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The Fabulous Fator

By Deanna Brown

Locals take a trip to Las Vegas

Everything’s coming up roses these days for Terry Fator.

Three Corsicana residents made a quick trip to Las Vegas on Valentine’s Day at Fator’s invitation to see the grand opening of his new show at The Mirage.

Fator, who won “America’s Got Talent” in its second season with his impersonating ventriloquist act, proved that ventriloquism is not yet a dying art. He has stayed busy since winning the competition performing at the Las Vegas Hilton, and around the country.

“I met Terry as a young man, when he was a member of the Children’s Company at the Warehouse Living Arts Theatre,” Sandra Huffman said. “My daughter Julie was 11, and Terry was about 14. We went to England, where they performed ‘Tom Sawyer.’ He played the Artful Dodger in ‘Oliver,’ which Julie and I were in, and he was also in ‘Sound of Music.’”

Fator’s musical group from the ‘80s, Texas the Band, was generous in contributing to fund-raisers, Huffman said, and she has known him many years. When she saw him at a wake for a mutual friend several years ago, Fator said he had auditioned for the talent show, but had not been contacted yet.

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