The Alliance Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #51 will present Scott Anderson’s Operation Magic on Saturday, May 17 at the Alliance Performing Arts Center.
Show times are 2 pm, 5 pm, and 8 pm.
Anderson, who has appeared on the television program America’s Got Talent, will blend his experiences with the military with his magic.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for youth 12 and under, and are available at the Grocery Kart, Box Butte Public Employees Federal Credit Union, Redman’s Shoes, and at the door.
Anderson was featured on the NBC Nightly News on March 30, 2010.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKPt6Jbix74
Anderson was born and raised in the state of Oregon. He joined the Army right out of high school as a Military Policeman. His route into performing magic was a direct result of his military service (your tax dollars hard at work!). After a year in Korea, and a few years at Ft. Lewis, Washington, William was assigned duties as a D.A.R.E. officer on post. He would travel around the five elementary schools on the installation teaching classes on the dangers of drugs and gangs. He first started learning magic tricks as a classroom tool to keep the students’ attention. Eventually, he began to perform at birthday parties as a side job, which led to more jobs, such as working magic in restaurants. As luck would have it, while working slight of hand magic in a local restaurant, Scott was befriended by one of the best slight of hand artists in the country, Steve Dobson. Steve was eager to share his knowledge of the craft with his “prize” student, and it wasn’t much longer before Scott was purchasing his first illusions. The more he performed, the bigger his shows and his audiences became. Eventually, he started performing for large corporations and public events under the stage name “Scott Slights.”
During a deployment to Iraq, Scott beat out 57 different acts to win the Military’s version of America’s Got Talent with a comedy/magic act that he created to entertain the troops. He then returned home to compete in the hit television show America’s Got Talent, making it to Vegas and into the top 50 of 70,000 acts.