Team

Barb Steinbach – Organizer

Co-Creator and owner of the World Famous Elvis Room.
“Barb Blurb“

When he is not wistfully reminiscing about all the amazing bands he saw at the Elvis Room he works as a freelance designer.

“I love the Elvis Room and want to help preserve its important legacy. When I reflect on what made the Elvis Room such a unique experience is that it was freakishly different from anything else on the seacoast. It had that 90s alternative luster without trying too hard. For a 16-year-old trying to find himself, it was just ‘dangerous’ enough—in truth, it was actually a very safe and welcoming environment. It gave a lot of us wide-eyed kids their first look at a local and national music scene that went beyond radio and MTV. The music also reflected the great variety of musical genres that flourished in the 90s and on the seacoast. Alternative, Punk, Ska, Surf, Hardcore, Folk, Rockabilly, Funk—it was there at Elvis Room, seven nights a week.”

Curt Schulz – Organizer

Mike Sanborn – Master Printer

Mike is an amateur photographer, amateur musician, and professional coffee drinker.
“The Elvis Room boils down to this, music and people. I felt at home at The Elvis Room and all the other people, who I didn’t know, who also felt like it was their space. Plus there was Coffee and Music.
I am grateful I was able to be a part of it.”

Denise Wheeler came to the Seacoast in 1991 as the arts editor for the local daily paper and has been deeply involved in the music scene ever since, working with Dawn-Marie on several articles. As a longtime Portsmouth Halloween Parade volunteer, she has co-produced multiple Rock Show fundraisers with Tim McCoy, pictured above, and, as a  childhood hunger relief advocate, helped raise well over $1 million locally for the cause.  Her favorite Elvis Room memories are seeing The Donnas and Elvez.

Denise Wheeler – press & adviser

Fran Horvath – Journal Archiver

Fran was more than just another patron at the Elvis Room.  When the lights went off for the night at the Elvis Room, Fran and her husband would often feed and host many of the homeless teenagers at her home.

“The Elvis Room was the place that filled a maternal void in me. There were many nights I found myself giving someone a ride home or refuge at our house for a night or two. Many have stayed in my life and I would call them family. That’s what the Elvis Room was, and still is.”