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World famous magician André Kole is hitting his second Midwest tour March 28 through South Dakota, Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska, said Bob Dorsch, manager in André Kole Entertainment.
The show is setting stage tonight in Slagle Auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets in advance are $5, and are $8 at the door. Tickets can be purchased in the Temporary Student Center.
Dorsch says students should expect to thoroughly enjoy the show.
"This is a world class entertainment event," Dorsch said. "André is very good at what he does. Some of his elements are thought provoking to the spiritual creation of life."
Head event coordinator sophomore Lucas Rasmussen says Kole was not only a mentor and staging advisor for David Copperfield, but was also unanimously declared "Magical Inventor of the Decade."
He performs at college campuses around the world.
"One staff member was looking into the possibility of him coming because André's been to about 3,000 college campuses and at least 79 different countries," Rasmussen said.
Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU) sponsored and put together the event. Staff member Mark Rygh said the process to bring Kole in wasn't as difficult as they were expecting and was impressed with the way Kole and his ministry did things.
"He believes in what he is doing so much, when we bring him in, the no money gained-no money loss policy is what their ministry goes by. He gets all the profits, if there are any, to continue on with the show, but also takes all the losses if let's say only 100 people came," Rygh said.
Rygh said that he found out Augustana College was expecting a performance from Kole and so he spoke to a spokesperson about having Kole visit USD on their way.
Kole wanted to utilize his time as best they could, Rygh said. This week Kole and his team will also be traveling to Northern State University in Aberdeen, Fargo, N.D., Augustana College, USD and finally end the tour in Marshall, Minn.
Rasmussen said CRU started planning for this event right after Christmas break. He said he and sophomore Nicole Brown were elected head coordinators and there were more than 40 other people involved in event planning. The group met every week to see how everything was coming along.
Brown said the leadership position had been offered to her by Rygh.
"Lucas and I met right after Christmas Break after being recruited and started the planning," she said. "Event planning has been a success and gone smoothly."
The main committees Rasmussen and Brown designated members to were promotion, publicity, tickets, prayer and physical arrangements.
Brown also said there is going to be one special guest in the André Kole entertainment.
"Noah Shepard, Coyote football quarterback, will have his body cut in half in the Guillotine act," Brown said.
Shepard, a junior, is not afraid to volunteer for the event.
"I've been told this guy has been performing for years. I'm excited to help out in any way possible," Shepard said.
Dorsch expects the show to be jam-packed and also expects tickets to sell out fast.
"The first Midwest tour in the beginning of March was two weeks long and every show was sold out," Dorsch said.
Rasmussen, who has seen one of David Copperfield's shows, is ready to compare magicians.
"Copperfield's show was a lot of fun. And to see his mentor can only mean an even more incredible show," Rasmussen said.
Brown, on the other hand, who has never been to a real magic show, has been getting herself ready for the upcoming night for awhile.
"I'm stoked for the show. I think it'll be fun. I've been looking into him and other magician shows on YouTube to see all the acts," she said. "I am just waiting to be amazed."
Rasmussen is amazed already at the bargain of the show.
"My roommate and I, as fans of magic, are pumped to see the show for only $5 when the show should really be at least $35," he said.
Reach reporter Nicole Vanhove at Nicole.Vanhove@usd.edu.
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