Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Postcard from Las Vegas - Umbrellas


Where else but Las Vegas would you see such an interesting use for umbrellas. I like this photo very much…and actually took it with my daughter’s camera as I had left mine in the hotel room.

This is in the Palaccio Hotel, which is right next door to the Venetian Hotel. The umbrellas are natural illuminated by the skylight and hang over a fountain…but no ordinary fountain.

During the day, three women dancers made up to look like fountain statuary, complete with water coming out of their bodies, perform dances inside the real fountain to classical music, moving very slowly. It is all quite interesting to watch, even when the performance ends, they slowly and rhythmically remove the water spouts and leave the “stage.”

Only in Vegas, right?

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