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Parkes Elvis Festival
Friday 12th to Sunday 14th January 2007
Whatever You Do - Don't Miss It Next Year !!!
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Parkes Elvis Festival...
On the second weekend in January each year, the town of Parkes in Central New South Wales, comes alive to the sounds of hip-swivelling Elvis impersonators !
Held over 3 days, the Festival program features more than 45 events !
Highlight events include the Elvis Street Parade, Elvis in the Park Festivities, Elvis Feature Concerts & the Elvis Gospel Church Service.
Entertainment across the town is almost non-stop, so plan your weekend & get your hands on a copy of the Official 2007 Festival Program from the Festival site at: www.parkeselvisfestival.com.au.
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Dean Vegas
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THE WORLD'S No. 1 Elvis tribute artist, Dean Vegas, will perform live, shaking his pelvis & singing just like the real King of Rock'n'Roll.
Dean Vegas was voted the World's Number One Elvis in July 2000 at the biggest Elvis Festival held outside the USA, in Canada. Dean has been performing nationally & internationally, wowing audiences with his Elvis spectacular tribute.
Throughout his energized Vegas-style show, audiences not only share the hits from Elvis's amazing career, but also experience the passion & warming personality of a truly great performer.
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Make sure you check out the Official Parkes Elvis Festival
website for all the latest info & program guide at:
2007 was the first time gorgeous had attended the
Parkes Elvis Festival - but all we'd heard about
it made us really look forward to being there
And it certainly didn't disappoint us
We now have a great range of pikkies to show,
plus we've also "borrowed" some from the
Official Parkes Elvis Festival site at:
There were Elvis "look-alikes" & performers absolutely everywhere,
& as you can see, one of them took a particular shine to Mary
The record for the most Elvis impersonators singing in one place was
"all shook up" at the Parkes Elvis Festival - rising to 147
The new record beat the old one - a mere 78 mustered by Collingwood
in Canada - 15 years after Parkes hosted the biggest
Elvis get-together in the southern hemisphere
The new holders donned big black wigs, sunglasses & jumpsuits
to simultaneously sing Love Me Tender
"We couldn't get them all on stage", Parkes mayor Robert Wilson said
The Elvis "singers" were not only in the streets, there were Elvis
performers in just about every Club & Pub in Parkes
Here's a few pikkies of the gorgeous Parkes stall
Two very good friends of ours, Tony & Tania Ziino, have appeared at Parkes:
Tony has won many "Elvis look-alike" competitions, & Parkes was no exception...
Tony again won the "Elvis look-alike" competition at Parkes - & Tania won the
"Priscilla look-alike" competition... a true "double act" !!!
(Tony joked to us that he was the only competitor who appeared with
his "own hair" on display - all the others wore Elvis wigs)...
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Tony & Tania with their fabulous Cadillac...
You can read more about them, including how Tony
proposed to Tania "on the steps of Gracelands",
when they were in the USA, on our site at:
The Parkes Observatory
It was one giant leap for mankind, and it was taken at 12.56 pm
Australian Eastern Standard Time on Monday 21 July 1969.
Six hundred million people, or one fifth of mankind at the time,
watched Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon.
Three tracking stations were receiving the signals simultaneously.
Two were located in Australia - they were CSIRO's Radio Telescope
in Parkes & the Honeysuckle Creek tracking station outside
Canberra - & NASA's Goldstone station in California.
The signals were relayed to Mission Control at Houston.
During the first few minutes of the historic broadcast, NASA
alternated between the signals from its two stations at Goldstone &
Honeysuckle Creek, searching for the best quality images.
When they switched to the Parkes pictures, they were of such superior
quality, that NASA remained with the Parkes TV pictures
for the remainder of the 2½ hour telecast.
You'll find the Parkes Observatory website at:
gorgeous contact details
p o box 69, craigieburn, vic, 3064, australia.
Australian Info:
tel: 03 9305 6509
fax: 03 9305 7737
mob: 0414 811 525 (Ray)
mob: 0414 811 081 (Mary)
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International Info:
tel: +61 3 9305 6509
fax: +61 3 9305 7737
cell: +61 414 811 525 (Ray)
cell: +61 414 811 081 (Mary)
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If you live in Melbourne, Australia - or you're here for a visit, then
you're most welcome to make a time to call in to personally
check out our gorgeous range of shoes, clothes, etc
at our home-based showroom in Craigieburn…
We also display our range at rock `n' roll & swing dances, classes
& festivals in Melbourne, Victoria & occasionally Interstate…
You'll be most impressed with both the quality & range of items
that you certainly “won't find in your local shopping mall”…
Not to mention our friendly & personal, efficient Aussie service…
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"Skype" is a fabulous utility & so easy to use - it's saving us a "bundle"
“I knew it was over when I downloaded Skype,” Michael Powell, chairman, Federal Communications Commission, explained. “When the inventors of KaZaA are distributing for free a little program that you can use to talk to anybody else, and the quality is fantastic, and it’s free – it’s over. The world will change now inevitably.”
Fortune Magazine, February 16, 2004
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If you live in - or you're visiting Melbourne, & you're
lookin' for somewhere to "dance ya sox off"...
then check out Mel's fabulous gig-guide & site at:
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