The King dethroned

From the Niagara Falls Review:

The King was here, but his followers missed the memo.

The first annual Niagara Falls Elvis Festival was marred by slim crowds and some angry vendors over the weekend.

Most wondered why the event wasn’t promoted more, and felt sorry for the top notch entertainers gathered at Oakes Garden Theatre.

“One of the Elvis’ said (on Friday), ‘I’m not sticking around, there’s no one to sing to,’ ” said vendor Sheila Szalai, who paid nearly $600 with her husband Karl to operate a jewelry booth for the three-day event. By Saturday afternoon, they had made just two sales.

“We won’t be back.”

The sour mood hung over the venue Saturday as Elvis tribute artists played to barely 150 people by late afternoon. It was a far cry from the thousands organizers expected for the inaugural event.

“This is stupid, this place should be packed,” said Niagara Falls resident Della Meunier. “I love Elvis, and I am very disappointed for this. Fans just didn’t know it was going on.

“Why was it kept so secretive?”

4 thoughts on “The King dethroned

    1. Agreed. I read several articles, and I must have missed the part about it costing money. When I heard it was at Oakes Garden Theatre, I assumed it was free. I am not an Elvis fan, so I wouldn’t have paid for admission, but I had been thinking about going by just to see what was going on

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