![]() "No one is trying to be Elvis what they want to do is pay tribute to his life and music." Up to 200 entrants participate in the tribute artist contest in Collingwood, which is divided into professional, non-professional and youth categories, and two eras of Presley's life - early years and concert years. ![]() The Collingwood Elvis Festival is one of the largest in North America, and hotel and motel rooms are already booked for the next event, July 26-29, 2007. So far, organizers have selected just two sites for the qualifying rounds -Tupelo, Miss., where Presley was born, and Collingwood.Ī group from Gracelandhave attended the Collingwood Festival for the last two years, finding out how it's done, says Marion Lewis, publicist for the event. and to choose the ultimate artist in August 2007 on the 30th anniversary of Presley's death. The plan is to hold a series of qualifying contests throughout Canada and the U.S. The managers of Graceland, Presley's former home in Memphis, Tenn., made the announcement Thursday ofan Ultimate Elvis Tribute Contest.Īnd Canada's biggest Elvis Festival, held annually in July in Collingwood, will be an important stop in the series of qualifying contests leading up to the big event.Įlvis Presley Enterprises, the company formed byPresley's widow Priscilla after his death in 1977, is the group behind the new North America-wide search for a King tribute artist. ![]() The people who safeguard Elvis Presley's legacy are about to begin a search for the ultimate tribute artist, and they've said they'll look in Collingwood, Ont. ![]()
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