East Coast Spirit Sessions
An Annual Magic Convention Devoted to Spirit Theatre & Bizarre Magick
Production Team / Performers & Lecturers / Vendors
- 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)
- Pat Gibson (Registration)
- David Mousch (Red Room refreshments and set-up)
- Mary Mousch (Red Room refreshments and set-up)
- Bill Barclay (Executive Show Manager)
- Joseph Daniels (Sound/Video Manager, MC)
- Harry Houdini (Commemorative Shirt Acquisition and Promo Materials)
- Rob Orander (Commemorative Pin 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)
Performers & Lecturers
- Prof BC
- Bryan “VanDoren” Blankenship
- Joseph Daniels
- Mark Edward
- John Ferrentino
- Paul Forster
- Dough Gorman
- Rick Green
- Cris Johnson
- Jim Kleefeld
- Lothar Malmberg
- Mystic Alexandre
- Aaron Sherman
- T.C. Tahoe
- Mark Tripp
- Terry Tyson
- Vlad
- Calvin Von Crush
Vendors
- Arcane Relics – Chris Sipes
- Blind Eye Magi – John Gilmore
- Dark Artefacts – Nick Birch
- The Dark Cabaret – Joseph Daniels
- Mark Edward
- John Ferrentino
- Doug Gorman
- Vince Johari
- Jim Kleefeld
- Lebanon Circle – Dan Baines
- Lothar Malmberg
- Paul Prater
- G.G. Siebert
- Mark Strivings
- TC Tahoe
- Mary Tomich
- Terry Tyson
- Vince Wilson
Schedule of Events
Thursday Jan. 11, 2024
- 10am-11:15am – Free bonus lecture #1 – Bryan “Van Doren” Blankenship
- 11:3-am-1pm – lunch on your own
- 1pm-2:15pm – Room 78 – Free bonus lecture #2 & show – Aaron Sherman
- 2:30pm-4:00pm – Free bonus lecture #3 – Vince Wilson
- 5pm-7pm – Workshop – Dark Spirits Arise, Psychology of a Séance – Christopher Strange (separate $35 fee)
- 5pm-7pm – Free bonus lecture #4 – The Story That’s Magic – Bryan “VanDoren” Blankenship
- 5pm-8pm – Registration in the Red Room; Dinner on your own
- 8pm-9:15pm – The Occult Collector Show – Calvin Von Crush
- 9:30pm – Apocalyptic Séance – Vince Wilson
- 10:30pm-? – free beer and lite fare in the Red Room Hospitality Suite
Friday Jan. 12, 2024
- 9am-10:15am – Session #1 – Room 78 Serial Killers Séance – Aaron Sherman
- 10:30am-12pm – Session #2 – Do Spirits Return Tour – John Ferrentino
- 12-1:30pm – lunch on your own
- 1:30pm-2:45pm – Session #3 – The Honing – Jim Kleefeld
- 3pm-4:14pm – Session #4 – Mystic Alexandre
- 5pm-6pm – Initiation of the Hexidents & ECSS IX Group Photo
- 6-8pm – dinner on your own
- 8pm – The Screaming Goat – Judges: Zeke Powerz, Rolando Santos, and Prof BC
- 10:30pm-? – free beer and lite fare in the Red Room Hospitality Suite
Saturday Jan. 13, 2024
- 9am-10:15am – Session #5 – Joseph Daniels
- 10:30am-12pm – Session #6 – Prof BC
- 12-1:30pm – lunch on your own
- 1:30pm-3:30pm – Group A Workshop/Show – Hauntiques – Paul Forster
- 1:30pm-3:30pm – Group B Workshop – Total Darkness – Mark Edward
- 4pm-5:30pm – Session #7 – T.C. Tahoe
- 5:30-7:30pm – dinner on your own
- 7:30pm – ECSS Gala Show
- 10:30pm-? – free beer and lite fare in the Red Room Hospitality Suite
Sunday Jan. 14, 2024
- 9am-10:15am – Session #8 – Concepts of Hypnosis and How to Apply Them to Pendulum Routines and Tarot Effects – Mark Tripp
- 10:30am-12pm – Session #9 – Cris Johnson (show & lecture)
- 12-1:30pm – lunch on your own
- 1:30pm-3:30pm – Group A Workshop – Total Darkness – Mark Edward
- 1:30pm-3:30pm – Group B Workshop/Show – Hauntiques (show & workshop) – Paul Forster
- 4pm-5:30pm – Vendor Show & Raffle
- 5:30-7:30pm – dinner on your own
- 7:30pm-9pm – Vlad’s Parlor Show - intimate groups of four distinct theatres – performances by: Vlad, Doug Gorman, Terry Tyson, and Rick Green
- 9:30-10:30pm – The Marble Séance – Lothar Malmberg
- 10:30pm-? – free beer and lite fare in the Red Room Hospitality Suite
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