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Dear Friends:
July rocked!
Ypsilanti was wonderful! The permanent addition of the horn section to the
Exspence Account Band makes for a great sound!
Matt King is to be congratulated
on a fantastic show! Bluff's Run
was so much fun! Johnny Ray Gomez is a wonderful host - taking care of all
the ETA's expenses and meals. Winners were:
1 - Rick Lenzi
2 - Matt King
3 - Robert Washington
4 - Curt Lechner
Everyone partied with Johnny Ray at night in fabulous jam sessions. I just
happen to have a very pretty picture of Robert Washington in a Marilyn
Monroe wig - does that tell you what fun we had?
Collingwood was pretty exciting! From the Friday night
street dance to the placing of the contestants, it was a fabulous weekend!
The estimates of the crowd were about 50,000! Winners were:
1 - Gino Monopoli
2 - David Lee
3 - Paul Ross
For the Saturday night show, Robin Kelly,
Ray Guillemette, and Matt
King sang ElvisŪ' 30 #1 hits. They did a great job! Then
Doug Church recreated the Aloha
Concert. He got standing ovation after standing ovation! It was wonderful!
August begins with an ElvisŪ Weekend at Harrah's - East
Chicago the 8th and 9th. Then -
it's on the Memphis! I hope to see many of you there this year.
Ronny,
Irv and I will drive down on Sunday
and be ready for the contest to begin on Monday.
Please check all the upcoming contests this Fall. We have
picked up another Isle of Capri contest in Boonville, MO - about 1/2 way
between St Louis and Kansas City. It will be October 3rd and 4th. Don't
forget the ElvisŪ Explosion (September 5th & 6th), Elvistival (September
19th & 20th), FANtasy Fest (October 10th & 11th), and Isle of Capri -
Marquette (November 21st & 22nd).
Hope all of you are enjoying your summer and listening to lots of ElvisŪ
music. My neighbors still laugh at me riding my tractor, cutting the
grass, with my portable CD player blasting ElvisŪ!
Congratulations to Rick Lenzi - his first CD for Kingtinued
will be released this month. Look for the ads on TV.
Congratulations to
William Stiles - he will be performing at Memories Theater on
September 3rd & 4th in a preview of his regular performance in the Spring
of 2004. We are proud that he will be joining Dee and Charlie Hodge and
wish him the very best there. Happy
birthday to our August babies -
Michael Hoover, Robert
Washington and Brandon "the
brat" Bennett! Party hardy,
guys! See you in Memphis!!!!
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