Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 41

0t tmfTf sr yi'ni 1 fiii Sunday July 24 1983 Kingsport Tlmet-New 5D Travel TBusch Gardens 9 belly dancing newest wriggle he show builds in a natural flow from the opening ethnic marketplace scene to the glittery dream-like finale with everything from musical comedy to magic in Elaine College fiberglass forms individually molded to each head in the own fiberglassing shop The final cost came in at less than $50 per dancer total production costs running in the hundreds of thousands of dollars we had to economize where we could But never know the headdresses sheer said College Music was largely composed in-house and every note original or borrowed was carefully arranged to the specifications in collaboration with a seven-member production staff The stage itself a pillared and draped Moroccan-inspired structure called the Marrakesh Theater was also designed and built to fit tfie glittery spectacle Standing at the southern end of the Moroccan Village at The Dark entrance the theater has opened to the public a whole new area of the park Cafe seating currently accommodates 350 but College said additional tables and benches have been ordered to seat the dozens of spectators who crowd the aisles took us months to conceive and pro- TAMPA Fla After eight months of planning the largest and most expensive production to be staged at The Dark Conti nent Busch Gardens is finally a fantasy turned reality The newest show titled is an extravaganza which blends traditional Moroccan dance with the theatrical flair American audiences have grown accustomed to show builds in a natural flow from the opening ethnic marketplace scene to the glittery dream-like finale with everything from musical comedy to magic in between" said Elaine College entertainment manager for the 300-acre African-themed family entertainment park The choreographer she said aimed for dance with a touch of Broadway American audiences are growing more and more sophisticated more used to big-scaled productions We tried to shape Or dances with that in But traditional forms have not been sacrificed The high point College feels is a demanding segment based on the authentic Middle Eastern sword dance in which women teased their mg swords to create beauty Four dancers delicately bal- thousands of sequins crystals and rhinestones The finished effect combines all of the above with a $207000 onion-domed theater flaring pyrotechnic displays three acrobats four robed Moroccan musicians and a magical illusion that baffles audiences Costumes alone for the 23-minute production repeated five times daily cost nearly $50000 Forty costumes appear in a single show with another 160 waiting in the wings in case of spills tears or changes in cast Four seamstresses worked 1-000 pre-production hours trimming necklines hemlines and the tummylines so important to belly dancers There are four costume changes in every show some accomplished in just 90 seconds The final change features elaborate feathered headdresses ance sabres blade-up on their heads using no brace of any kinds to steady the large curved swords while moving through their rhythmic dance The head and neck remain absolutely still still enough to keep the heavy blades from crashing down even on Windy days in the outdoor theater Audiences seem to favor the scene in which a white feather is sealed in an empty box spun a few turns and opened with a burst of smoke to reveal the magical appearance of a lithe young dancer Choreography in the show is punctuated by the crisp movements of three male acrobats who flip cartwheel and juggle in counterpoint of the movements The show incorporates more than 100 yards of draped metallic fabric with enough hanging beads to span the length of five luuivsiu juciua cm uiuuwiiig around half a dozen veiled exot- ic dancers in chiffon lame and Simiiar to uiose seen Las ttuce real- Dancer" r'" Llauc-up ncaua in the at Busch Gardens gas reviews usually purchased at a cost of $1000 each from California designers Park personnel devised a way to build the stunning aqua sil-1 ver and white headdresses from ly feel been worth the wait The finished product is one of the most entertaining shows we present at the park And the faces in our audiences reflect South Florida offers diverse fun Once the home 'of pirates reef scavengers and cigar makers Key Old Town is a shrine to elegant architecture that combines the flavor of New Orleans and the Bahamas Key deep sea fishing is unrivaled in Florida with sailfish marlin kingfish grouper dolphin and much more On Key Biscayne to the east is Planet Ocean and the Seaqua-rium and south of Miami are Parrot Jungle and Monkey Jungle the latter enclosing visitors in cages while the apes run free most unique vacation spot the Florida Keys is a 100 mile string of islands surrounded by azure waters and linked by the Overseas Highway The first island is Key Largo made famous by the Humphrey Bogart film of the same name Like all the Keys Largo offers deep-sea fishing 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