askland on September 30th, 2009

Conrad Askland, from Mount Vernon, WA USA, is currently living in Macau (SAR) China while working with the Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA show at the Venetian Macao. In Asia he has also performed in Shanghai, South Korea and Japan. October 1, 2009 - 中国加油,中国万岁 Happy Sixty Year Anniversary to the People’s Republic of China! It’s a [...]

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askland on June 13th, 2009

Indian movie stars at the “green carpet” outside the ZAIA Cirque Du Soleil Theater in Macau, China at the Sands Venetian June 11, 2009. The Bachchan family, as well as other dazzling stars, are greeted on the green carpet for the 10th Annual IIFA awards in Macau. In this “part one” video you will also see [...]

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askland on May 29th, 2009

The official soundtrack for Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA show (Venetian Macau, China) was released on May 26, 2009. You can currently purchase on Amazon.com: ZAIA CD Amazon.com – or go to Amazon.com and search for “ZAIA”. A cut from the CD should also be on the Cirque Du Soleil 25th Anniversary CD which will also [...]

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askland on March 19th, 2009

Gondoliers of the Venetian in Macau (SAR) China, March 2009. You can take a ride with them and be serenaded on the second floor of the Venetian by the retail shops.

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askland on March 13th, 2009

The soundtrack for the Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA show is completed and will be printed to CD soon and available to the public. I don’t know a specific release date, but somewhere around early Summer 2009. My part in the project was to play keyboards and arrange string parts recorded by members of the Hong [...]

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askland on February 25th, 2009

Clips from Valentine’s Day 2009 at the Sands Venetian, Macau (SAR) China. This is some of the cast and myself handing out balloons to customers at the Venetian before the show.  It was very hard work handing out balloons to the pretty ladies.

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askland on December 21st, 2008

For Christmas 2008 the cast of Cirque Du Soleil’s ZAIA show, along with matching funds from Cirque, have raised over 45,000 MOP ($5,500 USD) to buy Christmas clothing packages for the babies and children of CRADLE OF HOPE and the FOUNTAIN OF HOPE groups in Macau (SAR) China. ZAIA artists and staff helped wrap the [...]

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askland on December 1st, 2008

Cirque Du Soleil ZAIA excerpts from one month after opening at the Venetian, Macau (SAR) China.

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askland on November 13th, 2008

Thoughts from Macau (SAR) China: “11,000 To Lose Casino Jobs in Macau” – front page featured news at CNN.com today. They are referring specifically to the Sands Venetian. Well now, not the best news for us working at the Venetian in Macau – but insiders have known it was coming. The dream to make Macau [...]

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