9th Show: 4F Grand Finale (Obie O’Brien MC) 11:30 Hospitality Suite (Room 300) opens 12:00 Dealers’ Room closes

4F 2014, page 6 OBIE’s 4F 2014 4F Opening Gala Wednesday 8:00 pm

MC: Joe M. Turner (10th time at 4F)

1. Shawn Farquhar Canada 4F 2014 Guest of Honor, 9th time at 4F, FISM winner

2. Yumi Japan 4th time at 4F, FISM winner

3. Marcelo Insua Argentina Masters, FISM winner

4. James Jien Taiwan Bachelors (sponsors: Chao/Obie), Asian TV star

5. Will Gray England PhD

6. Christian & Katalina USA 4th time at 4F, IBM winners

7. Wladimir France Masters

8. Mike Chao Taiwan Masters, French Champion

4F 2014, page 7 Obie’s 4F 2014 The Kick Off Thursday 1:30 pm

MC: Steve Beam (24th time at 4F)

1. Joel Greenwich USA Bachelors (Sponsors: DeDee/Prof. Rem)

2. William Watt France Masters, French Champion

3. Tyler Erickson USA 12th time at 4F, Masters

4. Davio Wu Taiwan Bachelors (Sponsors: Chao/Obie)

5. Riccardo Negroni Italy PhD

6. Daly China Bachelors (Sponsors: Caesar/Obie)

7. Eric Roumestan France PhD, French Champion

8. Clemens Ilgner Germany Masters, German Champion

9. Michael Dardant USA 4th time at 4F, IBM/CAM Winner

4F 2014, page 8 Obie’s 4F 2014 Recognizable Faces Thursday 3:30 pm

MC: Gary Morton (21st time at 4F)

1. Michael ‘Six’ Muldoon USA Masters

2. Bruce Kalver USA 6th time at 4F, PhD

3. Ice MacDonald USA Masters

4. Xavier Belmont France Masters

5. Vinny Grosso USA PhD

6. Brian Roberts Canada 5th time at 4F

7. Roy Eidem USA Bachelors (Sponsors Cieslinski/Eric Jones)

8. David Corsaro USA 8th time at 4F

4F 2014, page 9 Obie’s 4F 2014 Pat Page Memorial Workshop Friday 11:00 am MC: Mike Powers Photo by Roland Meister “Tricks from Before 1950”

1. Mike Powers USA 26th time at 4F

2. Peter McLanachan Scotland 5th time at 4F

3. Dave Neighbors USA 32nd time at 4F

4. Steve Friedberg USA 4th time at 4F

5. Bruce Kalver/Joan Caesar USA 6th time at 4F/ 9th time at 4F

6. Gene Gordon USA 14h time at 4F

7. Tony Gerard USA 22nd time at 4F

8. Tom Craven USA 44th time at 4F

4F 2014, page 10 Obie’s 4F 2014 World Gala Show Friday 1:30 pm

MC: Buddy Farnan (14th time at 4F)

1. Eric DeCamps USA 14th time at 4F, SAM winner

2. Yuri Kaine France Masters

3. Hae-suk Oh South Korea Bachelors (Sponsors: Obie/Zeki)

4. Rémy Robert France PhD

5. Mario Lopez Bachelors (Sponsors: Caesar/Obie)

6. Tim Ellis Australia 4th time at 4F, FISM winner

7. Rune Carlsen Norway Bachelors (Sponsors: Caesar/Obie), Italian Champion

8. Tony Montana Argentina 4th time at 4F, FISM winner

9. Eric Jones USA 6th time at 4F

4F 2014, page 11 Obie’s 4F 2014 4F Friends Old and New Friday 3:30 pm

MC: Oscar Muñoz (12th time at 4F)

