Dear Friends and Fans:

Happy Fall! Warm days, cool nights - it's the most gorgeous time of the year.

Dewey Beach's Elvistival was beautiful and fun as usual. The weather was perfect and the Rusty Rudder was packed as always. The restaurant where we have the competition is on Delaware's sparkling Rehoboth Bay and many boats pull up to the dock during the show. It's great to look out toward the water and see people dancing on their decks. Winners were 1st - Irv Cass, 2nd - Jesse Aron, 3rd - GaryElvis Britt.

Irv's wedding was on October 2nd! It was beautiful with an autumn theme and gorgeous colors. Beth looked lovely and Irv looked like a little boy with his sideburns gone. Look for pictures of the bride and groom in our picture corner.

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Irv Cass!

The Elvis® FANtasy Fest in Portage, IN, was the second week of October. The Special Olympics children make this Elvis® Festival so very special. It is wonderful to see the children and know that, in some small way, we are helping make their lives a little richer. Quentin Flagg put on a stupendous show with guitarist Anthony Smith from the Change of Habit Showband - the two of them had the entire place rocking! Winners of the contest were John Loos - 1st, and Chris Wilson and Kavan tied for 2nd.

The first weekend of November, Lake George, NY, held their first Elvis® Fest. It was a total success! First of all, Lake George is almost the most beautiful place on earth - a 32 mile picturesque lake surrounded by mountains covered with trees blazing with green, orange, yellow, orange and red. The contests had 54 entries! The show on Saturday night was a huge hit! There were over 2000 people watching Brandon Bennett, Doug Church and Johnny Loos strut their stuff backed by Anthony and the Guitar Street Orchestra. The Sweet Inspirations sang their hearts out. I VERY highly recommend this event for both ETA's and fans next year. Watch the website for 2005 dates!

November will bring Dwight Icenhower's Blue Hawaiian Weekend, Isle of Capri - Marquette's Tribute to the King, and the EEN Christmas show. We have had a change in our lineup - due to a scheduling problem, Matt King will not be able to participate in the show this year. We are pleased to have Chris Wilson join Jerome Marion, Irv Cass, Dwight Icenhower, Johnny Loos, and Ronny Craig in singing the joys of the holiday season.

We are happy to announce Lou Vuto's First Annual ETA Competition to be held in his Reflections Theater in Gatlinburg, TN. The dates are February 18-20, 2005. All ETA's and fans should plan to come down to beautiful Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg for this fun weekend.

Happy October birthdays to Joe Tirrito, Jack Curtis, Todd Allen, John Brooks, Eric Erickson, Johnny Loos, and Duane Fortune.

Have a fun Halloween!

Nance