Elvis Lecture, Elvis Concert and Social
EmpowerU Studio at Frame USA225 Northland Blvd
Cincinnati, Ohio 45246
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Celebration of the final class in EmpowerU’s studio!
6:30 Appetizers, beer, wine
7:00 Speaker–Michael Mercier
8:00 Elvis Impersonator
We have a special night planned for what will be EmpowerU’s last class of the fall semester, and its last class in the EmpowerU Studio. We’ll begin the evening early, at 6:30 PM, with beer, wine, and appetizers. Then our speaker, Michael Mercier, will give a fun, hour-long talk about the life of Elvis Presley from 7-8 PM. And we’ll finish the night with some entertainment — at 8 PM an Elvis impersonator will perform for an hour. We hope you’ll join us for this fun, final celebration of EmpowerU’s time in our own studio.
Reserve your spot now, as seating is by reservation only!!!
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Bring an appetizer!!!
If you’re attending in-person at EmpowerU’s studio, sign up to bring an appetizer or dessert to our 6:30 social, if you’re able to. Email us at info@EmpowerUAmerica.org to tell us what you’ll bring.
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Sincerely Elvis Tribute Band!
Experience the King in-person! From 8-9 PM the Sincerely Elvis Tribute Band will perform Elvis’ greatest hits. Experience the music, the moves, the electric vibes!!!!!!!!!!! You will get an authentic and realistic view of the King in action!!! Join us for a memorable time!
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The Elvis You Don’t Know!
“The presence this man had — you couldn’t talk, nobody did anything. You just stopped and watched him.” (Shelley Fabares, Elvis’ Co-Star)
The Internet has given us access to an infinite amount of documentary material regarding Elvis Presley. Michael Mercier has spent untold hours analyzing this material, and he has generated wholly unique insights about Elvis’ life, personality, art, and career.
Using video and audio clips, photographs, and documents, Michael will share his insights, including the following:
- How rock was an accidental digression from Elvis’ primary interest in ballads and gospel.
- How Elvis applied his own formula to black rhythm and blues songs to transform them into his own style of rock.
- How Elvis had a palpable, sometimes overwhelming, energetic aura described by countless friends, fans, celebrities, and others in the music business.
- How Elvis expressed an elevated aesthetic sense in many areas of his life.
- How Elvis possessed a remarkable intellectual drive.
- How Elvis’ ’68 Comeback and Aloha Via Satellite TV specials stand as remarkably unique achievements in American television history.
- How the claim that Elvis was a racist is an absurd lie.
- How Elvis began producing a documentary film about Karate in the ’70s.
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Speaker Bio:
Michael Mercier has been an Elvis fan since first grade. A self-described “Elvis Connoisseur,” he has spent a lifetime studying and researching Elvis. His research has included social media discussions with Elvis’ friends and family, authors of books about Elvis, and Graceland staff members. At the age of 23 he made a road trip with his dad from Boston to Graceland, and years later he visited Graceland with his own son. While in graduate school he did an Elvis impersonation at the school variety show. He prefers to listen to Elvis’ music from the 1970’s.