1. Darryl Rose England Masters

2. Wayne Anderson USA Bachelors (Sponsors: Andrews/Hannibal)

3. Will Fern USA Bachelors (Sponsors: Corsaro/Zacharia)

4. Mirko Ferrantini Germany Bachelors (Sponsors: Fraps/Ilgner)

5. Karl Hein USA 6th time at 4F

6. Chris Pilsworth Canada Masters

7. Howard Hamburg USA Bachelors (Sponsors: Craven/Friedberg)

8. Gérald Mainart France Bachelors (Sponsors: Franzis/Tabary)

9. David Regal USA 7th time at 4F

4F 2014, page 12 Obie’s 4F 2014 Friday’s Finger Flicking Frolic Friday 8:00 pm

MC: Meir Yedid (33rd time at 4F)

1. Andost USA 4th time at 4F, FISM winner

2. Ludovic Julliot France PhD, French & Italian champion

3. Hannibal USA 5th time at 4F, WCM Peoples’ Choice winner

4. Jaque Spain Bachelors (Sponsors: Caesar/Obie), FISM winner

5. Shimpei Katsuragawa Japan Bachelors (Sponsors: Critelli/Mike Miller)

10 minute intermission 6. Garrett Thomas USA 13th time at 4F

7. Seol Park South Korea Bachelors (Sponsors: Obie/Zeki)

8. Martin Cox England 7th time at 4F

9. Bruno Copin France Masters

10. Pierric Tenthorey Switzerland Bachelors (Sponsors: Caesar/Obie), MacMillan winner

4F 2014, page 13 Obie’s 4F 2014 Magical Moments Saturday 1:30 pm

MC: Pattrick Przysiecki (11th time at 4F)

1. Jimmy “C” USA 11th time at 4F 2. Shank Kothare & Ed Ripley USA Bachelors (Sponsors: Caesar/Ripley); 8th 4F, IBM winner 3. Jérôme Bourgeon France PhD 4. Hayafumi Japan Masters, Hakone winner 5. Kirk Patrick USA PhD 6. F.F.F.F.F. Many Combined 39 times at 4F 7. Roger Nicot USA 7th time at 4F, PhD 8. Auke van Dokkum Netherlands 11th time at 4F 9. Bob Swadling England 11th time at 4F

10. Hide Kimoto Japan 5th time at 4F

4F 2014, page 14 Obie’s 4F 2014 Fechter’s Fabulous Frolics Saturday 3:30 pm

MC: Dan Garrett (32nd time at 4F)

1. Alain Iannone Italy PhD

2. Bill Evans USA Bachelors (Sponsors: Caesar/Obie)

3. Ouka Japan Bachelors (Sponsors: Caesar/Obie), YouTube star

4. Joe Monti USA Masters

5. Michael Maione USA Masters

6. Derick Finn Canada 4th time at 4F, PhD

7. Michael Kaminskas USA Bachelors (Sponsors: Desouza/Kosby)

8. Keith Fields England 4th time at 4F

9. Geoff Williams USA 6th time at 4F

4F 2014, page 15 Obie’s 4F 2014 Grand Finale Saturday 7:45 pm

MC: Obie O’Brien (44th time at 4F) Episcopo video Tribute to Guest of Honor Shawn Farquhar 1. Alberto Lorenzo USA Bachelors (Grosso-Muñoz); IBM & SAM winner 2013

2. Bébel France 10th time at 4F; magicien extraordinaire

3. Soma Hungary Masters, FISM winner, Grand Prix Champion

4. Rocco USA 17th time at 4F, FISM winner

10 minute intermission

5. Angel San Martin Spain Masters

6. Ouka Japan Bachelors (Caesar/Obie), 2 million+ views on YouTube

7. Jay Scott Berry Australia PhD, FISM winner

8. Henry Evans Argentina 9th time at 4F, 4F Guest of Honor 1993, FISM winner

9. Bargatze/Merrill USA 17th /10th time at 4F, IBM/FISM winners

4F 2014, page 16 4F 2014 by the numbers

Here’s the number of times people here have attended the 4F since 1971 (2014 is the 44th 4F):

44 Tom Craven & Obie O’Brien

42 Ed Eckl, Mike Hilburger, John McLachlan

36-40 Harrison Carroll, Dick Cook, Jim Gabor, Jim Gleason, Tim Williams.

