Media Release
For Immediate Release 

Contact: Marcia Bunge
Genesis Marketing Group, LLC
(228) 365-0463

Elvis Presley’s Former Biloxi Sweetheart to Judge
Silver Slipper Casino’s Ultimate Elvis® Competition Again

Hancock County – July 16, 2010 – Many may remember that Biloxi Native, June Juanico, dated Elvis Presley in his younger years and was very close to him and his family. She has agreed, once again, to be one of the judges at the Silver Slipper’s Ultimate Elvis® Tribute Artist competition on July 23-24, 2010. In 1955 when June was 18 and Elvis was 21, they shared a passionate, three-year relationship, much of it during Elvis’ frequent trips to both perform and vacation on the Coast.  Juanico is the author of “Elvis in the Twilight of Memory” and has been featured on television documentaries and Elvis festivals around the world.

She will share the judges’ podium with Kim Hoyt, a native Bay St. Louis singer and songwriter and Margie Adams from Mobile, Alabama. Hoyt was a long time technical producer for the production show “Pure Gold” which featured several of the best Elvis Tribute Artists in America. He most recently was the music supervisor for “Mississippi Son”, an award winning documentary about the impact of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi musicians. Adams is Juanico’s Business Manager and an avid Elvis historian.

The Slipper’s Ultimate Elvis® Tribute Artist Contest on July 23-24, will feature Elvis impersonators from around the world competing with a chance to win $1,000 cash and an opportunity to advance to The 2010 Ultimate Elvis® Tribute Artist Contest finals, presented by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. in Memphis during the annual Elvis Week, in August.

Registered contestants are: Maurice Shelps of Hannandale, FL; Jason Baglio of Independence, LA; E “Mike” Twilbeck of St. Bernard, LA; Robert Myers of Lakeside, CA; Jay Dupuis of Baton Rouge, LA; Dennis Soileau of Sulphur, LA; Andy Perry of Prairieville, LA; Jessie White of Pearl River, LA; Jimmie Fields of Hobbs,. NM; Cliff Wright of Athens, AL; David Allen of Dallas, TX; Robert (Bob) Williamson of Slidell, LA; Todd C. Martin of Monroe, LA and Gordon Garcia of Bay St. Louis, MS.

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Also, in honor of the event and The King, the Slipper will feature some of Elvis’ favorite foods in the Jubilee Buffet, July 19 – 25, including: Always on My Mind Cheeseburger Meatloaf; Love Me Tender Smothered Pork Chops; Fit for a King Fried Chicken; Jail House Rock Greens; Hunk-A-Hunk-A Peanut Butter Banana Bread Pudding and Shake Rattle Roll Black Eye Peas.

All contestants will be backed by the live band "XPG. For years, "XPG" has been the full-time band for Brandon Bennett, the 2008 Ultimate Elvis® Tribute Artist Contest’s Grand Champion and a native of Ponchatoula, Louisiana. Admission is FREE to the event which will be held on the Slipper’s The Original Stage Bar, at 7:30 nightly.

The Ultimate Elvis® Tribute Artist Contest is coordinated through CKX. To date, they have focused on the Ultimate Elvis® Tribute Artist Contest acquiring globally recognized entertainment content and related assets, including the rights to the name, image and likeness of Elvis Presley, the operations of Graceland and proprietary rights to the IDOLS television brand, including the American Idol series in the United States and local adaptations of the IDOLS television show format which, collectively, air in over 100 countries around the world. (www.elvis.com/ultimatecontest).

For more information concerning the Slipper’s contest and other events, contact David Hilbert, Events and Promotions Manager for Silver Slipper Casino, at 1-866-S-SLIPPER (866-775-4773) or 228-469-2715.