It was quite fitting that the Magic Castle Cabaret, which celebrates magic and fun year-round, would throw a spectacularly entertaining New Year’s Eve party. Owners Milt and Arlene Larsen (who also founded the famed Magic Castle in Hollywood) pulled out all the stops on New Year’s Eve for about 80 guests at its Montecito club.
At the private club, which opened last February, guests were greeted in the Grand Hall by staff and showered with party favors and hats. The multi-room venue was still decked out with holiday decor and for the New Year’s celebration, exuberance was added with hundreds of colorful balloons and myriad other decorations and party favors.
There were plenty of gourmet treats from Chef Michael Hutchings and champagne flowing throughout the venue, but the real treat was all the entertainment. The Cabaret Rhythm Kings played for the first few hours and at the stroke of the New York New Year (9 pm), a dozen members of La Boheme Dance Group effervescently poured into the lounge and graced guests with their joyously unrestrained dance, doing several fun, celebratory numbers.