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?╟úPZflZZ ,TQaJlnd Jill JEat Jazz World's first Super Spectacular to premiere in Crystal Room The Desert Inn will unveil a show of such magnitude when it raises the curtain in early July on "Pzazz '70 and All That Jazz . . . Baby" that it could mark the beginning of a new genre in nightclub entertainment ?╟÷ The Super Spectacular. Showman Frank Sennes will produce the hotel's new extravaganza which will be created, staged and directed by Donn Arden to surpass anything ever presented in any showroom, anywhere. Sennes and Arden are the elite team that combined talents to COVER: Lovely "Mickey" Sheila Harless makes .a delightful sight as she soaks in the sun at the Desert Inn pool. The 37-25-37 dark-haired beauty was recently selected as "Miss Desert Inn ?╟╓69.?╟Ñ She is a student at University of Nevada Las Vegas, majoring in child psychology. present record-breaking shows like "Pzazz '68," and the two highly acclaimed editions of "Hello America." " 'Pzazz '70' will have the most lavish sets, most breathtaking costumes and most beautiful girls ever seen JAZZ TIME ?╟÷ Dancers in the Desert Inn?╟╓s new musical revue, "Pzazz ?╟╓70 and All That Jazz ... Baby!?╟Ñ, do a on a nightclub stage," Arden said. Three intense days of auditions held at the Desert Inn drew the largest turnout of performers in the entertainment capital's history. The hotel in turn signed contracts with more fast-moving dance routine during rehearsals for the big Super Spectacular. BEAUTY LINEUP ?╟÷ A stage full of as "Pzazz ?╟╓70 and All That Jazz . . . beautiful showgirls and dancers line up Baby?╟Ñ goes into intensive rehearsals for its big July opening at the Desert Inn. singers, dancers, showgirls, character actors and principals than have ever been cast to dazzle a nightclub audience. The Harvey Warren scenic designs are on such an awesome scale that the Desert Inn must add a new halfmillion watt transformer to its electrical substation to carry the tremendous power drain required to mount the 8,000 lights and 25 miles of wiring that will be required in the opening scene alone. This 14-minute sequence will feature an exciting new treatment of color extension that goes beyond today's psychedelic techniques. It will employ, among other effects, an ingenious use of revolving cubes requiring more than 100 individual electric motors to spin the sub-segments of a winged scenic composition that will be 90 feet wide. Other special effects in "Pzazz '70" will be achieved through the use of fog machines, bubble machines, waterfalls, black lights, endless drops, stage lift elevators, skrims,, projections, pyrotechnics and a number of new innovations. In addition, every REHEARSAL BREAK ?╟÷ Showgirls and dancers take a relaxing break during rehearsals in the Desert Inn?╟╓s Crystal Room. instrument in the orchestra will have its own microphone to achieve special sound mixes for the original mul sic and lyrics being composed for "Pzazz '70" by Jim Harbert and Leonard Adelson. Planning for the new super spectacular began a year ago, and the scenic designs were in the blueprint stage before the Desert Inn's highly acclaimed "Pzazz '68" closed last January after a brilliant 15 month run.