{"id":42008,"date":"2014-08-21T20:57:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T00:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=42008"},"modified":"2014-08-21T20:57:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T00:57:58","slug":"concert-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/concert-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Elvis closes out Concert in the Park season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/14aug\/kingelvisth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>Silent Auction part of Aug. 27 show<!--more--><br \/>\nConcert in the Park audiences who&#8217;ve loved Matt King&#8217;s Elvis Presley Tribute Show the past five seasons will be pleased to know that the &#8220;Hound Dog&#8221; is returning again in 2014. King &#8220;is&#8221; Elvis in the Aug. 27 season finale at the St. Johns City Park Performance Shell. The show begins at 7 p.m.; no admission charge.<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;re pleased to have Matt King back again as Elvis,&#8221; says Performance Shell Committee Chairperson Bill Tennant. &#8220;Our audiences love him, and his appearance is a perfect ending to the summer schedule.&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/14aug\/kingelvis.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nA Michigan resident, King has traveled all over the United States and Europe entertaining audiences with his unique ability to bring to the &#8220;King&#8221; to life via his moves, mannerisms, looks and costuming &#8211; and, of course, that distinctive voice. He took first place at the 2014 Windsor King Festival, and also captured first in the 2014 Midwest Elvis Competition. Those honors are in addition to numerous similar top-place finishes at Elvis events around the U.S. during the past decade.<br \/>\nKing has also performed at a variety of casinos including the MGM Grand, Harrahs, The Little River, Bluffs Run and Soaring Eagle. He is a co-founder of the largest Elvis Festival in the United States, the Michigan Elvis Fest.<br \/>\nIn addition to hearing and seeing Elvis, guests will have an opportunity to bid on a myriad of items in the Clinton Northern Railway&#8217;s Silent Auction that takes place in the main pavilion, located next to the Performance Shell. Bidding begins at 6 p.m., prior to the start of the concert and closes at the concert&#8217;s intermission.<br \/>\nAuction items include two Elvis-related items along with a diamond necklace, remote-control helicopter, many other items and a multitude of gift certificates for food and entertainment venues.<br \/>\nFunds generated from the auction will help purchase restoration materials for work on rail cars at the CNR Depot in downtown St. Johns.<br \/>\nConcert in the Park is sponsored by the Clinton County Arts Council and the city of St. Johns, with support from the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts.<br \/>\nThe St. Johns Lions and Lioness Club staff a concession stand that offers light refreshments.<br \/>\nFor information on Concert in the Park call the Clinton County Arts Council, (989) 224-2429, or visit the CCAC web site at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clintoncountyarts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.clintoncountyarts.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silent Auction part of Aug. 27 show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42008\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}