2 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, July 24, 2000
Elvis takes over Ypsilanti
By Seva Gunitskiy throughont the afternoon.
Daily Staff Reporter "As with all festivals, we'd like to He is a ,egend
see a hunch of people on a nice sutnW and no one
YPSIL ANTI-- Quentin Faggr is a day, enjoying the concerts," said Tracy else
relative newcomer to the world of Briggs, an event coordinator.
Elvis impersonators. He is only 17 Several hundred people gathered on 'a''d his
sears old, and he belts out rockabilly ilte grass to enjoy the festivities. A level.
tunes with just a cassette tane instead Grand Blanc coulle exchanged wed-
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of a band.
But when he came off the stage at
the Michigan Elvisfest on Saturday,
about forty people lined Lip to receive
his autograph, a testament to the lin-
gering devotion of Elvis fans.
Almost 25 years after his death,
Elvis Presley continues to inspire fans
and musicians alike, and the Michigan
Elvisfest was a case in point.
The first ever Elvis festival, billed
as a tribute to the King of Rock-n-
Roll, took place at Frog Island Park in
Ypsilanti.
The day-long event featured hot air
balloon rides, an antique car show and
an array of Elvis impersonators per-
forming some of the King's classics
ding vows at the festival, and ReMax
Realty offered free hot-air balloon
rides in the evening, but music
remained the festival's main attraction.
With seven singers performing two
shows each, the music kept playing
until late at night.
Sherman Arnold, a co-founder of
the festival as well as one. of the per-
formers, said he started listening to
Elvis because the music "had a beat
and you could dance to it."
Arnold has been an Elvis imperson-
ator for 45 years, and has met many
other people in his profession. Once,
he said, he met an Elvis tribute artist
who had told him that he "felt the spir-
it of Elvis sinking into him when he
- Tracy Briggs
Elvisfest Event Coordinator
died."
Arnold said he believes in a differ-
ent approach to his job.
"Always do the best you can with
what you got," he said.
Other events at the festival included
a karaoke contest, bingo and plenty of
Elvis memorabilia for sale.
"Elvis really broke a lot of barriers
when he came on the scene," Briggs
said.
"He is a legend, and no one else has
reached his level."
Elvis, portrayed by Fred Wolfe, sings to a large crowd of Elvis fans in Di
at the first ever Elvisfest in Ypsilanti on Saturday.
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