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3/03 FOLIES BERGERE HOST SPEECHES WELCOME SPEECH Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen and welcome to the Tropicana Resort and Casino, and to the newest edition of the award winning, ?╟úLes Folies Bergere?╟Ñ My name is _________________ and it?╟╓s my honor to be your host and guide through this legendary show. Now the stylish and provocative art that is the basis of the French Revue is timeless. Therefore it?╟╓s as exciting today as it was in 1850, when it first appeared on the scene in Paris. Now of all the special ingredients that make up the Folies Bergere, beautiful women would have to be at the top of the list. Tonight, Ladies and Gentlemen, we are going to embark on a journey, a journey that celebrates the grace, mystique, and allure of women through time. Though the changing face of fashion may alter their style and appearance, they will always remain fascinating and desirable. In the mid 1800?╟╓s women achieved a degree of elegance that has seldom been surpassed. For example, this exquisite beauty is on her way to an opulent ball... .let?╟╓s follow her. SPEECH BEFORE CAN-CAN Let?╟╓s travel forward in time to Paris, at the turn of the century. It was Paris of Toulouse-Lautec and the Belle Epoque where everything was beautiful, the fashion, the champagne, life itself was beautiful, and the women....ah! The women.....! 1920?╟╓S SPEECH In a few short years, from 1900 to the 1920?╟╓s, the female image went through some radical changes. Tired of not having the right to vote and feeling like a second class citizen, women?╟╓s suffrage took a strong stand. Fashion always reflecting the attitudes of the times decided that the body should no longer be imprisoned m a confining corset and layers of clothing. In the name of equality, waistlines were relaxed, hemlmes went up, and hair was bobbed... .breaking out of cocoon like a shimmering butterfly... the new women was bom 1940?╟╓S SPEECH Wasn?╟╓t that beautiful?!! That number featured our wonderful adagio team-------------------?╟≤ We?╟╓ve seen the corseted ladies from the 1900?╟╓s, the zany flappers of the 1920?╟╓s, and the glamour queens from the 1930?╟╓s Hollywood musicals. Now, the next decade was to produce a whole new breed.. .part Rosie the Riveter and part Sex Kitten, these girls were energetic, curvaceous, and very direct. Featuring our singer_________________._____________, lets swing into the 1940?╟╓s!!! INTRO SPEECH TO THE STRIPTEASE Like the cool jazz sound of the times the ladies of the 1950?╟╓s were stylish, sophisticated, and sometimes so aloof they seemed unreal... 7