re: #241 sattv4u2

This guy is based less than 4 miles from my house

I’ve met him and talked to him about the life several times

He’s only “local”, small doing shows on weekends within 100 miles or so of Atlanta but he used to be with a national show

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Good article… don’t know his show, but there are a lot of smaller operations like his. Because of my early contacts in the carnival/outdoor amusement business, I moved into booking up front magic shows at fairs and outdoor events, grandstand and main stage shows, which were scripted and mounted in Dallas, and then I sent them out to the venue.

I was good friends with Paul Osborne of Paul Osborne and Associates (Dallas). He produced really big shows at the major parks, Six Flags etc. and we worked into an arrangement. He passed on contacts to me for smaller shows that he didn’t want to handle, didn’t have time to handle, or wasn’t “big money” enough for him to handle. So, I gave the client a mini-version of what Paul offered, and everyone was happy.

My best client at the time was the State Fair of Texas. Was a good feather in my cap and good for business to have the SFOT as one of your show clients.