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Viva Las Vegas Car by Cherry Club Inc., 2012. As we lead up to Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender 17, 2014 the largest Rockabilly Weekender Party in the world on Easter Weekend in Las Vegas, I wanted to show my audience a lovely bit of coverage with a sweeping overview, and also some up-close brief interviews with artists who appeared at Viva 15. The interviewer? None other than Vegas' own Smokin' Jazz Vocalist and Band Front-Woman Jeanne Brei ( pr: brigh ) of the "Speakeasy Swingers" star-studded multi-piece band.

Please note: Read 2013 preview at  http://www.frankietease.com/2012/09/viva-las-vegas-16-rockabilly-weekend.html by Frankie Tease   Started by organizer Tom Ingram (Long Beach, CA.) Las Vegas has been home to the  Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend  for 14 years, this will be the 15th. A little known fact about Tom, he started as an actor (IMDB.com). For those who have never experienced the pure dose of Mid-Century Americana fashion, music, vintage cars, and Burlesque, this is your chance. The festival will take over the  Orleans Hotel  (previously held at Gold Coast Hotel) from Thursday to Sunday with a very packed agenda leaving no audience members behind, unless they don't have tickets. Some enthusiastic show-goers have had their  four day pass  for up to a year, drawing people from as far as the U.K. and Australia. If you like beauty, booze, or 50's-era American Rock n' Roll music, you'll find it at VLV15. Those who have missed the opportu