The Blue Gate Theater is proud to bring you the Las Vegas-style tribute show "Salute to the Stars". This installment of "Salute to the Stars" includes world-class tributes to Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, & Elvis!
Justin Sullivan as Kenny Rogers
Justin Sullivan grew up in Fairview outside Nashville, Tennessee. He comes from a musical family; in fact his mother and her sisters performed years ago on the Junior Grand Ole Opry. While in junior high, Justin became involved with Southern Gospel music and has sung in several groups.
Justin and his wife Janet were in the Bahamas years ago and went into a Kenny Rogers' Roasters restaurant in Nassau. His wife noticed that people there had stopped what they were doing and stared. When Janet looked around the restaurant, she saw a photo of Kenny Rogers and realized why the customers were looking at Justin so strangely, On a 70s Rock and Romance cruise, he was asked to perform a Kenny Rogers number to an afternoon audience when it was discovered he could sing. Over the years, people continue to stop Justin and ask for his autograph or to take a photo with him.
Justin was contacted by Adam Michaels from Hollywood's Avenue of the Stars who saw him perform on a Christmas show hosted by the Daystar program "In Your Corner". Adam remarked that he had been looking for Justin for months since he has an uncanny resemblance to Kenny Rogers. Justin has prepared a show with some of the best musicians Nashville has to offer, two of the band members have performed with country music legends and toured with Grand Ole Opry members.
Wendy T. as Dolly
Wendy T. hails from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado where her love for Country music began!
She is honored to portray the country legend Reba! Now living in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, she is Country to the Bone!She has done 2 USO tours overseas and has headlined at Legends in Concert for over 20 years in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Branson, Myrtle Beach, and FOXWOODS Casino. Wendy T did a live appearance as Reba in the Dolly parade in Pigeon Forge with the real Dolly. She has recorded in Nashville and performed on The Nashville network.
Wendy T. was also a home shopping host on JTV, Gems TV, and Value Vision. AND has done over ten thousand hours of live television. She sang the national anthem at the National Finals Rodeo in Vegas two years in a row. She has opened for Alan Jackson, the Bellamy Brothers, Garth Brooks, and many more as the lead singer of country band Bear Creek! She's always excited for her next showbiz adventure!
Doug Church as Elvis
Doug Church is an international, multi-award-winning artist who has awed his audiences for years, mesmerizing them with his unique vocal rendition of the 'King of Rock and Roll.' Church has traveled worldwide, performed with Elvis' closest friends, musicians, and original singers.
He joined the famous Las Vegas Tribute Show "Legends in Concert" and worked with them for 10 years as "The King", performing all over the world in such sundry locations as The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, The Virgin Islands, Aruba, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Moscow, and many U.S. and Canadian locations. Church has also performed his own shows in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, Spain, Chile, and Luxembourg.
Throughout his career, Church has written and starred in a series of instructional DVDs called "Sing Like the King". His 4-volume series called "Kingtinued"(singing songs Elvis might have recorded had he not died) sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide.
Most recently, he has taken on a new role as creator/producer of the popular tribute shows "Salute to the Stars", "Salute to the King", (a journey through Elvis' life), and Elvis: Beyond 77.
