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**GEORGIA CD RELEASE PARTY**

We had such a blast at the CD Release party and Thank you to those who made it possible!

CLAY AIKEN RELEASES NEW RCA RECORDS ALBUM
'A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS'
IN STORES ON SEPTEMBER 19th.

(Los Angeles, CA – August, 3, 2006) The long wait for Clay Aiken fans is over. RCA Records will release the singer's third album, "A Thousand Different Ways" on September 19th. The project, Aiken's first outing since 2004, combines 10 cover versions of well-known songs from the '70s, '80s and '90s with four brand-new songs.

The album is a follow-up to Aiken's debut set, "Measure of a Man," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart and is certified triple-platinum, as well as the platinum-selling "Merry Christmas with Love," the best-selling holiday album of the 2004 season.

For Aiken, the new album's title has multiple meanings. "This is an album of love songs," he explains, "but they are about all different kinds of love. Romantic love, Friendship, Unconditional love. There are a thousand different kinds of love; a thousand different ways to tell someone you love them. And, on top of that, since so many of these songs are covers, it's realistic to say that many of them have been or could be sung a thousand different ways."

In fact, Aiken has put his own spin on some of the well-known songs he has recorded for his new album. "These are songs I heard growing up. I loved them then and I still love them today, but we decided to do them a little differently. They have new arrangements and we put our own style on some of them."

Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil's "Here You Come Again," a No. 3 hit for Dolly Parton in 1978, stands out for Aiken. "I've always loved that song," he says. "But for this album, we didn't use a country arrangement. It's a ballad version now. Adam Anders produced the most amazing arrangement and I couldn't wait to sing it."

Aiken credits Chairman CEO BMG U.S., Clive Davis for coming up with the concept for the album. "When we first embarked on making an album, my executive producer Jaymes Foster and I started out with one or two covers, then we had three. We slowly discovered that it's harder these days to come by songs that are as superb as the songs that I grew up on. Based on that, it was Clive's brainchild that we take classic love songs of the last 30 years and pair them with four new songs. He is a man who not only knows music, but really has his finger on the pulse of what listeners want to hear."

Those who have come to expect Aiken to belt out a song won't be disappointed. The album shows off Aiken's vocals in a big way with songs like the Bad English hit "When I See You Smile" and Harry Nillsson's "Without You." But Aiken will surprise fans by singing in a more relaxed style on some tracks than they have heard before, showing a different, sexier side.

Aiken fans will also be glad to know he was personally involved with the selection of every track and that he participated in every aspect of the album. "For the first album, most of the songs were chosen ahead of time. I was less of a participant in the process. The second album was a Christmas album, so we naturally chose songs of the season. This new album has much more of me in it. Right from the beginning, Clive and Jaymes wanted to find songs that were right for me. Jaymes told me, "Stay in your lane, but remember it's okay to swerve a little and see where it takes you.' That's exactly what we did."

Clay attended Kelly Clarkson's concert in Raleigh on Monday night, July 3, 2006.   His old buddy Ruben Studdard was also there with Clay.  It was just great seeing Clay out and about having some fun with his friends and it was good to see Ruben again too.

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Notes From Jenna

Hi All,
The January meeting of the Georgia Claymates will be held on

January 13th  at 1:00 p.m. at Manuel’s Tavern.

The address is:  
Manuel's Tavern 602 N. Highland Ave. NE Atlanta, Ga. 30307
(404) 525-3447

Coming from north of the City of Atlanta:

Get on I-75 SOUTH/I-85 SOUTH. Take the FREEDOM PARKWAY/GA-10 EAST exit towards CARTER CENTER, exit #248C. Continue on FREEDOM PKY NE. Continue towards GA-42 EAST/CARTER CENTER (a fork in the road towards the right). Continue on E FREEDOM PKY NE. Turn Left on N HIGHLAND AVE NE. Manuel’s is 1/10 of a mile on the left.

Coming from South of the city of Atlanta

Get on I-75 NORTH/I-85 NORTH. Take the FREEDOM PARKWAY/GA-10 EAST/INTERNATIONAL BLVD exit towards CARTER CENTER, exit #248C. Continue on FREEDOM PKY NE. Continue towards GA-42 EAST/CARTER CENTER. Continue on E FREEDOM PKY NE. Turn Left on N HIGHLAND AVE NE. Manuel’s is 1/10 of a mile on the left.

Go to the website to get a map. Click on Downtown Tavern for a Map.

www.manuelstavern.com/dirforvis.html

I do still want to know how many are coming because they do have more than one room (with TVs). The one that we are currently booked into is the largest one, so if we end up with less people we could move to the smaller room.


Anyone who would like to bring some clack that we can watch after the video, please do so.

Also anyone who has donations for the ClayDoodle project, please remember to bring them. These donations of small toys are for the ClayDoodles to distribute from Clay to the children at the hospitals.  Also, remember that they must be rather small such as coloring books and crayons, puzzles, books, games, etc. We have lots of stuffed animals so our supply of them is adequate, however, matchbox cars, trucks, small dolls with clothes would be fun to play with in a hospital bed. NO SMALL OBJECTS PLEASE. Don't forget the older kids too. Some ideas for them would be hand held video games, books, puzzle books, anything that you can think of that would be fun and can be played from a hospital bed will be fine.

The ClayDoodles are looking for a place to hold a carwash.   If you have connections with a fast food restaurant or know of a place that is in a busy location that would allow us to use their facility and water please get in touch with Kimmie or Ashley.  They will also gladly accept volunteers to help them too.

We again will have some new people coming so if you have any goodies to
share with them please bring them.  As always please remember to bring a friend.  See ya there.

Jenna

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