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· June 16 · 2000 * Mark's On
Vacation * |
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Mark's
on Vacation till July 14th so please use
the new index page
for up to the minute news or visit the forums
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, well after 7 long months
of countless hours of daily work on the
site I will finally take a vacation. Don't
worry though, its only for a month:) I am
leaving you
all with a brilliant
set of pics from the July issue of
ClassicFM Magazine. The
pictures you will see in that feature
were the result of a lot of work by
Stephen and Simon who rushed to get these
completed in order to get them to me
before I left. Since the
entire article is so great I decided
to make it the Weekly Feature, however
this one might stick around for just a tad
longer than a week:) Before
I get into what will be going on while I'm
gone let me fill you in on the other
update I have added today. It's another
contribution to the Literary
Gallery, this time the contribution is
from newcomer John Reedy with "Sweet
Child of Heaven". Ok,
let me just quickly run through what you
will see tomorrow once I'm gone. For
starters the first page will be replaced
with a special Summer News Page that will
have all the latest news that comes out
while I'm gone. On that page there
will be a link titled visit
CharlotteChurch.net that will take you
to this page and likewise all our current
content. I still don't know what the
situation will be with the phones where
I'm going so I don't know if there will be
any updates to the main site. You can be
sure though that if there is any important
news it can be found on the Summer Update
page. All this information will be clearly
spelled out on the page tomorrow so look
for it then. I
will be returning on July 14, so the site
will return to full capacity then. The
coming months following my return look to
be the brightest in both Charlotte's
history and the history of this site so I
will need the rest to get ready for all
the excitement. Believe me, the best is
truly yet to come! I want to wish all of
you a safe and happy couple of weeks.
Remember you can always talk about
Charlotte in our Forums
if you get a little bored:) and I
want to thank all the Teams for their
great support during the past couple of
months, we have grown exponentially and
have truly become the #1 Source for
Charlotte On-Line. I will see you all back
here on July 14th ready to lead you into
our most exciting months ever. Until then,
as always, peace be with you,
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Mark |
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, only
3 days left until vacation so I'm trying
to pack in some good updates before I go.
Today I have 2 sets of Magazine
Photos and a new contribution to the Literary
Gallery
First
up lets cover the Magazine
Photos, the first set comes to me from
Roeland of Team Belgium. These pics are from
a Dutch Magazine. As you will see
Charlotte is wearing a little pin on her
shirt, this is from
a benefit program on commercial TV
for "levenslijn" to raise money
for cancer research. So again Charlotte
proves her heart is made of gold. The
next magazine
photo is from
Classic FM where Charlotte appears on the
July Issue's cover along with other
Classical Brit Award Winners Bryn Terfel
and Nigel Kennedy. Thanks to Simon for sending me this, I hope to
possibly have the full text of the article
scanned for you before I leave.
Unfortunately US readers don't get this
Classic FM for another month. Finally,
I have another contribution to the Literary
Gallery from Kenny, this one's
entitled "For
Those Who Believe in Charlotte".
Ok, that's it for today, I will spend most
of today once I wake up to send e-mails to
all the staff just to let them know what's
going to happen when I leave on
Friday. I will then share those
plans with you in tomorrow's update.
Thanks for visiting and peace be with you,
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Mark |
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, as we start this new week
the drought of news has finally ended.
Yesterday the Irish Times published a
feature on Charlotte in light of the her
upcoming concert there. I thought
the article was so good I promoted it to
the Media
Feature of the week. Luckily it has a
great pic so now we have a new Media
Feature of the Week and a new Media
Photo of the Week.
I'll admit that was a quick change over
since we only released last weeks on
Wednesday but I felt this had to be
brought to the forefront right away. If
you missed last weeks features you can
find them in the Previous
Media Features Archive or the Previous
Media Photos Archive. I'd like
to thank Steve of Team USA for his quick
work on sending this article in. Another
reason I'm rushing this out is because
later today there is supposed to be some
kind of Tropical Wave moving over South
Florida so I have no idea how long all the
utlilties will be working here. It should
be nothing more than some lightning and a
few inches of rain but I didn't want to
wait till Monday for you to see
this. Next,
I've updated the CharlotteChurch.net
Digest so always be sure to check
there first for old Site News if you
happened to miss something. Finally
I just want to again reinforce that this
is my last week in Florida until July 14
so please know that the pace will be
slowing down a little here. If you read
the article from the Irish Times it says
that Charlotte is having two months off
during the summer so lets hope it stays
quiet while I'm gone. I will have
more about my absence as the week
progresses including my special e-mail
address which you can e-mail me at while
I'm gone should you have any questions
that need to be answered by me. I don't
want to give it out yet because I'm still
in the process of reserving it :) Ok
friends, quite an active day for a change,
take a look at that article and tonight ,
weather pending, I will have a quick recap
of the events in the past week. Until then
Peace be with you, -
Mark |
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, well one week from now I
will be up in the mountains of Maine but
until then we have a lot to cover and I'm
doing a fair share of it tonight with a
large update to the Television
Archive all thanks to Stephen of Team
England. BTW, Stephen wrote the summaries
you see below. First
up we have, captures
taken from 'The
Royal Variety Performance', held at
The Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham,
England on Monday 29th November, 1999. The
programme was performed in the
presence of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth
ll, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh.
