-- Jun. 17, 2005
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SHOW REVIEW: Same As It Never Was
'Barbra & Frank' goes all the way to get past its hokey premise
By MIKE WEATHERFORD
REVIEW-JOURNAL

Celebrity impersonator tributes are perhaps the nuttiest subgenre in show business to begin with. Building one around a goofy premise such as Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand teaming for a "Concert That Never Was" is hokier still.

So you might be as surprised to read this as I am to write it: This one actually works.

Granted, "Barbra & Frank -- The Concert That Never Was" is still one wacky idea. When Sharon Owens and Sebastian Anzaldo come onstage mismatched in time, as the '90s-era Streisand and the snap-brimmed, skinny-tied, late-'50s Sinatra, you wonder if you crashed a "Saturday Night Live" sketch. ........
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Sunday, June 12, 2005
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NEON SUNDAY: Brenner, Burton play fundraiser

Get an early start on Independence Day patriotism with "Las Vegas Sings for America," a television special taping and fundraiser organized and hosted by local TV personality Tony Sacca.

Comedian David Brenner, illusionist Lance Burton, vocal group the Knudsen Brothers, "Legends in Concert" Elvis impersonator Matt Lewis, ventriloquist Ronn Lucas, piano duo Mark & Clark, and the Society of Seven with Lani Misalucha all are scheduled to appear at the fundraiser for the Youth Foundation for the Performing Arts.

Admission is a $?? donation for the 2 p.m. show at the Plaza, 1 Main St. Call 889-3587.

-- BY MIKE WEATHERFORD

Sink or Swim
Choosing the right bathing suit is the first step in a great summer swim
By EMILY KUMLER
REVIEW-JOURNAL

Leslie wears a Susan Holmes bikini ($95) and LeatherRock heartwings studded belt ($195) both from Deetour.
Photo by Christine H. Wetzel.

Choosing a swimsuit can make you feel more vulnerable than selecting lingerie. After all, at least with lingerie you know only your loved ones will see you.

Stylist Tracy Yates, who produces the fashion shows at Fashion Show mall, said buying bathing suits requires a sense of adventure and knowledge of your body type. .....
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May . 22 , 2005
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TRIP OF THE WEEK: Recreation areas offer beautiful views and an escape from the heat

Spectacular views await visitors to Packsaddle and Windy Point Recreation Areas high atop the rugged Cerbat Mountains off U.S. 93 on the way to Kingman, Ariz. By day, the views sweep over hundreds of miles of desert and mountains. By night, star-studded skies spread overhead, uninterrupted by city lights.

The two small recreation sites with rustic campgrounds serve those who savor the pleasures of out-of-the-way places in the West. The mountaintop retreats appeal to campers, picnickers, hikers, off-highway drivers, mountain bikers, wildlife watchers, horseback riders and photographers.

Situated at 6,000 feet elevation, Packsaddle and Windy Point Recreation Areas occupy promontories on the crest of the Cerbat Mountains at the edge of the Mount Tipton Wilderness Area.

Established by the Bureau of Land Management, they remain open all year, but appeal most as places to escape summer heat.

To reach these recreation sites, follow U.S. 93 across Hoover Dam into Arizona. After you pass the Dolan Springs turnoff, watch for the turnoff onto Big Wash Road. This graded side road cuts off to the left a mile and a half before you reach the paved road to Chloride ghost town. Kingman lies another 20 miles away.

Big Wash Road approaches the mountains as it cuts through meadows along a tiny creek. It climbs to the mountain crest on a series of steep switchbacks. Signs warn drivers that the road may be too steep for vehicles hauling trailers. Driven very carefully, two-wheel drive vehicles can negotiate this road, but high clearance or four-wheel drive vehicles may be safer.

Many visitors with motor homes and trailers opt for informal camping near the base of the mountains where dispersed camping is allowed in the wooded areas near the road and the creek. They find nice places to pull over where others have camped, but no developed sites exist. They share the creek with horses, cattle and wildlife coming into the area for water.

There are plenty of birds and smaller creatures, as well. Keep in mind that snakes find good hunting in the wash. Watch for rattlesnakes, and step aside and leave them unmolested.

Packsaddle Recreation Site, the smaller of the two campgrounds, lies nine miles from the U.S. 93 turnoff. Windy Point lies another two miles distant.

Although the road extends beyond Windy Point, it rapidly deteriorates into a very rough, often washed-out track suitable only for horses, hikers and four-wheel drive or all-terrain vehicles. It drops down through a rugged canyon to emerge near old Chloride.

Packsaddle Recreation Site includes a day-use picnic area and several walk-in campsites nestled among large boulders.

Restrooms serve the site near a central parking area. The Cherum Peak Trail into the adjacent wilderness area begins nearby. No fees apply for use of sites at Packsaddle.

At Windy Point, a loop road connects 10 campsites located in the pinyons and junipers. Vault toilets are centrally situated. Each campsite includes a level parking place, areas for tents, a table and a fire ring. Campsites are available on a first-come basis. Small fees apply for overnight use.

When you camp at these two small sites, expect a no-frills experience. Since the BLM provides no water or firewood, campers must bring supplies from home. Figure on at least five gallons of water per person per day for drinking and camp use, more if you bring pets.

Bring bundles of firewood for campfires, but plan to use a self-contained camp stove for cooking, as they are safer and cleaner. Be very careful with all burning materials, including cigarettes. Plan to take all your camp trash home for disposal.

At night, you'll be able to see the glow of lights from Las Vegas some 80 miles distant. Grids of lights mark development around Kingman and along highways.

The ambient light will not disturb your vision of the night sky over the Cerbats. Put the camp lights out and enjoy the dazzling display of stars seemingly close enough for plucking from the black velvet backdrop of space.

For more information about these two recreation areas and the nearby Mount Tipton Wilderness Area, contact the Kingman BLM office at (928)718-3700.

Margo Bartlett Pesek's Trip of the Week column appears on Sundays

Friday, May 06, 2005
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Out and About

Fremont Street Experience adds 'Aria'

"Aria," by artist Jennifer Steinkamp, can be seen at 10 p.m. today on the Fremont Street Experience's high-tech canopy.

Originally commissioned by the Las Vegas Arts Commission in 2000, it has been rerendered to conform with Viva Vision's 12.5 million synchronized LED modules.

The project is part of the Fremont Street Experience Lightscapes public art project.

Friday, April 22, 2005
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"Viva the Centennial: City of 100 Murals," an exhibition of original works by artists participating in the centennial mural project, is on display in the Bridge Gallery in City Hall through Aug. 26.

