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(Above) Cheque presentation to Helen & Douglas House at our annual dance in November 2011 LAST UPDATED 23rd May Welcome to the official website for the Elvis Presley Fan Club, Oxford Branch, founded in 1977. ------------------------------------------------------ TO JOIN OUR MAILING LIST OR CONTACT US elvisoxford@hotmail.com We are registered and recognised by Graceland as an official Elvis Presley Fan Club. We come from all walks of life in and around Oxford. We meet socially about once a month and some of our members attend Elvis functions both in the UK and America. We also raise money for local charities, although there is no obligation for any member to do this. ---------------------------------------------------- WE NOW HAVE AVAILABLE A DVD ABOUT OUR CHARITY FUNDRAISING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT PLEASE EMAIL. WE WOULD, HOWEVER, HAVE TO ASK FOR ITS RETURN IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR COSTS DOWN. ------------------------------------------------------ Lisa Marie has a new CD out, "Storm and Grace". See national news page for info. ------------------------------------------------------- New radio show - 'Caught in the Trap' with Kenny Stewarts starting on Thursday 15th April 8 - 9pm and then every other Thursday. Lachefm.org.uk Linking up with radio station in Memphis - really wants phone calls for record requests on 01244 675820 Chatting with George Klein and interview with James Burton. Note - you may have to unblock pop-ups. ---------------------------------------------- Oxford Mail article Jan 18th. Judging from the amount of phone calls & emails I've received it seems a lot of people are upset or confused by the article in The Oxford Mail on Jan 18th featuring Anthony Warwick " the last Elvis fan in the fan club " Obviously this is not true! I have both visited the office & spoken to them on the phone, they in fairness printed the article in good faith & had no reason to doubt what they had been told. They are now fully aware & accept that they should have done a bit of checking, even their own records would have brought us up as the Oxford club & it was only in August that they last asked me to write something for them! To clear things up, Mr warwick & his mother were branch members for a short period of time many years ago, if Mrs Warwick was well enough they came to meetings, on the coach to Conventions with us & occasionally the dance. Mrs Warwick was never in the best of health & eventually they stopped coming but she continued to collect jumble for our sales which I collected from their home & I always notified them of events & trips. She sadly died about two years ago but always was an Elvis fan. Anthony has twice before tried to start a new club in the area, the last time even using our name. I explained to him that he couldn't do that as we are part of the OEPFC & are registered & listed with Graceland, that he would have to come up with something original, he agreed but unable to think of anything I tried to help him by suggesting he used the name of his favourite film or song, hence the Jailhouse Rock club. Hopefully people attending the event advertised by him will not confuse it with our organisation but to be sure please take the following statement as a disclaimer. The Oxford Branch of The Elvis Presley Fan Club has no connection whatsoever with another group calling themselves The Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley Fan Club. We have not in any way been involved with the organisation or promoting of any events being run by Mr Anthony Warwick. Jenny de Fraine - Branch Leader. ------------------------------------------------------------ Some comments received after our annual dance in November: 'Thanks for a lovely evening on Saturday, I really enjoyed it. Thanks for all your hard work this year- you've done a brilliant job and we're so grateful for your donations' - Helen, fundraising co-ordinator at Helen & Douglas House. 'Thanks for a great night last night love pete' 'Thanks for a great dance again - I enjoyed it as always, Will all be back' - Tracey 'Great night on Saturday - lovely atmosphere and Billy and the boys never fail to do well. Think we've been coming for over 20 years now - here's to another 20! Keep up the good work in all senses.' - Jan ---------------------------------------------------------- Copied below - part of a letter received, after the dance 2011, from Helen Cordiner, Fundraising Administrator at Helen & Douglas House: Dear Jenny, Thank you for once again inviting me to the annual dance. As always it was a lovely evening and fantastic to see that it was a total sell out. Billy really gives a wonderful performance and it was obvious everyone enjoyed it. I can't thank the Elvis Presley Fan Club enough for donating not only £500 to cover the cost of upgrading the music equipment in our Sensory Rooms, but also a cash donation of £3000. Thank you for all the hard work and commitment you show for Helen & Douglas House. Your support is invaluable to us. ----------------------------------------------------- National Fan Club - new address is PO Box 3456, Cheadle, Staffs, ST10 9BG Phone 0844 8006881 Fax 01538 