31-35 Charlie Decker, Tony Econ, Dan Garrett, Mike Gorman, Richard Hughes, Joe Mogar, Dave Neighbors, Gary Para, Bob Rees, Meir Yedid.

26-30 Gene Anderson, Gordon Boyd, Paul Critelli, Ray Eyler, Mark Fitzgerald, Gary Freed, Alan Kronzek, Marv Leventhal, John Miller, Mike Powers, Keith Randolf, Vic Trabucco, Scott Wells.

21-25 Richard Bangs, Steve Beam, Glenn Brown, Lee Eyler, Tony Gerard, Richard Levin, Bob Macey, Raj Madhok, Richard Mattner, Phil Messina, Dave Oestreicher, Gary Plants, Prof. Rem, Buddy Smith, Bruce Trigg, Dave Wiedemer.

People from 17 countries on 5 continents are attending 4F this year: 20 from Canada, 11 from France, 7 each from England and Japan; 3 each from Argentina, Germany, Italy, and Taiwan; 2 each from Australia, South Korea, Spain, and Switzterland; 1each from China, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, and Scotland; and about 153 from the USA. We have 43 contest winners from conventions around the world, including12 FISM Winners (3 Grand Prix winners), the 9 past Presidents of the IBM plus its current President and the 8 past Presidents of the SAM along with 22 magicians attending 4F for the 1st time.

4F 20134 page 17 Obie’s 4F 2014 Dealers

Jay Scott Berry jayscottberry.com

Bruno Copin bruno-copin.com

Craig Dickson wizardcraft.com

Tim Ellis timellismagic.com

Henry Evans henryevansmagic.com

Dan Garrett dangarrettmagic.com

Andy Greget 480 284-4363 | cell: 602 524-6444

Bob Little boblittlessupersunday.com

Joe Mogar joemogar.com

Pattrick Przysiecki pattricksmagic.com

C. Schenk/R.Nicot card-shark.de

Tango Magic tangomagic.com

4F 2014, page 18 Obie’s 4F 2014 Attendees 2014

Argentina England Japan USA Henry Evans Martin Cox Shimpei Katsuragawa Katalina Absolon Marcelo Insua Amanda Farrell Hide Kimoto Jason Alan Tony Montana Will Gray Yumi Nakajima Gene Anderson Simon Lane Satoshi Onosaka Wayne Anderson Australia Darryl Rose Takashi (Ouka) Otsuka Augie Arnstein Jay Scott Berry Bob Swadling Hayafumi Takahashi Richard Bangs Tim Ellis Mariko Yamamoto John Bannon Yuji Yamamoto Stephen Bargatze Canada France Steve Beam Glenn Brown Bébel Belkheîr The Netherlands Harvey Berg Joan Caesar Xavier Belmont Auke van Dokkum Bill Bishop Rod Chow Jérôme Bourgeon Thomas Blacke Robin Dawes Bruno Copin Norway Gordon Boyd Steve Duperré Ludovic Julliot Rune Carlsen Jack Browne Jean-Luc Dupont Yuri Kaine Bill Butski Shawn Farquhar Gérald Mainart Scotland Joseph Cabral Derick Finn Rémy Robert Peter McLanachan Joe Cappon Terry Greenwood Eric Roumestan Harrison Carroll Michel Huot William Watt South Korea Fred Casto Boris Wild Yannick Lacroix Hae-suk Oh Jack Chancellor Wladimir John McLachlan Seol Park Evert Chapman Patrice Meunier Jim Cieslinski Germany Allan Nackan Spain Dick Cook Mirko Ferrantini Chris Pilsworth Jaque Jeffrey Copeland Clemens Ilgner Brian Roberts Mario Lopez David Corsaro Christian Schenk Ray Roch Angel San Martin-Gil Tom Craven Denis St-Jean Paul Critelli Switzerland Bruce Trigg Hungary Andy Dallas Gary Wiseman Soma Roland Meister Mike Dardant Pierric Tenthorey Eric DeCamps China Italy Charles Decker Taiwan Daly Alain Iannone Michael Dedee Riccardo Negroni Mike Chao Craig Dickson Tony Polli James Jien Alan Drew III Davio Wu Ed Eckl

