Karen Underwood

*In case you missed it-while promoting "A Night Of Mystery and Mayhem", Ed Underwood of THE UFOs rightly predicted the headlines for USA Today, The Dallas Morning News, Times Record News, the winter storm that postponed the show date, and its reschedule date! This on the heels of last summer's radio predictions.*Click Here*

Karen in
Times Record News
Arts Scene!
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Alien Sideshow Debuted at Backdoor Theatre in Wichita Falls, Texas
Friday August 17th at 8 pm
Thanks to Backdoor Staff and Crew for their help and support

THE UFOs Unleash "The Strange Thing" Exhibit
find out how to see it for yourself...details and locations posted soon!
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Ed Underwood successfully completes
TWO
of Harry Houdini's legendary escapes
AT ONCE
in the first ever Worldwide Escape Artist Relay!

In honor of National Magic Week, and the anniversary of the death of Harry Houdini, escape artists from all over the world performed 24 hours of escapes that literally stretched around the globe!

Wichita Falls’ own master magician, Ed Underwood participated in the event by performing two of Houdini’s legendary escapes at once! Underwood presented his part of the relay by freeing himself from a strait jacket and 50 feet or rope. He was secured by two off duty policemen, and a member of the audience who was a Texas cattle wrangler. Ed managed to release himself in less time than it took to strap and tie him up. The event took place on the final night of Fort Worth's famous Boo at the Zoo!

Press Coverage Included: The News Mirror & 2 features in The Fort Worth Star Telegram

Attendance at the Park for the night of the escape exceeded the annual projections, totaling over 7,200 people, and standing room only to view the escape presentation.

WEAR 2007 will be bigger, better and spookier!
For details on Ed's escape for 2007, check back this summer.

UFOs Add Touches To Big Productions:
The entire UFO troupe recently scored a huge hit with a live production of "Peter Pan" and "Alice In Wonderland". The show was produced for The Wichita Theatre in Wichita Falls, Texas by head UFO Ed Underwood. Along with the show's director, sci-fi writer Joseph McNeely, Ed and company left an unmistakable UFO fingerprint the event.

Within the show itself, several illusionary effects were designed to enhance the storytelling including; the vanish of Peter's shadow from Wendy's bed, a fire column, a blast of lightning, a floating medicine stick for the Indian chief, a bare handed production of streams of water (always a hit during a Texas summer!) and, of course, all that flying around above the stage. Fellow magician Ron Wilson played the part of the magical Indian chief and supervised the flying illusions from backstage.

Karen Underwood, the UFO's resident music maker, wrote the show's entire musical score and songs. The music ranged from tribal flutes and drums to a dreamy pop ballad and a comic jig performed by the pirates.

UFO co-pilot Doug Salvi helped out as an assistant director and brought some valuable and rather hilarious ideas to the action.

The youngest members of the flight crew, Heather and Kevin Underwood, did a tour of duty, respectively, as the lighting director and a drumming Indian. Kevin also wowed the crowds at the pre-show dinners with his prowess as a juggler and comic.

The show ran the entire month of June and currently holds the Wichita Theatre record for best attended, highest grossing show to date!

The Theatre then asked Ed to bring the show back for another month in November while the team had already started pre-production on their imaginative rock opera adaptation of "Alice In Wonderland"! "Alice" burst on the scene in early February and became an audience favorite. With even more trademark humor and lots more music than "Pan", the show's cast gave over a month of powerhouse performances. The UFOs are proud to have been a part of such wonderful productions and wish to thank the audiences and the many talented lunatics who made it all happen!

New Magic Club Appears!
With the help of superstar magician Jeff McBride, the Texoma area (home to the UFO landing pad) has a brand new magic club. Wichita Falls Texas is now home to International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring Number 187! Jeff and Abbi McBride became the first (and honorary) members of "The Wichita Wizards" after presenting a strait jacket escape in a glass box in front of the historic Wichita Theatre. Thanks to the McBrides for helping spread the magic in Texas! UFO Ed helped bring Jeff to town for a second time in two years and is looking forward to learning and sharing from all the area magicians.