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Good Morning Everyone, 18 Days until The Christmas Tour Starts! 44 Days until Christmas in Merrillville! 47 Days until The Skating Show airs! 60 Days until The BAF Golf Outing! 71 Days until Clay is on Broadway! Everyone have a great day!! Kim

Good Morning All, 19 Days until The Christmas Tour Starts! 45 Days until Christmas in Merrillville! 48 Days until The Skating Special Airs! 61 Days until The BAF Golf Outing! 74 Days until Clay is on Broadway! Everyone have a great day! Kim

Singing Christmas Waltz...Jesse is playing piano. Kim

From the CH: QUOTE("Brandilyne") I just got off the phone with donnamom in the second row and she's positively giddy with excitement ) I could practically feel her smile through the cell phone, hee! She heard from someone that Clay was rehearsing Blue Christmas earlier!

From the CH: QUOTE("artquest") Texting from the arena. There was no camera check! The arena is beautiful. Not cold. Lots and lots of NJU here, not counting the four year old next to me who wants to marry Clay. Get in line, chickie!

From CV: QUOTE(dksfriend @ Nov 6 2007, 07:02 PM) Just spoke to my friend who is at the pre-party. She said it is AMAZING there - over 300 Clay fans from all around the country are at the party. It takes up the entire ballroom. They have a huge silent auction and a ton of great raffle items, and of course they are showing clack. She says the energy level is so high - everyone is so excited!

From the CH: QUOTE("spotlightlover") Other notes from rehearsal: I was too late to hear anything, but others heard "All Is Well" and Sleigh Ride. The music is a live band, BTW -- not backing tracks as I expected. toofargone and I tried to sneak into a group of VIPs going into the arena for a tour, but I chickened out. They weren't in there very long and anyway Clay was already gone. Steven the usher from Brooklyn told us they were touring the broadcasting booth. Crossing my fingers for Todd Eldredge skating to All Is Well! My seatmate CCF better hope it's not Philippe Candeloro, I might hurl.

Okay, with me! Kim

So, are we talking about the skating show here...no separate thread? Kim

Good Morning Everyone, Tonights The Night...Clay singing and skating in Vegas! 20 Days until The Christmas Tour Starts! 46 Days until Christmas in Merrillville! 49 Days until The Skating Show Airs! 62 Days until The BAF Golf Outing! 73 Days until Clay is on Broadway Everyone have a great day! Kim

Clay Skating...EEEEEEEEEEEE!: from the Las Vegas Review-Journal ........... QUOTE Ice, ice baby: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, at least at the Orleans Arena, where NBC's "Holiday Celebration on Ice" tapes Tuesday for broadcast Christmas Day. Clay Aiken will sing eight numbers -- and take a skating lesson from Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen, who's joined by such skaters as world medalist (and Las Vegas resident) Surya Bonaly, plus past world champs Todd Eldredge and Yuka Sato. "We're working hard to not just do a skating show," explains director and choreographer Lea Ann Miller. And "it gives us some clout to be in Las Vegas," she adds, noting that the Vegas setting tells audiences "it's going to be a real show. You have a history there of quality performances."

Good Morning Everyone, 1 Day until Clay Tapes The Skating Special! (So Muski doesn't miss it!) 21 Days until The Christmas Tour Starts! 47 Days until Christmas in Merrillville! 50 Days until The Skating Special Airs! 63 Days until The BAF Golf Outing! 74 Days until Clay Is on Broadway! Everyone have a great day! Kim

