Today, the family went to the Royal Hotel, 99 Convention Center Dr, to see Dixie Dooley: Master Mystifier. If you are looking for a show that has a lot of cussing, crude comments and bad acting, this is not a show for you.
If you want a family friendly show, a show that anyone of any age can go to, and today we literally had a toddler to retired folks at the show.
The mood was set by the music preceding the show. I am not a music expert or know much about music, but the music just put you in the mood for a magic show.
Dixie Dooley is a family run show and his wife is a co-star, Julie Dooley. Dixie does a variety of magic tricks and illusions throughout the show and he maintains constant communication with the audience. As an adult, I was impressed with his tricks and was wondering how he did them. My 2 kids, ages 11 and 12, they were awestruck. The same can be said about all the other children in the audience, except maybe the toddler.
The third star of the show was Al Bunny or Harvey, a 20 pound Flemish rabbit, a huge rabbit. While the rabbit made only 1 appearance in the show, he was a hit and after the show, the rabbit had his own fan club.
Dixie did a variety of tricks, from putting a sword through an audience member's neck, to fire flies, to separating Julie Dooley in different pieces. Julie did her own magic with an impressive hide the banana trick.
The Royal Resort has a small theater and one of the neat things about small theaters is you get to meet the performers and this was no exception. Dixie and his wife sold the tickets and did a card trick for my kids before the show and I am sure he does the same for other kids as well. After the show, you got to meet the performers and take pictures with the performers, including the rabbit.
Tickets are $19.85 and he has shows 7 days a week at 7:00 at the Royal Resort.
His web site is: http://www.houdiniexperience.com/
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ReplyDeleteFred, I hope your wife is not named Julie.
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