AIKEN NEWS TIMELINE 2005

[clayMaine-iac]

January--

Clay was in the Tournament of Roses Parade on the Ronald McDonald House Charities Float
He was the Cover of Christian Music Planet magazine for the January/February Issue
Clay appeared on several "entertainment" shows promoting UNICEF and the Tsunami relief efforts
Clay appeared on a special 1 Hour UNICEF Fundraiser
AOL announced Clay as the "Artist of the Year" for 2004
He was featured on the Cover of Hits Magazine
Clay received the Worldwide Pageants Service Excellence Award
Clay recorded KidsHelpOut promos for the Cartoon Network
Clay named #18 All Time Teen Idols by TV Guide magazine
Clay was on the cover and feature article in Exception Parent magazine
Reader's Digest featured an excerpt from "Learning to Sing"

February--

Clay appeared on Scrubs on NBC portraying a Cafeteria Worker
He paid a visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live
He attended the Hawaii Bubel/Aiken Foundation Voices For Change Gala Benefit
Clay was the Keynote Speaker at the Pacific Rim Council on Disabilities.
Clay signed national online petition to support music in schools

March--

He traveled to Banda Aceh Indonesia for UNICEF
Spoke on stage (in Malaysian) at the Force of Nature benefit concert in Kuala Lumpur
Clay was featured on the cover of the March/April Issue of Today's Caregiver magazine

April--

Clay testified before Congress urging them to increase the funding for UNICEF
Clay planted trees in Florida as part of the Best Buddies Program
Clay was keynote speaker at the Fearless Caregiver Conference, where he was given the "Robert M. Barg Memorial Achievement Award"
Clay also attended the Bubel/Aiken Foundation's Florida "Voices For Change" Gala Benefit Dinner
Clay was a guest in the Audience for the American Idol Top 6 show and Results show
Clay appeared on the syndicated talk show, Dr. Phil, to discuss bullying.
The BAF awards 50 Able to Serve grants
The BAF receives a $500,000 grant from the Dept of Education to develop an inclusion curriculum
Clay's UNICEF diary in TV Guide
Clay is featured on the Disneymania 3 In Concert on DirectTV

May--

Clay made an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show for her "Wildest Dreams" show
Clay departed on his second UNICEF trip to the country of Uganda
UNICEF announced that Clay will be the spokesperson for the Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF 2005

June--
Clay appeared on the Discovery Channels 100 Greatest Americans show
Clay made a suprise appearce for his fans at the L.A. Premier of "Wicked"
Clays Official Fan Club Launched

July--

He made appearances on Access Hollywood, Showbiz Tonight and a few other news stories about the TBAF that he put to right
He appeared on the cover of TV Guide
The Jukebox Tour kicked off
Clay headed to New York to appear on GMA's Summer Concert Series, where he saing Back For More, Suspicious Minds, and Invisible

August--
Clay traveled from venue to venue performing his Jukebox Tour through September

September--

InStyle Magazine named Clay "The Sexiest Crooner"
Clay lent his voice to the Larry King Live Special "How Can You Help" to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina
He attended the Kenneth Cole Spring 2006 Fashion Show
He made a brief appearance on ABC's All My Children as a guest on "Erica Kane's" new tv show, "New Beginnings"
Clay appeared on the Insider as co-host at the Shrine Auditorium for the pre-Emmy Awards show
Clay attended the 2005 Emmy Awards as a special correspondent for ET/Insider
Clay briefly appeared on the Tonight Show to autograph a motorcycle for charity
Clay did a small skit with Jimmy Kimmel during the halftime Monday Night Football show, later that evening he was a guest on the Jimmy Kimmel Show.

October--
The Bubel/Aiken Foundation announced an updated look
He appeared on KTLA in Los Angeles to talk about his upcoming Joyful Noise 2005 Tour and his UNICEF Work

November--
Clay's second annual Christmas Tour called Joyful Noise, which featured a script written by Clay
A slight change in the JNTII program occured where Jacob Luttrell was no longer with the Tour/Production and Clay took over singing O Come O Come Emmanuel
Clay was on the cover and featured article of the Nov/Dec issue of Today's Christian magazine

December--

The Joyful Noise Tour continued
Clay appeared at P.S. #3 in NY City in support of UNICEF TOT
He appeared at an Event for UNICEF called Lighting Up Fifth
Clay appeared on The CBS Early Show and The Insider
Clay spent the morning at the Learning Project Elementary School in Boston
Clay appeared on the FOX Special Dear Santa
Clay appeared on ABC Good Morning America singing Mary Did You Know
He appeared on ABC Good Morning America singing My Grown Up Christmas List

[Pamela]

Deanna, this is really awesome! 

A year ago....we thought there would be nothing happening this year at all.  Little did we know....!

Thank you so much for all your work.   

[ACcountryFan]

I enjoyed reading Clay's timeline, Deanna!!! Isn't it funny how active Clay was throughout 2005 WITHOUT any major recording to promote??? For chart watchers or those who examine charts, one would think 2005 was an off-year for Clay but we all know better since we keep up to date. As i have always said, Claymaniacs in my opinion always has the latest news right away and it was the News and Appearances section where i became hooked on this site.

[lorraine]

DEANNA - THANKS FOR THAT TIMELINE ON OUR CLAY.  HE SURE GAVE US A LOT THIS YEAR.   I COULD ONLY IMAGINE WHAT HE WILL GIVE US IN 2006 WITH HIS NEW CD TO BE RELEASED.

HUGS
RAINEY

[clayMaine-iac]

I have actually "edited" myself and added a couple of things I missed.

If anyone notices any omissions, please let me know.  I might decide to save this!!

[Pamela]

I added a couple of things...had to get that Jimmy Kimmel Live appearance in there... 

[fhmmany2]

Guess who can't sleep? 

I was going to add the  other magazine articles to the Timeline for 2005, until I counted and saw that we had reported on 111 magazine articles about Clay this year!  We found 7 magazine covers (Christian Music Planet (Jan/Feb  2005 Issue), HITS (Jan 14, 2005), Caregiver Magazine (March/April 2005), T.V. Guide July 24-30, 2005), Collegiate Standard (Fall Issue),  Today's Christian Magazine (Nov/Dec 2005 Issue) and Collegiate Standard (Alumni Issue). Clay was in 14 Issues of T.V. Guide (pretty good for somebody who does not have a T.V. Show!    We did not find every magazine article about Clay, but I think we did pretty well - as AC said, Clay has done really well for someone who has had no new recording to promote - just think about how much we will see him if her ever gets that CD finished! 

[clayMaine-iac]

Frankie,

I am very glad you added the information about Clay magazine citings!!  He was seen in print 111 times last year!! Wow!!

for all the hard work you do keeping track of the magazine citings for us.

MAGAZINE THREAD

[wvclayfan]

  Deanna - Thanks for putting the timeline together! It's always great to look back and remember what happened throughout the year.

Love your avie, BTW!

Frankie - I can't believe Clay was spotted in print 111 times! That's awesome! Thanks for always keeping track!

[Marilyn]

DEANNA AND FRANKIE- THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS INFO!

WOW- HE REALLY GETS AROUND! CAN'T WAIT FOR 2006 APPEARANCES