NEWS
LOUISVILLE PREMIERE OF
BILLY TOPPIT
July 2017 will be a home coming celebration for
Louisville’s two most famous magicians - Lance Burton
and Mac King - to whom the IBM-SAM convention will
be dedicated.
In recognition of this occasion, Lance Burton will
present the Louisville Premiere of his award winning
film, Billy Topit Master Magician, as the opening event
of the IBM-SAM Combined Convention next July 11.
Joined by his fellow Louisville native Mac King, Lance
will be on hand for a red carpet showing of the movie
at the Kentucky Center’s Whitney Theatre.
Billy Topit Master Magician took the Award for Best
Family Film at the 2016 Wild Rose Independent Film
Festival. It also won Distinctive Achievement Awards
for Production Design, Art Direction, Costumes, and
Visual Effects. Lance also won a Distinctive Achieve-
ment Award for Acting.
“The Houdini connection is worth an
estimated $1 million a year in economic
impact in the community” according to an
Associated Press (AP) story.
“The Houdini connection is worth an
estimated $1 million a year in economic
impact in the community” according to
an Associated Press (AP) quote for the
economic impact of the Houdini connection
for the small populated area of Appleton,
WI, where Houdini spent just a small part of
his childhood. This, even though Houdini
famously said: "The best escape I ever did
was the day I left Appleton!" Imagine the
huge impact Scranton's Houdini Museum
has in our Northeastern U.S. area which
draws from over 55 million people, or about
about 17% of the U.S. population on less
than 2% of the nation's land area.
REFERENCE; ‘Houdini’s draw for Appleton no
illusion”
By MAUREEN WALLENFANG - Associated
Press - Saturday, March 25, 2017
http://www.washingtontimes.com/
news/2017/mar/25/houdinis-draw-for-
appleton-no-illusion/
The Washington Post Magazine
https://www.facebook.com/postmagazine/
posts/10154668602694682
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