Always Amazing Clay Aiken

Listening to Clay Aiken sing, gazing at his pictures, and watching videos; they all remind me of the many performances he has given his fans since AI2. Remembering these things, along with a fresh cuppa coffee in my hand, turns any day into a perfect one. Even days like today..while a spring snowstorm is howling outside!

I have no doubt Clay will continue to give us delightful memories for many, many years to come.
I can hardly wait to hear what he has up his entertaining sleeve now!



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The Clay coffee cups are made by using Photofunia website. It's really fun and so easy to use..give it a try!
Photofunia


Clay-Play Time!

Bsrefong~Sally new Word Search





It was impossible to choose a "best" UM video, until I found this one--enjoy!

Jukebox Tour 03 Unchained Melody
montage by Tsunamimommy




Jukebox Tour 03 Unchained Melody montage by Tsunamimommy

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Happy Easter Week

Happy Easter/Passover Blessing to everyone!

Clay Aiken sings "I Know Who Holds Tommorow", another favourite from Look What Love Has Done.


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The Origin of the Easter Bunny & Colored Easter Eggs

Just as Santa Claus represents Christmas, a hopping life-size bunny with a basket full of colorful eggs is the quintessential image of Easter.
The original Easter Bunny was probably associated with the Pagan equinox festival that predated Easter. The Saxons devoted the month of April to celebrating their goddess of spring and fertility, who was, not coincidentally, named Eastre. Eastre's sacred animal was the hare - not surprising since the rabbit is one of the most common symbols of fertility and rebirth.

The colored eggs carried by today's Easter Bunnies have another, even more ancient origin. Eggs have long been associated with fertility and springtime festivals - for so long, in fact, that the precise roots of the association are unknown. Ancient Romans and Greeks utilized eggs in festivals celebrating resurrected gods. The egg also featured prominently in the Jewish rituals of Passover - and still today the roasted egg has prominence on the seder table as an essential symbol of springtime and rebirth.

Scholars believe that the pairing of the hare and the egg together in Easter may also have Pagan roots. During springtime, when days and nights were equal length, the hare was identified with the moon goddess and the egg with the sun god. Pairing the two together offered a kind of ying and yang to spring equinox celebrations.

The next historical entry under Bunny & Egg is found fifteen hundred years later in Germany. There, children would eagerly await the arrival of the Oschter Haws, a rabbit who delighted children on Easter morning by laying colored eggs in nests. This was also the first known time that the rabbit and egg were iconoclastically linked together.

The German tradition of the Oschter Haws migrated to America in the 1800s, likely accompanying German immigrants, many of whom settled in Pennsylvania. Over the past 200 years, the Oschter Haws or Easter Bunny has become the most commercially recognized symbol of Easter.

Today American children squeal with delight when they see the bunny-whether he's headlining their neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt or greeting visitors at the local mall. The Easter bunny and his ubiquitous basket of eggs has surely become the most adored and recognized symbol of the Easter season.










Jesus is Love - Clay & Ruben







Lucky Paulina!



Playlist: The Very Best Of Clay Aiken, Clay Aiken

Billboard Top 200
#173

Top Internet Albums
#10

No other Playlist albums are on those charts at this time!! Considering there was zero promotion, and distribution very spotty, I think this is great :)

Aiken de la Clay - OOOh La La!

Tyra Banks - America's Next Top Model episode 12, with guest star, Clay Aiken aired tonight (April 8). Multi-talented Clay, as the proprietor of House de la Clay, proved his acting skills then treated us to what a great judge he is!
The only thing missing is the delight of hearing Clay sing on TV--whoops, now I'm getting greedy, LOL


What's Up Buttercup







There have been oodles of great articles about Clay's appearance on ANTM this week; here's but one of them:

Clay Aiken Joins BFF Tyra Banks on Top Model
By Mark Dagostino

No stranger to reality-show stardom, Clay Aiken steps into America's Next Top Model Wednesday night. Just don't look for him on the catwalk.

"Every year [the models] do an acting challenge, and since I had been in Spamalot and was doing the Broadway thing, Tyra [Banks, the show's host] called and wanted me to be a part of it," Aiken, 30, tells PEOPLE.

"I did a scene with some of the girls and then later on tried to help judge that scene," he explains.

The aspiring models were all excited to meet the former American Idol singer. "It was kind of neat to be able to talk to some kids who were going through something similar to what I had been through so many years ago on Idol," he says, observing what he termed their "reality-show stress."

"I was on the other side of the table for once," he says, "which was a surreal experience for me."

'We Just Clicked'
Clay was delighted to help, given he's such good friends with Tyra Banks, 35. "I love her to death," he says. "For some reason we just clicked when we first met, and we try to stay in touch and see each other whenever we're in town."

Of the supermodel mogul, Aiken says: "She's such a real person, and I think that's something people didn't know about her until her talk show. She doesn't try to be something she's not. She'll be as nerdy as she needs to be, or whatever she needs to be. I think that's why people are attracted to her, and I think that's why we became friends."

Clay Aiken Joins BFF Tyra Banks on Top Model












The Easter Bunny came early for Clay fans, and there's a lot more in his basket of goodies to come.