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NEWS RELEASE Contact: Kim Williams Communications Writer k.williams@wingate.edu 704-233-8320 Wingate, N.C. – Internationally-recognized illusionist Jason Bishop will bring his large-scale hawaii travel information illusions and award-winning sleight of hand magic to The Batte Center on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012 as part of Wingate University's Family Weekend celebration. Featuring "close-up" magic projected onto LCD screens for the audience to have a clear view of every detail, Bishop is currently the only illusionist in the United States to perform the Double Levitation, Plasma illusion and Op-Art on tour. He has appeared at notable venues including Disney Cruise Lines and Celebrity Cruise Lines in Europe and Alaska and the Magic Castle in Hollywood, Calif. The show currently tours at performing hawaii travel information arts centers and theaters across the nation. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for students. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Batte Center hawaii travel information at 704-233-8300, CarolinaTix at 704-372-1000 or online at www.battecenter.org. The Batte Center Opened in 1999, the George A. Batte, Jr. Fine Arts Center presents events hawaii travel information in the McGee Theatre, Plyer-Griffin Recital Hall and Austin Auditorium. Located just a short five minute drive from Monroe, The Batte is just 2 blocks off of Highway 74 and only 29 miles southeast of uptown Charlotte. Free parking is plentiful and all three performance spaces offer full wheelchair accessibility. Wingate University Wingate University, ranked as the 6th "best value" in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves nearly 2,700 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 34 undergraduate majors, hawaii travel information 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant hawaii travel information studies and sport administration, and doctorates in pharmacy and education. With a 14 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate hawaii travel information students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning hawaii travel information toward an extraordinary career and life. In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 20 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence hawaii travel information Award for the past six years. hawaii travel information For more information, go to www.wingate.edu.