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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. |
| 1996 |
 Second
Annual “Canadian National Elvis Tribute & Convention
Ball ” was
held at the Collingwood Curling Club. |
| 1997 |
 Third
Annual “Canadian Elvis Tribute & Convention
was held at the Collingwood Curling Club. A theme
was adopted. “The
20/40 Canadian Anniversary Salute. ” |
| 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. |
| 1999 |
 Fifth
Annual Festival celebrated the theme “I’m
Back ” and
was held at the Collingwood Curling Club. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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.
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| 2006 |
Celebrating our 12th Anniversary with the theme “Live the Dream”. Highlights included becoming a Guiness Book of World Record holder for the “Largest gathering of Elvis Tribute Artists (97) singing an Elvis song in one venue”, the addition of The Starshine Series and Elvis Movie Co-Stars Cynthia Pepper and Suzanna Leigh joining us as V.I.P. Guests.
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