The "City of 100 Murals" celebrates the centennial with an expansive public art project that tells the story of Las Vegas through murals created by local artists, children and other community members.

The gallery is located on the second floor of City Hall, 400 East Stewart Ave., near the information desk. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Admission is free. Call 229-4674 for more information.

The following is a sample of our invitation letter by e-mail to Nevada high-ranking officials:

Dear Commissioner Honorable Lynette McDonald,

Dr. Tony T. Lei, President of Washington Business and
Technology Institute (WBTI) and Dr. Jasmine Brooks,
President of Asian America Republican Coalition of
Nevada - Clark County Chapter (AARCN-CC)

request the honor of your presence
as a Special Guest
at the Event and Dinner Party for
1st installation of the Board of Directors and
Executive Officers of AARCN-CC

sponsored by AARCN-CC, and co-sponsored by WBTI, among
others

on Sunday, the Twenty Fourth of April, 2005
at La Chateau
6985 W. Sahara Avenue, Suite 100-102, Las Vegas,
Nevada 89117
from 6:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. (You may present just at
the dinner party.)

U. S. Senator John Ensign will install the directors
and officers. U. S. Congressman Jim Gibbons will be
the Kenote Speaker.
Participants: About 500 people
Attire: Business

RSVP: Please e-mail Dr. Tony Lei at tojulei@yahoo.com.
Or please call Judy for RSVP at 255-9058 on or before
Friday, April 7, 2005.

Fellow Republicans:

Herewith, the list of all the members that are interested in attending the Lincoln Dinner, if there are names that have been inadvertently left out or there are changes necessary, please advise.*2

Additionally, I have spoken to Mr. John Hambrick who is in charge of the organization for the Lincoln Dinner, and he had requested to have the checks:

1) Made out to:
CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
Re: Lincoln Dinner

2) Mail the checks to:
9101 W. Sahara Avenue
Suite 105-B34
Las Vegas, NV 89117

CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
Lincoln Day Dinner

When: April 30, 2005

Where: The Venetian

Speaker: Kark Rove

Price: $75.00 Dinner @ 7:00pm
$250.00 Dinner and Reception @ 5:30pm

Dolly DeLeon (2 tickets: $75 x 2 = $150, please remit this amount to the address referenced)

Bert Thomas (1 ticket: $75 please remit this amount to the address referenced)

Jas Brooks (2 tickets: $75 x 2 = $150, please remit this amount to the address referenced)

Pete Rinato (2 tickets: $75 x 2 = $150, please remit this amount to the address referenced)

Hui Lim (2 tickets: $75 x 2 = $150, please remit this amount to the address referenced)

TOTAL 9 tickets

We need at least 10 people. Let me know if there is more interest for the Dinner.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CHECKS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK PRIOR TO US RECEIVING ANY TICKETS. Therefore, those who are interested must send in their checks ASAP. If we do not have enough interest, the checks will be returned to you.

I look forward to seeing you there. Should you have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.*3

Cordially,

Jas Brooks

702-493-3330
702-737-7653

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References

*1. Dr. Jasmine Brooks is the President of Asian American Republican Coalition of Nevada-Clark County Chapter.
*2. Brooks, Jasmine. 'Clark County Republican Party ---Lincoln Day Dinner,' " An e-mail from Dr. Jasmine Brooks to Dr. Tony Lei," (March 24, 2005), Las Vegas, Nevada: AARCN-Co.
*3. Ibid.

Soloists to appear in Musical Arts Society concert

University of Nevada, Las Vegas faculty members Stephen Caplan and Juline Gilmore will join Amy Cofield as featured soloists in Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society's "Down a River of Time," a concert highlighting the music of John Rutter, at 3 p.m. Sunday.

The concert will be held in UNLV's Artemus Ham Hall, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway. Admission is $15 for adults and $12 for seniors, the disabled, and the military. Students with ID will be admitted for $5. Tickets are available by calling 895-2787.

Soprano Cofield will be featured with the 60-voice Musical Arts Chorus and 32-piece orchestra in a performance of John Rutter's "Requiem." Gilmore, mezzo-soprano, will sing three spirituals arranged by Rutter for chorus and orchestra including "Steal Away," "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," and "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit."

Oboist Caplan will perform Eric Ewazen's concerto for oboe and string orchestra, "Down a River of Time," and Cofield will open the afternoon program with Mozart's "Exultate Jubilate."

Caplan is a professor of oboe at UNLV and director of the Sierra Wind Quintet. Gilmore, a candidate for the Doctorate of Music degree at UNLV, has been a winner in a number of competitions sponsored by the National Association of Schools of Singing.

Soprano Cofield from New York City recently appeared with the Houston Grand Opera, and has performed the soprano solo role in Rutter's "Mass of the Children" at Carnegie Hall. Cofield has appeared as soprano soloist with the Musical Arts Society eight times.

Friday, March 04, 2005
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Nevadans work to protect China art treasures
Desert Research Institute scientists hope to minimize ill effects of pollution on ancient terra-cotta figures
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

RENO -- Two Reno scientists are trying to protect ancient terra-cotta warriors and horses in China from the modern-day threat of pollution.

Judith Chow and John Watson, internationally recognized experts on air quality from the Desert Research Institute in Reno, are in Shaanxi Province researching the impact of pollution on thousands of life-size statues.

A ceremony to launch the collaborative $250,000 two-year research project was held Wednesday in China.

One of the world's greatest archaeological finds, the 2,225-year-old clay figures are displayed at the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses Museum in Xi'an, one of the 10 most polluted cities in the world, Watson said.

Chow said she was surprised at how large the figures were. "Some are 6 feet tall, and they all have different expressions on their faces," she said.

The terra-cotta warriors and horses, along with chariots and weapons, were discovered in 1974 while local farmers were digging a well near the site of the tomb of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

Huang unified China, declared himself its first emperor in 221 B.C. and built the Great Wall.

When he became emperor at age 13, he ordered work to begin on his tomb. During the next 38 years, more than 1 million workers toiled on the terra-cotta warriors. Baked in kilns, each of the soldiers has a distinct facial expression.

"The emperor believed in reincarnation, and he wanted an army of soldiers to protect him in his afterlife," Chow said.

Although ground-penetrating radar has revealed about 7,000 figures, only about 1,000 have been unearthed thus far.

During the last 30 years, museum officials began noticing damage to the surface of the statues and mold growing on them. They suspected that pollutants were the cause.

