'WALK A GOLDEN MILE IN MY SHOES' EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - 4 - 6th JANUARY 2008

'WALK A GOLDEN MILE IN MY SHOES' EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - 4 - 6th JANUARY 2008

ALL DIRECT FROM THE NORCALYMPIA , NORBRECK CASTLE , BLACKPOOL , ENGLAND

The 5th Annual WALK A GOLDEN MILE IN MY SHOES EUROPEAN ELVIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
Contest & Convention 4 - 6TH JANUARY 2008 LIVE FROM THE NORBRECK CASTLE, BLACKPOOL
..... GREAT NEWS .....
WE ARE ALL BACK UNDER ONE ROOF ! YES THAT'S RIGHT....
THE ACCOMMODATION, THE SHOWS, THE CONTEST, IN FACT EVERYTHING OVER THE ENTIRE CONVENTION, BACK TO ONE VENUE... AND BOY WHAT A VENUE !
THE FABULOUS NORBRECK CASTLE IN BLACKPOOL
WHAT A PARTY JANUARY 2008 IS GONNA' BE !
Brief running order below to be updated :

AFTERNOON
EVENING
FRI 4th
INTRODUCTION & DRAW
ROCK & ROLL PERFORMANCES
ETA SHOWCASES
HEAT A
PAUL LARCOMBE
ELVIS DISCO
SAT 5th
HEAT B
MARIO KOMBOU
ETA SHOWCASES
HEAT C
DOUG CHURCH
ELVIS DISCO
SUN 6th
GOSPEL CONTEST
NOVICE CONTEST
MIKE ROSSI'S ELVIS TRIVIA
LIVE FINALS
OLIVER STEINHOFF
PRESENTATIONS & ELVIS DISCO

Accommodation special rates are now available for booking
LOOK AT THESE GREAT PRICES
Only 85.00 GBP p/person for the entire 3 day convention*
Please remember to book as soon as possible as we fully expect 2008 to be the same as the previous years ....A complete sell-out..
Contact the Norbreck Castle direct on
Tel : 01253 352341 Fax : 01253 356833Reservations LoCall : 0845 838 1001 Email : res722@britanniahotels.com
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*Please note that the above offer is purely an accommodation package only which includes Bed, Breakfast and Evening Meal.
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January '07 Contest Results
1st place - Oliver Steinhoff
2nd place - Simon Patrick
3rd place - Rob Kingsley
Gospel Contest - Shayne Prince
Novice Contest - Graham Phillips


'THE LARGEST ETA GATHERING IN EUROPE'
*Keep checking back for all the latest announcements*

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Paul and Lorna Get Married in Graceland Memphis tn

Elvis Impersonator / Elvis Tribute Artist Paul Bulmer and his Fiancee Lorna Bushrod from the Show A Touch Of Elvis get Married at the chapel in the woods in Graceland Memphis Tn.

The special day took place at presleys Graceland Mansion on the 19th September 2007 1:30pm Memphis time. Paul And lorna are Huge Life Long Elvis fans and it was through Varios Elvis Shows that Paul and Lorna met. It was a great day and will remain in or minds and hearts forever.

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ELVIS IS BACK! His World Concert Tour Continues

ELVIS IS BACK! His World Concert Tour Continues
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Elvis Presley In Concert (formerly known as Elvis-The Concert), the astounding production that reunites former Elvis bandmates live on stage with a state of the art video-projected Elvis, continues its historic and critically acclaimed world tour. This is, in effect, Elvis' first-ever world concert tour, which began in America in 1998. In his lifetime Elvis' only concerts outside the United States were five shows in three Canadian cities in 1957. A world tour was an unrequited dream for Elvis and his fans. Long after the superstar's death, the dream has come true.
Tours have included many American dates, highlighted by a three-show smash at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Outside the U.S.A. there have been several tours of Europe with sell-outs at London's famed Wembley Arena, and tours to Australia and Japan. Elvis fans, new audiences and even the most cynical of critics have been thoroughly wowed. In 1998, Elvis-The Concert was designated a Guinness World Record as the first live tour headlined by a performer who is no longer living.
The show's concept is to present an authentic as possible Elvis Presley concert. The producers edited together a collection of Elvis' finest concert performances that exist on film and video and removed virtually all sound from the footage except for Elvis' vocal. The Elvis footage is projected on a large video screen. On stage a 16-piece orchestra and a group of Elvis' original bandmates from the concert era of his career and other cast members perform live with the Elvis video. All music heard in the concert production is performed live except for Elvis' voice. On either side of the Elvis performance screen are screens that carry live action from the stage. From the first song it's magic. You're at a real Elvis concert.
The original Elvis bandmates currently participating in this production are: Joe Guercio (musical director/conductor), Myrna Smith (vocals) of The Sweet Inspirations, Ed Enoch (vocals) of J.D. Sumner & The Stamps, and the TCB Band: James Burton (lead guitar), Glen D. Hardin (piano), Jerry Scheff (bass guitar), and Ronnie Tutt (drums). To learn more about them and the other original Elvis group members who have toured with this show, see Cast Bios. Also see Current Cast & Song Lineup.
Today, people are accustomed to seeing giant video screens used in live concerts to bring the star closer to the audience. Elvis' recorded voice and his on-screen presence are so powerful, the interaction with the live musicians and singers so seamless, the audience reaction so intense that, a few songs into the show, one can almost forget that Elvis isn't really there in person. Everything in terms of staging, set design, lighting, sound, and overall production is as if Elvis were alive and back out on the road. The audience response to this concept has been overwhelming. Long-time Elvis fans who attended actual Elvis concerts say they feel that same original excitement and electricity. The fans who never got to see him perform, many of whom were born after Elvis' death, say it is a dream-come-true experience they thought had been lost to them forever. The production is so authentic and so well done that there are moments in the show when even Elvis' own bandmates and members of the production team almost think Elvis is really back in the building!
Elvis concert footage for the show comes primarily from material shot for the MGM concert films Elvis, That's The Way It Is (1970) and Elvis on Tour (1972) and from the historic 1973 global television special Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii, via Satellite. This footage contains some of Elvis' finest performances from the big concert era of his career, the era that is celebrated by the Elvis Presley In Concert production. The other main criterion for selecting from these films is that they were originally recorded in multi-track. Thus, the producers are able to drop all sound from the footage, then return to the footage the isolated track that recorded only from Elvis' microphone in these exact concert performances. The 1970-1973 footage shows Elvis at the pinnacle of his superstardom, at the height of his powers as a concert performer, and in top form physically.
On August 16, 1997, marking the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the passing of Elvis Presley, Elvis Presley Enterprises presented Elvis in Concert '97 to a sell-out crowd at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee. It featured a great gathering of many of the outstanding instrumentalists and vocalists who had worked on stage and in the recording studio with Elvis over the years. The late Elvis Presley, via video, starred in the show. His former band members and The Memphis Symphony Orchestra performed live. This production more or less became the prototype for Elvis-The Concert, a smaller-scaled production that has toured extensively since early 1998 and in 2006 was re-titled Elvis Presley In Concert. A major reunion concert on the scale of the 1997 show was called Elvis-The 25th Anniversary Concert, a sold-out smash at The Pyramid arena in Memphis on August 16, 2002. A similar major reunion production, Elvis: The 30th Anniversary Concert, is planned for August 16, 2007.
The touring Elvis Presley In Concert (a.k.a. Elvis-The Concert) and the big reunion shows in Memphis are productions of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. (EPE). For all of these programs the producer is Stig Edgren, SEG Events.

