The Spirit of Elvis

I am going to start this off by saying growing up in the 70's and early 80's I was not this huge fan of Elvis. I liked his music but I didn't go out of my way to listen to him. In fact my Dad watched Elvis movies and us kids would cringed. It wasn't until my college years with Blue Christmas playing on the jukebox that I started to appreciate the talents of the King. From then on little things happened in my life to remind me not to forget his legacy. Little things like going to see Stars on Ice with Scott Hamilton doing a tribute to the King. This connection with Elvis was passed down to my son. The first time he saw Clam Bake on TV he wanted Elvis Presley wall paper for his room. For Halloween that year, I had to sew an Elvis costume. (If you have ever worked with satiny material you will know the difficulties with this.) Anyway here is my story...











There was a time I was very active in getting my co-workers engaged in team building activities. These included on site and off site events. One event I organized was an outing to a mystery dinner theater. What fun we had. The actors were hamming it up and the audience was swimming in the mystery building around them. Throughout the evening various audience members were pulled into the plot and asked to do some crazy things. There I was sitting hoping I can join in on the fun. The story was going along and I was starting to think I will not have my chance. Just as I was giving up hope they called me up to participate in a hoax hypnosis act. I eagerly climbed up on the stage with two guys from the audience. We took are seats as they pretended to put us in a trance. The first guy was told to act like Marylin Monroe. What fun it was watching this middle aged man lip syncing Happy Birthday to the president then going into the audience and sit on the president's (my boss) lap. When the second guy was told he was to act like Shirley Temple my anticipation increased. The chance it just might be Elvis I get to impersonate was all I can think about. What would I do? How can I best convey the genius of the King? What if it wasn't the King but someone else:(? It was my turn and it was my lucky night. They handed me a big sunglasses with sideburns and a silk scarf. I was to act the ELVIS!!!!! The song coming out of the speakers was "Burning Love". Alright! I was going to be able to really rock this one. I jumped out of my seat and started the famous Elvis pelvic thrusts. I threw myself into the character of Elvis. The guys in Vegas could not hold a candle to me. The women in the audience were swooning as I threw out my silk scarf. As I danced among everyone I did the arm swing giving it all I had. At the end I got down on one knee and shot my arms in the air. Everyone was ecstatic. Now I knew what Elvis felt like with all his adoring crowds. At the end everyone had to vote who was the best impersonator and the crowd went wild voting for the King. As I stepped down, victorious, from the stage I was happy that I was able to do the King proud. Thank you, Thank you very much....