"Because both outdoor and indoor pollution is having a dramatic effect on these fine arts, we wanted to study which pollutants are causing the damage and, hopefully, we find a strategy to minimize it," said Frank S.C. Lee, an associate professor of engineering from Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Some of the pollutants could be coming from the 1.5 million annual visitors to the museum, Watson said. "One speculation is ammonia from their breath and chemicals from their clothing could be having an impact," he said.

Chow and Watson will try to find out what pollutants are causing damage, their concentration levels, and what control measures can be taken to reduce the damage.

Your guide to Valentine's Day in Las Vegas

Teatro has singles and room to mingle.
Photo by John Locher.

"The Fashionistas" could shake things up.
Photo by JANE KALINOWSKY/REVIEW-JOURNAL

The Eiffel Tower Restaurant overlooks the Strip.
Photo by Ralph Fountain.

Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire hit their peak in "Swing Time."

Todd Goldman's "Ex-Boyfriend" is on display at The Venetian.

Just as love knows no bounds or sense of fair play, there's really no single right way to observe Valentine's Day.

Especially in Las Vegas.

It also depends on who you are: your age, marital status and what you want out of the holiday.

Hence, an eclectic guide to a romantic-or- whatever-you-want-to-call-it weekend, from where to find a date to where to go when love has gone.

IF YOU NEED A VALENTINE

If you're not in a relationship and you are interested in making, as some people call it, a "love connection," then you're in the right town. If you smell clean, and you stay out past midnight, it's hard not to hook up in this city.

The question is, "where?" The answer depends on what kind of singles you want to meet.

If you want to meet so-called "down to earth" people, you can try PT's Pubs and other suburban locales. If you want to meet people chugging beer by the fistful in a brightly lighted hall, the Hofbr�uhaus is calling your name. And if you're looking for glitzy people who spend a long time getting ready to go out, you can go to a variety of singles hang-outs on and around the Strip.

Mix, atop The Hotel at Mandalay Bay, is big enough to be a nightclub, but it's not. Women love this place. It's got brown leather bench seats inside. It's romantically dark. And a patio with a tall view of the Strip has plenty of seats. (After midnight, seats are the most coveted things in this town, bar none. They keep women in high heels from leaving clubs for comfier pastures.)

Another singles place with buzz and seats is Teatro at the MGM, and yet it's rarely overcrowded. It's a small lounge with a dance floor and bar chairs where, if the men can't find "love," they can at least look up at the thongs being worn by the tiny burlesque dancer in front of them.

The bonus of going to MGM these nights is that it has three of the biggest meeting spots in town -- Teatro; the lounge Tabu, where women dance on tables; and the second floor of Studio 54, where locals and VIPs shake it on several dance floors to good music, next to scads of plush seats.

If you wait till Valentine's Day itself, starting at 8:30 p.m., Teatro is having its female servers dress down into even lustier outfits to hand out roses to women, plus give away free champagne and chocolate-covered strawberries.

DOUG ELFMAN

IF YOU NEED A CHANGE OF PACE

Most Las Vegas shows can throw cold water on a romantic night out. Valentine's Day may not be the best night to drag your lady to "Aussie Angels," or your guy to "An Evening at La Cage."

But it's a sign of the city's new diversity that two shows could inspire couples to lust and romance, and rarely be linked in the same thought.

"The Fashionistas" at Krave nightclub is quite the kinky affair. The dance show tells the tawdry tale -- yes, it has something of a plot, though no dialogue -- of an aspiring young woman enraptured by a famous male fashion designer whom she sets out to seduce with a custom DVD valentine.

Except her female boss gets to the guy first for a little desk-top hey-hey. This same boss also seems quite fond of our young heroine, the secret brains behind the business.

Sound like a Lifetime cable movie? Then you'd be ignoring the dudes in the executioner's hoods and patent leather codpieces.

"Forever Plaid," on the other hand, is an almost purely sincere celebration of a more innocent time, the late-'50s era when four-part harmony groups delivered their impeccably voiced yearnings -- "I don't want your arms around me, no not much..." -- sung by the type of ageless young men you once took home to meet your mama.

Now that these predictable choices are on the table, here's a modest proposal: Switch them.

That's right. "Plaid" is the obvious pick for the long-married, or at least those who recall those "Moments to Remember" from the first time they aired on AM radio. Maybe its time for them to spice things up with the writhing young hardbodies and lusty world view of "The Fashionistas."

But if techno music and muscles bulging through black leather describe just another night on the Strip, then maybe you should get your club-jaded honey over to the Gold Coast to snuggle up and discover why "Love Is A Many Splendored Thing."

MIKE WEATHERFORD

IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP IS SECURE

For couples who'd rather cuddle up on the couch than paint the town red, home video provides endless inspiration.

After all, Hollywood history teems with legendary romantic teams who took their on-screen roles to heart -- and off-screen.

Think of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, who steamed up 1944's "To Have and Have Not" -- and shared star billing until Bogey's 1957 death.

Or Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn -- an all-star couple from 1942's "Woman of the Year" to 1967's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"

Or think of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, whose on-screen passion in 1991's "Bugsy" ended Beatty's three-decade reign as Hollywood's most notorious bachelor. Or Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, who rode 1988's "Bull Durham" to nonmarital bliss.

Of course, some Hollywood couples work better on-screen than off. Arguably, Hepburn's best on-screen partner wasn't Tracy at all, but Cary Grant (in 1938's "Bringing Up Baby" and "Holiday"). And Grant's best on-screen foil might have been Rosalind Russell (in 1940's "His Girl Friday") or Irene Dunne (in 1937's "The Awful Truth").

Hollywood couples come and go, but when it comes to "la belle, la perfectly swell romance," two names remain inscribed in the stars.

Off-screen, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers weren't the closest co-stars, but from 1933's "Flying Down to Rio" to 1949's "The Barkleys of Broadway," they embody not only moonlight-and-roses romance but mutual trust, matchless teamwork, exquisite harmony and the indescribable delight of finding a soul mate who can match you step for step as you dance through life together.

As Astaire sings in "Swing Time," their 1936 peak, "Someday, when I'm awfully low, when the world is cold, I will get a glow just thinking of you -- and the way you look tonight."

Here's looking at you, kids ... and Happy Valentine's Day.