722944 Lots of other Elvis sites can be found at www.elvisdirectory.co.uk For all the news on the TCB Band go to http://www.tcbfanclub.com/ ----------------------------------------------- ELVIS' HOUSE IS FALLING DOWN Elvis' Circle G Ranch House in Horn Lake Mississippi is falling into ruin. Fans from all over the world are coming together to support the 'Friends of Elvis - Save the Circle G Campaign THEY NEED YOU TO JOIN THEM. This significent piece of Elvis history will be lost forever if something isn't done, and done quickly! Visit the 'Friends of Elvis - Save the Circle G Campaign' facebook page. Contact them by email - friendsofcircleg@talktalk.net --------------------------------------------------------- Branch member Vanessa Southam hand makes beautiful individual Elvis greetings cards, and will make special cards to order. Email: ness.-lynne_@tiscali.co.uk 01295 266412 ---------------------------------------------------- Visiting Memphis. If you want a really reliable fun trip while there, call JJ on (901) 4284854 Last Minute Transportation. John is a fountain of knowledge on Elvis, Memphis and Tupelo. Several of us have had a great time driving with him. Also Faye Savage on (901) 857-3436. Royal Transportation. Again, Faye is a lovely lady, reliable and will get you where you want to be in comfort and safety. Please mention us if you book either of these. ------------------------------------------------------- OUR VERY GOOD FRIEND DAVE BARNSDALE HAS GENEROUSLY DONATED HIS ENTIRE VINYL RECORD COLLECTION TO US TO RAISE MONEY FOR DOUGLAS HOUSE RESPICE. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DETAILS AND HELP US RAISE MONEY FOR THIS VERY WORTHY CAUSE ------------------------------------- We would like to thank the following companies for donating prizes for our fundraising during 2012 The Inverse Label, E & R Goff Newsagent Abingdon We would like to thank the following companies for donating prizes for our fundraising during 2011 including prizes for our grand draw 2011 which was drawn at our dance on 19th November. Pret a Manger, Peacocks, E & R Goff Newsagent Abingdon, Homegoods Oxford, The Inverse Label, Oxford Spires Four Pillars Hotel, Wembley Arena, Noel Coward Theatre in London, Snakes & Ladders in Abingdon, Tesco in Abingdon, Cotswold Wildlife Park, Randolph Hotel, Co-op in Abingdon, Fabulous Flowers in Abingdon, Bookers in Oxford Since 1977 we have raised over £74,000 for charity. The main donations are listed below, but we have also throughout the years supported many Charity appeals. 1977 - 1980 3 pieces of equipment for the cardiac department of the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford 1980 - 2000 £29,000 for the Oxford Childrens heart circle 2001 $100 for the New York disaster fund 2001 - 2011 £28,500 for Douglas House Hospice, Oxford + Popcorn machine ( £550 ) + Juke box ( £750 ) + Midi creator (£1400) + Collection of CD's, DVD's and Playstation games (£600) + Nintendo Wii with games and extras, and more CDs and DVDs (£500) + 3 Playstation consoles with a collection of games (£500) + specialist electrical equipment to help the guests maintain independence (£500) + 8 ipod docks, 6 CD players, 2 heat pads(£750) + new fibreoptic lights for the sensory room (£250) and a selection of CDs, DVDs and CD players (£250) + further electronic equipment for the sensory rooms (£500) 2004 £100 for the Tsunami earthquake appeal 2006 £100 to Cancer Research in memory of Mick Vale We also contribute each Christmas to the annual Graceland Poinsettia Campaign. We have also donated over £320 to date from the collecting tin in E & R Goff Newsagent in Abingdon. Our thanks to them for their support. We are very proud of the money we have raised for charity in memory of Elvis. For 34 years we have attended fetes in & around Oxford with tombolas, lucky dips & items to sell. At these events we are also able to raise the profile of Elvis fans and talk to many people about who we are and what we do. Sadly and with much reluctance we have decided to scale right back on our fundraising. We are all getting older! and the fetes etc are very long and tiring days. We also all have other and new family commitments. This year we will just be attending Witney Carnival on 14th July, always a successful day, in order to hopefully sell out our stock. If this doesn't all go we may attend the Standlake banger racing on the August bank holiday. Any money we do raise at any time will continue to go to Helen & Douglas House Hospice. Every November we hold a dance in Oxford with a live band, and this will continue. This is always a great success and a sell out, so get your tickets early. This includes a raffle and our cheque presentation. Bar is also available (at club prices). To reserve your ticket or for further information please e mail us. *Please note:- due to the popularity of this event and to ensure as many adults as possible are able to attend, we regret that we are unable to admit anybody under the age of 14. Next year's dance - 17th November 2012 - TICKETS CAN BE RESERVED NOW. E mail elvisoxford@hotmail.com In addition to our monthly meetings, usually the first Sunday of the month, but email for details, we have the following events:

Helen and Douglas House Hospice