Wednesday,
15 January 2025
Easy Come Easy Go troupe stands out in a crowd

Walking through the crowds at the Parkes Elvis Festival, you couldn't miss spotting this 'Easy Come Easy Go' troupe.

These Elvis fans have been attending the festival ranging from two to five years, and while they might be considered relatively newcomers in the eyes of the event's veterans, this group has immediately jumped on board the costume train.

This year's theme for the 32nd festival was Easy Come Easy Go.

Like others who get involved in the dressing up culture of the festival, they had a new outfit planned for each of the five days.

Those who tuned-in to the morning breakfast shows on television on Thursday when the Elvis Express left Central Station in Sydney, knew who this group was prior to their arrival in Parkes that afternoon.

They come from Canberra, Bendigo and Adelaide.

"We spend a year planning the outfits," said Wendy Holland from Bendigo.

"We like to keep with the theme."

And indeed they did with their white dresses and shirts with blue lettering and blue wigs they were wearing when they stepped off the Elvis Express.

Wendy said these Easy Come Easy Go outfits, while appearing simple, took the longest to make because of the lettering.

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Their outfits for the remaining days included sailors, two types of hippy costumes and a music outfit.

Wendy said the idea of attending the Parkes Elvis Festival sounded like fun and even in the short time they've been coming they've noticed it has "really grown" since their first year.

"It was myself, two dogs and a cat at the train station when we first came," joked Brad Hansen of Canberra, describing the growth in numbers at the Parkes Train Station for the Elvis Express.