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Costume design drawing, male dancer in an Elvis costume, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "Principal boy dancer (lead "Elvis")."
Costume Details: Male dancer holding a guitar wearing an open-necked green shirt with a white jacket and trousers. The costume imitates the style worn by Elvis Presley in the early 1970s.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Elvis
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, male dancer in silver tights and vest, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Handwritten on drawing: "disco boy dancers." Transcribed from original drawing index: "16 boy dancers (silver tights, vests- disco)."
Costume Details: Male dancer wearing silver tights and rhinestone-studded boots, wrist cuffs, g-string, and vest.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Minstrel opening: Hullabaloo
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, female Philistine costumes #1 and #2, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "girl singer (individual Philistine #1)" and "girl singer (individual Philistine #2)" for two identical drawings.
Costume Details: Two female performers wearing beaded tops, floor-length split skirts, and matching headdresses with draped cloth.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, female Philistine costumes #3 and #4, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "girl singer (individual Philistine #3)" and "girl singer (individual Philistine #4)" for two identical drawings.
Costume Details: Two female performers wearing beaded tops, floor-length split skirts, and matching headdresses with draped cloth.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, female Philistine costumes #5 and #6, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "girl singer (individual Philistine #5)" and "girl singer (individual Philistine #6)" for two identical drawings.
Costume Details: Two female performers wearing beaded tops, floor-length split skirts, and matching headdresses with draped cloth.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, female Philistine costumes #7 and #8, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Pete Menefee design. Transcribed from original drawing index: "girl singer (individual Philistine #7)" and "girl singer (individual Philistine #8)" for two identical drawings.
Costume Details: Two female performers wearing beaded tops, floor-length split skirts, and matching headdresses with draped cloth.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Samson and Delilah: Prologue
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Costume design drawing, shirtless male dancer in red tights, Las Vegas, June 5, 1980

Date
1980-06-05
Description
Bob Mackie design. Transcribed from original drawing index: " 8 black boy dancers (red tights - bare top)."
Costume Details: Shirtless male dancer in red tights, feathered boots, and black jeweled g-string with matching wrist cuffs and shoulder drape.
Show Name: Jubilee!
Performance Name: Bandwagon Finale: Red Hot and Cole
Site Name: MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

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Photograph of performers in a Rococo period scene from the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1980

Date
1980
Description
Dancers and performers wearing Rococo period costumes in a production number from the Folies Bergere at the Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. One woman is wearing a large wig and feathered headdress. The number "45062" from the Las Vegas News Bureau is stamped on the back of the photograph.
Show Name: Les Folies Bergere (Tropicana Hotel: Las Vegas, Nevada)
Site Name: Tropicana Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Levy, Andrew S.

Andrew "Drew" Levy was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, where his family became prominent civic and real estate leaders. His grandfather was Harry Levy, a former Las Vegas City Commissioner, and his father Alvin Levy was a former councilman. Drew is always proud to say that he never left Las Vegas and of partnering with his father in the Levy Realty Company.

Person

Morgan, William, 1964-

William Morgan was born in Kansas City, Missouri and moved to Las Vegas with his family in 1969. Morgan entered the slot industry early by becoming an instructor at his father’s gaming school which provided instruction on slot and arcade repair and maintenance. His start in the gaming industry was in 1989 when he became a slot technician at the Imperial Palace. Morgan would later move to the MGM Grand as a journeyman slot technician in 1993 and eventually to the Stratosphere in 1996 as shift lead slot technician.

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