Elvis Week August 2010

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Riley Keough, 21, cuts the birthday cake during a ceremony commemorating Elvis Presley's 75th birthday on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 in Memphis, Tenn.

Elvis Presley would have celebrated his 75th birthday on January 8, 2010, and Graceland is holding its annual birthday celebration to commemorate the occasion.

Graceland, the former-home-turned-museum of the “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” has kicked off this year’s celebration with a weekend of Elvis-themed events in Memphis, Tenn.

A ceremony was held on Friday morning with Elvis’ daughter Lisa Marie Presley, and former wife, Priscilla Presley ( with Lisa Marie’s children, Riley Keough, 21, and Benjamin Keough, 18), where a cake cutting and proclamation of Elvis Presley Day by Memphis and Shelby County officials was announced, according to the Associated Press and the Graceland Web site. Fans, who braved a cold morning in Memphis, were then treated to cake and entertainment.

Other activities scheduled for the weekend included autograph signings, including Elvis’ friend, George Klein, who authored the book Elvis: My Best Man, as well as Frank Hyland, who wrote Elvis: A Tribute to the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The 2010 Grizzlies Elvis Birthday Night was scheduled Friday night for fans to attend a Memphis Grizzlies game in an arena filled with Elvis-themed music and movie clips.

A Rock-a-Hula Girls Charity Benefit and Elvis Dance Party were also expected.

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source: Jess & LMP forum

WOW, I really love this Riley´s outfit and her whole style. She really look fantastic.

more pictures I love Riley's jacket and hairdo! So cute!
I still find it unbelievable they all were there to celebrate! Such a great surprise!

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Great pictures, thanks.

I love Riley's outfit. Those leather gloves are really cool.

I soooooooo love these photos! Thank you Yada for making that one pic of Riley as the banner at the top of the forum, it looks GREAT!!!!!!!! ( i wish i had rileys' hair!)

WOW, I LOVE THEM!
Thanks soooo muchhhhhh
Riley looks great, as does Lisa Marie and Priscilla
Everytime I see a new pic of Ben his hair always changes, lol
He's looking more and more like his Grandfather
It would have been great if the twins were in the pictures too

Slightly bigger versions

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The forum has never had a better banner than this one above, lil A picture of Riley honouring her grandfather Elvis

I hope the twins could join Elvis' 80th birthday celebrations, Bailey. They will be 6 years old by then..

An article about the day. I loved reading the quote of Priscilla about the grandchildren.


Thousands of fans and Elvis Presley's family come out to celebrate his 75th birthday

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - About 3,000 fans joined Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie and Elvis Presley's grandkids Friday at Graceland to celebrate what would have been the King of Rock 'n' Roll's 75th birthday.
An international contingent of fans came to commemorate the event. Some came from as far away as Europe, while other fans were right from the King's adopted hometown of Memphis, where he died at Graceland in 1977 at the age of 42.
"I had to come. This is a special day. Seventy-five years is a wonderful period in Elvis' life. I'm out here to support Priscilla and Lisa Marie, and I think so much of them and respect them and their family," said Memphis resident Roger Harvey.
"It means everything to be here. You're counting the days down until you can get on that plane," said Craig Smith of Britain.
For Priscilla Presley, Presley's ex-wife and mother of his only child, Lisa Marie, the day was "bittersweet."
"It's very difficult for me to even fathom that it's been 75 years for him. It's certainly bittersweet," she said.
"Elvis has got the greatest fans. All of us here at Elvis Presley Enterprises are always amazed at the support, the loyalty. I mean, they have certainly helped his legacy be where it is today, there is no doubt," she added.

She said Presley probably wouldn't have made a big fuss over the milestone.
"Elvis wasn't really big on having a whole lot of people, he liked it a little more intimate. He would definitely bring in family of course, friends, very close, intimate friends that he's had more many years," she said. "That's what he really enjoyed the most is people that he knew and friends that he had for gosh, going back to high school years."
At the Graceland ceremony, two of his grandchildren cut a birthday cake that was later shared with the crowd.
When asked what went through her mind at that moment, Priscilla Presley said: "I thought, my gosh, if Elvis only knew that he would have such beautiful grandchildren, so supportive to him, and how beautiful they are. It is bittersweet. He would have been very, very proud, absolutely very proud of his grandchildren."

Wow,that's great! Love the pictures...
Thanks for posting!

^ Always a pleasure to celebrate this great family, sweetchild

Here are two more videos from the birthday!!! In the first one, a fan said, when she shook hands with Lisa and priscilla, Benjamin looked bewildered to see how big crowd gathered around to celebrate



And you can see more of Riley and Ben here. It's even so more meaningful the youngest generation of the Presleys are cutting the cake for Elvis Presley and some kids get close to see them do it..
Elvis fever is passed from generation to generation.. He will live forever

Yeah, it's truly amazing. What Elvis made lasts forever!

Wow, Ben really much looks like Elvis....not exactly, but...yeah,kind of.
And he doesn't look like a 17 year old! He looks much older,doesn't he?
He's only one year older than me.

Those are Beautiful pics of the Presley family.

It's brilliant to see the video of Elvis' 75th Birthday and the pics.

I loved the vid of Elvis 75 Birthday

there may be some repeat photos in here, (sorry if there is) but just showing some photos of what i've seen so far, and caps i've made....

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I love those pics. Thank you for posting them.

I love Elvis 75th birthday celebrations. It's a big number and everything was perfectly organized.. Thank you for the unseen photos and screen captions, lil, I hope we get to see more new pictures.
^ Hi ElvisLMPFan. Welcome to the forum. Nice to have you here

I hope we get to see more too Yada. Thank you for the Welcome.

Thank you for the extra pictures and videos.

This is a link to see HQ pictures:

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^ Thanks for reposting those pictures here Yada. I'm glad we got to see pictures of Riley and her family together.

Thank you for posting the pics Yada

It's great to see their faces and expressions better in these HQs... They all very very proud to be there. Ben looked a bit bewildered, I don't think he was expecting that many people in those conditions

I still can't believe it -but Ben fascinates me enormously.

A lovely screen cap of Riley and Ben.. from elvis.com

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and another one

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I love that cap od Riley and Ben.

Michelle Lynne's own photos!

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Graceland Announces Plans for Elvis Week, August 10-16 in Memphis During 75th Birthday Celebration Year

Events include the finals for the international Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, a special screening of "Elvis on Tour" featuring a newly-remastered version of the award-winning concert documentary, fan club events, charity fundraisers, celebrity guests and more.

Read here for more details:
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