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Jeff Marsh and Dan Granget are all shook up after working the crowd at the BlA's ElvisFest in June. The event was attended by hundreds of ple, and there were Elvis tnbute artists on way comer. managiwgwwm LULY 2003 The Elvi started arriving Friday night at the Stouffville GO Station and it was like greeting old and new friends. These performers are not only talented, but are some of the kindest people I have ever met. They have ametwr town 5nd travelled from all ovbr Last year, for example, we held a little paiade. with a few classic cars carrying as many performers as possible. This year. we had over fifteen cars and a dozen ladies including locals Lyn Cox and Darlene Brown. riding some great motorcycles. Quite an improvement to say the least. thanks to the efforts of volunteer Clive Ross. The downtown core of Stouffville was rockin' with the Elvis tribute artists who spent their weekend entertaining the hundreds who gathered to listen the hours away the weekend of lune 13-14. The second year for the Business Improvement Area's new' annual event, it is still in the early growth stage, when testing and trial and error are the name of the game. Good rockin’ with Elvis on Main St. - _ by Ruth LeBlanc Oh loVe me tender, love me true, Whitchurch Stouffville is the best! Gino not only sang to her but picked her out of the crowd and gave her enough memories to last a lifetime. That's the kind of guys they are. The new owners of the Clever Conductor, John and Dorothy, along with Pauline from the Emerald Isle and Steve and Melissalpmuthe Earl of Whltchurch. . Locals Willi and Leona Petri had company over from Germany and brought Ingrid and Georg, the visitingvcouple. to Elvisfest. Not understanding English. but loving Elvis, Ingrid swooned with the rest of the ladies over Gino Monopoli. one of the best- looking men on the planet' earth. (I tried to talk some of the dancing ladies in the crowd to go in on a kidnapping scheme with me but they didn't want to get arrested!) The event was greatly appreciated by ‘ one spectator all the way from England, who was visiting last year and happened to catch one of the shows. This year she came up to say hello and told me her to trip to Canada was planned around our tribute to the King. Now. that's an Elvis fan! Ontario lusf to come and sing for us. ’welcomed the entertainers with live back-up bands and great places for fans to gather. This .event, which was generously sponsored by Stouffville. biz, was created by the BIA to bring business to the downtown core, and it has really statted to work The Clever Conductor had one of their most "WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE THIS MONTH" - H As the happy but tired chair of the BIA, En'c’ Button, said, “Can't wait for next year”. Me too Eric, me too. successful weekends thanks to the tribute artists. with people having so much fur! xhey were dancing on jhe chairs. The end of Eh’e performances had the crowd of over 400 on its feet, applauding as we sang tfieiast song.