Elvis was in the building…
The other night I was performing close-up magic at a private birthday party. I’d finished going around the tables just after the band started up and went in search of the client to check everything was OK before leaving them to it.
I had trouble finding the guest of honour whose 60th birthday it was but spotted his wife moving towards the back of the venue, and she asked me to hold on for a minute or two.
The band finished a song and the singer announced ‘Something special…’, the title theme to 2001 A Space Odessey began and the main man appeared wearing the full white Elvis costume, wig and dark glasses.
He made his way to the stage (guided by a friend, because they weren’t prescription Elvis shades) and went into what can only be described as an ‘act’ - Elvis songs interspersed by some tried and tested gags. And he was pretty good!
You see some strange things in this job…