Looking for a few good Elvii: Seattle Invitationals are back!

What:
13th Annual Seattle Invitationals
with The Kentucky Rain Band
and opening Special Guests, THE KINGS
A Female-Fronted Tribute to The King!

When:
Friday January 8, Doors 7:45pm, Show at 8:30pm

Where:
Club Motor, 1950 First Ave. S., Seattle

Charlotte Buchannan, longtime owner of Glamorama Productions (and the famous Glamorama store in Fremont) is back in town to emcee the Seattle Invitationals this year!

Club Motor is an exciting, 500-capacity venue located in the SODO district. Look for the "Motor" sign at the JukeBox City building There is plenty of free street parking. Note that the venue will have very limited seating and will be mostly standing room, dance floor type set up on this night.

Tix:
Tickets in advance $12 at Brown Paper Tickets (on sale Dec 1). - $15.00 (Day of Show).

That's right, the thirteen-year old "mother of all Seattle amateur musical contests" is back in style for 2010...

After the 2008 event was cancelled, several local amateur tribute artists banded together and formed an alliance to get the show back... and it worked!

On Friday, January 8th 2010, this beloved Seattle institution returns to Seattle and will once again beckon impersonators from near and far to represent just what "The King" really means to them! There is only one place in Seattle each year where you can see thirty different impersonators in full hip-gyrating, fried Chicken-eating and swooning action... You'll probably even see his wife Priscilla, manager Colonel Tom Parker and even Red West, The King's alleged best friend in the crowd or on stage... it's all at the 13th annual 2010 Seattle Invitationals !

Each Amateur performer in attendance will tackle one of his many personas: the innocent and magnetic country boy, the hip-swinging rockabilly superstar, The G.I. Guy, Hollywood playboy, the devout gospel singer, or the diamond-studded, gold-sun glassed Vegas crooner. Each amateur impersonator will get one chance to show what he (or she) is made of - a single shot to perform a song, in costume, backed by the fabulous Kentucky Rain band!

Currently we are looking for amateur performers to sign up (and agree to perform one song in their own costume) on the Club Motor stage. All contestants will be backed by the local longtime Pro outfit The Kentucky Rain Band. Interested parties should see the contest rules & judging criteria and the available song list. After reading these pages, please select your top three song choices and email your contact info and songs to: seattleinvitationals@gmail.com

Providing prizes for the top ten entries of the event will be Archie McPhee, plus other fun sponsors. New this year, the winner be granted one-year ownership of a specially artist-created Seattle Invitationals sequined-clad winners belt!

To open the show at 8:30pm, The Kings will open. Following the pro review, the Amateurs take the stage backed by The Kentucky Rain Band and the fireworks really begin. A panel of celebrity judges and an audience clap-o-meter decide on who will be crowned The King of the Seattle Invitationals...

Website: http://www.SeattleInvitationals.com

Media contacts:

Peter Verbrugge, 206-517-4826,
seattleinvitationals@gmail.com

Marlow Harris, 206-329-3795,
marlowharris@msn.com