Saturday 28 May 2022 02:13 PM Cheshire Elvis Presley impersonator will marry Priscilla Presley tribute act trends now
An Elvis Presley impersonator is to marry a Priscilla Presley tribute act after they couldn't help falling in love at a gig.
Lookalike Steve Halliday, 51, got down on one knee on stage at Blackpool during a rendition of If I Can Dream in 2019 to ask Cassandra Fisher who works part-time as Priscilla, to marry him.
The 33-year-old was 'gobsmacked' and could only manage a nod which Steve - who almost lost the ring on stage - told the audience he was taking that as a 'yes'.
This was the same stage in the town's Winter Gardens where he first spotted her in the midst of 2,000 people while performing his Elvis Presley tribute act in 2018.
Their burning love will be on show when they tie the knot on July 29 in Haslington, Cheshire, dressed as themselves.
The newlyweds will then head in costume to Las Vegas - where the real Elvis and Priscilla married in 1967 - to have their union blessed.
Elvis Presley impersonator Steve Halliday (right) is to marry Priscilla Presley (left) Cassandra Fisher tribute act after they couldn't help falling in love at a gig
Lookalikes Steve Halliday and Cassandra Fisher met at a show in Blackpool, in 2018. Steve, 51, then proposed on the same stage in the town's Winter Gardens exactly a year later
And the rock and roll couple are set to demonstrate their burning love for each other by tying the knot later this year
When he saw his future wife from the stage, Steve says he was so nervous he asked a friend, now the best man, to approach Cassandra on his behalf.
Later he plucked up the courage to ask her on a date, and she said 'yes' - and she's been always on his mind ever since.
'It was love at first sight,' said Steve. 'She looked so pretty.'
'It was a bit frightening in a way,' Cassandra added, 'because I felt something so strong so quickly.'
A year later Steve called Cassandra onto the stage just before his last song - If I Can Dream - and got down on one knee.
Speechless Cassandra managed a nod and he turned to the audience and said, 'I think that's a yes'.
Petrified Steve explained he was scrabbling around behind his guitar amp where the diamond ring had fallen while also trying to look cool.
Cassandra said: 'Suddenly he's on one knee and I'm so gobsmacked I'm nearly on the floor.'
Steve and Cassandra's wedding was originally planned for 2021 but got delayed because of the pandemic.
After they get their nuptials blessed and have a guided tour of Vegas, the couple will go on honeymoon to Beverly Hills and San Francisco, finishing in Elvis' beloved Hawaii.
Steve says he was so nervous when he first spotted Cassandra he asked a friend, now the best man, to approach her on his behalf
American singer and musician Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu (nee Wagner) at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on 1st May 1967 (left). Steve and Cassandra's wedding was originally planned for 2021 but got delayed because of the pandemic. The impersonator couple are both pictured (on right) in clothes eerily similar to the ones the couple wore all those years ago
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