Lee and Karen Duquette sat
in the third row, centered of the stage and had excellent seats. There
are no words to adequately describe this show. Rick Thomas is a must-see
attraction. Before this, Rick headlined in Las Vegas for 15 years,
but has moved to Branson, Missouri. As of this date in 2016, he has
done 5 world tours in over 50 countries and numerous TV appearances.
His beautiful tigers are no longer in the show. They are enjoying a
carefree retirement at an Arizona animal preserve. The show had lots
of dancers, birds, and more.
Every part of the show was surreal but the best part, in the opinion
of Lee and Karen Duquette, was when Rick and his lead dancer floated
through the air. The dancer twisted and turned and moved gracefully
as though dancing. Karen Duquette highly recommends his show. And by
the way, Karen and Lee have been to many other famous illusionists (magicians)
shows, but they were still in awe of Rick Thomas. |
SURPRISE! Lee
and Karen Duquette were picked to be ON STAGE WITH RICK THOMAS. First
Rick asked Karen Duquette if she had ever performed and Karen answered
"no". Rick said to Lee, "I am so sorry for you."
The audience laughed because they understood what Rick meant. The audience
laughed even harder when Karen covered her face with her hands, pretending
to be embarrassed. (After all, she was on stage and had to act it up
too).
Rick then asked Lee Duquette if he could use Lee's watch and Lee handed
his watch to Rick. Rick then asked Karen Duquette to read the time on
Lee's watch. The time was 9:45 p.m. Then Rick asked Lee to pick a time,
any time he wanted, and LEE chose 12:32 as the time. Rick put Lee's
watch in a small bag that was on a long string. Then he held Karen's
hand while they BOTH swung the watch in the bag around and around, then
SLAMMED it onto the floor. The crowd, plus Karen and Lee, were all SHOCKED.
Rick blamed Karen for it, so she turned her back to the audience and
hid her face in the stage curtain for a second or two, while the audience
once again laughed. (Guess Karen could be an actress after-all.)
Then Rick put the bag and watch in a small urn which was centered
on a big, heavy tray and told Karen Duquette to hold it. Karen held
it tightly with both hands, but the tray soon exploded and fell to the
floor in a zillion pieces. Karen was surprised and since she still had
one handle of the tray in her hand, her reaction was to just drop it.
Once again, Rick said it was all Karen's fault and Karen was told to
leave the stage and go back to her seat. Karen humbly retreated (but
with a smirky smile on her face).
Rick then showed Lee Duquette a locked box on a nearby table, which
nobody had been near during this time. A key was hanging out of the
lock on the box and Rick told Lee to turn the key and open the box.
Rick never touched the box this whole time. Lee opened the box and removed
the contents. Lee's watch WAS in the box. Lee read the time on the watch
and believe it or not, the watch said 12:32, the same time Lee chose
earlier. How Amazing was that!
Then Karen Duquette was given a $20 gift certificate to Garfield's
Restaurant.
But since they were leaving Branson the next day, Lee told Karen to
give it to someone in the audience. Karen tried to convince Lee to stay
another day because she wanted to stayed one more day just to eat there,
because they had eaten there the day before and loved the food. But
Lee insisted they leave in the morning, even though Karen was unhappy
and actually quite MAD. Karen thought there was no reason why they could
not stay another day. But Lee was the driver of the RV so Karen lost
the argument.
Guess Karen Duquette does not have as much freedom as she thought,
unless Lee as the driver of the RV agrees. |
Lee
and Karen Duquette were selected to be ON STAGE as part of the act.
See the photo of Rick Thomas and Karen Duquette a bit below. Of course,
since they were BOTH on stage, they could not take pictures of themselves,
and they did not know anybody else in the audience to get pictures from,
IF pictures were even allowed to be taken.