4F 2014, page 19 Obie’s 4F 2014 Attendees 2014 (cont’d)

USA Eric Jones Todd Nelson David Wiedemer Roy Eidem Tom Jones Roger Nicot Rick Wilcox Matthew Episcopo Mike Joseph Obie O’Brien Geoff Williams Tyler Erickson Jason Juliano David Oestreicher Tim Williams Leon Etienne Bruce Kalver Christian Painter Meir Yedid Bill Evans Michael Kaminskas Gary Para Hull Youngblood Lee Eyler James Klayder Kirk Patrick Mark Zacharia Ray Eyler Larry Kohorst Gary Plants Buddy Farnan Shank Kothare Andy Pojman Dale Farris Allan Kronzek Mike Powers Will Fern Michael Lair David Prouty Keith Fields Ryan Lehman Pattrick Przysiecki Mark Fitzgerald Marvin Leventhal Andrew Quinn Gary Freed Richard Levin Keith Randolph Steve Friedberg Bob Little Dwight Redman Sr. Jim Gabor Alberto Lorenzo Bob Rees Dan Garrett John Luka David Regal Tony Gerard Robert Macey Jim Remenicky Gene Gordon Dan MacInnis Ed Ripley Doug Gorman Raj Madhok Scott Robinson Mike Gorman Mike Maione Maria Schwieter Ace Greenberg Richard Mattner Mike Seege Joel Greenwich Ice McDonald Rocco Silano Andy Greget Jay McLaughlin Buddy Smith Vinny Grosso Rick Merrill Mike Stratman Howard Hamburg Philip Messina Michael Tallon Chris Hannibal John Miller Garrett Thomas Richard Hatch Mike Miller Vic Trabucco Rick Hebert Scott Miller Corbett Troyer Karl Hein Joe Mogar Joe Turner Mike Hilburger Harry Monti Arie Vilner Henry Holava Joe Monti Donald Voltz Mike Hrab Gary Morton Gary Ward Andy (Andost) Huang Thomas Mosier Tony Weiland Gary Hughes Michael ‘Six’ Muldoon Bill Wells Richard Hughes Oscar Muñoz Scott Wells Brad Jacobs David Neighbors Donald Wiberg

4F 2014, page 20 Obie’s 4F 2014 In memory of...