CAROL CLING

IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO IMPRESS

We have Las Vegas' latest reinvention of itself to thank for the cheek-by-jowl romantic restaurants you can choose from today. Had "family-friendly" not been supplanted by a return to the Sin City of yore, we might find ourselves limited to linoleum-lined barns serving up steam-table buffet, with the likes of Barney patting heads and signing photographs. A Chuck E. Cheese on the Strip? Could've happened. And about as romantic as losing at craps.

Instead, we have an ever-rolling wave of top-shelf restaurants working to outdo each other and themselves, and that's a great thing for romantics. There is, after all, something inherently sexy about sharing fine food and exploring its layers and nuances with the one you love. Slurp a few raw oysters together and you're a pair for life.

Still, some restaurants are more romantic than others. For cozy, there's Andre's French Restaurant (401 S. Sixth St.), the booths at Nobhill at the MGM Grand (3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South), the private curtained booths at Fleur de Lys at Mandalay Bay (3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South) or, for the ultimate sharing experience, The Melting Pot (8704 W. Charleston Blvd.).

Music can go a long way to set the mood, as at Jazzed Cafe and Vinoteca (8615 S. Sahara Ave.), The Bootlegger Bistro (7700 Las Vegas Blvd. South) or Stefano's at the Golden Nugget (129 Fremont St.), whose waiters serenade their guests.

But there's something about the bright lights of the big city that get the romantic wheels turning, and in the past few years, we've added plenty of restaurants offering views. For up-close-and-personal, there's Mon Ami Gabi at Paris Las Vegas (3655 Las Vegas Blvd. South) and Lutece at The Venetian (3355 Las Vegas Blvd. South). For above-it-all, it's hard to beat Alize at the Palms (4321 W. Flamingo Road) or Mix atop The Hotel at Mandalay Bay (3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South). For a little distance, there's Panevino (246 Via Antonio Ave.) and Ventano (191 S. Arroyo Grande Blvd.) and Trumpets (2450 Hampton Road) in Henderson.

But the top choice for romantic restaurant must go to The Eiffel Tower Restaurant at Paris Las Vegas. There's something about the room itself that fosters an air of romance, and if you're lucky (or are willing to wait for the right table), you may have a view of the lights of the Strip or the Bellagio fountains sweeping and swaying many floors below.

If that doesn't do it for you, we can't help you.

HEIDI KNAPP RINELLA AND IF YOU'VE JUST STOPPED CARING

Valentine's Day. So what. Big deal.

Maybe you're feeling like that song by the J. Geils Band: "You love her, but she loves him/ And he loves somebody else/ You just can't win/ And so it goes till the day you die/ This thing they call love/ It's gonna make you cry."

Yep, "Love Stinks."

Never fear, there's an antidote -- artist Todd Goldman's "Anti-Valentine's Day" exhibit at the Entertainment Galleries in the Grand Canal Shops at The Venetian.

Goldman, who will be at the gallery to commiserate with you Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m., creates childlike paintings and lithographs with tag lines such as "Boys Are Stupid. Throw Rocks at Them," and "Smoking Kills, But at Least You Look Cool."

Influenced by pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, Roy Lichtenstein and "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Goldman has a line of T-shirts, watches and underwear featuring his images, and will release a second book of his work in March.

KEN WHITE

Winning Formula

Tim McGraw and George Strait tend to sing fairly simple, emotional songs written around memorable phrases
By DOUG ELFMAN
REVIEW-JOURNAL

This weekend's country tourists are not alike. Tim McGraw is a bad boy with a hip-hop hit.

George Strait was once given something called the Presidential American Vocation Success Award.

Tim McGraw has been performing two new songs in concert, lately, according to NetMusicCountdown.com. One is called "Drugs or Jesus." It goes: "Everybody just wants to get high, sit and watch a perfect world go by. We're all looking for love and meaning in our lives. We follow the roads that lead us to drugs or Jesus."

The other new song McGraw has been singing onstage is called "Let's Get Drunk and Fight."

Country songs seem to be written around memorable phrases like those. And unlike in other genres, in country music you can always tell the title of a song, because it is sung very clearly in the choruses. That way, fans know how to find it. There's little ambiguity in popular country music.

And the two biggest male stars in country music -- McGraw and George Strait, who play separate concerts in Vegas this weekend -- do not stray from that formula.

Although, not everyone thinks this recipe for hit-making is formulaic. Jon Anthony, the music director for the Highway 16 channel on XM satellite radio in Nashville, puts up a defense of the simple style.

"That's the beauty of country music in a lot of ways," Anthony says. "There's always a message, and country music is always really good about conveying emotion, whether that emotion is heartbreak, or love, or whatever."

Anthony says this leads to country songs that aren't complex. But that's a good thing in its way, he says.

"Lyrically, it's simple in a lot of ways. Musically and melodically, it's easy to follow, and it's easy to sing along with. And I think that (separates) it from a lot of pop music.

"When Tim McGraw sings a love song in concert, the guy (fan) is gonna be singing it right to his girl right beside him," Anthony says. "He'll be singing along with the words, almost as if he could take on that same persona."

One of the appeals of McGraw, who owns the Arena Football League team the Nashville Kats, is that he's living the "middle American's dream," Anthony says.

"He's got a wonderful family, and the guy goes onstage, and everybody goes nuts for him," he says. "Everybody would love to trade places with Tim McGraw for a day."

Or with his wife. McGraw concerts typically flash photos of him and his wife and their family on giant screens. Sometimes, this causes fans to go, "awww."

"You see a picture of their family, and the guys are saying, `What a lucky guy,' and then the girls are saying, `What a lucky gal.' "

But women also like that there's a little bit of bad boy in McGraw.

"Remember, he got arrested in Buffalo -- on the George Strait tour," Anthony says.

McGraw and country singer Kenny Chesney were embroiled in a run-in with police a few years ago.

"A lot of people think that's incredibly sexy," Anthony says.

McGraw has also reached out to mainstream audiences by singing a duet with hip-hop's Nelly. Their single, "Over and Over," topped Billboard magazine's Mainstream Top 40 chart. On Sunday, the two will appear in a Super Bowl ad for Bud Light.

If McGraw has some hip-hop bad boy in him, Strait is a straight-up, clean-cut cowboy. A military veteran, he was given the strangely named honor the Presidential American Vocation Success Award in 1989. He was once named one of the sexiest men in America by People magazine. He also has the sympathy of tragedy in his background -- his daughter was killed in a car wreck in 1986.

