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Hey guys!  Pamela here on Mom's computer.  I'm going to try a conference call tonight, so tune in if you can.  Hope you can hear!  Details are in Members.

Hey Pamela, hope you're having a great time, sure sounds like it.
You came in loud and clear both nights, till my stupid phone died..lol
Today I won't even answer it so it'll be good and charged by tonight.
 :hugg

Bev

Hey, Pamela and Momma P!   :wave :wave

Wow, that venue looks beautiful!  Do you have good seats?  Have fun tonight, you two!  Don't think I'll make the conference cert tonight.  5AM comes mighty early.

HEY Yall BROKENWINGS (MONICA) IS GOING TO THE CONCERT :shappy just to let y'all know!

Hello everyone,

I was just got off the phone with Pamela she will be calling for the conferrence call.  This is just a reminder to go to THE MEMBER'S CORNER (http://www.claymaniacs.com/forums/index.php/topic,14522.msg845971.html#new) for the passcode tonight. :smile

Now, I will look around for some interesting tidbits... :wink

Love Ya

Philly

GORGEOUS VENUE!!!


HAVE A BALL  ALL YOU TENNESSEE TICKET HOLDERS.....


Hope to see some of you in FLA....

From the CB

Reported by PSALM 42

Well , I just heard from galbady who has herself a front row seat in Knoxville ! I will be reporting from her on the board , and Sorkid will be reporting for the conference call for everyone ! We will be back-up conference if all else fails !! She just called me and is at the venue now , but we were in the middle of dinner so she is calling me back in about 10 minutes or so ! SO LET'S PARTY ALL KNIGHT GUYS

OK, I have a call now , Gail says people are starting to come in , says a line around the building . Security tight , says no photography of any kind , cell phones seem to be ok though ! Some band members coming out !!  

Uh-oh CLack Police... :para

The Lights just went down.... :slick

Appaluse the begining of Here You Come Again

striped shirt & jeans

Everything I Have... :thud

 :wave Philly,
  Is this building air-conditioned for our guy tonight hopefully?

HEY BEV, :wave

YES, AIR CONDITIONED AND BUG FREE!! :lol

I Want to Know What Love Is

A DUELING CONTEST BETWEEN CLAY AND QUIANNA..

FROM THE CV

On the banter, talking about Asheville and that a bug flew down A's shirt -- and they're still waiting for it to come out!!!!!!!! BWAHHHHHHH!!! 
     
 

When I See You Smile

FROM THE CV

Whatever he is saying is funny...but I cannot understand him...he is talking too fast and it is garbled.

We have 4......? in the front row.

You're 19

Teen-age Male

Lots of audience screaming and clapping! Wish I could hear what he was saying?

I appreciate it

Thank God you always come prepared?

Talking to someone in the audience.

Turn the spotlights off.

Oh My Lord!

Talking to Ethel

Sean McDaniel on Drums

Jesse Vargas on the Piano

Where are the 18 year olds? 4, 5, 6

I'll make a deal, if you promise to scream and clap and enjoy the show, I won't tell people you were here.

His name is Eric?

Aaron Clearwater is at a Clay Aiken show. Did You come with her? Your dating each other. You came to the show for her. Wow! Good Job.

When I See You Smile  

Right Here Waiting :thud

WEST WING THEME SONG..

CLAY IS ASKING SOMEONE TO "C'MERE" :roflmao

LOTS OF LAUGHTER!! :lol

He sounds hilarious tonight, lots of audience banter. Boy that guy can talk non-stop can't he? I can't make out hardly anything he's saying though from my phone. Music is coming in well though.

FROM THE CB

From CB - TV Medley...

Talking to a fan who has been to three shows. Telling her to take the mike and tell everyone what he is going to say next.

Someone spoke up during his spiel and he brought her up front. Asked her how many shows she had been too "3" and asked he to do this spiel, which she did partly!!!  

HE'S SINGING THE BRADY BUNCH AGAIN... :lol

PERFECT STRANGERS...

BEV, LOOKS LIKE IT'S YOU AND ME TONIGHT.. :slick

 :hugg That's okay Philly, we have him all to ourselves! :shappy

Hi yall.

