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One of the objectives of the Texas Association of Magicians is to allow member clubs to host the annual Labor Day Weekend magic conventions. Since the first convention in 1946, an annual magic convention has been held yearly in cities such as Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Tyler, Abilene, Corpus Christi, and Lubbock.
For information on the upcoming convention, please visit www.taom.org
The following list indicates the number, year, President, and city location of TAOM picnics and conventions.
1943 Mother's Day Barbecue, Sunday May 9, Austin
1944 Labor Day Picnic Austin 1
1945 Labor Day Picnic Austin 2
1 1946 Labor Day Picnic 3 and first TAOM Convention, Herman Yerger, Austin *
2 1947 Herman Yerger, Fort Worth
3 1948 Ralph De Shong, Houston
4 1949 Jas. A. Bowlin, Dallas
5 1950 Ed DeWees, San Antonio
6 1951 Dr. Carl L. Moore, Austin
7 1952 Ren Clark, Fort Worth
8 1953 Tommy Bearden, Houston
9 1954 Royal Brin, Jr. Dallas
10 1955 L. Louis Harrop, M.D. Corpus Christi
11 1956 C. Allen Sears, Austin
12 1957 W. C. Stubblefield Fort Worth
13 1958 James Daniels, San Antonio
14 1959 Ed Watkins, Dallas
15 1960 Thomas B. Martin, Houston
16 1961 W. Doug Grounds, Corpus Christi
17 1962 Allen Sears, Austin
18 1963 Robert O. Utter, Fort Worth
19 1964 Ed DeWees, San Antonio
20 1965 Dr. John H. Gladfelter, Dallas
21 1966 Frank Clauder, Houston
22 1967 Gene Looper, Corpus Christi
23 1968 Wilbur Kattner, Fort Worth
24 1969 Dean Duncan, San Antonio
25 1970 Harold Thomas, Dallas
26 1971 Walter Blaney, Houston
27 1972 John L. Howell, Abilene
28 1973 Nolan Manly, Jr. Fort Worth
29 1974 Robert C. Ford, San Antonio
30 1975 Dr. Ralph A. Marcom Dallas
31 1976 Ed Campagna, Houston
32 1977 Bob Emery, Austin
33 1978 Roger Crabtree, Fort Worth
34 1979 Frank Ramirez, San Antonio
35 1980 Noel Coward, Dallas
36 1981 Frank C. Price, Houston
37 1982 Gerald Edmundson, Fort Worth
38 1983 Kent C. Cummins, Austin
39 1984 Steve Norman, Abilene
40 1985 Alex D. Gutierrez, San Antonio
41 1986 Bob Karlebach, Dallas
42 1987 J. D. "Tex" Babin, Corpus Christi
43 1988 Bruce Chadwick, Fort Worth
44 1989 Douglas Kornegay, Houston
45 1990 Chuck Lehr, Dallas
46 1991 Bill Faulkner, Tyler
47 1992 Joe Douglas, Corpus Christi
48 1993 Raymon Galindo, Austin
49 1994 Charles E. Golla, San Antonio
50 1995 Bill Mayes, Lubbock
51 1996 Terry Campagna, Houston
52 1997 David Hirabayashi, Fort Worth
53 1998 George Blackburn, San Antonio
54 1999 Peter Hinrichs, Austin
55 2000 Scott Wells, Dallas
56 2001 Don Stiefel, Corpus Christi
57 2002 Arthur Emerson, Fort Worth
58 2003 Dean Ponton, Lubbock
59 2004 Steve Burton, Houston
60 2005 Don Morvits, San Antonio
61 2006 Jeff Lee, Dallas
62 2007 Ken Forester, Corpus Christi
63 2008 Randy Keck, Fort Worth
64 2009 Scott Hollingsworth, Houston
65 2010 Hull Youngblood, Austin
66 2011 Justin Botter, San Antonio
67 2012 Daniel Garcia, Houston
68 2013 Mark Jensen, Dallas
69 2014 Bill Irwin, Fort Worth
70 2015 Trixie Bond, Austin
71 2016 Judy Hollingsworth, Corpus Christi
72 2017 Frank Seltzer, Frisco (1st TAOM Sponsored Convention)
73 2018
74 2019
75 2020
76 2021
77 2022
78 2023
79 2024
80 2025
* CONVENTION NUMBERING SEQUENCE: To settle the ambiguity of the convention number sequence, the 1997 TAOM Board of Directors voted to officially recognize the 1946 Austin picnic as the first convention of the Texas Association of Magicians. This convention numbering sequence follows the pattern established by the late Doc M. S. Mahendra (Sterling), the first Secretary of the TAOM organization.
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