Van Abernathy Alex Elmsley Lou Locacio Charles Reynolds Don Alan Tony Eng Sid Lorraine Joe Riding Mike Amico Ken Erle Leo Lyno Fred Robinson Jerry Andrus Ralph Erlewine Howard Lyons Rollan Rochelle Arturo Ascanio Joe Farina Joel Machtinger David Roemer Chris Ball Eddie Fechter Dennis Mackenzie Mike Rogers Howard Bamman Kevin Fox Jay Malbrough Ed Rosenthal Jos Bema Winston Freer Ray Mangel Jim Ryan Frank Bierovic Lou Gallo Dennis Marks Jack Sandorse Jack Birnman Frank Garcia Jay Marshall Dick Schick John Blake Brian Glover Marty Martin Willie Schneider Ernie Blau Eli Goldberg Bob McAllister Craig Schneider Ed Blodgett Gene Gordon (Avery) Billy McComb Jerry Schnepp Albert Goshman Baron McCormick Bud Schreiber Vanni Bossi George Graham Dan McDonald Max Scott Wesley Braun Dick Grigsby John Menard Terry Seabrooke Gordon Braun Ed Hagan Ray Mertz Mark Sicher A. C. Brickell Bob Haines Bill Miesel Mike Skinner Rodger Bucy Claude Hale R. H. Bob Miller Neil Stafford Sr. Frank Callahan Jack Miller Chuck Stanfield George Campbell Jim Hill Harry Milliken Bob Stencel Del Cartier Al Hillman Hank Moorehouse Warren Stephens Jim Cellini Reggie Holden John Mueller Mike Stollar Dom Cervas Bill Hollen Al Munro Mel Stover Aldo Colombini Sam Horowitz John Murray Allan Strauss Tim Conover Norm Houghton Tony Musto Silky Sullivan Del Copley Peter Isaacs Martin Nash Jim Surprise R. C. Crabb Larry Jennings Ed Newman Shigeo Takagi Roger Crabtree Rick Johnsson Hal Newton Peter Tappan Walter Cummings Willis Kenney Karl Norman Mahka Tendo Steve Dacri George Kirkendall Earle Oakes Ward Thomas Cliff Davis Roger Klause Mike O’Dowd Hans Trixer Mike Desimone Paul Kois Wayne Osinski J. C. Wagner Derek Dingle Mike Kolis Gary Ouellet Fred Watson Pat Doolin Joe Lamonica Pat Page Carl Weisinger Doc Dougherty Woody Landers Pavel Larry West Herb Downs Fred Langer Dick Pecorella Bob Wicks Dave Drake Geoff Latta Peter Plotkin Joe Willard Tommy Edwards Peter Layne Bruce Posgate Wally Wilson Neal Elias Dave Lederman Del Ray Herb Zarrow Bob Elliott Jim Lee Bob Read Ron Zollweg Mike Ellis Neil Lester Jerome Remenicky Charles Zuis

4F 2014, page 21 Obie’s 4F 2014 Links

• 4F Web Page: http://www.ffffmagic.com • Pat Page Memorial Workshop: http://www.mallofmagic.com/pp2013 • Denis Behr’s Magic Book Archive: http://archive.denisbehr.de • Daily updates from the 4F on The Magic Word Podcast

A quick search of YouTube and you’ll find a lot of 4Fers, including*: Andost Eddie Fechter Michael ‘Six’ Muldoon Gene Anderson Yann Frisch Oscar Muñoz Jerry Andrus Akira Fujii Tom Mullica Woody Aragón Dan Garrett Marc Oberon John Bannon Paul Gertner Shoot Ogawa Stephen Bargatze Lennart Green Ouka Bébel Chris Hannibal Del Ray Denis Behr Pit Hartling Juan Luis Rubiales Giacomo Bertini Hayashi Bob Sheets Mathieu Bich Vincent Hedan Rocco Silano Chris Capehart Guy Hollingsworth Johan Ståhl Charlie Caper Alain Ianonne David Stone John Cornelius Robert Jägerhorn Sergio Starman Harrison Carroll Joshua Jay Frances Tabary Mike Chao Eric Jones Juan Tamariz Bruno Copin Shin Lim Garrett Thomas Dani DaOrtiz Gazzo Macee John van der Put Michael Dardant Bill Malone Boris Wild Marc Desouza Jay Marshall David Williamson Henry Evans Max Maven Yumi Buddy Farnan Rick Merrill Zeki Shawn Farquhar Willy Monroe * names in bold attended 4F 2014. 4F 2014, page 22 Obie’s 4F 2014 Eating out

Some 4F meals are provided (Friday dinner, Saturday lunch and dinner), and there is decent food in the hotel. For those who want to explore, here’s what I’ve found locally:

Alex’s Place Red Osier 8322 Park Road, Batavia, NY 6492 Main Rd. (NYS Route 5) 585 344-2999 Stafford, N.Y. A decent steakhouse, and the 585 343-6972 closest restaurant to the hotel; best Worth the 20 minute drive. to get a reservation first.

Applebee’s Settlers Restaurant 8322 Lewiston Rd, Batavia, NY 353 W Main St, Batavia, NY 585 344-0600 585 343-7443 Reasonably priced family You’ll find a lot of 4Fers having restaurant. breakfast here.