:bigsmile


HEY THERE, WELCOME TO CELLCERT! :hugg

 :wave

FROM THE CV

West Wing Theme

You love it don't you Quiana.

Jesse you like it.

I like it a lot. I watch a lot of TV. That's all I do...sing, sleep, eat and watch TV

Calling someone up from the audience.

What is your name?

Paula?

It took you 4 hours to get from Nashville, did you walk?

This is your third show and you think you are an expert?

Full House

Give her a round of applause.

Quiana would you like to talk about what I talk about.

Can't hear what she is saying, but audience laughing.

You feel better now.

Talking to Quiana

I have an allergy to tree nuts and last time we got a gift of cookies from someone and we had to teach them a lesson, so I went to the hospital, completely fake?

Facts of Life...doing Brady Bunch...audience is singing.

Very nicely done.

TV themes get stuck in your head....AI audition story...Always and Forever...walked in and sang

I'M HEARING ALOT A SCREAMS, CLAY MUST HAD THE SPIRIT OF WEEZIE IN HIM AGAIN!! :roflmao

Is Angela not there tonight?

CLAY MAKING THE GIRLS DO ALL IN THE FAMILY AGAIN.. :lol

YES ANGELA IS THERE... :wink

THESE OPEN ARMS.....*THUDS*

THAT WAS WONDERFUL! SUCH EMOTIONAL!

FROM THE CV

Comment to Aaron - noted the year he (Aaron) was born and was guessing that he had no idea what "Movin' On Up" was.  

CLAY JUST INTRODUCED  QUIANNA PARLOR

WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN. :slick

APPLAUSE...

INTERMISSION..

CV CELLSTREAM IS NOW INTERVIEWING MEESA.... :bouncy

I'll bet Meesa is having a ball. How many concerts is this?
I think he gets better with each concert. He probably gets more confident each time.

I THINK THIS IS MEESA'S 6TH

 :wave

Hey ladies!

MACK!!!  :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bouncy :bighug

Michelle!! I already miss you!

Philly - thanks so much for filling in this weekend with the cellcerts. It is a lot of work. It is much appreciated :bighug

:wave clanderson and Shannon

:wave :wave :wave

JUST OFF THE PHONE WITH PAMELA.

HALF TIME REPORT!

THE CLOTHES

BLACK SHIRT WITH WHITE STRIPES. NO RING. JEANS FROM LAST NIGHT.

CLAY WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT NO SPOTLIGHT AND ETHEL WAS IN THE AUDIENCE AND SHE FLASH A FLASHLIGHT AT HIM.

CLAY SPOTS A FEW YOUNG GUYS AND SAID " IF YA'ALL DON'T DANCE TONIGHT HE'S GOING TO POST ON A BULLETIN BOARD YOU WERE AT A CLAY AIKEN CONCERT!" :lol

AND QUIANNA WAS ACTING A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE , CLAY ASKS SHE REPLIED " MY SPANKS WERE BOTHERING HER AND SHE EXCUSE HERSELF FOR A SECOND. AND CLAY GAVE A LOOK" (LET THERE BE CLACK! :lol)

A Thousand Days

Miss you too. It was great to be able to hang out for a couple of days. Things are always so rushed!

NO PROBLEM, LOVE SHARING THE CLAYLOVE!! :hugg

MACK BABY!! :pouncy

HEY CINDY... :wave

:wave Cindy!! Did you get any sleep? I managed to get about 30 minutes :lol

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word

Clay is such a goober.  :lol

Tis true, everything is hectic... but wonderful!  :bouncy

Philly!!! Missed you this weekend!  :bouncy

 :wave

Hey Cindy!

But we SURE love that goober!!!   :lmao :lmao :lmao

FROM THE CV

Full Venue

At the beginning of the show, some woman went up to the stage to hand Clay something and Jerome escorted her out.

Still has bangs.

Lot of the guys have been here before with their wives.

Lady sitting next to her, first concert of this tour and she is very excited.

There is a sign from girls sitting behind them that says "Clay, Please Come to Japan"

Not wearing ring tonight.

