Welcome to January, 2017

January is a month of extremes! It is the coldest month in the northern hemisphere and the hottest month in the southern hemisphere.

The garnet is the birthstone for January.

The snowdrop is the flower for the month of January.

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Clay Aiken has done some interesting and exciting things during the month of January.

On January 4, 2016, Clay Aiken and Ben Cohn presented a web-concert.  There was over 17,000 views.  The 15 song choices ran from some of his classic songs to songs that I had never heard him sing before. Each song was chosen to work with just the piano. Thanks to Ben for adding a magic touch the the songs!

UNCC Basketball had a Clay Aiken Bobblehead Night on January 10, 2004.  Clay sang The National Anthem, Invisible, and The Way.

On January 21, 2004, Clay was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Clay Aiken voted for Bath-tub buddies!!

Singing The Way

The TV Show, Ed, was very popular.  On January 23, 2004, Clay was a guest on this show.

Clay played himself, but it was great fun!

A few years later, Clay was a guest on The View.  It was on January 22, 2008.

I don’t think the ladies wanted to dance!!

On January 4, 2009, Clay made his last appearance in Spamalot.  He was certainly a star of the show and it was sad that his run was over.

Clay Aiken was chosen to sing The National Anthem at the NHL All-Star Game on January 30, 2011,  As always, he did a fabulous job!

January 4, 2012 was the beginning of a publicity mini-tour for the cast of Celebrity Apprentice.  It started off at The Today Show as the cast was announced.

On Saturday, January 19th, 2013, Clay Aiken participated in an evening book reading and discussion at the Malaprop Bookstore/Café in Asheville, North Carolina.  The author, who was featured at this event, is T Cooper who just wrote his new book titled Real Man Adventures.  Clay participated with the author in reading portions of the book.  He and Cooper read three question and answer sections about some serious, but amusing stories.

Two years ago, on January 15, 2015, Clay participated in the TV Critics Association Press Tour.  He was there to introduce The Runner-Up.

American Idol kicked off its Farewell Season on January 6th, 2016 with a two-hour premiere that focused on auditions.  Unfortunately, it seems that there were few people who cared.  The viewer numbers were down again, even down from last season’s premiere rating.

And…if you followed the news, you know that the press was following Clay Aiken and saying very little about American Idol.  That says a lot!.  I mean…Clay Aiken was trending on Facebook the next morning – American Idol was not.  There were LOTS of article about Clay and his tweets about American Idol.

Well…I know I left out a lot of events…2 years of Golfing For Inclusion…work for UNICEF…and lots of visits to the Entertainment News shows and even CNN.

I hope we hear from him soon!!