Clay on the A-List for "The Color Purple" Opening
Posted Pamela on Wednesday, November 30 2005
at 9:11 PM PST
"With promotional help from Oprah Winfrey and the Empire State Building, a revamped "The Color Purple" gets its Broadway unveiling Thursday, a little more than a year after its Atlanta world premiere....The Empire State Building will be bathed in purple light, and the purple carpet outside the Broadway Theatre will be plush with A-list guests: Sidney Poitier, Tina Turner, Jerry Seinfeld, Billy Joel, Leontyne Price, Clay Aiken and Jason Biggs, to name a few." Read more at AccessAtlanta.com!
Happy Birthday Clay!
Posted Pamela on Tuesday, November 29 2005
at 9:23 PM PST
You have a place in the world that's unique, a path to walk that's yours alone. You have a spirit bold and bright, that's quick to care and to create. You have so many dreams to seek, so many talents all your own, so much in you that's good and right--so many things to celebrate! Happy Birthday wishes to you Clay, from Claymaniacs.com!
Learning to Sing Now Available in Paperback
Posted Pamela on Tuesday, November 29 2005
at 5:01 PM PST
The paperback edition of Clay's inspirational memoir, Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life, is now available! Get your copy locally, or to order from Amazon.com, click here!
Christmas Clay's Way
Posted Pamela on Saturday, November 26 2005
at 8:11 AM PST
"Clay Aiken puts together a holiday showcase called “Joyful Noise” that is based on his own writing and features performers from his hometown. The end product is everything he'd wished for and more. As if singing, dancing and idol status weren't enough, Clay Aiken has added writing to his resume. “I did a Christmas show last year and it was so much fun,” Aiken said. “I thought I'd love to continue to do it, but I wanted to do something different.” Read the rest here!
Happy Thanksgiving from Claymaniacs.com!
Posted Pamela on Thursday, November 24 2005
at 8:14 AM PST
All of us at Claymaniacs.com are grateful for your support and friendship, today and every day. Wherever you may find yourself today, we hope you find your heart filled with gratitude for one or many blessings. Wishing you a lovely Thanksgiving holiday!
Aiken is Heavenly Christmas Angel
Posted Pamela on Sunday, November 20 2005
at 6:44 PM PST
"Clay Aiken's show at the Mid-America Center Friday night wasn't flawless. Aiken, though, pretty much was. Dressed in a dapper white suit, the crooner belted out an array of Christmas tunes - from a mixed-up version of "Jingle Bells" to lesser-known songs such as "Mary Did You Know?" He was in Council Bluffs as part of his Joyful Noise 2005 tour. It's the second time Aiken, who finished second on "American Idol" in 2003, has done a Christmas tour." Read the rest here!
Joyful Noise - A New Tradition in Entertainment
Posted Pamela on Monday, November 14 2005
at 12:27 PM PST
"Ask anyone to make a list of Christmas traditions and they will probably go on and on, ad infinitum. From hanging the mistletoe to baking special holiday cookies and cakes, traditions are countless at Christmas time. But suggest that they tell you what entertainment is sought for the season, and they’ll name the same five shows time and time again. For my family, it happens to be watching The Nutcracker ballet on any given local stage in our community. And although I like to think I’m a bit of an aficionado, I must admit that right about now, I’m feeling like I’ve seen one too many choreographed renditions of “Waltz of the Flowers.” Read the rest here!
These 'Idol' Hands Are Happily Busy
Posted Pamela on Sunday, November 13 2005
at 8:08 AM PST
"The "American Idol" runner-up who turns 27 this month still loves Christmas songs, invited his high school music teacher on his current tour, and still can't imagine people talking about him when he's not there, let alone halfway around the globe. He's a UNICEF ambassador tripping to Indonesia and Uganda, he wrote a series of vignettes for his Joyful Noise 2005 tour stopping Denver on Wednesday, and he cast young Gregory Ellis from Raleigh, N.C., in the skits and is tutoring him on the road." Read the rest here!
Aiken Creates Yule Production
Posted Pamela on Friday, November 11 2005
at 10:31 PM PST
"For his second holiday-music tour, American Idol finalist Clay Aiken wanted to do something different. "I didn't want to do the same thing this year with singing Christmas songs," Aiken said by phone from Oakland, Calif. "I mean, when people have a Christmas concert they will sing 'O, Holy Night' or 'Jingle Bells.' I wanted to do something that could be played every year without getting old." Read the rest here!
Clay Aiken is a Class Act
Posted Pamela on Thursday, November 10 2005
at 3:34 PM PST
"Clay Aiken’s nice guy act is no act, says a local woman who was chosen to sing backup in the American Idol runner-up’s Christmas themed tour. Michelle Shepherd, a classically trained singer, was among the artists selected to sing and act in Aiken’s Joyful Noise 2005 Tour Wednesday night at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre. And after meeting the 25-year-old performer, she is now a rock-steady Aiken fan." Read it here!
State Farm Awards Curriculum Grant to TBAF
Posted Pamela on Thursday, November 3 2005
at 8:39 PM PST
"Recording star Clay Aiken and State Farm Insurance® are making beautiful music by working in concert to help children of all levels of ability be more included in the educational system. State Farm has granted $1.5 million dollars to Clay’s foundation, The Bubel/Aiken Foundation to help develop a primary education curriculum focused on teaching social and life skills through service to children of all levels of ability. The State Farm-Bubel/Aiken team hopes that by teaching the language of diverse abilities, communities will be supported in viewing children with disabilities as contributors and active members of society." Read about it here!
Clay Bells Ring for Holiday Tour
Posted Pamela on Wednesday, November 2 2005
at 5:22 AM PST
"Clay Aiken loves Christmas. "It's a Christmas show!" he exclaims of the Joyful Noise Tour, which is 40 shows long, starting tonight in Vancouver. "That's what we love to do. We're trying to start it early. Even though we are starting early, we try to get people in the spirit." Shouldn't be hard....At The Province, we've seen the catalogues of Christmas music and have started to receive Christmas CDs. And why not? Aiken's Christmas CD, Merry Christmas With Love, was the biggest-selling Christmas album of 2004." Canada.com