It's Magic - Modesto,CA

September 25-27

It's Magic


There is an amazing magical place in the heart of Hollywood, The Magic Castle, where talented performers meet up, gossip, have a great time, and put on shows.

Well, the creators of this place decided to take the top performers from the Magic Castle (and around the world) and put them in one mind-blowing show. This idea born 53 years ago.

This year, this special event took place in Modesto, CA at the Gallo Center for the Arts from September 25th to the 27th and yes, I was honored to be in the show! It was amazing!


First let me tell you about the theatre. The Gallo Center opened it's doors in 2007. There are two theatres in the building. The Mary Stuart Rogers has 1250 seats and the Foster Family theatre is 444 seats (where the magic show took place). There is not a bad seat in the house. The stage was huge and yet personable.

We left Las Vegas Wednesday, September 23rd and after a 7 1/2 hour drive, we arrived. The next two days we had some great TV appearances what were real fun, thanks to lovely Cynthia who was the marketing director of the Gallo Center.

Opening night was Friday at 7:30pm. My husband, Joseph Gabriel, opened the show with his dove act. After producing 10 doves out of nowhere, he ends the act with an idea he originated, he produces a large, colorful macaw (parrot) and free-flies the bird over the audience. The crowd loves it!

We worked with some amazing people from show business like: Ardan James, Bruce Gold, Danny Cole and David Zirbel.

The show was two hours long and we had a 15 minute intermission. I opened the second half of the show with my sleight-of-hand act and we closed the show with our illusions. We also had a lovely performer with us, Vanessa Lauren who made the illusions even cuter and sexier! ;)



Saturday we had one show at 8pm and Sunday at 2:00pm. Right after the meet-and-greet we broke down all the props, loaded the truck, and was heading back to Vegas.


Thanks to the producers, Milt Larsen and Terry Hill, to let me shine on stage, it was a great experience. And never-ending thanks to Dale Hindman who made the show look absolutely great and help the show run smooth as well.