Posted on 07/04/2003 1:41:03 PM PDT by chance33_98
End Of An Era This Weekend
Channel 13 reporting Last Updated: July 2, 2003
The end of an era on the Las Vegas strip is now just days away. After more than 16 thousand performances: the daily Battle of Buccaneer Bay at the Treasure Island is over for good. Tourists say they're sad to see one of the only attractions for children go away.
Its all part of the hotel's plan to become more adult oriented. This fall the name Treasure Island will go. The hotel will just be called the "TI", the show out front will be called the Sirens of TI. It will feature girls wearing far less clothing than the pirates did and probably no eye patches.
Vegas is not and should never be a place to take children.
LAS VEGAS – The search is on in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Miami and Orlando for the women who will change the face of Las Vegas’s most spectacular outdoor show. Treasure Island, in association with Gregg Smith Casting, is looking for The Sirens of TI – part muse, part pirate, part temptress – to play prominent roles in the new Battle of Buccaneer Bay.
These sexy swashbucklers will battle it out with a band of renegade male pirates on the high seas of Treasure Island’s Buccaneer Bay. The new show, a sensual modern interpretation of the Las Vegas favorite, is at the centerpiece of TI’s evolution.
To recreate the entertainment extravaganza, TI’s President Scott Sibella has teamed up with Emmy-Award winning director and choreographer Kenny Ortega. In the hands of Mr. Ortega, the show will feature a fresh new storyline and star the alluring and enticing Sirens of TI. These stunning women will be found during a nationwide search that begins in Las Vegas May 5 and 6, continues in Los Angeles on May 13 and 14, San Diego on May 27 and 28, Phoenix on June 3 and 4, Miami on June 11 and 12 and Orlando on June 18 and 19.
“We’re looking for women with that elusive X factor,” said Mr. Ortega. “Interesting, mysterious, unusual. Temptresses of the sea, who’ll mesmerize the audience with their beauty and sensuality."
Women ages 21-28, physically fit and toned, with talent, charisma, personality and enthusiasm are encouraged to audition in all of the cities. The open casting calls are for dancers, trained in jazz or hip-hop, with gymnastic and aquatic abilities a plus for certain roles and for female singers who also dance. Singers should be contemporary, edgy and fresh and come prepared with 16 bars of pop, rock or R&B ballad with sheet music. An A-list accompanist will be provided or ladies may sing with a tape or CD. Please, no lead vocal on track, even if it is your voice.
Dancing and singing candidates should come dressed in a body-conscious outfit and bring heels. A picture and resume also are requested.
I will have to set up my own website for this, Chance's talent search :)
There's a Disneyworld for children in Florida.
And a Disneyworld for adults called Las Vegas.
Will see if I can find such a photo :) Things that make ya go ARRRRR MATEY. Could be worse, could be a gay butt pirate show...
All they need is another 'T' on the end.
I'm glad I got to see the show, during FRIVA LAS VEGAS, before it closed.
Yes, but will they ever make it to Vegas?
;-)
My point exactly.......
When I go to Vegas, the last thing I want to see is a bunch of munchkins running around.........
For some folks maybe. It's taken on look of a hot, crowded, loud and gaudy amusement park. I hate crowds and amusement parks.....
Give me a quite mountain lake any day......
I don't personally have a moral problem with gambling (except in excess), but I still wouldn't choose to take kids to a town like Vegas. There are much better and more wholesome places for family vacations.
You would be surprised............
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