In concert, Strait is a crowd pleaser. As Tom Netherland wrote in a show review in the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch in January, "Too many fill-in-the-blank McCountry stars apparently prefer screaming to singing. But not George Strait. ... Dressed smartly in a black hat, blue Wranglers, and a pressed Western shirt, Strait grabbed a guitar, cracked a smile and opened with a raucous `The Fireman.' "

In person, Strait's smile looks nothing but friendly. He's all hat and cattle, too. Raised in rural Texas, he is a member of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He hunts. He fishes. He breeds quarter horses.

"He's got a quiet authenticity about him (and) a ruggedness," Anthony says.

SPOTLIGHT
Centennial art series begins today

Works by painter Susanne Forestieri begin a yearlong centennial celebration series today with the opening of "Moving Pictures" at the Charleston Heights Arts Center, 800 S. Brush St.

Forestieri, who has exhibited in the Las Vegas Valley for more than a decade, is known for her figurative paintings. She says that the recently created oil paintings on display depict "everyday, intimate moments in people's lives when they reveal something about themselves that is real and precious."

A free artist's reception will be from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today.

The exhibition runs through March 13. Gallery hours are from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Call 229-4674 for more information.

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or any name or terminology (such as business, american, etc.) before WBTI, you'll find Google.com or aol.com has many good things for them with WBTI!

Friday, December 24, 2004
Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal

Out and About: Arts collective opens new exhibit

The Contemporary Arts Collective exhibit "Figure, Pattern, Space," featuring paintings by Chad Brown, Danielle M. Kelly and Julie Madden, opens Wednesday at 101 E. Charleston Blvd., suite 101.

Brown is a candidate for a master's degree in fine art at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Kelly attended the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland and is enrolled in the master's degree program at UNLV. Madden received her master's degree from UNLV.

The works are on display through Jan. 29, and a reception is scheduled from 6 to 10 p.m. on Jan. 7.

The gallery is open from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, or by appointment by calling 382-3886.

Friday, December 03, 2004
Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal

Country's Stars Align
The National Finals Rodeo brings an array of Nashville's biggest names to town
By DOUG ELFMAN
REVIEW-JOURNAL

"Redneck Woman" Gretchen Wilson and Big & Rich headline a concert Wednesday at the House of Blues.

Bill Engvall

Larry the Cable Guy

Ron White

Country singer Trace Adkins sings Thursday at the Silverton.

Dolly Parton performs Tuesday at Caesars Palace.

The National Finals Rodeo rides into the Thomas & Mack Center all week. For music fans, that means a lot of country singers and comedians are swinging into venues around Las Vegas. A look at most of the lineups:

� Randy Travis sings at 9:30 p.m. today through Sunday at the Golden Nugget.

Travis just signed up to help a family buy a new home in Bakersfield, Calif., and to raise $60,000 so the family's kids can go to college.

Tickets cost $93.50 at the hotel, 129 E. Fremont St. To charge by phone, call 386-8100.

� Stand-up Bill Engvall puts comedy in the Stardust at 8:30 p.m. today and Saturday and Thursday through Dec. 11.

Engvall has been performing in other cities on the Blue Collar Comedy Tour with Jeff Foxworthy, Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White. All of them but Foxworthy are performing separately during rodeo week.

Tickets cost $41.65-$47.15 at the box office, 3000 Las Vegas Blvd. South. To charge by phone, call 732-6325.

� Larry the Cable Guy performs stand-up at 7:30 and 11 p.m. tonight in the Mandalay Bay Theatre.

The comedian, whose real name is Dan Whitney, took heat recently for joking on the TV show "The View" that he was on the Aiken Diet, "where you pop in a Clay Aiken CD and try to keep food down." Whitney has insinuated that the fallout from "soccer moms" over the joke has been stupid.

Tickets cost $57.75 at the theater box office, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and through Ticketmaster. To charge by phone, call 632-7580.

� Fremont Street stages free concerts by Steve Forde and the Flange 8-11 p.m. tonight and Saturday on its Third Street stage, and the TJ Weaver Band 8-11 p.m. tonight-Sunday on the First Street stage.

� Lonestar sings at 8 p.m. today at Whiskey Pete's in Primm.

Pitches for a previous concert this year claimed of the band's music: " `I'm Already There' has become a theme song for men and women in the military and their families. Victims of the 9-11 tragedy found comfort in the haunting `Not a Day Goes By.' Anyone who ever has been led by his or her heart can be mesmerized by `Amazed.' "

Tickets cost $27.45 at the box office at Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena and through Ticketmaster. To charge by phone, call Ticketmaster at 474-4000.

� Brad Paisley and Pat Green perform in the Hilton Theater at 10:30 p.m. today through Sunday for $57.50-$68.50.

Paisley -- the singer of "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" and "He Didn't Have to Be" -- and Green are on the bill together while also sharing a duet, "College," on Green's new album, "Lucky Ones."

Tickets are available at the Hilton box office, 3000 Paradise Road, or charge by phone at 732-5755.

� The harmony-rich Ricochet performs at 2 p.m. today through Dec. 11 at the Stardust. Tickets cost $10.95 at the box office, 3000 Las Vegas Blvd. South. To charge by phone, call 732-6325.

� Terri Clark sings at 8 p.m. today and at 10 p.m. Saturday at Boulder Station.

Clark, a Canadian honky-tonk singer from a town called Medicine Hat, has a "Greatest Hits" album out, plus a new top single, "Girls Lie Too."

Tickets cost $28-$55 at the hotel's Boarding Pass Rewards Center, 4111 Boulder Highway, and at area malls. To charge by phone, call 547-5300.

� Tracy Lawrence sings at 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the House of Blues at Mandalay Bay.

Lawrence is not only the owner of 17 No. 1 country hits, he's also an advocate for stem-cell research. He joined the National Advisory Council for the Alzheimer's Association after his grandmother and his wife's grandmother died from the disease. But he doesn't talk politics onstage.

Tickets cost $37-$50 at the box office, 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and through Ticketmaster. To charge by phone, call 632-7600.

� Hal Ketchum sings at 8 p.m. Sunday at Whiskey Pete's in Primm.

Ketchum -- singer of "Small Town Saturday Night" and "Past the Point of Rescue" -- helped warm up an Iowa crowd for presidential nominee John Kerry.

Tickets cost $27.45 at the box office at Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena, 800-386-7867, and through Ticketmaster.

� Dolly Parton performs at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday at Caesars Palace. During her "Hello, I'm Dolly" tour, she tells a crowd that Elvis Presley almost recorded "I Will Always Love You," then sings the song next to a singer dressed as The King.

Tickets cost $59.09-$90.91 at the box office, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and through Ticketmaster.

