TIX $35-65
2024 Fall Season presented by: The Niswonger Foundation, Founding Sponsor
JoAnne Wolford • Tom & Julie Burenga • Bruce & Julie Kennedy • Jim & Mary Pope • Van Wert Federal • Superior Credit Union
From his early days growing up in the high desert of Lancaster, California, to stages across the globe, Dean Z has shown time and again that he is one of the very best entertainers in the music business today. When Dean was a toddler he saw the documentary “This Is Elvis” on TV. He immediately jumped up on the coffee table and started to imitate Presley’s every move. Not long after, Dean’s mother made his first Elvis jump suit and he was on his way. At the age of 17, after performing in several shows of his own, Dean took off for the bright light city of Las Vegas. He soon earned a spot with the World’s Greatest Live Tribute Show, Legends in Concert. In 2007 he moved to headlining the show in Branson, Missouri. Dean won the title of Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist sanctioned by Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc in 2013. The Ultimate Elvis® Tribute Artist Contest™ involves hundreds of Elvis tribute artists competing in events around the world for an invitation to the finals in Memphis. Since becoming a world champion he has received the coveted Heart Of The King Award in Las Vegas at the former Las Vegas Hilton, the same stage Elvis himself performed over 700 shows during the 1970s. He also fulfilled a childhood dream of performing a Las Vegas residency for Legends In Concert at the Flamingo Hotel and Casino. Dean also had the pleasure of joining the national touring production of “Elvis Lives,” a live musical highlighting Elvis’ career that features world champions from the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest. Other opportunities have included winning the 2017 Elvis Tribute Artist of The Year Award in Memphis, TN, and also appearing in a international advertising campaigns for the health technology company Philips, and automobile manufacturer Fiat. He is currently part of the UK’s production, “The Elvis World Tour”, performing in arenas all across the England and Scotland, and stars in his own production in Branson, MO titled “Dean Z – The Ultimate Elvis.”
“I’m very lucky to have the opportunity to perform the greatest music ever made” Dean said in a recent interview for the Las Vegas Review Journal. “I’m so honored to help prolong the legacy of the greatest entertainer to ever grace a stage, Elvis Presley.”
Tickets at https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/34287434/dean-zthe-ultimate-elvis-van-wert-niswonger-performing-arts-center
