(YES.....ALL 15 YEARS OF IT!!!!!!!!!)
"I can't even remember when I started to like music! It's just always been a part of my life, from the time that I sat in my "high-chair", where I used to beat out the rhythm with 2 wooden spoons that my late Grandmother gave me whilst she used to play the piano! I BET I MUST HAVE MADE A RACKET EVEN THEN!
My first "LIVE SINGING PERFORMANCE" was at my cousin's First Holy Communion Party........I WAS TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLD!( singing one of Daniel O'Donnell's songs!!). I have been learning to play the piano since I was 7 years old, I also play the Accordion, Violin and Guitar.
I BET THAT YOU ARE ALL WONDERING ..."HOW DID HE GET IN TO ELVIS""????????????
WELL......One day, my Mam went out to buy the "ELVIS NO:1" CD (as she had been a fan since she was young.) I started listening to it (the very first song that I ever listened to was "RETURN TO SENDER".......I was so drawn to his voice and just knew that I wanted to sing his songs......I just had to learn more about this person that had been called "THE KING OF ROCK 'N ROLL"!!..................... and guess what??????- "SINCE THAT DAY!!!SHE AIN'T SEEN HER C.D!"
The next step was when my class-mates nominated me to sing in a school concert as "ELVIS!" ....."NOT" because they had heard me sing but because of "THE QUIFF"( I've had it ever since I can remember!)
Then last year my Mam heard about The "ELVIES" .... Search for a "YOUNG ELVIS"...she contacted them and I went with her to Porthcawl for an Audition!...I was very nervous at first! but all the people were so nice and friendly. I couldn't believe it when I was told that I was going to be awarded "THE ELVIES..BEST YOUNG ELVIS 2004.....Getting to be a part of one of the best Elvis Conventions in
I've got to meet so many new people, it's as though "ELVIS" has brought me a "whole new family!!" "WHEREVER YOU ARE NOW ELVIS, THANK YOU MAN!!!!" My "DREAM" is to continue and improve as an "ELVIS TRIBUTE ACT" one that HE would be proud of!!! and to continue introducing his music to more and more people of ALL AGES! "HEY.MAYBE I'LL HIT VEGAS ONE DAY!"
Jamie McDonnell-Roberts
A.K.A "JELVIS"