� Gary Allan, Terminally Lonesome and Cross Canadian Ragweed perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the House of Blues.

Allan's wife died in October, and he asked that funeral donations be made to a cancer charity or the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Tickets cost $35-$50 at the box office and through Ticketmaster.

� Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson and John Nicholson and James Otto perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the House of Blues.

Big & Rich and Wilson have made the biggest splash in country music this year with their punk-ish songs (that is, punk for country music). Wilson's "Redneck Woman" put in-your-face crassness back into Nashville's slick country radio.

Tickets cost $50-$70 at the box office and through Ticketmaster.

� Several free events will be heard around the Strip. As part of one of them, Mark Holt and Kimberlee Holt Tully perform 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday through Dec. 11 at the Excalibur at the Cowboy Heritage Artists and Photographer's Society's national art show and sale.

� Clay Walker performs Thursday through Dec. 11 at the Orleans Showroom. Walker, who has had multiple sclerosis for eight years, has also signed up, along with his band, to perform at MS bike tours to raise money to fight the disease.

Showtime is 10 p.m. Tickets cost $55-$82.50 at the hotel, 4500 W. Tropicana Ave., at any Coast Casinos box office, through OrleansArena.com, at area malls, or by phone at 365-7075.

� Sara Evans and Phil Vassar sing at 10:30 p.m. Thursday through Dec. 11 at the Hilton Theater.

Evans sang at the Republican National Convention. Her husband, Craig Schelske, lost a 2002 bid for Congress from Oregon, which they later talked about to the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club."

In October, Vassar's latest No. 1 hit, "In a Real Love," ended a two-week stand at No. 1 for George Strait's "I Hate Everything."

Tickets cost $57.50-$74 available at the Hilton box office, 3000 Paradise Road, or charge by phone at 732-5755.

� Trace Adkins sings at 10:30 p.m. Thursday through Dec. 11 at the Silverton.

Adkins, whose new single is called "Hot Mama," is on the cover of the latest issue of Tall Magazine. He's 6 feet 6 inches tall.

Tickets cost $49.49 at the box office, 3333 Blue Diamond Road, or charge by calling 914-8557.

� Comedian Rodney Carrington performs at 10 p.m. Dec. 10-11 at the MGM Grand Garden arena.

The Tulsa, Okla., stand-up arrives with a "Greatest Hits" CD in stores, and a TV sitcom named "Rodney" on ABC. (It's about a stand-up comedian.)

Tickets cost $55 at the box office, 3799 Las Vegas Blvd. South, and through Ticketmaster. To charge by phone, call 474-4000.

� Comedian Ron White performs Dec. 10 at the Mandalay Bay Theatre. Tickets cost $57.75. White has joked, "Other people learn things when I drink. Last night, a limo driver learned if I say I gotta yak, it doesn't mean I have a long-haired buffalo livin' in my back yard."

� Blue County and David Lee Murphy perform for free in Boulder Station at 8 p.m. on Dec. 10. Blue County sing "Good Little Girls" and "That's Cool."

� Keith Urban and Katrina Elam perform Dec. 11 at the House of Blues. Tickets, $42-$62, are sold out.

New York Times critic Jon Pareles classified the headliner this way in an Oct. 30 concert review:

"If Keith Urban had arrived in the 1980s, he would have been a mild rocker: an amiable, unthreatening guitar-slinger along the lines of Kenny Loggins. Now the same kind of music is classified as country, and Mr. Urban, who is 37, has made himself a country heartthrob."

Friday, November 26, 2004
Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Enduring Love'

Seeing Red: A tragic balloon accident leaves two strangers haunted, and turns one into a stalker, in 'Enduring Love'
By CAROL CLING
REVIEW-JOURNAL

In "Enduring Love," Joe (Daniel Craig), left, and Jed (Rhys Ifans) meet by chance while trying to stop a runaway hot-air balloon.

Sometimes your destiny drops from the sky.

And sometimes it drops on your head.

That's the simple but shivery impact of "Enduring Love," a psychological thriller that's the cinematic equivalent of a pebble in a pool.

Watching the consequences -- those you expect and especially those you don't -- eddy outward from its characters, caught unaware, gives "Enduring Love" a definite jolt.

Provided you're willing to accept the tale's contrivances, that is.

There's an inescapable falling-dominoes element to its structure, as each action sets up a reaction which, in turn, leads to the next twist.

And there are times when you'd like to slap the movie's protagonist around so he'll wake up and smell the danger before it's too late.

Then again, if he did that, there wouldn't be much of a movie.

"Enduring Love" begins on a deceptively pastoral note, with Joe (Daniel Craig) and Claire (Samantha Morton) in an impossibly lovely English meadow, on a seemingly perfect day, preparing to share a picnic lunch.

Joe's just popped the cork on a bottle of champagne, and looks as though he's about to pop the question, when a red hot-air balloon drifts past and descends, its basket skimming the ground.

At first the balloon seems to be yet another component of an idyllic afternoon, along with the bluer-than-blue sky and the rustling breeze.

Until a man jumps from the balloon's basket and lands on the ground -- just before a gust of wind carries the balloon aloft.

The man clutches desperately at the rope, trying to halt the balloon's ascent -- because a little boy, perhaps his grandson, remains a passenger. Joe jumps up and, joined by others, runs toward the balloon to try and stop its inevitable rise. All too quickly, however, all but one of the Samaritans lets go. And the one who hangs on falls to his death.

A dry, rational university lecturer -- who conveniently specializes in ethical questions -- Joe seems utterly overcome by all sorts of unfamiliar feelings. He wonders whether he let go too soon and, if he hadn't, whether the victim would still be alive -- an argument girlfriend Claire, a successful sculptor, pooh-poohs with loving concern.

He sees the ill-fated balloon everywhere -- in the round shapes he scribbles on scrap paper, in the redder-than-red apples that trigger memories not only of the balloon but of the victim's spilled blood.

And, most curiously, he keeps seeing Jed (Rhys Ifans), another participant in the failed rescue.

A lanky, diffident chap with a shadowy smile and an odd intensity, Jed also seems haunted by the incident -- and what it means for their future relationship.

What relationship? Joe wonders.

The one they're destined to share, Jed replies. "You know what passed between us," he reminds Joe. "Love. God's love. It was a sign."

It certainly was, Joe: a sign that Jed's not quite all there, and that you should run for your life if you value it at all.

From there, "Enduring Love" explores a variety of love's permutations, in particular Claire's strained reaction to Joe's increasing distraction.

