CELEBRITY PHOTOS

The "Copperfield cruiser." Like a rock star, he travels with a convoy. Here I'm in front  of 2 of the 4 trucks backed up to the loading dock.

So you ask..."What are the accommodations for this superstar of magic?" You are looking at it. Most of the time DC and his crew sleep in these buses, unless they are in a city for a longer period of time. Then they stay at a much nicer hotel.

"What about Webster the Duck?"  Well...that's his accommodation right there. It's the "duck hamper." He is taking it easy back there after a show.

Photo taken just moments after the 4 trucks have pulled in.  They arrived from New York City where the April 3rd 2001 CBS special "Tornado of Fire" was filmed live...!

Standing in front of David Copperfield's International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts located somewhere in a "secret" location of the Nevada Desert.

The compound also serves primarily as a warehouse which stores all the illusions and effects David has used during his entire career. There are living quarters, research and rehearsal facility and of course the enormous library.

Another view of the large complex which makes up The International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts.

Trucks filled with illusions, lighting, scenery, and electrical equipment getting ready to do a "load-in" which consists of backing each of the four trucks up to the theater one at a time and unloading the cargo.

Here is looking at you...."the eyes of David Copperfield." David tours with a company of 38 people, plus local stagehands and security which can add up to 40 and 100 people when playing overseas.

Pictured here are 3 crew buses and four 48-foot semi-trucks that are part of this large illusion show. It takes a total of 9 hours to unload and set-up the show in each city.

After the final show, it's time to do what's called a "load out"...taking down illusions, packing them into crates and loading them onto these trucks. It takes about 3 hours to break down and repack the show.

And here are the proud parents of David Copperfield. Mr. & Mrs.  Hyman and Rebecca Kotkin.  This photo was taken inside of MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas while they were visiting David during their vacation. They are often invited along when DC is on the road.

MAGICIAN LANCE BURTON

Lance Burton: Master Magician... born in Louisville, KY on March 10, 1960. Honored by winning the title of "World Champion Magician" on July 10, 1982 in Switzerland during a FISM competition.

The early beginnings of Lance at the Hacienda Hotel in mid-1991 after his successful run in the Folies Bergere at Topicana Hotel.

It's "all-thumbs up" for this team. The Lance Burton Theater was proclaimed by the critics as the best theater in Las Vegas 1,274 plush seats with drink-holders.

Taken in the Lance Burton Magic Shop inside Monte Carlo Hotel where Las Vegas-based Lance Burton performs nightly to a packed theater.

Signing autographs after a show at the now imploded Hacienda Hotel where Mandalay Bay now resides.

Shaking hands and handing out roses to audience members who helped out during the show.

.....wave good-bye as Hacienda Hotel will soon disappear.

Autograph session after a show at the Hacienda Hotel.

Lance masterfully portrayed at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum at the Venitian Hotel.   Illusion, or just some wax in the ears?

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