Larry’s Steakhouse Sport of Kings 60 Main Street, Batavia, NY 419 W Main St, Batavia, NY 585 343-3400 585 343-1274 Another decent steakhouse. Decent breakfast spot.

Peking Buffet Chinese Restaurant Subway 8322 Lewiston Rd, Batavia, NY 8351 Lewiston Rd, Batavia, NY 585 343-8828 585 343-7827 One of Obie’s favorites. Fast food, submarine sandwiches.

4F 2014, page 23 Obie’s 4F 2014 Thanks!

Obie and Executive Assistant Joan Caesar would like to acknowledge and thank the following for their ongoing help with Fechter’s Finger Flicking Frolic: • Joe Cappon – Video assistant • Charles Decker – Hotel Pictures setup • Craig Dickson – Dealers’ Room • Dale Farris – Official Photographer • Tony Gerard – Lights • Roland Meister – Official Photographer • Scott Robinson – Database • Bruce Trigg – Golf Tournament Organizer • Rick Wilcox – Assistant Sound/Video

The back stage crew: • Lee Eyler (manager) Crew: Thomas Blacke, Jack Chancellor, Ray Eyler, Scott Miller, and Gary Ward.

Those staffing the 4F Shop: • Rod Chow (manager) Staffers: Jérôme Bourgeon, Mandy Farrell, Alain Iannone, Simon Lane, Jay McLaughlin, Tony Polli, and Eric Roumestan.

Our Masters of Ceremony (Steve Beam, Buddy Farnan, Dan Garrett, Gary Morton, Oscar Muñoz, Mike Powers, Pattrick Przysiecki, Joe Turner, and Meir Yedid), lecturers (Bruno Copin, Tim Ellis, Henry Evans, and Guest of Honor Shawn Farquhar), and all those who performed.

All of our dealers, and the 4F Board of Directors: • Glenn Brown – Registration, Publications • Jimmy Cielinski – Head Sound/Video Technician • Dan Garrett – Diplomas • Mike Hilburger – 4F Setup • Phil Willmarth • Meir Yedid – 4F web site

4F 2014, page 24 Obie’s 4F 2014 Help/About

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Wednesday 8:00 1st Show Opening Gala ...... MC: Joe M. Turner 10:00 Lecture #1 France ...... Bruno Copin 11:00 Hospitality Suite Opens ...... Room 300

Thursday 11:00 Lecture #2 Australia ...... Tim Ellis 1:30 2nd Show Kick Off Show ...... MC: Steve Beam 3:30 3rd Show Recognizable Faces ...... MC: Gary Morton 8:00 Lecture #3 Canada ...... Shawn Farquhar 10:15 4F 1st Timers Meeting ...... Board Room 10:30 Hospitality Suite Opens ...... Room 300 Click on shows to view the lineups. Friday 9:30 Golf Tournament (extra cost) ...... Bruce Trigg 11:00 Workshop Tricks from before 1950 ...... MC: Mike Powers 1:30 4th Show World Gala Show ...... MC: Buddy Farnan 3:30 5th Show 4F Friends Old and New ...... MC: Oscar Muñoz 8:00 6th Show Friday’s Finger Flicking Frolics ..... MC: Meir Yedid 11:00 Hospitality Suite Opens ...... Room 300

Saturday 11:00 Lecture #4 Argentina ...... Henry Evans 1:30 7th Show Magical Moments ...... MC: Pattrick Przysiecki 3:30 8th Show Fechter’s Fabulous Frolics ...... MC: Dan Garrett 7:45 9th Show 4F Grand Finale ...... MC: Obie O’Brien 11:30 Hospitality Suite Opens ...... Room 300

Program subject to change

4F 2014, page 5

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4F 2014, page 25 Obie’s 4F 2015 Guest of Honor: Oscar Muñoz

Don’t forget to join us April 22-25, 2015, when our Guest of Honor will be Oscar Muñoz!

Photos by Roland Meister

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