AWARDS: Mike Michaels, was the winner of the "Siegfried & Roy’s, Golden Lion’s Head," and of the "Magic Grand Prix in Monaco." He was awarded the grand prize at the "Woqiao Festival," attended by Jiang Zemin, President of P.R. China and most recently won a top prize at the "Golden Circus Festival" in Rome Italy.

This Contest was in Rome and select performers are chosen to go to the Vatican to do a special show for the Pope, and I was on the list, but we did not go because of his health.  I did go the Vatican and saw the Pope for the Christmas Mass.  In this contest I placed ahead of some bears riding motorcycles, but Lost to 30 Chinese acrobats from Cirque De soleil.