East Coast Spirit Sessions

An Annual Magic Convention Devoted to Spirit Theatre & Bizarre Magick

​Production Team / Performers & Lecturers / Vendors

Production Team

  • Richard Lavengood (Founder & Executive Producer)
  • Steve Gibson (Producer, Marketing, Email Updates)
  • Don “Vlad” Deich (Founder, Talent Scout, Marketing)
  • Roger Nobody Jones (Founder, ECSS Shuttle)
  • Kathy Caulfield (Registration, RedRoom Centerpieces, Data Processing)
  • Lord Blacksword (Assistant to Kathy Caulfield)
  • Ed Dunhill (Registration)
  • Pat Gibson (Registration)
  • David Mousch (Red Room refreshments and set-up)
  • Mary Mousch (Red Room refreshments and set-up)
  • Bill Barclay (Executive Show Manager)
  • Daniel Greenwolf(Sound/Video Manager, MC)
  • Harry Houdini (Commemorative Shirt Acquisition and Promo Materials)
  • Rob Orander (Commemorative Pin and Hexadic Medal Design)
  • Vic Nadata (Gemini Artifacts Raffle)
  • Ziggy Lavengood​ (ECSS official website)
  • Brahm Corstanje (this ECSS schedule subsite)
  • Lenny Hildrovo (ECSS Shuttle, Red Room , and everything else)

Schedule of Events

Thursday Jan. 16, 2020

  • 6-10pm – Workshop: Suggestion for the Magician – Christopher Strange (additional fee: $60)
  • 8pm-? – Red Room hospitality suite open
  • ​10pm – Apocalypse Séance – The Four Horsemen – Vince Wilson


Friday Jan. 17, 2020

  • 9am-6pm – Dealers Room & Registration open
  • 9am-Noon – Workshop: Getting Booked Performing Bizarre Magic – Paul Prater (additional fee: $60)
  • noon-1:30pm – lunch break
  • 1:30-2:45 – Session #1 – Exorcising Your Routine: How to Not Think Like a Magician! – Rob Orander 
  • 3-4:15pm – Session #2 – Lee Earle
  • 4:30-6pm – Session #3 – Dealer Demo
  • 6-8pm – dinner break
  • 7:30pm – Cult of the Hexadic Induction Ceremony (Red Room)
  • 8pm – Vlad Presents Parlor Experiences​​: (1) The Paranormal Parlor Show – Steve Gibson, (2) The New Georgia Wonder – Tiffany Allen. (3) Give In To Your Fears – Vlad, ​(4) A Song of Dance and Death: Magic, Murder, and Mayhem – Aaron Sherma
  • 10pm-? – Red Room Hospitality Suite open


Saturday Jan. 18, 2020

  • 9am-6pm – Dealers Room & Registration open
  • 9am-Noon – Workshop (Group A​): The Spirit Guide: Secrets of the Art of Seance – Lee Earle*
  • 9am-Noon – Workshop (Group B): Echos Spirit Theatre – Lothar Malmberg*
  • Noon-1:30pm – lunch break
  • 1:30-2:45pm – Session #4 – Confessions of a Serial Hoaxer​ – Dan Baines
  • 3-4:15pm – Session #5 – Harry Houdini: Pulling Back the Veil in Search of Cecelia – Rolando Santos
  • 4:30-5:45 – Session #6 – Todd Landman (via Skype)
  • 5:45-8pm – dinner break
  • 8pm – Evening Gala: Daniel Greenwolf & Bella, ​Jim Kleefeld, Lothar Malmberg, Stefano, Christopher Strange, Vince Wilson, Vlad (MC)
  • 10pm-? – Red Room Hospitality Suite​ open
  • 10:30pm – Late Show: Dark Magic with David Par


Sunday Jan. 19, 2020

  • 9am-6pm – Dealers Room open
  • 9am-Noon – Workshop (Group A​): Echos Spirit Theatre – Lothar Malmberg*
  • 9am-Noon – Workshop (Group B): The Spirit Guide: Secrets of the Art of Seance – Lee Earle*
  • Noon-1:30pm – lunch break
  • 1:30-2:45pm – Session #7 – What Makes Magic, “Magic” – John Gilmore
  • 3-4:15pm – Session #8 – The Psychology of Fear – Vlad
  • 4:30-6pm – Session #9 – Nine Stars of Bizarre Show: Princess Tiff (Tiffany Allen; MC), David Parr, “The Big Icky” (Christopher Bogucki), Meadow Perry, Paul Nofsinger, Krystal Younglove, Paul Prater.
  • 6-7pm – dinner break
  • 7-8pm – Farewell Social, Gemini Artifacts Raffle Drawing, Group Photo – Dealers Room
  • 8-10pm – Screaming Goat Competition: 10 min performances by 13 attendees, MC’d by Paul Prater & Madame Goeta:: (1) Bud Scott, (2) Christopher Strange,​, (3) Vince Wilson, (4) Tiffany Allen, (5) Winks, (6)John Gilmore, (7) Brian Alexander, (8) Stefano (WINNER!), (9) Nobody Jones, (10) Christopher Bogucki, (11) Dave J.,


*Free for first 50 full paid registrants; otherwise additional fee of $60 for the workshop.

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