THERE HAVE BEEN ELVIS
SIGHTINGS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
NOT LIKE THE ONE THAT TOOK
PLACE IN THE BAY AREA NEARLY 60
YEARS AGO.
THAT IS WHEN THE KING MET THE
MERMAIDS.
JEN HOLLOWAY JOINS US NOW WITH
MORE.
JULY 30, 1961, A DAY THAT
WILL FOREVER BE A PART OF
HERNANDO COUNTY HISTORY .
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ELVIS PRESLEY CAME TO WEEKI
WACHEE.
HE COULD HAVE GONE ANYWHERE BUT
HE CAME TO WEEKI WACHEE.
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Reporter: IT IS AN EVENT
THAT ARE ABOUT 3000 SCREAMING
FANS.
ONE YOUNG GIRL WASN'T THERE
JUST BECAUSE OF THE KING, SHE
WAS PUTTING ON HER SUIT AND
SLIDING INTO A FISHTAIL.
GETTING READY TO PERFORM FOR
ELVIS.
MEET VICKI SMITH.
SHE WAS THERE JULY 30 GETTING
READY TO PERFORM FOR ELVIS.
MEET VICKI SMITH.
SHE WAS THERE JULY 30, 1961.
HE WAS SO GOOD LOOKING. HE
WAS THIS TOTAL ULTIMATE
SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN AND LET EACH
ONE OF US COME UP AND HE
PRESENTED TO US HIS LATEST LP.
HE SIGNED MINE WARMEST WISHES
TO VICKI, ELVIS PRESLEY.
Reporter: DON'T THINK THIS
LADY HAS HUNG UP HER MERMAID
TAIL.
SHE IS WEEKI WACHEE'S OLDEST
LIVING PERFORMER.
I ALWAYS TELL THE AUDIENCE
BEFORE EACH SHOW THAT I DID SWIM
FOR ELVIS PRESSLEY AND HE WAS
SO CUTE.
BUT SO WAS I IN 1961.
WHAT A GREAT LADY.
ELVIS WAS IN THE AREA FILMING
THE MOVIE FOLLOW THAT DREAM.
IT HAPPENED AT THE OLD CITRUS
COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