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From Memphis to Hollywood

From Memphis to Hollywood, New Elvis Movies a Hit
8/29/2007
Warner Home Video recently participated in the largest Elvis Week in history with the release of some of Elvis’s greatest movies and the results have been amazing. A whole generation is being introduced to the fun of an Elvis movie, while Elvis fans who already knew, have been able to add to their collections. Some of the new releases are on DVD for the first time, some include new content and added scenes and a some have even been digitally remastered to look and sound even better than when they were first released. Details on each movie are available here. Here is a clip from the bonus features on the DVD of Jailhouse Rock. If you are an Elvis Insider, you can visit the member’s only forum for even more clips. Special Elvis Movie Assortments Now Available

All these great movies are available where movies are sold. If you are a Costco or Sam’s Club member, you’ll want to know that, for a limited time, they are each offering a different, exclusive assortment of some of these movies. It’s a great way to add to your Elvis movie collection or they also make great gifts. Available at Costco: The Elvis Collection This deluxe 2-volume, 10-disc set features eight movies in blue suede-like packaging. Volume one features Jailhouse Rock, This is Elvis, It Happened at the World’s Fair, and Kissin’ Cousins while Volume two features Viva Las Vegas, Elvis That’s the Way It Is, Girl Happy and Live a Little, Love a Little. Available at Sam’s Club:The Elvis Gift Set Four great Elvis movies are available in a classic black collectible package. This assortment includes Jailhouse Rock, Viva Las Vegas, Kissin’ Cousins and Girl Happy. You can find out more about each of these great movie releases and all the extras here or experience some great Elvis movie clips, photos, and more fun on Warner Home Video’s special Elvis movie Web site here.

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Audobon Drive House Abandoned

On the cover of the new released book 'Follo Me To Tennessee', we'll see a picture of the house on Audobon Drive. Visitors of the first house that Elvis ever bought are seeing a completely abandoned site. After the divorce of the last owners Cindy Hazen and Mike Freeman, there is a law procedure going own about the ownership of the property. A succesvol auction on Ebay has been dismissed. The empty house looks now very sadly in this residential neighbourhood.

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Todd Slaughter On Sky Digital Channel Each Sunday

Here is an update on the "Big L" Elvis radio show. "Dear Elvis fans, We here at Big L know what Elvis means to people all over the world, so we air a programme dedicated to the king every Sunday evening from 9pm through til 10 (gmt). The show is presented by Elvis guru Todd Slaughter, who takes you through the Elvis Presley history and plays you the hits and the misses! Listen in every Sunday evening from 9pm (gmt) on Sky Digital Channel 0190 (UK and Europe) and via the web".

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Elvis and Celine - The Stunning Duet from American Idol

Our friends at American Idol wrote an exciting new chapter in Elvis history on the "Idol Gives Back" special on April 25th. Through the magic of video editing and rotoscope technology, Elvis Presley and Celine Dion performed "If I Can Dream" together. The presentation was absolutely stunning - both musically and technologically. "If I Can Dream" is about peace, brotherhood and hope for a better day. It was the perfect choice of Elvis song for the theme of the show. The Idol Gives Back initiative is all about helping children in need in Africa and the United States.The Elvis/Celine duet completely wowed television viewers and has been making the news everywhere. Today it's the number one video download on iTunes. Your purchase of the download on iTunes benefits Idol Gives Back.We congratulate everyone at American Idol who was involved in making the Elvis/Celine duet happen and we tip our hats to Celine for doing a beautiful, classy job singing with our guy.

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