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.

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1943   Mother's Day Barbecue
            Sunday May 9, Austin
1944   Labor Day Picnic Austin 1
1945   Labor Day Picnic Austin 2
 
1     1946   Herman Yerger, Austin
                   Labor Day Picnic 3
                   and first Convention*
2     1947   Herman Yerger, Fort Worth
3     1948   Ralph De Shong, Houston
4     1949   Jas. A. Bowlin, Dallas
5     1950   Ed DeWees, San Antonio

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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

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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

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16   1961   W. Doug Grounds, Corpus
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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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51   1996   Terry Campagna, Houston
52   1997   David Hira, Fort Worth
53   1998   George Blackburn, San Antonio
54   1999   Peter Hinrichs, Austin
55   2000   Scott Wells, Dallas

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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 Moravits, San Antonio

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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

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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

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71   2016   Judy Hollingsworth, Corpus
72   2017   Frank Seltzer, Frisco
                   1st TAOM Sponsored Conv
73   2018   Jamie Salinas, Houston
74   2019   Sal Manfredo, San Antonio
75   2020   Joey Byers, Fort Worth

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76   2021   Bertl Fredstrom, Austin
77   2022   Bronson Chadwick, Ft Worth
78   2023   Dick Olson, Houston
79   2024   Dal Sanders, Dallas
80   2025   Eric Hogue, Irving

                   2nd TAOM Sponsored Conv

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81   2026   Gene Protas, Houston

82   2027

83   2028

84   2029

85   2030

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* 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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