But director Roger Michell and screenwriter Joe Penhall, adapting Ian McEwan's novel, don't spend too much time spinning their philosophical wheels. After all, they've got some intriguing obsessions to explore.

Michell, equally adept at comedy ("Notting Hill") and drama ("Changing Lanes," "The Mother"), explores the story's notions of shifting innocence and guilt with quiet, implacable intensity, refusing to make clear value judgments. (That's up to those of us in the audience.)

Michell -- ably abetted by director of photography Harris Zambarloukos -- also demonstrates his mastery of visual storytelling, using devices from slow-motion to jittery, hand-held camera movement to echo Joe's emotional turmoil.

For all his visual emphasis, however, Michell also knows how to guide the movie's sterling cast, including such canny players as Bill Nighy ("Love Actually") and Susan Lynch ("The Secret of Roan Inish") as a loving couple whose settled domesticity contrasts with Joe and Claire's embattled relationship.

And it's downright refreshing to see Morton ("In America," "Minority Report") playing a solid, grounded character for a change, albeit one who's not quite as sympathetic as she might be, considering the circumstances.

Ifans, "Notting Hill's" resident obnoxious roomie, makes a curiously effective stalker, deceptively gentle and chillingly persistent. (And if Jed doesn't remind you of "Psycho's" unforgettable Norman Bates, sit tight -- and stay put while the credits roll. He will.)

And Craig, who played a calculating, selfish charmer in "The Mother," makes Joe so logical and controlled -- not to mention controlling -- that it's a shock to his system when his well-ordered life shifts in an instant.

Try as he might, he can't grasp the notion that there are some things out of his control -- and that his life might be one of them.

Sunday, November 21, 2004
Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal

NEON SUNDAY: Free jazz fusion show at library

If the words "fusion" and "free" ring more familiar than the name of the Larry Redhouse Trio, you still might want to check out a free show at the Clark County Library Theater today.

Redhouse's keyboards have been compared to the early-1970s jazz fusion of Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock, an era that married jazz and rock sensibilities before it was tamed down into today's contemporary jazz.

Admission is free to the 2 p.m. concert at 1401 E. Flamingo Road. Call 734-7323.

-- BY MIKE WEATHERFORD

***** Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life. ---Woodrow Wilson
***** Enthusiam is the most important thing in life. ---Tennessee Williams
***** The work praises the man (and the woman). ---Irish proverb
***** What a man (or a woman) accomplishes in a day depends upon the way in which he (or she) approaches his (or her) tasks. When we accept tough jobs as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and enthusiasm, miricles can happen. When we do our work with a dynamic, conquering spirit, we get things done. ---Arland Gilbert

From: Nadia Jurani, MM, CPA
Commissioner, Equal Rights Commission
[njurani@hotmail.com]
Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:41:36 -0800

Thank you very much!. You are terrific!

>From: Tony Lei
>To: njurani@hotmail.com
>Subject: Good morning!
>Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:07:38 -0800 (PST)
>
>...................*1
>
>*1. For more details, please have your
>Assistant or yourself click on the
>section of "Las Vegas Business Today"
>at:
> http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Tony & Judy

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From: Stefany Miley, District Judge - elected (Department F, Family Court)
Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:58:54 -0800 (PST)
[stefanymiley@yahoo.com]

I appreciate your support. It paid off!!!! Thanks. Stefany Miley

Tony Lei wrote: Dear Stefany, Congratulations!

We had your business card on the section of "Las Vegas
Business Today" all the days ......................

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From: Stefany Miley, District Judge - elected (Department F, Family Court)
Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:38:30 -0800 (PST)
[stefanymiley@yahoo.com]

Dear Tony:

Thank you for the invitation. Unfortunately I did not receive the email until this evening so I am unable to attend. I would love to attend other events in the future. If possible please let me know a couple of days in advance so I can make arrangements for my children.

Again, thank you for your consideration.

Stefany Miley

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Dear friends, Based on the following invitation card, you are welcomed to attend this Event and Dinner Party:

Dear U. S. Senators Honorable Harry Reid , U. S. Representatives Jim Gibbons, Shelley Berkley, and Jon Porter; and Nevada high-ranking officials-eleted,

Dr. Tony T. Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) and Mrs. Sapatra Chemprachum, President of Thai Cultural Arts Association of Las Vegas
request the honor of your presence
as Guests of Honor
at the Event and Dinner Party for
Royal Thai Performing Arts
present by TCAALV, co-sponsored
by WBTI, Asian Leaders, among others
on Tuesday, the Sixteenth of November, 2004
in the East Las Vega Community/Senior Center
250 N. Eastern Ave, (at Stewart) Las Vegas, Nevada
Tel. 229-1515
from 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

This is also a celebration event and dinner party for the 2004 high-ranking officials-elected of Nevada. We are going to have about 460 attendants. For the high-ranking officials-elected, please have your Assistant RSVP to (702)369-5439; (702)255-9058 or E-mail: tojulei@yahoo.com to cofirm our invitation card to you.

RSVP: Seating is limited. Confirmation required for seating. Please call Thai Cultural Art Association for reservation at (702)369-5439 with donations of $30, $20, or $15 on or before 12 noon, Monday, November 15, 2004.
* P.S.: Featured with Classical & Folk dances and Folk-Play (LIKAY).

Dear U. S. Senators Honorable Harry Reid , U. S. Representatives Jim Gibbons, Shelley Berkley, and Jon Porter; and Nevada high-ranking officials-eleted,

Dr. Tony T. Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) and Mrs. Sapatra Chemprachum, President of Thai Cultural Arts Association of Las Vegas
request the honor of your presence
as Guests of Honor
at the Event and Dinner Party for
Royal Thai Performing Arts
present by TCAALV, co-sponsored
by WBTI, Asian Leaders, among others
on Tuesday, the Sixteenth of November, 2004
in the East Las Vega Community/Senior Center
250 N. Eastern Ave, (at Stewart) Las Vegas, Nevada
Tel. 229-1515
from 6:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

This is also a celabration event and dinner party for the 2004 high-ranking officials-elected of Nevada. We are going to have about 460 attendants. For the high-ranking officials-elected, please have your Assistant RSVP to (702)369-5439; (702)255-9058 or E-mail: tojulei@yahoo.com to cofirm our invitation card to you.

RSVP: Seating is limited. Confirmation required for seating. Please call Thai Cultural Art Association for reservation at (702)369-5439 with donations of $30, $20, or $15 on or before 12 noon, Monday, November 15, 2004.
* P.S.: Featured with Classical & Folk dances and Folk-Play (LIKAY).