Definately "D"! Kim

The power of the Aiken! This is pretty cool, from CH QUOTE QUOTE("Notacanuck") This is cool: WebMetricsGuru.com What drives Google HotTrends QUOTE Sometimes I look at Google HotTrends and it's interesting to look at what is suddenly "hot" but what's often missing, despite Google's attempt to add that information, is why something is happening, why it's hot, and what's driving the HotTrend - for that, most of the time - human analysis is needed. Or it could be what you know. Here's an example - last Thursday, November 1st, it so happened that the term "federalist papers" was #3 on Google HotTrends and it peaked at about 8:30 PM EST time (no location was given - sometimes, Google HotTrends gives us a location). Looking at the search results and news citations actually did nothing to tell me why Federalist papers was peaking on November 1st around 8:30 PM. Not one listing in news articles (left), blog posts (right) or web results (bottom half of page) gave the actual reason. The reason = Clay Aiken Was Great on “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” - turns out the question was asked to Clay Aiken while he was on the "Art you Smarter Than a 5th Grader" show and his fans and TV/Internet audience did a query on Google to find out about federalist papers since he had a lot of money riding on the answer - which I think he got correct (but I didn't watch the show). Ok, here's my point - while Google tries to link in what the trigger, or cause of a traffic spike on a term is - it's often unsuccessful - that only understanding - only knowledge of a circumstance - often, can make the connection between a spike in demand for a term (or for anything) and the real cause of it. Knowing the cause of traffic spikes can often tell you what they mean to you - that's why it's good to know - but it's also clear that much more work needs to be done to co-relate the demand for terms spurred by current events - and the result on Internet Searches - and the current technology, although not bad, is certainly not up to the task yet. I would suggest using the Google Alert database to key into Google HotTrends along with TV/Cable/Radio plays, if possible - as I've noticed that much of what becomes a HotTrend in Google is driven from a media event - watching a local movie that's aired, or something that is in the movies, or a world event. Sometimes, linking the spikes with those events is easier - but in many cases, it's not - because there's a missing piece of information, like Clay Aiken's answer of the "federalist papers" question.

I vote for "B" ...sorry just can't go with smutting at Christmas...yeah, I can be a prude at times. Kim

:F_05BL17blowkiss: It worked! Turns out I wasn't even on Central Time, that was the problem! Love the commercial! Kim

Okay, I give up! I have gone into My Controls to correct the board time and I cannot get it back an hour...any ideas? Kim

Good Morning Everyone, 2 Days until Clay Tapes The Skating Show! 22 Days until The Christmas Tour Starts! 48 Days until Christmas in Merrillville! 51 Days until The Skating Show Airs! 64 Days until The BAF Golf Outing! 75 Days until Clay is on Broadway! Everyone have a great day! Kim

Good Morning Everyone, 3 Days until Clay Tapes The Skating Special! 23 Days until The Christmas Tour Starts! 49 Days until Christmas in Merrillville! 52 Days until The Skating Special Airs! 65 Days until The BAF Golf Outing! 76 Days until Clay is on Broadway! :whoohoo: Everyone have a great day! Kim

Good Morning Everyone, 4 Days until Clay Tapes The Skating Special! 24 Days until The Christmas Tour Starts! 50 Days until Christmas in Merrillville! 53 Days until The Skating Special Airs! 66 Days until The BAF Golf Outing! 77 Days until Clay is on Broadway! Everyone have a great day! Kim

I'm totally confused! What was this? Where? When? Why didn't we know about it? And most important, is there Clack? This was on the Fox Station in Connecticut...This was at Yale and may have been where he gave his UNICEF presentation. And yes, clack is coming! Kim

Posted by Claytonlady at the CB "OH MY WORD -- it was totally totally great. I have to play the tape to get everything; because it was really long. I couldn't believe it. It was so respectful of him. He was speaking to Connecticut teachers and teaching them about geography. The news anchor was so respectful, mentioned Clay being on Fifth Grader - mentioned UNICEF. Clay said he gets more joy out of helping children than being a superstar. I wish I knew how to cap. He was wearing his rimless glasses. I have to play it again to remember everything. He showed a map of Central Asia and the teachers were supposed to know the countries. He was teaching the teachers. I mean I just can't believe how respectful the whole thing was. Clay is finally getting RESPECT!.

QUOTE From CH, Corabeth: QUOTE ETA: Clay was talking to teachers about geography. He wore Fifth Grader jacket, blue shirt and glasses. He did his own hair. *g* There were only about 30 people in the audience. The keynote was the Ambassador of Indonesia. They mentioned that Clay was a teacher and his UNICEF ambassadorship. It was a nice piece.

That is because it was an out take. I think they know how crazy the fans are fror all the clack and that is why there were so many out takes. Hee. I didn't see any Regis out takes, did you? I need to look at my floor, but I will stall a little bit longer. I know he wants to get paid and leave forever. I can see where he lost his faith in those kids after the literature answer. Mark Twain was English? Who is dodgeson and was that really a choice? Dodgeson was actually Lewis Carroll's real name. Kim

Sorry to be redundant...but he is just too adorable! I think Miss Olivia had her first thud! The kids look like they are really enjoying him! I love that they brought his teacher out...I think she is a fan! Kim