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Older Iowans compete in talent show at Iowa State Fair (audio and video)

August 18, 2011 By Matt Kelley

Wednesday was “Older Iowans Day” at the Iowa State Fair and several such citizens showed off their talents.

Listen to report from Radio Iowa’s Pat Curtis: Older Iowan Idol :65 mp3

Bruce Buttel of Centerville was the first performer at the fair’s “Older Iowan Idol” competition. The 63-year-old Elvis impersonator, on the hottest day of the fair, was dressed in an all black jump suit with a wig and sunglasses. Before he broke into his version of “Jailhouse Rock,” Buttel had a request for the audience. “If I drop dead, please, will the most attractive woman here come give me mouth-to-mouth?”

Buttel survived and took home the blue ribbon and a $100 prize. “I’ve been doing this, off and on, all my life since I was in high school,” Buttel told Radio Iowa. “I didn’t always have the outfits, but always doing Elvis routines. My older sister was a big fan and I fell into it. I like the guy’s music and it’s fun, this is just fun.”

Buttel had some stiff competition from the likes of Geraldine Tait. The 71-year-old from Humeston sang something called “The Chicken Song,” complete with barnyard clucking. Seventy-nine-year-old Robert Endrulat of Murray, who uses the stage name “Cowboy Bob,” yodeled and played guitar while his friend Bob Staats of Creston kept the beat with his hand-carved wooden spoons.

Pictures and audio from “Older Iowan Idol” 2011:

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