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Melissa Sandvig and Brandon Bryant of So You Think You Can Dance are set  for a performance and signing on August 9th at 7:00pm

 UNCASVILLE, CT — Mohegan Sun’s Reality Check showcases dance stars Melissa Sandvig and Brandon Bryant from Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance on August 9th. This live event at Mohegan Sun will start off with a dance performance at 7:00pm followed by a signing event. This free and exclusive event will take place in The Shops at Mohegan Sun.

Presented by The Shops at Mohegan Sun, Mohegan Sun’s Reality Check is an exciting and interactive event that brings the best and brightest stars from the reality TV world to Mohegan Sun.  Mohegan Sun’s Reality Check events provides fans with the ultimate exposure to their favorite reality stars with engaging, live exhibitions in The Shops at Mohegan Sun followed by intimate signing events. For more information, visit mohegansun.com/reality-check.

 Melissa Sandvig is a classically-trained freelance dancer from Los Alamitos, California.  She is the first ballerina to ever finish in the top 10 of So You Think You Can Dance and went on to finish in the top six.  Melissa is also a certified Pilates instructor and teaches ballet.

Brandon Bryant, a contemporary dancer from Miami, Florida, began dancing ballet at age ten and was the runner-up finalist to winner Jeanine Mason in Season 5 of So You Think You Can Dance.  One of Bryant’s most memorable dance moments was when he performed for Madonna at her daughter’s birthday party. Bryant also recently appeared as a dancer in the hit Fox series Glee in the episode “Bad Reputation.”

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This summer, Mohegan Sun will showcase a Winning Authors event, a very special Signings & Sightings as well as an all-new Reality Check

 UNCASVILLE, CT (June 30, 2010) – Whether guests are into great mystery books, meeting one of their favorite celebrities or checking out a stunning performance from former stars of the hit Fox series So You Think You Can Dance, they can count on Mohegan Sun’s Hot Summer Fun 2010 as their one-stop destination for some unique and exciting events.  

Hot Summer Fun 2010 begins on July 1st and continues through September 6th and come July 6th, Mohegan Sun will welcome three extraordinary thriller writers, Steve Martini, Kate White and Noah Boyd for a special “Triple The Thrills” Winning Authors event.  Next up, on July 23^rd, the boisterous and ever-popular Regis Philbin and his wife Joy will be taking part in a Signings & Sightings promoting their new album entitled Just You. Just Me.  And finally, taking place on August 9th, from So You Think You Can Dance, is the talented Melissa Sandvig and Brandon Bryant set to perform and greet fans as part of Mohegan Sun’s Reality Check.

Mohegan Sun’s “Triple The Thrills” event begins in The Cabaret Theatre at 6:30pm on Tuesday, July 6th where there will be a special live discussion with Steve Martini, Kate White and Noah Boyd followed by a book signing in The Shops at Mohegan Sun.  Spin Street will have Steve Martini’s latest release entitled The Rule Of Nine: A Paul Madriani Novel, Kate White’s new thriller Hush and Noah Boyd’s suspense novel The Bricklayer all for purchase.

On July 23rd, Regis and Joy Philbin will take part in a special Signings & Sightings event from 3:30pm to 4:30pm.  Appearing on television since the late 50s, Regis Philbin is often called “the hardest working man in show business” and holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera (nearly 16,000 hours).   Best known for Live with Regis and Kelly and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Philbin is an American icon and one of the greatest entertainers of our time.  He and his wife Joy have routinely joined one another performing on stage and finally they came together in the studio.  Just You. Just Me is a spectacular duet album, collaborated by a couple that has been in love and married for forty years.

Reality Check with Melissa Sandvig and Brandon Bryant is slated for August 9th at 7:00pm followed by a signing at 7:30pm.  Melissa Sandvig is a classically-trained freelance dancer from Los Alamitos, California.  She is the first ballerina to ever finish in the top 10 of So You Think You Can Dance and has finished as high as the top 6.  Melissa is also a certified Pilates instructor and teaches ballet.

Brandon Bryant, a contemporary dancer from Miami, FL began dancing ballet at age ten and was the runner-up finalist to winner Jeanine Mason in Season 5 of So You Think You Can Dance.  One of Bryant’s most memorable dance moments was when he performed for Madonna at her daughter’s birthday party.  Bryant also recently appeared as a dancer in the hit Fox series Glee in the episode “Bad Reputation.”

 For more information on Mohegan Sun’s Signature Events or Hot Summer Fun, visit mohegansun.com.

Fans to meet three extraordinary thriller authors, Steve Martini, Kate White and Noah Boyd for an exclusive Winning Authors event on July 6th

 Mohegan Sun’s Winning Authors presents a very unique event with renowned authors Steve Martini, Kate White and Noah Boyd on July 6th.  The event begins in The Cabaret Theatre at 6:30pm, where there will be a special live discussion with all three authors followed by a book signing in The Shops at Mohegan Sun.  Spin Street will have Steve Martini’s latest release entitled The Rule Of Nine: A Paul Madriani Novel, Kate White’s new thriller Hush and Noah Boyd’s suspense novel The Bricklayer all for purchase. The authors’ appearances in Mohegan Sun’s Winning Authors places them in a class that includes Harlan Coben, Sue Grafton, Nora Roberts, Robin Cook, Lee Child and John Saul. 

Steve Martini has had numerous books on the New York Times Bestseller list, including Guardian of Lies, Shadow of Power, The Arraignment and The Jury.  In his upcoming novel, due out June 1st and entitled The Rule of Nine, a terrorist plots what could be a crippling attack on the United States government.  The protagonist, a San Diego defense attorney Paul Madriani, finds himself in the middle of a race against time trying to bring down this radical activist before it’s too late. 

Kate White is a New York Times best-selling author who also happens to be the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine.  She is the author of the fan favorite Bailey Weggins mystery series If Looks Could Kill, A Body to Die For and most recently Lethally Blond.   Her most recent release Hush follows Lake Warren who is in the midst of a serious clash between her professional and personal life.  It all comes crashing down when she gives into her attraction for a male co-worker and spends the night at his apartment, awakening to his dead body, killed in a gruesome, throat-slashing fashion.  White artfully crafts the plot through a powerful, suspense-ridden tale that fully engages readers to the finish. 

Noah Boyd is a former FBI agent and Vietnam veteran who took his experiences and turned them into a full-time writing career in 1993.  He worked in the Detroit Bureau for twenty years, tracking down serial killers including the infamous Highland Park Strangler.  In his latest thriller, The Bricklayer, Boyd takes readers on a riveting journey through the eyes of the rebellious, gutsy and wise FBI agent Steve Vail.  His mission; track down a diabolical terrorist who has targeted enemies of the FBI.  Vail has little concern for “rules & regulations” and becomes concerned with doing whatever needs to be done to solve his case. 

Winning Authors is an experience offering an intimate and unique environment for book lovers.   All events are free and open to the public of all ages.  Books by featured authors will be available at the Spin Street store in The Shops at Mohegan Sun for purchase. For more information on “Triple The Thrills” and other Winning Authors at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com/winning-authors.