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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Las Vegas

We extended our stay in Las Vegas one extra day to take advantage of a few of the attractions. Just walking through the casino is a tour in itself, with the beautifully appointed lobbies.


Bellagio Lobby


Glass mushrooms


Bee made from dried chrysanthemums and sunflowers




Water show in front of the Bellagio. Water formations play to music.


We saw the Terry Fator show. His career spanned 40 years as a stand-up act, not all that well known. As soon as he won America's Got Talent, the Mirage offered him 5 year contract for $100 million. His "casts of thousands" fills the stage with singing impressions of celebrities and unbelievable ventriloquism. His band and backdrops add to his performance. It is a great show and highly recommended if your in Vegas.


Opening character - the "Impersonating Turtle".



Winston


One evening we had dinner on Freemont Street and enjoyed the outdoor show. Fremont Street was the original Las Vegas Strip and still has a few older casinos, but to compete with the newer more elegant casinos they had to come up with something to continue attracting tourist. Thus the birth of the "Fremont Experince". They closed off a four block area and turned it into a pedestrian mall. It features a huge overhead canopy, equipped with a $17 million digital video display complete with 12.4million bulbs. The show runs for about 10-15 minutes every hour beginning at 7 pm. The best was Don McClean's American Pie and the other performance we stayed for was the Doors. Based on the number of people roaming around that area I think they came up with a winner.


Shot of Fremont Street





Don McCleans American Pie




The Doors


Not sure who or what this is but it's fun just to watch everything going on around you.

Hope all is well!

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