Jeff and Tessa Evason will be showing off their telepathy and extra sensory perception powers Tuesday, Dec. 14 at 9 p.m. in Webb Lecture Hall in the Memorial Union. www.evason.com

Union Activities Council will end the semester with Late Night and The Evasons, a mentalist duo, starting at 8 p.m. Dec. 14 in Webb Lecture Hall, upstairs in the Memorial Union.

“Late Night is kind of a tradition,” said Christian Holt, sophomore elementary education major and UAC featured events vice chair. “(UAC) does it every year. It’s always during finals week and it’s the only event that can happen during finals week. It’s kicking off finals week and just trying to get everyone to relax.”

The Evasons are a mentalist duo.

“They read peoples minds and they put on a great show for everybody,” said Liana Farnen, junior elementary education major and featured events chair. “They do predictions and interact with the crowd a lot.”

The act requires a lot of crowd participation.

“It’s an interactive audience, mind reading and ESP show,” said Jeff Evason, one-half of The Evason act. “In our performance is an actual spirit séance. We will bring somebody up on stage and you will see their reactions. It’s really something that people will remember.”

The Evasons have performed around the world for a wide range of audiences, including royalty.

“We’ve performed in 37 countries around the world,” Evason said. “Most recently we performed in the Middle East.”

The performance is not magic.

“It is not a magic show at all, but it is magical,” Evason said. “It is something of that realm, of the impossible.”

Evason said that performance will be something that people have never seen before.

“People can expect a show that will leave them thinking for a long time,” Evason said. “People will walk away with something they will remember for a long long time. When we come to the climax it will be calm. It’s very common, in fact it will be uncommon for people to not run out of the room. It’s a mind blowing show.”

The “late night” portion of the evening will consist of prize giveaways, games and carnival style food.

“All students are invited,” Farnen said. “Before the show, people can come and mingle. It’s a carnival theme, so there will be a smorgasbord. There will be corn dogs and funnel cake and soda.”

While the show is free, attendees can get tickets to enter to win prizes by bringing non-perishable food items. Prizes include an Ipod, a 22-inch television, a futon and a mountain bike, among other things. There is no limit on the amount of tickets a person can get to enter the prize drawings.

“You get one automatic ticket just for coming,” Holt said. “You take those tickets and you put them in for whatever prize you want. There’s no limit. The more cans you bring, the more tickets you get, the more chances you get for prizes.”

One canned good is worth one prize ticket. The goods will be donated to the local food pantry, DECCA.

Ashley Peaches/The Bulletin

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