Archive for February 6th, 2009

Spend a night with ‘Elvis’

by: admin February 6, 2009

ELVIS fans are in for a treat this weekend as one of the UK’s most successful Elvis Presley impersonators is taking to the Spa stage.
Star of the show is Lee ‘Memphis’ King who was a finalist in The World’s Greatest Elvis competition and starred in a special Elvis edition of The Weakest Link, both on [...]

Elvis Presley Outtakes X

by: admin February 6, 2009

We made it the final batch of Elvis Presley Outtakes
I managed to stretch it out to ten installments! At first I thought Id only make nine, but after some quick shuffling around, I made it to ten! Is anybody out there proud of me?
No? AWWWWWWWW
Thats ok, though, because Im glad weve hit [...]

Joe Esposito: Elvis was in the building

by: admin February 6, 2009

AN American visitor to the Gold Coast, Joe Esposito, has told of his 18 years as friend and road manager to the king of rock ‘n’ roll, Elvis Presley.
Esposito and Elvis met in Germany when the two both in the army. They played football together on the weekends and became great mates.
Joe was there when [...]

Male vocal quartet for Elvis production tour needed in Chester U.K

by: admin February 6, 2009

I’m the musical director for an Elvis theatre production, and I currently need 4 (possibly 3) male vocalists - I will accept a pre-existing male vocal quartet, or 3 individual vocalist, as i have 1 baritone already.
The band will be a 13 piece band, drums, bass, 2 x gtr, 2 x keys, 3 x horns, [...]

western jamboree: cowboys & indians comes to tennessee shindig

by: admin February 6, 2009

the theater also is officially sponsoring pigeon forge’s saddle up! celebration
PIGEON FORGE - Tennessee Shindig is presenting the 4th annual Western Jamboree: Cowboys & Indians from Feb. 19 to 21. This year, the theater is officially sponsoring the citys Saddle Up! Celebration, which takes place that week.
Cowboys & Indians will be featured in three main [...]

Elvis photo’s fate still a mystery

by: admin February 6, 2009

The fate of the famous photo of Elvis in his coffin apparently will remain a mystery.
A federal lawsuit in West Palm Beach over the photo valued at $1 million ended last week when all involved agreed to dismiss their claims.
Such action typically means a settlement was reached, but attorneys representing the warring parties couldn’t be [...]

Down-sized Elvis festival pitched to council

by: admin February 6, 2009

Loss of $64,000 at 2008 bash leads to reconsideration
The organizers of the Collingwood Elvis Festival pitched a downsized festival to council earlier this week following a reversal of fortune in 2008.
The festival lost $64,000 for a variety of reasons last year, manager Rosemarie O’Brien told council at Monday’s meeting.
Sponsorships and advertising sales fell far below [...]