Marty Edwards returns to the Backstage Capitol Theatre performing a Kenny Rogers Christmas Show. The first of two performances sold out in a matter of days, tickets are still on sale for the 2nd performance at Delhi Photo & Frame.
It has been, the endless entertainment season, with a swarm on national, overseas shows and a parade of “Kenny Rogers” and “Kenny and Dolly” tribute shows.
Since leaving the real estate business a couple of years ago to perform full time, show demand has been on the rise. Marty Edwards who does “Kinda Kenny” - The #1 Tribute to Kenny Rogers, is thrilled. Last January Marty spent a month performing in Mazatlan, Mexico and with “Ed Sullivan” (Larry Merchison) joining him on stage, they produced the most sold out shows for the venue to date. Following Mexico, Marty traveled to Arizona where he worked the Casinos until the end of February.
Marty has spent a number of months working the Ontario market introducing “Kinda Kenny” and his Kenny Rogers Tribute to Eastern Canada agents. With his reputation preceding him he performed in a number of eastern cities and has quickly become very well known, so much so that he will be heading back in the spring for a “Kenny and Dolly” tour. While the agents were promoting him in Ontario he was also busy flying to and from many of the two to three day shows outside Ontario including 3 cities in the Okanagan, Atlantic City, Michigan, Spokane, Vancouver Island, Orlando and several other cities.
Working with a top Las Vegas “Dolly” tribute artist, Marty has taken his show to a new level. The “Kenny and Dolly -Together Again” tribute show toured Ireland last year and this year has taken them to Australia for a tour during May and June. With the huge success they had "Downunder", they were asked to return to Australia with the “Kenny and Dolly Christmas Show” and are currently working another 6-week tour there that ends on Dec 7th.
After resting up for a few weeks, the next performance for Marty is a return to Mazatland, Mexico, followed by more shows in Arizona and wrapping this tour up March 18th 2010.
With inquiries from Singapore and South Africa, Marty looks forward to adding two more exciting venues to his experiences.
“I (Marty) was working a deal for a South Africa/Denmark & also a Singapore tour this winter, but due to time constraints, those tours did not come through this year. We will now be working to hopefully perform these tours for sometime next year. I am excited and would love to add these to my portfolio having so far performed coast to coast through Canada and the USA, Malaysia, Australia, Mexico, England and Ireland. What a great opportunity Kenny Rogers has given me!”
I guess you can say that Marty Edwards is living his childhood dream. In 1998, an innocent comment from a studio producer, (i)Have you ever thought of doing a Kenny Rogers impersonation?(/i) was the impetus to kick-start Marty’s amazing second career in the music industry. Marty took the chance and his awesome tribute to Kenny Rogers has now taken him international, to places he never dreamed he would visit.(color=#ff000) Visit www.kindakenny.com(/color)
