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"ELVIS" GIANT LAWN MOWED PICTURE
Elvis appears in New York field An artist has mown a giant portrait of Elvis into a hang-gliding field to mark the 25th anniversary of his death. Elvis died the day Roger Baker celebrated his 24th birthday on August 16, 1977. The artist and four helpers took a month to create the image using traditional mowing techniques on a 50-acre piece of land in Ellenville, New York state. Mr Baker, who's 49 today, told the Poughkeepsie Journal: "I've always been somewhat of an Elvis fan." He recalls getting tickets to a concert in 1977 that neither he, nor Elvis, were able to attend. "That sort of clinched the decision to who I would put into the field,'' he said. Partners Tom Mackey, Chris Flueck, Joe Noval and Steve Israel helped Mr Baker mow a massive profile of Elvis clutching a microphone into the field. The paper reports his first mowing endeavour was a 25-acre Statue of Liberty design at the same site to mark the Millennium. Elvis Presley's daughter and her mother secretly visited Graceland in the early hours of the morning. A Graceland representative said Lisa Marie Presley, her new husband, Nicolas Cage, and mother Priscilla Presley arrived after midnight to witness an estimated 35,000 fans in candlelit procession. It was the largest gathering outside the mansion in Memphis, Tennessee, since Elvis died. 
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