That sellout performance soon was followed by his mainstage Berkshire debut, The Rock the Pantry fundraiser at The Colonial Theatre.“ Being onstage for an event this size is something I’ ve never dreamed of,” shares DuCharme.“ It’ s really an honor to have been there.” His momager echoes that sentiment:“ It brought a tear to my eye when he walked out on the Colonial stage to perform for a crowd of 450-plus people.”
The Path Forward
The way DuCharme sees it, the next chapter in his ETA is all about growth and reach. He will perform in an upcoming contest in April in North Carolina— the Viva Las Lexington festival— and he is looking forward to meeting new people and performing on a new stage for a new crowd.
“ I have not gone for competitions farther than New York or Cape Cod, so I’ m looking forward to that,” he says. In July, he plans to return to Turning Stone
in New York at the professional level to get his name out there more and familiarize himself with other ETAs and audiences.
In a perfect world, DuCharme wants to pursue his ETA career to the furthest extent.“ I want to take this everywhere where I can,” he says.“ The aim is keeping the fan base going, bringing new listeners in from my generation, and keeping the music alive.” Closer to home, he will keep producing shows where he controls the experience end to end.“ I want to plan more shows for myself so that people around here can come see me perform more often,” he says.
As DuCharme’ s career continues to blossom, Taglieri is grateful to see the music of Elvis carried on with such passion and to continue to play shows with DuCharme whenever possible.“ This is why Elvis will never die,” says Taglieri.“ When we perform together, you’ ve got a 71-year-old and a 15-year-old singing Elvis together— different generations brought together through the music.” n
To check out more of Jackson DuCharme’ s live performance footage, visit youtube. com /@ jacksonducharmeaselvis.
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