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Townspeople rented out rooms, organizations served meals, and everyone attended performances in the Hill’s Opera House, school buildings, and temporary tent structures. Being such a small community, Colon had no hotels and few restaurants for Get Together participants, so hospitality for the visitors fell to Colon’s residents. In 1935, Abbott initiated the annual event known as Abbott’s “Magic Get Together.” The Get Togethers grew over the years until more than 1,000 attendees and performers came to Colon for the event. Percy Abbott would become the namesake not only of a renowned magic company, but also of an international event. To support their life in Colon, Abbott revisited the idea of the mail order magic business and Abbott’s Magic Company was created. By 1934, life on the road lost its appeal to the couple and they decided to take up permanent residence in Colon.
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The newlyweds set off on the road together, performing at schools, small movie houses, and carnivals. When Abbott returned to Colon, he married Goodrich and she became his assistant in his act. Why would Percy Abbott go back to Michigan? It wasn’t for the magic business, but for a Colon resident named Gladys Goodrich. Abbott’s time on the road included a stint at Coney Island, New York, where his earnings were so small that he was forced to trade one of his illusions for the set of car tires he needed to get back Michigan. Percy Abbott could not afford to stay in a rural village without work, so, like his former partner, he hit the road to perform. They had a terrible row until Harry got a grip on Percy and pitched him down the steps.” Percy said they made nothing or less than nothing, meaning they had gone into debt. Blackstone asked Percy how much money they had made. They had a combination office, factory, mail order department, and modest living quarters for Percy in an office building. “Harry came in off the road and went up to see Percy. A former resident of Colon and a mutual friend to both Blackstone and Abbott provided this account on the dissolution of the company to Robert Lund: While this magic company paved the way for the famous Abbott’s Magic Company that is known today, the Blackstone and Abbott partnership lasted only about 18 months. He would work in Colon to produce the tricks, manage the mail order business, and oversee the financial records. Percy Abbott would assume the role of the inside man.
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Blackstone, being a fraternal and successful professional magician, would be the external face of the company - the salesman, the promoter, and the ambassador of goodwill. The pair’s complementary skill sets helped address the needs of the business. They would create a company to supply tricks to other magicians and called it the Blackstone Magic Company. During his stay in Colon that summer, a conversation led he and Blackstone to decide to go into business together. Blackstone was known to have given open invitations to many of his contemporaries to summer on Blackstone Island. In 1927, at the invitation of his friend, Harry Blackstone, Abbott traveled to Colon, Michigan to partake in fishing and summer fun. With movie-star looks and unbelievable sleight of hand tricks, Burton appeared numerous times on the Tonight Show and booked a record set at several Las Vegas Casinos.Prior to becoming an established brand name in the magic world, Percy Abbott was an Australian vaudeville performer. In 1982 he shocked the world when he became the youngest person and the first American to win the International Federation of magic society's competition in Switzerland. His introduction to the world of magic began before his sixth birthday as a result of being taken to a Christmas party by his mother, where the featured performer was magician Harry Collins. Lance Burton was born and raised in Kentucky Lance in 1960. Lance Burton Lance Burton attends the ceremony honoring Criss Angel with a Star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame held in Hollywood, California. Ricky Jay is an icon in magic trick performances and has been instrumental to magic development. He is also credited to be the first to perform in comedy clubs.
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He was one of the youngest magicians to ever perform a full magic act on TV.