Gospel Express Show
Gospel Express - Music From the KING Straight from the Heart. Featuring Stuey V, Terry Leonard, Rick Charles, Matt Birse, Shelvis, Nigel Stanley, Johnny Lee Memphis and Mark Andrew
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About this event
Rick Charles & Terry Leonard Presents:
All-star line-up for 2024 – The Magnificent Eight ELVIS Gospel Express
Performing some of the greatest gospel hits of Elvis Presley
Featuring:
- Rick Charles
- Johnny Lee Memphis
- Terry Leonard
- Nigel Stanley
- Matt Birse
- Shelvis
- Stuey V
- Mark Andrew
Doors open at 10.30 am, with the show to start at 11.00 am
Performers
Terry Leonard
Terry Leonard, “MR PERSONALITY”, has been performing as a tribute artist for the past 35 years. A native of Wellington, NSW, Terry is a regular at the Parkes Elvis Festival and has been a finalist at the “Ultimate Elvis Competition” many times, always making the top ten. Terry portrays Roy Orbison with humour and understanding, and covers many great songs – this act is a must see for all Orbison fans.
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Rick Charles
Rick Charles is known as Australia's' No1 showman! After almost three decades of performances - He's acknowledged as one of the most universal acts in Australia.
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ShElvis
Sheryl has been singing professionally for 13 years. She has challenged to develop ShElvis® in 2013 Sheryl has an unusual depth to her voice which helps with her ShElvis® alter ego.
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Nigel Stanley
Nigel’s show includes songs from all the stages of Elvis’s career including the early years, Elvis in the movies and Elvis in Vegas. A show not to be missed Nigel will reignite your love of Elvis and have you dancing in the aisles.
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Stuey V
Stuey V brings a very vibrant and energetic performance to the stage and also recently had the honour of performing in the 'The Graceland Tent' in Memphis in 2017, and the 2018 Nashville Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest reaching Top 10 Status . He portrays Elvis from the 50s, 68 Comeback Special and 1970 Vegas years, and he sure knows how to excite an audience.
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Matt Birse has been performing his tribute to Elvis for over 15 years including performing at the Parkes Elvis Festival for 6 years, onboard the Elvis Meets Legends Cruise. Matt has a 4-piece tribute band called All The Kings Men that have been performing together for the past 4 years. Each performance is a tribute to the legend that inspired the world of Rock 'n' Roll.
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Johnny Lee Memphis
2023 saw Johnny win the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest qualifier in Parkes, New South Wales, Australia which took him to Memphis for a second time to compete for the World championship finals in which Johnny placed in the top 10!
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Mark Andrew
Mark Andrew Tabone was born in Melbourne in 1966 and spent most of his childhood in Europe. It was there his interest in performing arts developed from an early age, acting, singing and playing character roles to large audiences. On his return to Australia in 1983, he appeared on the nine networks talent show “New Faces” which opened a lot of doors. In 1992 he formed a Rock n’ Roll band “Blue Suede Dudes”, playing many Melbourne venues and also supporting Chubby Checker on his Australian Tour. In 1995 he featured as Buddy Holly in a Legends Revival Concert at Dallas Brooks Hall. He then created his own corporate “Dead- Set Legends” show performing as Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Jim Morrison and Elvis. “Elvis Leaves His Mark” was launched in 1998 and is now one of the best Tribute shows worldwide with Mark finishing in the top 5 in the world in Memphis in 2002. In Recent times Mark was invited to perform his Elvis Tribute for Joe Esposito, Elvis’ own Road manager and best Man at his wedding, Joe’s comments were “Mark You did an absolute fantastic tribute to Elvis and it brought back so many memories, You sang from the heart just like Elvis did” Mark, a trained actor has an incredible versatile talent to capture each character and later added Austin Powers, Dean Martin & Tom Jones to his Legend show and also makes a true to life Danny Zuco, performing in his own Grease Tribute show. In recent years, Mark has been invited 4 years in a row to headline “The Parkes Elvis Festival” performing various versions of his “Elvis Leaves His Mark” show, with this year having sold out 4 consecutive shows with standing ovations.
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