David Dahan was born January 23, 1957 in Casablanca, Morocco. After a hasty departure in 1970, the family came to America and to Las Vegas, Nevada. By 1977, he married an Israeli nurse named Yaffa, who died in 2007. Her legacy is the Yaffa Dahan Nursing Education Fund, which Dahan established to assist outstanding nursing students in their dissertation research.

Elizabeth Burkey, better known as Liz, was born in 1934 in Detroit, Michigan into a family of performance artists. Her first dance break came when she became a Rockette at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada from California to own a dance studio at her husband’s encouragement. Burkey met Theresa Brickley while dancing one night at the Sun City Dance Company, and they quickly became best friends. They have performed together in various hotels all over Las Vegas, including the Sahara, Rio, and Mirage.

Margaret (Peggy) Riskin has lived in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1993.

Kathy Fox moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2002 from Cleveland, Ohio. She discusses the Scotch 80 historical Las Vegas neighborhood.

Herman Fox moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2002 from Cleveland, Ohio. He discusses the Scotch 80 historical Las Vegas neighborhood.

Jim Stanford was born in 1948 and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He graduated from Las Vegas High School and attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.