The Official Melvis Fan Club now has a group on the popular social networking site Facebook! There are currently over 30 members in the group and we are adding more all the time. Search out Melvis on Facebook and join right away!!
February 15, 2009
September 30, 2008
MelvisFan.com Updated!
Welcome
to the new and improved online home for the Official Melvis Fan Club. Longtime fans will notice a new, contemporary design, updated features, and content that’s easy to find. We hope that this revised website meets the needs of all the Melvis fans out there.
What happened to the old blog?
If you’re wondering , it is no longer in existence. We were receiving over 50 pieces of spam on a daily basis. Near the end the spam made it impossible to update the site. In an effort to upgrade to a more secure version of software, a majority of the old posts were lost. Rather than resuscitate the old version, we decided to press forward and make a new, bold website that puts the content right up front.
What’s different?
1. A clean, new design that borrows some elements from the old site and updates them.
2. Pages that are better organized and easily navigated so you can find what you want.
3. Comments are no longer available. It’s what ultimately led to the death of the old website.
4. More Melvis! Updates will happen more often with a new administrator interface.
We hope you enjoy the new version of MelvisFan.com!
May 23, 2005
MFC Celebrates Armed Forces Day with Wine, Muppets
To celebrate Melvis’s time of service in the military the Melvis Fan
Club chose Armed Forces Day to tour the beautiful Lynfred Winery in
Roselle, Illinois. It was a day of fun filled Activities put together
by the MFC Event Coordinator, Christie. Following a tour of the
quaint winery, which was founded in 1979 by Lynn and Fred Koehler, the
fan club went to the Event Coordinator’s home where they created
home-made pizzas and watched “the Muppets Wizard of Oz”. Later in the
evening they headed out to Hoffman Lanes to experience another
spectacular performance by the Melvis and to dance to yours truly’s
rendition of Dead or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like a Record).
“I’m enjoying my role as Event Coordinator and I believe the first MFC
outing was fabulous” said Event Coordinator Christie of the days
activities. “I’m glad to see that Christie is taking her role as
Event Coordinator so seriously” said Barb before touring the ivy
covered winery. The MFC members in attendance would like to thank a
random passerby for taking the picture of them in front of the winery
sign and to thank Christie’s stove for being the perfect height to set
the camera on in the absence of a tripod.
Regretfully, the Melvis was unable to attend the winery tour because
he was unable to find the correct location. Had this been a tour of
the Budweiser or Miller brewery instead of a winery though, this
reporter is confident that the Melvis would have been able to sniff
out the location.
The Lynfred winery is located at:
15 S. Roselle Road
Roselle, IL 60172 USA
and can be reached by calling (630) 529-WINE or visit them on the web
at: http://www.lynfredwinery.com/
~JamesJaz
Winery Picture from Left to Right: Minister of Defense – Barb,
Cultural Liaison – Donna, Person without a Title – Betty, Event
Coordinator – Christie, Sergeant at Arms – Jen, and Union
Representative – JamesJaz.
Kitchen Picture from Left to Right: Union Representative – JamesJaz,
Cultural Liaison – Donna, Person without a Title – Betty, Sergeant at
Arms – Jen, Minister of Defense – Barb, and Event Coordinator -
Christie.
April 23, 2005
Melvis Fan Club Expands – Nashville
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate our newest chapter added with the signing of the Nashville Charter! The lovely people of Nashville have been working tirelessly to attain this level of recognition. It was a seven step process that included community outreach, maintaining detailed alcohol consumption logs, and a karaoke challenge.
Upon successful completion of the process, the Nashville hopefuls sent delegates to the shrine of Melvisdom, the Fabulous Hoffman Lanes. It was in this inner sanctum that the delegates were able to experience the Melvis firsthand. The magical evening concluded with the signing of the Nashville Charter, which officially recognized this branch of Melvisfans.
And, to officially seal the charter, one more important step needed to be taken. Much like the nautical community christening a boat with champagne, the delegates were christened with a kiss from the legend himself.
Congratulations to the new members of the Nashville Chapter of the Official Melvis Fan Club. We wish you continued success in all your Melvis endeavors.
April 10, 2005
Detroit News from James Jaz
Sorry for the non-updates. I’ve been drunk the past week and unable to see my monitor through the beer goggles, making it impossible to add articles. Feeling much better now. We have an update from Union Rep James Jaz about his recent business trip to Detroit.
Your Union Rep is hard at work trying to get the people of Detroit
exposed to the man – the myth – the legend – the Melvis!1) on Day one I drove into a gang fight. I turned on Melvis at full
volume and stopped the turf war as they all froze and were hypnotized
by Melvis’s melodic voice. Apparently though it wasn’t loud enough,
because they started shooting at me after 10 seconds because I
couldn’t turn the volume up any further.2) I was playing “My Way” for some kids while stopped at a light (they
were really getting into it) and they ran off after the song. As the
light turned green I tried to accelerate, but the car wouldn’t budge.
Someone had stolen my tires right out from under me! It must have
been someone training for a NASCAR pit crew! I wonder if the kids saw
who did it?Sincerely,
James Jaz
Union Rep – Melvis Fan Club
There you have it. I have a bunch of content to post, but I need to save some of it for after this week’s podcast.
March 25, 2005
“My Way” Detroit chapter
There were several individuals in the crowd last night from the Detroit chapter of the Melvis Fan Club. Mel put on quite a show for them, pulling out all the stops. In a rare move he invited the VIPs onstage for his traditional closing number, “My Way”, and had them sing along. Despite their vocal enthusiasm, I think you would agree that Melvis’ voice clearly shines through them like a bluejay among pigeons. A robin among crows? A parrot among vultures? I don’t know, it’s late.
March 19, 2005
The Melvis Interview, Pt. 3
This is the third and final installment of the February 23 talk I had with Melvis. Sorry it took so long, but it was worth the wait.
Here we have Mel discussing how he puts his passion into his music, emotions, his thoughts on Frank Sinatra, and his high school entertainment experiences that shaped him into the great performer he is today.
Tell me this: what guy you know who’s 60 years old could do what the f@#% I can do onstage? Not many.
So there you have it. I have other interview material that will be archived until it’s needed in the future.
