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5:38 pm
Mon September 3, 2012

20 Impersonators Vie for Best Elvis: An Audio Postcard

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Judges at the Elvis Festival in Manchester
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Dave Weaver of Arkport, NY performs
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Three Elvis impersonators look on as another Elvis Tribute Artist performs
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Ernie Hefferon of Virginia Beach, VA gets ready to perform, backstage
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Elvis Tribute Artist Haroun Aqeel traveled all the way from Qatar to compete in the Elvis Tribute competition
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An Elvis Tribute Artist awaits his turn to perform
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Early in the night at the Elvis Festival in Manchester
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Ross LaRoux, 10, and his mother and sister (not pictured) attend every Elvis event they can

This year, Labor day weekend was a time not just to celebrate workers in America – but to celebrate… Elvis.  Crowds of Elvis Fans attended a three day Elvis festival and competition in Manchester, cheering on twenty Elvis Tribute Artists as they vied for #1 – and a chance to go on to compete in the Ultimate Elvis Presley Tribute Artist Contest next August in Memphis, Tennessee.  

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