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Justin Shandor performing as Elvis in a white jumpsuit on the MusicFest stage

MusicFest 2016 poster: Justin Shandor, World's Ultimate Elvis, with Vincent Ingala on drums, Saturday, June 18, Palace Theater

More Info & Tickets HERE

Justin Shandor singing as Elvis

With Headliner Justin Shandor the Ultimate 2010 Elvis Champion by Elvis Presley Enterprises

Featuring Vincent Ingala on Drums!

Fans will also be able to meet Mother Dolores Hart from the Abbey of Regina Laudis, the former actress who gave Elvis his first "on screen" kiss, as she signs copies of her book “The Ear of the Heart.”

Cover of The Ear of the Heart by Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B., and Richard DeNeut

Honoring Dr. Julie Gershon, Breast Radiologist from Avon, CT with the Champion of Exposing the Secret Award and Jan P. Kritzman, Breast Health Patient Advocate of Newington CT with the Esther Award 'For Such a Time as This."

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Auction/Raffle/Phenomenal Entertainment by The Royal Kings - Playing our favorite hits from the 50's and 60's.

Supporting the global mission of Are You Dense Inc. and its impact to reduce missed, delayed and advanced -stage cancers

Justin Shandor "Elvis" with David Letterman

Dr. Nancy Cappello who was in Las Vegas to keynote the National Coalition of Breast Centers National Conference met up with Justin at Harrah's before he went onstage to play Elvis in the smashing hit "Million Dollar Quartet."

Dr. Cappello and Justin Shandor in a Million Dollar Quartet souvenir photo

Dr. Cappello and Justin Shandor beside a Million Dollar Quartet poster at Harrah's Las Vegas

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Are You Dense? Fact #1: Breast density is one of the strongest predictors of the failure of mammography screening to detect cancer.

Are You Dense? Fact #2: Two-thirds of pre-menopausal women and 40% of post-menopausal women have dense breast tissue.

Are You Dense? Fact #3: Adding more sensitive tests to mammography significantly increase detection of invasive cancers that are small and node negative.

Are You Dense? Fact #4: American College of Radiology describes women with "Dense Breast Tissue" as having a higher than average risk of Breast Cancer.

Are You Dense? Fact #5: While a mammogram detects 98% of cancers in women with fatty breasts, it finds only 48% in women with dense breasts.

Are You Dense? Fact #6: A woman at average risk and a woman at high risk have an EQUAL chance of having their cancer masked by mammogram.

Are You Dense? Fact #7: Women with dense breasts who had breast cancer have a four times higher risk of recurrence than women with less-dense breasts.

Are You Dense? Fact #8: A substantial proportion of Breast Cancer can be attributed to high breast density alone.

Are You Dense? Fact #9: Cancer turns up five times more often in women with extremely dense breasts than those with the most fatty tissue.

Are You Dense? Fact #10: There are too many women who are unaware of their breast density, believe their “Happy Gram” when it reports no significant findings and are at risk of receiving a later stage cancer diagnosis.