Friday, October 22, 2004
Copyright @ Las Vegas Review-Journal

Wastin' Away Again
One man comes from Japan, his buddy wears a coconut bra -- a Jimmy Buffett show is that kind of party
By DOUG ELFMAN
REVIEW-JOURNAL

Jimmy Buffett rocked the house at the MGM Grand Garden arena last weekend. He plays there again Saturday.
Photo by CHED WHITNEY/REVIEW-JOURNAL (Check with the newspaper please.)

Jimmy Buffett concerts are a lot like bar sing-alongs, but -- as was the case Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden arena, where 14,000 fans showed up -- they can be much bigger than that.

Buffett takes his traveling drink-along show back to the MGM this Saturday. If the previous weekend's show is any indication, it will look like this:

It started with people streaming into the arena, thousands wearing Hawaiian shirts, shorts, thongs (mostly the shoes and not the underwear, for once in this town).

One "Parrothead" walking into the arena was Jason Putman, 32, of Las Vegas. He builds bombs as a member of the Air Force. He was wearing a fake-grass skirt, a coconut bra covering his bare chest, a lei, a straw hat and an acoustic guitar hung on his back.

His bomb-building Air Force friend Kurt Tom, who was also shirtless, held bongos. Tom flew in from Japan to see the show.

Putman, heading into his 14th Buffett concert in a decade, described himself as the No. 1 Jimmy Buffett fan, able to perform every single Buffett song from more than 30 albums and even more bootleg albums.

"He's had a profound effect on my life," Putman said. "Jimmy affects the way you look at life.

"I think a lot of Parrotheads want to live through Jimmy vicariously. Personally, I escape through him if I'm having a bad day at work, or not."

Listening to Buffett transports his mind, he said.

"I'm sittin' in a lawn chair on the beach with a beer in my hand, and I hear steel drums in the background," he says.

Around him were screaming, joyous fans.

"It's a mix of people. You've got older, younger. But everyone here -- it's like a big family," Putman said.

The show lasted three hours, counting a brief opening by the Coral Reefer Band, plus an intermission that lasted just a few minutes.

Buffett performed many of his more popular songs, faithfully. "Pencil Thin Mustache" sounded very much as it did when he released the song years ago. The same went for "Son of a Son of a Sailor," "Cheeseburger in Paradise" and "Margaritaville."

Most fans stood the entire time and clapped along. Buffett performed in a Hawaiian shirt, shorts and barefoot, smiling often. He chatted up the crowd, offering relevant song introductions, such as one-liners about being hungry before singing "Cheeseburger in Paradise," or mentioning that Vegas is a carnival before launching into "Carnival World."

Buffett may have headlined a fund-raiser for John Kerry in August, but the closest Buffett got to being topical on Saturday was mentioning Mount St. Helens' recent activity before he performed "Volcano."

Saturday was all about partying. Buffett's guitar strap read "CHILL." Three percussionists instilled steel drums and Jamaican rhythms into the music. A steel guitarist added a soaring tranquility to "Come Monday."

Four women -- back-up singers and dancers -- jogged in skirts to beachy beats, on a stage dotted with tiki hut umbrellas and potted plants.

During "Fins," fans put their hands together and moved to the left and right, while a car-sized, inflatable shark floated through the air, its movements operated by remote control.

Fans rarely sat or stopped moving. A couple seemingly combined at the pelvises, way up in section 21, bumped and grinded during "Why Don't We Get Drunk," and during "Southern Cross," and during almost every other song. One of their friends poured booze into plastic cups out of a plastic flask that made it past the arena's metal detectors.

A woman standing directly behind the pelvis-people said Buffett concerts are often filled with marijuana smoke, but this one seemed to be nearly devoid of it.

Buffett was generous with his band and fans. "Thanks for the ride," he said. "I'm not broke, and I'm not in rehab."

He drank water during the show. But when he arrived onstage for an encore, he gave that up. "It's that time of the show where I can indulge in a cocktail," he said.

Then, as Parrotheads streamed out of the MGM and onto the streets, some carrying giant inflatable replicas of booze bottles, fans glowed about their experience.

"Awesome," Ronda Stevens said. She drove in from Reno for her second Buffett experience. "I will come every year!"

Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti

Advisory Board: Governor Kenny Guinn, Chairman; U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Vice Chairmen; U.S. Representatives James Gibbons and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Executive Directors. U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, Chairperson; Dr. Tony T. Lei, President. District Judges Mark Denton and Valorie Vega, Vice Presidents. Dr. William N. Thompson, Director of Public Administration Institution; Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong, Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public Administra- tion; Dr.Sue Fawn Chung, Director of Culture Institution. Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brain Sandoval, District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen, Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC). District Attorney David Roger and Clark County Sheriff Bill Young, Chairmen of CCDAPCC. *It's our pleasure to pay a tribute to the above officials who dedicate to the civic and community service aspects of our organiza-tion in an honorary or adjunct capacity. WBTI: Tel. at (702) 255-9058 E-mail to: tojulei@yahoo.com

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Dear Nevadan candidates of Election 2004 and friendly reporters,

Based on the following invitation card, you are welcomed as our VIP Guests to attend the following Event and Party:

[101804-7001 ***** Jasmine Guo visited Dr. and Mrs. Tony Lei at their home in the afternoon on October 18, 2004. She told Dr. Tony Lei that Nevada Lt. Governor Lorraine Hunt will personally attend the following Event and Party:]

Dear Regional Representatives of U. S. Senators Honorable Harry Reid & John Ensign and U. S. Representatives James Gibbons, Shelley Berkley, & Jon Porter,

Dr. Tony T. Lei, President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) and Ms. Jasmine Guo, President of Vegas Milky Way Inc.
request the honor of your presence as

Special Guests

at the Event and Party for
2004 Election Champagne and Cocktail Reception
present by Vegas Milky Way Inc. and Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI)

on Saturday, the Twenty Third of October, 2004
in the Key West Ballroom at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada
from 6:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Please RSVP to (702)461-8998; (702)255-9058 or E-mail: tojulei@yahoo.com; Shiowmeiguo@aol.com

Attendants: About or more than 200 people.

RSVP: Seating is limited. $35 for each person. Confirmation required for seating. Please call for requirement of attendance (complimentary) at (702)461-8998 or Judy Lei at 255-9058 on or before 12 noon, Friday, October 22, 2004.