Tidbits 11/23

COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS IN THE HEARTLAND TOUR
3 DAYS
CDD's Christmas tour blog

• Christmas tour mentions:
• Kane County Chronicle
• Wichita Eagle
• Morris County Daily Record
• Wilkes Barres Times Leader
• Post Tribune -

  Clay has his day in concert and Broadway
  
  BY BOB KOSTANCZUK Post-Tribune columnist
  
  Plenty of stars come through the Star Plaza Theatre during the course of a year, but few have a more fervent following than Clay Aiken.
  
  His most ardent admirers are called Claymates.
  
  The 2003 runner-up on Fox's "American Idol" has a Christmas show with orchestra at the Merrillville venue at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 22.

• Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
• Chicago Sun Times
• Scranton Times Tribune
• Wichita Eagle republishes Houston Chronicle interview from the summer
• Courier Post -

  Clay Aiken to Carol "With Love," with Chelsea Symphony Orchestra
  
  You know you've enjoyed molding young Clay since his first nervous nights on "American Idol." Backed by the 45-piece Chelsea Symphony Orchestra, Aiken will be crooning the holiday classics featuring selections from the best-selling "Merry Christmas with Love." This show is one of the final chances to see him in concert before he makes his Broadway debut in January as Sir Robin in "Monty Python's Spamalot." State Theater, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, $65 to $100.

• Houston Chronicle ... Christmas specials... not too good a mention:

  For those of you who are as depressed as I am for missing the only holiday special that doesn't involve a special holiday performance by Clay Aiken, there is hope: The good people at Tubular are proud to bring you The First Annual Holiday Program Review-o-rama!

• ClaySpots - Rockysmom on things to do before the Christmas tour starts -

  1) Right before the tour starts....blog to my cra...I mean creative fans that my hard-drive has crashed and I've lost all of their touching, heart-warming stories about love, redemption, eggnog, donkey poop, and what-not. Since there won't be time for me start over, we'll just have to do the show without their participation this year. Whew. That was a close one.

• ClayKat, who submitted an entry to the OFC's Christmas stories contest is nervously awaiting results:

  The suspense is getting to me...
  
  As I await for clews (Clay-news) on whether:
  
  1. my story has been chosen for the concert I will be attending in two weeks
  2. my name will be picked for a meet and greet
  
  ... well, my middle-aged heart is pitter-pattering in ways it hasn't done for a few years now.