Charlotte sang 'O Mio Babbino Caro', and
was later presented to Her Majesty, along
with the galaxy of other stars who
performed on the evening. The programme
was transmitted on the UK's 'ITV' network
on the evening of Saturday 4th December,
1999. Yes, I know this is a little old but
nevertheless there are some amazing
pictures here. Next
up we have, captures
taken from 'Thames
Television' programme 'Open House with
Gloria Hunniford', broadcast on Channel 5
in the UK in late 1999. Interviewing
Charlotte, in Gloria's absence, was former
Beauty Queen Debbie Greenwood. Charlotte
gave an interesting interview, during
which a clip from 'The Big, Big Talent
Show' was shown, and Charlotte's reaction
to her impromptu, debut TV performance can
be seen at the lower left of the frame.
Charlotte rounded off the show by
performing 'Just Wave Hello'. Again this
is another one growing some cobwebs on it
but still great
pictures to be seen nonetheless.
Finally
we have, captures taken from a programme broadcast on UK TV over the Christmas period, 1999.
Charlotte sang a duet with Bryn
Terfel. Stephen didn't know what the
title of this programme was because he
only caught the final seconds of it. I
don't quite know what it is either since I
wasn't in the UK at the time :). If you do
know what it is drop me a line and I will
be sure to amend the description as well
as give you credit.
Overall,
I have to give big thanks to my good
friend Stephen from the ever resourceful Team
England for his excellent work on
these. I'm glad to have some solid
updates for once because you all deserve
it in this "drought" period.
I've been working my hardest to do some
original features like this weeks one but
to tell you the truth its been good to
have a little slower pace for once, I
haven't had a chance to catch my breath
these past seven months so it's been good
to step back a little and think about
future directions for this site. I can
tell you one thing and that is no matter
what the future holds , I believe the best
is yet to come. I will tell you more about
what will go on during my vacation this
weekend after you get a chance to enjoy
this weeks numerous updates. Until then,
peace be with you,
-
Mark |
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, I have a rather large
update for you tonight as I should after
being gone for a day. First off I hope by
now your browsers are displaying the new
logo throughout the site, if they still
aren't please contact
me. Now
on to the updates, First as you probably
first noticed we have a new Weekly
Feature finally! I know it has seemed
like an eternity but this
new one's finally up. I think you will
enjoy it thoroughly during this off period
in the events schedule. As the name
implies its all about the
best Charlotte Resources on the Web so
I hope this is a big help to everyone
seeking some more Charlotte sites to add
to their bookmarks. Next
up I have the
article from the May issue of Music Alive
available for download as a picture in the
Magazine pictures section. I thank Steve
of Team USA for his great work on getting
this so quickly. Although there isn't
really that much new in the article it is
rather interesting as its a double feature
with both Charlotte and rising blues star
14 year old Shannon Curfman. I know a good
many of our viewers are fans of both
artists so be sure check this
article out. Finally
I have pictures from the
UK music magazine Q. These are part of
a article they did on Charlotte. I thank
Hannah of Team England for her quick work
on getting these
to me as well. Unfortunately
this article again falls under the inappropriate
category
so you wont be seeing any of the text
here. As I have stated time and time again
, we will in no way cover any of the
behind the scenes problems that Charlotte
is involved in. We only cover that
which benefits Charlotte and this
particular article did not. Ok
friends, that's it for today, it's early
morning here so I'm headed off to bed.
Tomorrow I will be uploading some special
Television Pics from the UK courtesy of
Stephen of Team UK so you won't want to
miss those. Until then, peace be with you,-
Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, I hope your week is
progressing along well. Before I start
with today's up date I'll address the
problem a lot of you are having with
seeing the new logo. The problem lies in
the fact that since the logo's file name
hasn't changed your browser still wants to
load it from the stored cache on your
computer. The remedy for this situation is
to clear out your Browser Cache.
Please try to do this and if it's still
not coming up for you e-mail
me. If it does come up for you please
vote so I know how you feel about it.
Ok,
now that we got that out of the way I can
finally present to you the Media
Features of the Week. This week both
the Media
Photo of the week and the Media
Feature Story of the Week both come
from Singapore courtesy of Lyn (Team
Singapore). Charlotte was in Singapore as
part of her Pacific Rim promotional tour
in February and these features
are from that time she spent there. They
are quite interesting and definitely not
available anywhere else so please check
them out.
Next
up I have yet another contribution to the Literary
Art Gallery, again from Kenneth. This
is a special poem entitled "Where
There is Love, There Is a Way"
it's written in both Spanish and English.
