The Corbett Fun Fest Committee has built a new web site. You can now visit their new web site by selecting here! It has been my pleasure to be involved with this event and I wish the Fun Fest Committee the best moving forward. – Mindy Schmidt.
* Thank you Big Bear ( Phil DuFresne ), Judy and family for all the hours and love you have given to the Corbett Community and Fun Fest. Without you, this event would never be what it is today!
** For the past several years the logo and graphics for the Corbett Fun Fest have been courtesy of a gazillion hours of one very hard working and talented Lisa Noreen. Thank you Lisa for all your time and efforts making the Corbett Fun Fest such a well packaged and professionally presented event!
*** Thanks to all those that came before to lay the foundation to what the Fun Fest has become today and best wishes and hopes for the Corbett Fun Fest in the future.
The Corbett Fun Festival has booked the 26 year old Justin Shandor, winner of the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest! This is a Graceland-sanctioned competition. ” The 26-year-old Shandor, who grew up in Detroit, has been doing his Elvis act for 10 years, although his exposure started earlier. “My father used to tell me when I was a little boy, ‘Hey man, comb your hair like Elvis, you should do Elvis,’ and I was like 10, 11 years old. I said, ‘Aw, Dad, you’re crazy. I don’t look like Elvis, I can’t do Elvis, Elvis is too cool.’” But Shandor kept the look — he was teased in high school for looking like Elvis (much like Elvis having been teased at Humes High for looking like Elvis). And he kept up the interest in Elvis’ music. [ Read the whole article here! ] …
Check back for details closer to the fourth of July for performance times!
To find out more about Justin Shandor ( Elvis ) please select here!
East bound traffic will be closed on the Historic Columbia River Highway from the Stark Street Bridge at 10:00 am. It will be closed during the parade, which starts at 11:00 in Springdale.