FROSTY's BACK, New Year's Eve 2008!!

Andrew Graper, Dave Forrester and Augie Beck, or any combination thereof, have been building a snowman downtown since 1988, another great Sierra Madre tradition

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Congratulations to Sierra Madre Rose Float Association and float designer Charles Meier on winning their FOURTH AWARD IN A ROW!!!  SMRFA again took home the Lathrop K. Leishman Award for Most Beautiful Non-Commercial Float!! (SMRFA won the award in 2007 for "Our Wonderful Wistaria")  Great job SMRFA, you've made us proud...Post a congratulatory comment at the SierraMadreNews.Net blog

 

Sierra Madre's Rose Princess Molly Novell in the middle of the picture

We WON again!!

SMVFA volunteers carrying the bride

Veenita Singh was the bride on the float

Just crossed over the railroad tracks on Sierra Madre Blvd.

The float on its way to Kersting Court, around Mt. Trail

Kids wait patiently for it to arrive

The truck arrives at Kersting Court, precious cargo in tow

This year's Charles Meier designed float is named Bollywood Dreams

That's Taylor's in the background, so the float has arrived

The Sierra Madre name will be viewed by millions on Jan. 1st

Detail shot

 

I'll be posting more Rose Float pics

Another detail shot

Harry Shahoian, aka Elvis (click photo to enlarge)

 

Local boy Harry Shahoian grew up to be Elvis.  He does Elvis so well that he has worked at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, in the Legends of Rock and Roll Show, at the Orleans, and other locations in Las Vegas.  This page has links to photos and video of Harry performing in town.  Some years, he's performed at the Concert in the Park, and brought a band with him that included George Trullinger, who performs as Buddy Holly and produced the Legends show, more recently he's appeared with Frankie Moreno and band. 

 

For the last several years, the Elvis Concert in the Park has been sponsored by Sierra Madre Rotary Club.

 

Harry's website: www.harryaselvis.com.

 

 

Pictures and videos from some of Harry's appearances in Sierra Madre and elsewhere

 

2008 Rotary Sponsored Concert in the Park, click here

2007 Rotary-sponsored Concert in the Park, click here

2006 Rotary-sponsored Concert in the Park, click here

2005 Rotary-sponsored Concert in the Park, click here (coming soon)

2004 Rotary-sponsored Concert in the Park, click here

Local "Elvis" Harry Shahoian Makes Good, Meets Armenian Queen, Raises Funds for Charity

Sierra Madre Rotary Club-sponsored Concert in the Park, 2003, click here

Sierra Madre Rotary Club-sponsored Concert in the Park, 2002, click here

ACS Relay for Life, 2000, click here

Citizen of the Year Banquet, 1999, click here

 

Sierra Madre Rotary Club-sponsored Concert in the Park, 2002

Videos, click to view

 

Elvis arrives in sidecar, my finger slipped off the shutter and I missed the intro, sorry Harry (208kb) Elvis begins his act, looking for trouble, eventually I figured out the bike turned around and he wasn't coming thru the door (1,192kb) Heartbreak Hotel (768kb)
More Heartbreak, followed by some Hounddog (632kb) All Shook Up (1,352kb) Very end of Don't be Cruel (504kb)

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Sierra Madre's own Harry Shahoian

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Harry performed at the MGM Grand in the Legends of Rock show, produced by George/Buddy

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This was a silhouette, till the software got it

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What a show, Elvis and Buddy Holly on the same stage

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Now where's he going?

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Oh THAT'S where he's going

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Usually, HE does the scarf placing

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Don't wireless mikes add to the show?

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The crowd, by far the largest this year, applauds

 

ACS Relay for Life, 2000

Videos (times at end of link are approximate 56k download times)

About 60 seconds of Hound Dog - 3:00
About 40 seconds of I Don't Care, followed by about 20 seconds of talk - 4:25
About 15 seconds of Suspicious Minds - 1:15

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Elvis Action Shot
Elvis Shot #2
Elvis Shot #3
Elvis Shot #4

Elvis Shot #5
Elvis Shot #6
Elvis Shot #7

 

1998 Citizen of the Year Dinner, Jan. 1999

 

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