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    PERFORMANCE IN THE PRESENCE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II AT THE PALLADIUM IN LONDON. WE WERE THE ONLY REVUE IN VEGAS TO RECEIVE THAT HONOR. SOME OF THE STARS TO GRACE THE STAGE IN PARIS INCLUDE: JOSEPHINE BAKER-MAURICE CHEVALIERt 7 LILLIAN MONTEVECCHI-AND EVEN CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND THE GREAT RUSSIAN BALLERINA PAVLOVA. IN 1959 LON WALTER BROUGHT THE FOLIES BERGERE TO THE TROPICANA. IT WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS. WHY SIGFRIED AND ROY MADE THEIR LAS VEGAS DEBUT HERE IN THE FOLIES BERGERE AS DID LANCE BURTON. I HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE FOLIES FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THE JERRY JACKSON DANCERS APPEARED IN THE FOLIES AS A SPECIAL ACT IN 1966. AND IN 1967 I CHOREOGRAPHED THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY IN PARIS. IN 1975 ALAN LEE, ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTOR OF THE TROPICANA AT THE TIME ASKED ME TO CREATE THE 14TH EDITION OF THE FOLIES, WHAT A