| When the show closed at Bourbon Street, Dixie auditioned and beat out over one-hundred of the top close-up magicians in Las Vegas to win the prestigious job as resident magician at Harrah's Hotel and Casino. He worked for the legendary Rocky Sennes and created a new style of magical performance in Las Vegas-the indoor casino, street show! Hundreds would gather around Dixie as he performed his magic on the floor of the casino right along side roulette wheels and black-jack dealers. The casino and Rocky knew that Dixie made "happy losers". Dixie worked two shifts and twelve-hour days. But he was meeting people and making a name for himself in Las Vegas. |
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Dixie was in constant demand for parties,
dinners, luncheons, and corporate events. Dixie performed as every casino
in Las Vegas, and hardly a week went by that he wasn't mentioned in the
papers. Dixie also put together his first 24 hour Magic Marathon for MDA.
He set two world records- one for the most tricks ever used in a magic
show, and two- the longest continuous magic show. Dixie was asked to play
the part of the Wicked Wizard in Mark Almond and Gene Pitney's award
winning video seen on MTV.
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In 1989 Dixie was asked to appear
at the Grand Opening of the Houdini Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin. Dixie
was honored. He performed the upside-down strait-jacket escape and the
dairy farmers of Wisconsin challenged him to escape from a milk-can fill
with Wisconsin dairy milk. It was a media frenzy, with world-wide
coverage.
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After six years Dixie missed being
on an actual stage. He toured again for the Department of Defense and then
opened O'Shea's Casino for the Hilton in Las Vegas. Moving his talents to
he Riviera, Dixie produced a unique show called the Avante' Garde People
in Concert Show. While at the Riviera,
Dixie performed the upside-down strait jacket twice in one day!
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Dixie then
moved back to the Flamingo Hilton's O'Shea's to open the Magic and Movie
Hall of Fame. Dixie put on display many of his original Houdini items in
the museum. The items were used as a back-drop for the NBC special
"Houdini-Unlocking His Secrets". Dixie for the third time
performed the upside-down strait jacket escape in Las Vegas, it drew
thousands to the grand opening. Six months later the owner of the Magic
and Movie Hall of Fame asked Dixie to create a new show that had
dancers, illusions, and a 450lbs. Lager ( a cross between a lion and a
tiger).
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"That's Magic" was born. Dixie starred in the show and
it was again a first, a small show with female dancers performing magic
and having guest stars every four weeks. Dixie marketed, advertised,
wrote, and starred in "That's Magic".
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Dixie then worked on a project called "Heatwave"
in which he co-produced and at times performed. It was a sexy- all female
revue with high-energy dancing. It was named by the Review Journal "
The sexiest show in Las Vegas". Dixie booked "Heatwave" and
"The Beach", Club Paradise (for two years), Maxim Hotel and
Casino (for one year), the Las Vegas Hilton, Continental Hotel, and
Riverside in Laughlin. "Heatwave" appeared on Arts and
Entertainment Network, BET, and the Exotic Dancers' Awards at Caesar's
Palace. Dixie helped create, market, advertise, book, and write articles
for the "Heatwave" show.
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| In 1981 while on tour in Iceland, Dixie created the title and idea for a one man gothic show called "The World of the Unreal" It would involve magic and ventriloquism. In 1995 Dixie opened "The World of the Unreal" at the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas strip, he also opened a magic shop at the same location. The show ran opposite of Murray Langston, the Unknown Comic for three years. It was featured on many television stories about Las Vegas on HBO |  |
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