Red Carpet arrivals...
Jersey Boys' Deven May, Rick Faugno, Erich Bergen, and Travis Cloer
Phantom's Kristen Hertzenberg and husband, Dana Satterwhite (that's us)
Kelly Clinton and Clint Holmes
Mary Wilson of The Supremes and her granddaughter
Liberace protege and former Foreigner band member Domenick Allen, his daughter Cayleigh Capaldi, and his wife Leigh Zimmerman of The Producers
Jersey Boys' Keith Thompson and Philip Fortenberry and former Phantom cast member Rebecca Spencer being interviewed by hosts Lorraine Hunt-Bono and Dennis Bono
A few of the performances that evening...
Philip Fortenberry and Kristen Hertzenberg performing "O Mio Babbino Caro" and Keith Thompson's "Eyes of a Child"
Mamma Mia's Vicki Van Tassel performing Keith Thompson's "Bigfoot Left Big Footprints on My Heart"
9-year-old Classical Junior Division Liberace Piano Competition winner Abigail Varghese
Domenick Allen and Cayleigh Capaldi singing "Tea for Two"
At Carluccio's Italian Restaurant...
Philip Fortenberry and Ali Spuck
Jersey Boys' Kristofer McNeeley and Jason Martinez
Travis Cloer, Rick Faugno, Erich Bergen, and Vicki Van Tassel
Jersey Boys' Sarah Lowe, Lauren Tartaglia, and Michelle Knight with Kristen Hertzenberg and Dana Satterwhite
Deven May and Matt Donnelly
*photos courtesy of the Liberace Foundation*
The 30th Anniversary celebration on Wednesday was fabulous and it was announced that evening that the Liberace Museum collection will be going on tour! This is great news as the Liberace Foundation is a wonderful organization providing scholarships to students of the arts. The tour will surely raise awareness of this and help keep it going strong!
Over 1,000 guests visited the museum during the 12 hour event for which admission was only 30 cents.
Jerry Fink wrote an article in the Las Vegas Sun all about the day's events.
"...Some of the elite of Las Vegas entertainment used their artistry to pay homage to the man who may have been the catalyst for the glamour and glitz for which the city has become known. Among them were: Clint Holmes, Billy Fayne, Bob Rosario, Bob Sachs. Tommy Deering, Frankie Scinta, Lani Misalucha, Sonny Turner of the original Platters, Rebecca Spencer and Kristen Hertzenberg of “Phantom, the Las Vegas Spectacular,” Vicki Van Tassell of “Mamma Mia!”, Travis Cloer, Keith Thompson and Philip Fortenberry of “Jersey Boys.” Pianist Fortenberry is artist in residence at the Liberace Museum.
The spectacular evening of entertainment brought back memories of an older Las Vegas that so many wish would returned. It ended with the Bonos, Spencer and Thompson leading the 100 or so guests in “I’ll Be Seeing You,” Liberace’s theme song and the number that closed his shows."
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