Being from Spain Kenny happens to be
fluent in both and I have to admit this
poem sounds beautiful in both
languages. Ok
friends, that's it for today, I'm still
getting through all your e-mails so please
be patient and hopefully I can wrap this
feature up and release it finally. Also
keep in mind that I will be leaving
Friday, June 16th so things will quiet
down a little here but I will do my best
to keep in touch. I'll be back tomorrow
with some more updates. Until then Peace
be with you, -
Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, well what do you think of
the new logo? Since there isn't much
activity on the news front I've been
spending some more time back in Photoshop
for a change, to keep my skills up. I've
also done a little graphic update to the Guestbook
and Forums
as well so consider this a little refresh
to tide you over until
CharlotteChurch.net 2.0 comes out
later this Summer (Hopefully:).
Seriously though this has been the
quietest it has been since well I started
this regular update schedule back in
December at CharlotteChurch.iwarp.com.
Hopefully, Charlotte is enjoying the time
off with her friends. I don't know if
she's through with school for the summer
but she should be quite soon.
Next,
I'd just like to remind all the USA
viewers to be on the lookout for Charlotte
in Concert on PBS this month as the pledge
drives start again. Please check your
local listings for exact times or call up
your local PBS station. While your at it
why not make a pledge to PBS? After all,
what other network can give you
uninterrupted Charlotte programming?
Your
also probably wondering where in the world
the new weekly feature is? Well, please my
apologies again it's going to be a little
late again. I will work on it all day
today and hopefully that will get it in
good enough shape. At the very least I'll
try to have the new Media
Picture and the new Media
Feature of the Week finished
today. OK friends lets hope we get
some more news soon and trust me the
updates are coming. Thanks for visiting.
Peace be with you, -
Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, today I have a small but
interesting update for you all as I
continue to try and get the weekly feature
complete for the coming week which I guess
starts today. Time fly's doesn't it?
Anyways lets start off with a brand new
contribution to the Visual
Arts Gallery. And what a contribution
it is! It's a new pic by Jason Salonga
who's starting to do some Charlotte
Portraits in pastels. I think you'll agree
that the results are impressive. Check all
of Jason and Lourdes work out in our Visual
Arts Gallery. Next
up I have an update to a feature that may
seems stone age to many of you but due to
a conversation thats been brewing on the
CharlotteChurchFans list I've added an
update that will likely be of
interest. The feature is about Charlotte's
appearance on the Rosie O'Donnell show
way back last year in March. I've added a
sound clip to the feature that has
Charlotte doing her best Cher impression.
Many on the discussion list wanted to hear
this and Adam sent it to me yesterday. Why
all the interest? Well basically many are
interested in this "second
voice" that Charlotte says she has
and I believe this
clip is the best example of it so far.
So what do you think about Charlotte
having a second voice? Voice your opinion
in the forums! That's
it for today friends, seems Charlotte Land
is a bit quiet again but hopefully that
means Charlotte is taking a little break
to finish up exams. Look for the
feature of the week to come out either
tomorrow or Tuesday so, until then, Peace
be with you,
-
Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, welcome
to June. We leave behind May as being our
busiest month ever as well as a pretty successful
one for Charlotte with her great victory
at the Classical
Brit Awards. Your probably wondering
what has been going on the past few days
and basically there has been a combination
of hardware problems and server issues
that needed to be taken care of before I
could get this update out. Since its
about 3 days late there is a lot packed
into it so lets get started.
First
off lets talk news,
and there was a big story
yesterday that came out through the wires
telling us that Charlotte rejected a big
movie role due to the role she would play
in the film as a delinquent teen. You can
read the full story in the News
Page but I wish Charlotte the best of
luck and I think that perfect film will
come along eventually and as they always
say good things come to those who wait. Next
up I've fixed several problems with our
weekly feature, BBC
Music Live 2000. I've also added three
sound clips
of Charlotte's performance including the duet
with Nigel Kennedy thanks to Stephen.
Speaking of Stephen he will be joining
mighty Team England thus becoming the
second team member to be named Stephen but
trust me I can tell the two apart :) I've
also added two
very special sound clips to our Japanese
Feature. These are from Charlotte on a
radio station in Japan where she did a
beautiful wake up call singing Pie Jesu.
These are definitely unique so give
them a listen. In
the photo section I've added two great new
Magazine Covers.
The first is from Steve of Team USA who
informs me that Charlotte will be on the cover
of Music Alive for the May
issue. In the Magazine Archive we
have a special preview of the cover.
Clarissa also sent me a magazine cover
this time from the Brazilian
Magazine Barbie. Check both of
these out in the Magazine
Archive. Finally
the Literary
Art Gallery grows bigger yet again
with another submission from Louis this
one's entitled "Gentle
as the Spring". The Literary
Art Gallery is really getting to be
quite good and I hope that someday it
might make it's way into a magazine
somewhere because it really deserves the
praise. I might try my hand at writing a
poem one of these days, it's been a while
but back in middle school I used to write
them all the time so I hope I still got
the knack for it. We'll see. Ok
friends, that will probably just about do
it for today's update this week has gone
by quite fast and I can't believe there
are only 2 weeks left until I go away for
vacation. I'll be talking about my
upcoming absence in more depth throughout
the next 2 weeks so that everyone knows what's
going on. See you back here tomorrow
if everything goes well. Peace be with
you,
-
Mark
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