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I agree.11 ?╜C?╜IV, E> . PHOTOS BY K.M. CANNON/LAS VEGAS REVIEW jbURNAL 11 Jones Bergere cast members toast the audience, consisting mostly of alumni, inside the Tiffany Theater at the Tropicana after || Saturday s final performance of the longest-running show on the Las Vegas Strip. The show that helped make feathered showgirls the image j| ot Las Vegas, closed after 49 years. Hotel officials estimate the revue logged more than 29,000 performances since Christmas of1959. feather falls on Tolies Bergere' Parisian topless revue gives last high'kicking cancan after showgirls of all ages pack Tiffany Theater By MIKE WEATHERFORD Tolies Bergere' alumni gather in the Tiffany Theater at the Tropicana for a group photo before the final performance of the show Saturday. LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL She atmosphere onstage resembled a family reunion, albeit a family with lots of tall, glamorous women in Heels. It was the final performance of ?╟ Tolies Bergere/?╟╓ and one that reached out beyond those who performed the last high-kicking cancan Saturday night to anyone who had been part of the show for its 49 years. They came to say goodbye in style, from original cast members to recent hires, cheering wildly from the audience for each little bit of choreography by their younger counterparts. They were welcomed, if not into the actual performance, at least for a pre-show alumni photo ?√? SEE TOLIES'PAGE 4A Show was dosing in on 50th anniversary ; f ?√?JVIDE0 AND SUDE SHOW Ivrj.comtfoliesfinale STRIP'S LONGEST-RUNNING SHOW THE BIG STORY