Might be the jeans from Cary.

Entered from stage right.

No way to get into the audience tonight.  

Ok, a little more from ClaysGurl05

You know the book, The Secret. Well, Quiana carries it around with her but no one ever sees her read it, She says ' well it worked last night, didn't it?' Thinking the 'positive thought' thing worked for him last night. And then he explained about his nut allergies, but that they were just tricking Quiana. She thought he was at the hospital for three hours, but he wasn't

Quiana sat down before the TV Medley and said she'd been quiet all night because her spanx were too tight (her name for fancy girdle) Clay cracked up....She actually went off stage and rolled them down...He said since she talked about her underwear he could talk about his allergies.

Her friend Stacia has everything on tape from the center... 8th row.

The gal who had the private M&G is sitting in front of her. Everyone is taking a picture of her cast. LOL. She didn't get to asked him anything because he kept talking about her arm.

He has stubble and boots but no ring or watch.  

MOAM

TALKING ABOUT 2003 WITH MOAM,. 2004 WITH MCWL, 2005 NO ALBUM...2006 RELEASED ATDW....

Without You :thud

Yes it was... so so wonderful to meet you!

Another Standing O.

"Sloooooow songs ....

TWYMMF...

LOTS OF APPLAUSE...

GOING INTO THE SPIEL ABOUT YOU CAN SING A FAST SONG WITH AN ORCHESTRA!! :lol

MAKING SOMEONE "C'MERE" I THINK RENEE IS HER NAME. MAKING HER NOT SIT DOWN.. :lol

talkin bout being uncool!

CLASSIC MEDLEY

Hey, Clay Aiken's tractor is mighty sexy to me...

Can I have an amen! :slick

Hey gang.  :wave

HEY KRISTA... :hugg

 :yum  Amen, Amen, AMEN!! :bouncy

THANK YOU MAH SISTAH! :slick

THANK YOU MAH SISTAH... :slick

LISTEN IS NOW ON...

STANDING O FOR ANGELA FISHER, CLAY COMES BACK ON STAGE...

Lover All Alone :goo

ANOTHER STANDING O... :clap :clap :clap

CLAY TALKED ABOUT SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL ORCHESTRA AND ARTS...

Because You Loved Me

Aw, its over already.
Thanks a lot for this great cellcert Philly. And thanks to Pamela for bring it to us.
Is there a bus-line tonight do you know?

THANK CLAY.... :hugg

AUGUST 15.....ATLANTA...

I WILL CHECK...

YES, THERE SHOULD BE A BUS LINE TONIGHT... :smile

I find these cellcerts even more enjoyable since I've seen most of the clack. I find myself grinning at places that I know what he's going to say or how he's going to sing something. :lol

Bev, where is your avie from? That picture is interesting.  :smile

Philly, thank you for doing the cellcert for us. We really enjoy it.  :hugg

I can't wait to hear all the stories and see the pictures from our maniacs.  :bigsmile

AIN'T HE GREAT? :gish

PAMELA JUST CALLED ME. :smile

SHE'S TRYING TO GET THE BUSES...

THE BUS IS IN A DARK ALLEY BEHIND THE VENUE...( NOT THAT I WOULD MIGHT BEING IN THE DARK WITH CLAY..:waggle)

A COUPLE OF TIDBITS....

CLAY DID COME IN THE AUDIENCE FOR TWYMMF. JUST IN FRONT OF PAMELA.. :thud

LAYNIE FROM CLAYMANIACS WAS THE ONE WHO PLACE THE WHIP ON STAGE AND ANGELA SPANKED CLAY DURING "SEXYBACK" :angel

LOTS OF PICTURE WAS TAKEN....OUR PHOTO GALLERY WILL BE "PHAT WITH CLACK"! :bigsmile

My daughter sent me that picture on my avie to my facebook page. She didn't say where SHE got it she lives a long way away from me, but I've since seen it as the banner on a board called 'Simply Clay'

Oh my!  :thud  :angel

Not that I'm into *cough* spanking or anything but I agree.... :thud

I SO NEED THE CLACK ON THAT ONE... :angel :blush :para :bigsmile

BUSLINE REPORT FROM THE CLACKHOUSE...

