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WENDY KING
President

Wendy is the afternoon co-host (The Chris and Wendy Show) on Barrie’s B101 FM and the afternoon News voice you hear on the PEAK 95.1 in Collingwood. She’s been to GRACELAND 38 times, most recently for a chance meeting with Priscilla, Lisa Marie and four American Idol finalists! Wendy has served as the Head Judge at Collingwood for several years. She’s a proud member of the Love For Elvis Fan Club in Richmond Hill and an honourary citizen of Elvis’s hometown. Wendy has judged at many Elvis Festivals including Collingwood, Windsor, Stouffville and Kitchener.

BURT THOMBS
Vice President

Burt Thombs is best known for his ten years at FM 108, hosting the "Gold and Great Revival", the "Record Review" and co-host of the "Elvis Hour". He also hosted the mid-day show, then the morning show on FM 92.9, and has been an announcer on several other radio stations in Southern Ontario and Western New York. Burt is widely considered an expert of the music of the 50's and 60's and has a great ear for vocal talent to enable him to accurately score Elvis Tribute Artists. When not involved with Elvis events, Burt is a stock trader /trainer and software developer. Burt is also the president of a web hosting company named after his love of Elvis' music: StuckOnYouHost.com.

HEATHER GRANT
Controller

Heather has judged Elvis Tribute shows in Brantford, Stouffville and Windsor. Since 1963 Heather and Nevin Grant were inseparable musical companions, leading an exciting life meeting and working with the major Top 40 artists of the day. Heather served as the Circulation Manager of SOUL magazine (a Toronto-based Rhythm & Blues publication) during the mid-Sixties. She also served as a judge of both musical and oratorical competitions. From 1968 through the early Eighties, Heather was CKOC's music contact with Southern Ontario's key record retailers on a weekly basis, collecting the research that formed the logistics of the famous CKOC CHART. Many CKOC staffers refer to Heather affectionately as "The First Lady". She has always been a giant fan of "The King Of Rock n' Roll".

Mary Thombs
Tabulator

Mary is a retired elementary school teacher with the Hamilton District School Board and has developed a computer program to record and identify winners of the ETA competitions, almost immediately after receiving the score sheets from the judges. This has improved the accuracy of the results and reduced the long wait for results that are always a problem with other judging teams. Mary is one of the many reasons that the King's Court is the preferred judging panel for competitions. Mary is also a licensed life insurance representative, available to assist families with their insurance needs.

ECHO STARR PARKER
Associate Judge

Echo Starr Parker is an Elvis fan through and through. She has every song ever recorded by Elvis catalogued and all the songs from the movies, including those that were cut from the movies. She watches or reads about Elvis on a daily basis, making her one of the most well informed judges available. She is on a continual hunt for more Elvis memorabilia, published articles, interviews and trivia. She has even managed to find many items from as far away as Australia that aren’t available at the Graceland web site. Echo has judged in the Collingwood Elvisfest and is married to former CKOC Oldies 1150 personality Dale Parker.






RANDY VANEE
Associate Judge

Associate Judge Randy Vanee is a professional musician with a keen ear for just the right sound. He is also an instructor with a keen desire to help ETAs improve to be the best they can be. He can spot modifications needed to help them and will share it on his evaulations. He is a valuable addition to the King's Court

In Memoriam:

.NEVIN GRANT
Former Vice President

Nevin Grant was a freelance broadcaster, journalist and musician having served as Program and Music Director for OLDIES 1150 CKOC Hamilton for 38 years. He freelanced his “IN TOUCH WITH TODAY AND YESTERDAY” feature for the station. In 2002 Nevin was inducted into Hamilton's "Gallery Of Distinction" and was on the board of the "Canadian Communications Foundation". Nevin also worked as a playwright, having co-written "British Invasion 1 & 2" , "California Dreaming 1 & 2" and “CANADA ROCKS” for Stage West as well as many productions for tribute artists, including "Forever Elvis", "The Life & Times Of Jerry Lee Lewis" and "Elvis-Elvis-Elvis". Nevin was an authority on the music of the 50's, 60's and 70's and judged in Collingwood, Brantford, Windsor and Stouffville Elvisfests.

DOUG HOBBS
Forrmer Associate Judge

Doug Hobbs was an announcer on CKTB 610 in St. Catharines and an oldies expert. He was also a scorekeeper for the Toronto Blue Jays MLB team and did a coast to coast sporting feature on the TSN network. Doug began his performing career as "Dougie the Magician" on the Uncle Bobby TV show on the CTV network. Doug's knowledge of Elvis music was second to none as he could recite the names of all of the musicians on all of the King's recordings and could never be stumped by the so-called experts. We were honoured to have Doug as part of our judging team and his passing was a huge loss to his many fans.

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