Questionnaire Answers
by Dot Farr
Dot Farr poses with Matt Cage after his Flamobro Racetrack show. Photo Credit: C. MacArthur.
Who is your favourite ETA? Matt Cage.
What makes your favourite ETA so special to you?
He listens to a person and makes them feel special.
What song does your favourite ETA sing better than all other ETAs?
“Love Me Tender”, because it is like he is singing just to me.
What costume does your favourite ETA wear the best?
The peacock jumpsuit.
How far would you travel to see your ETA in concert?
I have been to Windsor and Kingston.
What is your favourite venue where you have seen your ETA perform? Casablanca.
What would you like to know about your favourite ETA, but are afraid to ask?
How did you decide to become an ETA?
My Favourite Memory
by Dot Farr
There are so many great ETA memories. I guess my favourite memory has to be on my 72 birthday when Matt stopped the show for me during Million Dollar Quartet.
Matt Cage wearing Dot’s favourite peacock jumpsuit. Photo supplied by M. Cage.
When Matt was singing “Hound Dog”, he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a red scarf and put it around his neck. He then started walking toward me, and when he got right in front of me he stopped singing and said, “Hi.” I said, “Hi.” Then he asked me if I was enjoying the show, and I answered, “Yes.” Then he said in a voice, “Come here baby.” I walked the 3 steps to the edge of the stage on “jello legs”, and he took the scarf off and wiped his face and under his arms and down his chest then swung it around my neck and pulled me in close to the stage and gave me a hug and kiss on the cheek. My legs were more like water when I went back to my seat and the show continued.
So many ladies asked me if I knew Matt, and of course I said know him and it was my birthday. It was the most memorable moment and the best birthday I have ever had.
Matt Cage performing at the Collingwood Elvis Festival, 2018. Photo Credit: Lori-Anne Crewe, LA Crewe Photography.
Questionnaire Answers
by Autumn Elise
Happily engaged couple, Autmun Elise and ETA Anthony Joseph. Photo Credit: C. MacArthur.
Who is your favourite ETA?
Anthony Joseph Carbone.
What makes your favourite ETA so special to you?
I may be partial because Anthony is my fiancé, but he's been my favorite ETA for much longer than we've been together. I first saw him 10 years ago at the Lake George Elvis Festival when I was 13 and he was 15. I'd never seen an ETA so close to my age before; they were usually at least in their 20s at the very youngest so of course I was intrigued. So he came out on stage and I paid close attention. It was one thing that he was around my age, but even then I was an Elvis snob so if he wasn't good, it wouldn't have mattered if he was my age or not. But then he started to sing and I fell in love. This handsome, talented, young man stole my heart, and it's been his ever since that windy, June afternoon in 2009. It took me a year or two to introduce myself, even then, it was my mother who took the bull by the horns and practically forced me to talk to him because I had been waiting so long. I'd never blushed so bright red in my entire life when he gave me that first CD of his. I still have it, along with everything he's ever given me over the last 10 years, including the box that contained my engagement ring when he proposed to me on stage on my 22nd birthday.
What song does your favourite ETA sing better than all other ETAs?
Cathy Carbone, Anthony Joseph, and Autumn Elise at ETA Anthony Von’s Flamboro show. Photo Credit: C. MacArthur.
“It's Now or Never”/”Love Letters”.
What costume does your favourite ETA wear the best?
His Alpine.
How far would you travel to see your ETA in concert?
So far, I've gone all the way to Calgary, Alberta to watch him perform.
What is your favourite venue where you have seen your ETA perform?
It's cheesy, but the Smithville Legion: where he proposed to me.
What would you like to know about your favourite ETA, but are afraid to ask?
I'm not sure if there's anything left that I'm afraid to ask him.
Anthony Joseph performing at the Flaming Star Elvis Festival, 2017. Photo Credit: Lori-AnneCrewe, LA Crew Photography.
Thank you, Dot and Autumn, for submitting your questionnaire answers and sharing such wonderful birthday stories of special moments with your favourite ETAs. C.M.