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1995 |
 1995
First year of Festival. Held at Vacation Inn. It was
called the “Canadian Elvis Tribute & Convention” and
was promoted by a Tribute Artist. |
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1996 |
 Second
Annual “Canadian National Elvis Tribute & Convention
Ball ” was held at the Collingwood Curling Club.
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1997 |
 Third
Annual “Canadian Elvis Tribute & Convention was held
at the Collingwood Curling Club. A theme was adopted.
“The 20/40 Canadian Anniversary Salute. ” |
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1998 |
 Fourth
Annual Festival celebrating the theme “Elvis Comeback
Special ‘98”. The Festival was now incorporated and
renamed The Collingwood Elvis Festival Inc. and was
owned on a 50% share by the Collingwood & District
Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Collingwood BIA.
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1999 |
 Fifth
Annual Festival celebrated the theme “I’m Back ” and
was held at the Collingwood Curling Club. |
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2000 |
 Sixth
Annual Collingwood Elvis Festival was celebrating the
life & music of the “Artist of the Century” Forever
Elvis theme. This would be the last year the event was
held at the Collingwood Curling Club.
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2001 |
 Seventh
Annual Collingwood Elvis Festival celebrated the 30th
Anniversary of the “Taking Care of Business – In a
Flash” theme and relocating our event to the Eddie
Bush Memorial Arena. We earned recognition as one of
the Top 50 Festivals in Ontario out of over 3,000
Festivals across the Province. |
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2002 |
 The
Eighth Annual Collingwood Elvis Festival adopted the
theme “Collingwood Remembers….” In honour of the 25th
Anniversary of Elvis’ passing and the 45th Anniversary
of his appearances in Canada. The Festival also
created a new Festival website. The Festival earned
Top 50 Festival status for the second consecutive
year, as well as winning awards for Best Poster, Best
Program and Best Overall Promotional Campaign during
the Festival & Events Ontario Annual Convention. The
Festival earned nominations for Business Excellence,
Customer Service Excellence & Employee of the Year
through the local Chamber of Commerce Business
Excellence Awards. |
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2003 |
 The
Ninth Annual Collingwood Elvis Festival saluted Elvis’
30 #1 hits and also recreated the “Aloha from Hawaii”
satellite concert. The Youth Division of the
competition added a Junior & Senior champion. Our
first Golf Tournament was added. This also marked the
first year that the ownership changed hands. The Town
of Collingwood took over the operations and ownership
of the Festival and implemented a new Elvis Municipal
Services Board. An event Marketing/Management team was
also hired. Maclaren Momentum, a division of the
internationally recognized Maclaren McCann came on
board to assist in the expansion and marketing of the
Festival. A new updated logo was created and we were
named in the Top 50 Festivals category for the third
consecutive year. We also earned nominations for
Business Excellence, Customer Service Excellence and
Employee of the Year, through the local Chamber of
Commerce for the second year. |
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2004 |
 This
year we celebrated the 10TH ANNIVERSARY of the
Collingwood Elvis Festival. More events & Arena Shows
were added. We celebrated our past history with the
return of our past Champions in our arena shows. We
also featured our 2nd Annual Golf Tournament and a
revised competition structure into an "Era
Competition" featuring The Early Years/The Concert
Vegas Years. We were once again named in the Top 50
Festivals category for the fourth consecutive year.
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2005 |
 Our
theme “Elvis Lives” marked our 11th year celebrating
the legendary Elvis Presley. Added to this year’s
event list was our 1st Annual “Inspirational Elvis”
Gospel Competition and our first Texas Hold ‘Em Poker
Challenge. Both events were great successes. We were
also honored to have two new friends join us direct
from Elvis Presley Enterprises in Memphis, Tennessee
who discovered the wonder of our event, our Town and
our incredibly loyal fans and visitors. |
Collingwood Elvis Festival