Clay just came by the line!!!!!!! Pajamas and grey shirt!!!

:fangirl

I looove me some Clay Aiken!

We all had so much fun. I will post a re-cap when I get home. Clay was so funny and very snarky. Marilyn, Glory and I waited at the buses with Pamela and Pamela's mom. We all got a touch from Clay and I video'd it.  :smile

Hello from Knoxville!

What a fantastic concert!  Clay was really  on last night and in fine voice!  I saw the first two concerts, Frisco and Houston, and you could  tell how much he has evolved.  This was the best ever.  I laughed so much.  He is just the funniest guy.  What a combination:  Drop dead gorgeous;  beautiful voice and wit that won't quit!

The preparty planned by Marilyn and Meesa was so much fun.  All the Claymaniacs listed at the top of this thread (Knoxville Concert Thread) were there with the exception of Lainey and Loopy.  And I did see Lainey at the concert.  It was such a pleasure to get to visit with everyone;  some I had never met in person: the delightful Wisconson Barb, Grammof6 Barbara, Invisible Touch, Molly, and Pamela's sweet mom!!  The food was great and so much of it.  And we all won a prize and had gifts from different ones, too.

Frankie's hubby and my hubby, Skip, enjoyed meeting and visiting.

We did stand in line after the concert, and Skip had our van parked near the line, so he brought water and sodas to JoAnn, Jennie, and me while we waited in the heat for Clay.  In a while; not too long, Clay came out with Jerome and several security guys.  They walked Clay down to the opposite end of the line which was more than a block long, and then quickly, Clay walked the line touching everyone's hand.

Several of us are staying at the Holiday Inn, and we all congregated in Frankie's room and visited till about 2 am.

Perfect Clay Day and Evening!

Hugs,
Prissy

PS:  We heard at the venue while waiting for the doors to open that one lady at the previous night's concert in Ashville had a meet and greet but fell and broke her arm and missed it.  Someone came out the venue door and called out her name.   She got to have her M&G after all with Clay in Knoxville.  Later on, I saw her in the ladies room and she showed me her cast where Clay had signed it Clay Aiken.  She also said he signed her item of memorabilia with, "Use your voice; not your right arm." :lol

Good lord. (tmClay)  I'm spent.

This has just been the MOST wonderful weekend.  The magnificent Tennessee Theatre was such a perfect setting for what may have been the best of three....I'm still deciding.  :slick

Actually, each show holds so much good stuff.  It's really true that while Clay may do the same shtick each time, he really does find ways to make each show unique.  And sometimes, he has no control over what makes them unique....bats, anyone?  Crazy lady with a rose anyone?  100 degree temps anyone?  :lol

It was especially wonderful to go to a concert with my Mom.  She had fun, met tons of GOOD folks, and had the added benefit of seeing Clay CLOSE UP when he came into the audience during TWYMMF and stood practically right in front of her!  (And I sure do look forward to Heather's pics from that magical moment.....#)$*)#_#)*$!)  She even got touched by Clay in the bus line...an experience I'm sure she'll never forget.  :wink  And so did I, and it was one of my most fangirly moments of the whole weekend!  Tell you why later.

I would love to know how many photos were taken, all total, by Clandy, Meesa and Heather, Lindsay and Woody, not to mention the rest of us who took pics.  I can't wait to see them all, and relive the glory!  :lol

Now, I've got a five hour drive back to reality.  But it's OK, because the special moments (Lainey and Cloopy's whip, for example :bigsmile ) will live in my heart and mind for a long, long time. 

I really have so much more to say (imagine that.... :para ) and I will later.  I just love you all! And Clay too.

 :wave

We got home a few hours ago - have been sleeping,  since we left Memphis at 3 this morning - I am going to have to sit down and thingk about Knoxville, too - one of the best concerts I've attended - and so much fun being with so many Claymaniacs - I haven't downloaded my pictures yet, but I will sometime in the next day or so! Everyone attending Atlanta and the Florida concerts - I hope you had as much fun as I did this weekend!