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Elvis sightings aplenty at annual festival in Penticton

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Mike Schell, president of the Elvis festival, told Global News that Presely’s music ‘is timeless. I wouldn’t want to be a judge.’

Dozens of Elvis tribute artists are performing some of his best hits in Canada 's largest and longest-running competition to see who can be the best version of Elvis Presley . As Victoria Femia reports, this year there's a special guest, one that played right next to the king of rock and roll.If so, there’s only one day left to hear tribute artists belt out those famous tunes, as the annual

The highly popular event, which began Thursday night, is the nation’s largest and longest-running competition. This year, it drew 24 tribute artists.Mike Schell, president of the Elvis festival, told Global News that Presley’s music “is timeless. I wouldn’t want to be a judge.”The 21-year-old said he “grew up in a house full of musical people, and there’s something about Elvis. The way he sung and his style of music, I was so intrigued by it.

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