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Elvis festival gets Oz all shook up
10 January 2007
Fans of the king of rock 'n' roll are converging in New South Wales for a festival which is held in honour of their idol.
Thousands of people are expected to turn out for the Elvis Festival 2007, with organisers proclaiming that this year's event will be the biggest ever.
In total, it is hoped that around 6,000 people will attend, signalling a vast improvement on the numbers that made it to the first ever festival.
Just 200 people attended the first time around and were treated to a solitary concert. However, things have improved since then, with people coming from all over the world to be entertained by over 60 events.
Hotels in Parkes, where the festival is being held, report that they have been fully booked since the end of last year's festival.
'I think there's more Elvis fans nowadays than there used to be,' Robert Steel, president of the Elvis Revival Committee, told ABC News.
'I think they reckon Elvis is probably the most known person on the planet.'
Recent research at the University of Wollongong found that the 2006 festival generated a massive AU$8m (£3.22m) for the local economy.
© Adfero Ltd
Thousands of people are expected to turn out for the Elvis Festival 2007, with organisers proclaiming that this year's event will be the biggest ever.
In total, it is hoped that around 6,000 people will attend, signalling a vast improvement on the numbers that made it to the first ever festival.
Just 200 people attended the first time around and were treated to a solitary concert. However, things have improved since then, with people coming from all over the world to be entertained by over 60 events.
Hotels in Parkes, where the festival is being held, report that they have been fully booked since the end of last year's festival.
'I think there's more Elvis fans nowadays than there used to be,' Robert Steel, president of the Elvis Revival Committee, told ABC News.
'I think they reckon Elvis is probably the most known person on the planet.'
Recent research at the University of Wollongong found that the 2006 festival generated a massive AU$8m (£3.22m) for the local economy.
© Adfero Ltd
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