Dear Friends:

A very happy 2004 to each of you!

We just got home from doing the Chicago Bulls Basketball Game. We had 4 great bands there and the Elvi rotated from band to band. The crowd loved it and we all ended up at Hooters for dinner.

Johnny Loos flew to Seattle yesterday for a corporate event - only to be caught in one of the biggest blizzards in their history.

Matt King, Jesse Aron, Curt Lechner, Irv Cass and Travis Morris are up in Milwaukee at the Potawatomi Casino competing for $10,000 in prize money. Good luck to them!

This coming weekend will see the finals for the $50,000 Isle of Capri contest. Chicago's very own Exspence Account Showband will be playing for all the finalists. Six of our members will be vying for the BIG money! Todd Martin, Matt King, Brandon Bennett, Irv Cass, Paul Torrez, and Jesse Aron who will be substituting for Jim Barone who has had a death in his family. We send our heartfelt sympathy to Jim and welcome the second place winner at the Marquette Isle of Capri - Jesse Aron. Good luck to each of them!

The following weekend, we travel down the Pigeon Forge for the First Annual EEN-Memories Theater ETA Contest. We are looking at 40 entries and a great group of fans coming to enjoy the festivities. Dee Gallon, owner, Charlie Hodge, and William Stiles will be on hand to welcome all the contestants along with Doug Church and Irv Cass, special guests. Come and join us!

The end of January will find us boarding our cruise ship for a wonderful relaxing vacation.

The FANtasy Fest 3rd Annual Cruise will take us from New Orleans to Grand Cayman to Cozumel. I need to rest up so that I can keep up with my roomie - Patti Parry, the original party gal.
Irv, Patti, and I are going down a few days early to enjoy New Orleans.

The date for "Elvis® Meets the Beatles" has been changed to Friday, May 21, 2004. Join us and enjoy the music of these two music legends while contributing to a wonderful cause - the Animal Welfare League. Watch the website for details within the next few weeks!

Lots of excitement in store in 2004! We hope you will join us for some of our exciting events!

Happy Birthday to January babes - Travis Morris, Ray Guillemette, Gene DiNaploi, Steve Sogura, Brian Simpson, William Stiles, and Mark Phillips. Party hardy, guys!