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Meet Aaron Wong, Elvis tribute artist as photographer John Lehmann takes you inside the Penticton Elvis Festival

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Just don't call Aaron Wong an impersonator. While an illustrator and graphic designer by day, by night Mr. Wong channels Elvis Aaron Presley as an Elvis tribute artist. "I've been an Elvis fan since I was three years old," he recalls, "and in high school I even had a bad pompadour … its amazing I didn't get beaten up." The worst part about being an ETA, Mr. Wong says, is "unless you [use] a wig, you have to have the long Elvis hair." He can spend up to 45 minutes before a show getting his hair ready. But the best part of the show? The fans, and "seeing them from the stage and seeing the excitement in the their eyes."

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