Festival Weekend August 27th-August 29th, 2010
	Joan Minnery Festival Director Grand Poobah and the driving force behind Memphis Motion!!! Joan is known as the Elvis Lady; the big lady with the big voice and the indomitable spirit of goodwill. Originally hitting the spotlight as a dancer and then as an award winning female Elvis Impersonator; Joan has evolved into the effervescent champion of the performing arts and one of the most popular entertainers in the City. With more than 28 years of stage experience behind her and an impressively long musical resume, Brantford's Rock and Roll Diva owns the centre spotlight. Whether she's belting out rock and roll or crooning ballads; Joan's powerful pipes, matched with her comical antics on stage and an innate ability to work a room like nobody's business, has allowed Joan the honor of entertaining more than 600,000 people in Canada, U.S. & the Caribbean. She has the ability to sing anything: Rock, Disco, Country, Pop, Broadway, Standards, Blues, Jazz - nothing stops her. Joan LIVES to perform, she LOVES to Rock and it shows!!! And not only can this girl sing, she can also dance rings around most girls half her age. While her main love is definitely Rock n Roll, the softer ballads ooze out of Joan with tenderness. She has a repertoire of more than 800 songs. On occasion, Joan also takes on her award-winning and vocally haunting salute to Janis Joplin. Me and Bobby McGee and Piece of My Heat are amazing. The single mother of 17 year old BJ, is definitely one busy little lady. She also directs the Rock of Ages Festival, Brantford Cabaret, Starr Sensations Children's Choir, Brantford Idol Contest and manages her son's rock band; Rough Justice. Joan is constantly producing some kind of charitable fundraiser or involved in organizing a major entertainment showcase of goodwill, she's like the energizer bunny. Joan dedicates ALL of her performances to the memory of her eldest brother John, the WIND beneath her wings. In Joan's Words "I'm having more fun than one person should be allowed to have!"