January 9, 2009
Bruce A. Bining
SW Iowa News
Elvis is alive. If you don't think so ask Sandy Wulf of Deloit.
Sandy has been an Elvis fan since she was a little girl. She stated, "Elvis has always been in our family".
Sandy has been gathering and collecting Elvis the Pelvis (a name he was called in the 50's) memorabilia for a long time.
Her husband Bob built a special room in their home just to house the items. The centerpiece of the collection is a bigger-than-life size statue of Elvis that her husband Bob got for her birthday. The colorful figure, with a guitar, is flanked on both sides by shelves bulging with collectibles such as a fat and furry pig with sideburns that gyrates and sings, pictures, 45 rpm RCA records, figurines of all sizes and even a duplicate set of Elvis driver licenses.
On the opposite end of the shrine is an actual poster from a performance Elvis gave in New York in 1957, 16x20 or larger framed photographs, and, to the joy of Pez and Elvis collectors, a relatively new set of three Elvis Pez dispensers (that could be called Elvis Pezly dispensers) that show Elvis in different stages of his career. A collectible tin also houses a CD with three old songs such as Hound Dog. The three dispensers show Elvis at an early age, dressed in Army clothes and his flamboyant, white sequined outfit and sun glasses.
Most recently a giant Pez dispenser more a foot tall that dispenses whole packages of the Pez has been added. Elvis sings when the candy is dispensed.
Sandy idolizes Elvis and has the highest regard for him. Sharing her enthusiasm for Elvis, she visits nursing homes around the area and performs and lip syncs the words for the elderly, while dressed in Elvis attire. Of course the shows are all donated to residents wherever she performs.
When Sandy first started performing she always packed lots and lots of scarves to give away during the show, but due to economic crunch she now has everyone register and at the end of the show she pulls the lucky winner's name.
Elvis's birthday was January 8th and all Elvis fans (he still has millions) celebrated the King of Rock and Roll's birth date in their own special ways. You know there will be a lot of singing along with old 45 rpm records, CD's, cassettes and watching one or more of Elvis's 33 movies.
Since Presley's death in 1977 one would believe that his popularity would be dwindling, but that's not the case. It's been flourishing as Elvis records and other collectibles are designed weekly and distributed. Millions of dollars a year for Elvis collectibles have been spent as the years go by. So Elvis is still alive, at least in the minds of the millions of his adoring fans. Most of all Sandy Wulf"s.
Sandy invites anyone interested in seeing her Elvis memorial to stop at her home in Deloit Iowa, which doubles as her business, the Hair Depot, across the street north from the "Oldest Town in Crawford County" sign along Highway 39.
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