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)
  • Steven 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)
  • Victor Norlock (MC)
  • Harry Houdini (Commemorative Shirt Acquisition-and-Donation; and Promo Materials)
  • E.R. Perkins (Commemorative Shirt Design)
  • Rob Orander (Anniversary Pins 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. 12, 2017
  • 8pm Hospitality Suite, early registration, and kick-off social 
  • 10pm Mike Henry – Running a Ghost Tour 
  • 11pm Evening Show – Vince Wilson 
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Friday Jan. 13, 2017
  • 9am-5pm Dealers Room & Registration 
  • 9:30am-4:30pm Professor BC – Actor’s Workshop for Magicians 
  • 6pm Buffet Dinner & Welcome 
  • 8pm-9:30pm ​Evening Show – Joseph Daniels / The Dark Cabaret
  • 10pm Later Show – Zeke Powerz 
  • 11pm ​Even Later Show – Paul Noffsinger / The Mystery Collection 
Saturday Jan. 14, 2017
  • 9am-5pm Dealers Room & Registration 
  • 9:30am-10:30am Jim Callahan – The International Séance Project
  • 10:30-11:45 Dealer Demo – Christopher Taylor, Paul Kostrach, Vince Wilson, Slim King, Dan Baines, Mark Strivings 
  • 11:45am-1pm Lunch Break
  • 1pm-2:15pm Jim Kleefeld – Show Development
  • 2:30pm-3:45pm Chris Gould & Paul Kostrach – Philosophy of Real Magic
  • 4pm-5:30pm Vlad & Daniel Greenwolf – Character Development
  • 5:30pm-8pm Dinner Break
  • 7pm-8pm Dealers Room
  • 7:30pm Group Photo 
  • 8pm-10pm Evening Show – Vlad, Paul Prater, Christopher Strange – Witch Doctor, Daniel Greenwolf, Jimmy Ledbetter, Paul Noffsinger 
  • Midnight Séance Brahm Corstanje – The Haunted One® / The Séance 
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Sunday Jan. 15, 2017
  • 9am-5pm Dealers Room
  • 9:30am-10:30am Christopher Taylor – Electronic & Non-Electronic Gaffs
  • 10:45am-11:45am Paul Prater – Marketing
  • 11:45am-1pm Lunch Break
  • 1pm-2:15pm Vince Wilson – Mystery Dinner Shows
  • 3pm-3:45pm Madam Electra Show
  • 4pm-5:30pm Christopher Thisse / Witch Doctor – Character Development
  • 5:30pm-8pm Dinner Break
  • 7pm-8pm Dealers Room / Farewell Social & Raffle Drawing 
  • 8pm-10pm Screaming Goat​ Competition (10 min performances)​​​ – Paul Prater (WINNER!), Yitzhak Schlomi, Christopher Thisse, Bud Scott,Jimmy Ledbetter, Seth, Dave J., Joseph Daniels, Lord Blacksword 

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