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IX - October 2000 |
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Hello
Charlotte Fans,
today I have yet another quick update for you. As you probably
heard Charlotte appeared on "The Tonight Show" only an hour ago (yep, I'm up that early). I have 4 captures which I will present below for you to look at. These will hopefully tide you over until I get the full set later tonight from Dave.
I will also write a brief summary of what went on as well and that might
actually be available this afternoon if I get it done.
The other big update today comes in the form of completed coverage of
"The Carousel of
Hope". Today all the Entertainment Shows in the USA had the latest goss
:) on the event and Charlotte had a brief and I do mean brief appearance on
Entertainment
Tonight. 6 Captures of this event can be found in the
Carousel of Hope feature along with
my summary of the
event. I wrote this as best I could since I wasn't at the event but it gives you a good idea of what it was all about with none of the hype.
Finally, we've been having some isolated incidents of problems with logins in the
Forums so if you're having a problem please let me know and I'll let you know what you can do. Other than that just remember to vote and come back tomorrow to see the full coverage of "The Tonight Show". Peace be with you,
-Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans,
I have a really really quick update for
today but it was cool enough that it
couldn't wait. As you know Charlotte
attended the Carousel
of Hope on Saturday night. Basically
this is the premier ball in Hollywood and
is held every 2 years to benefit diabetes
research. Anyways we
got some great pictures back from the
event as preliminary coverage. I say
preliminary because it's expected that
Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood
and E! TV will cover the event in their
shows tonight so we might be able to add
some more information.
Speaking
of tonight, Charlotte will be on the
Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC. I'm
assuming that will be enough information
for you to find it but if it isn't please
e-mail me. If you are overseas don't
worry, we'll have our usual complete
coverage. If you have some free
time, I encourage you to either Check out
the Forums, Read our new Wiltshire Feature
or finally Vote for us in the Online Music
Awards. Either way you cant lose!
I
told you it was small tonight but it will
be exciting tonight with Charlotte &
Jay Leno together again. Until then, peace
be with you, -Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans,
your probably wondering what the heck has
been going on the past couple of days.
Well, it wasn't any one thing in
particular but the combination of me
having exams and the server having
troubles equaled not much work being done
on the site. Yesterday was particularly
frustrating because I had the entire
update ready to go but the server stopped
working in between my upload thus you saw
part of the feature uploaded but none of
the text or pictures attached to it.
Today we are back operating at normal
speed so everything should be working now.
Since
I was gone for 3 days I have a bit more
than usual for a update tonight.
First
up, notice the new Weekly Feature, it will
allow us a place to deposit all the
information pertaining to Charlotte's
California activities this week.
Yesterday, Charlotte appeared on the late
night show called "Politically
Incorrect" in the states. I have
a brief summary and I do mean brief as
well as some
photos and a small
video clip of the show all available
to download in our California Tour
Feature. I thank Dave for his help in
getting some of these photos.
Next
up, we've finally received our materials
from Wiltshire;
the first stop on Charlotte's Fall Concert
Tour way back in August. Do to many
misfortunes we were unable to recieve these
much earlier than this. It's a really great
and informative feature with many
pictures so I suggest you check it out. I
have to extend my deepest thanks to Simon
and Hannah of Team England for their work
on this
feature. Finally I really have to give
Simon my thanks because he's placing
this story on our site first before his
.
I
also must tell you that due to my schedule/technical
problems any e-mails that have been sent
to me in the past 2 days haven't been
answered yet so please be patient. I will
get to your message but it will take a day
or two.
Finally,
I want to again ask you to continue to
Vote for CharlotteChurch.net in the
Online Music Awards. I hear the deadline
is November 10th so I'd really like to
have your vote in before then. You can
vote either by clicking the icon below or
the one on the side bar above the poll.
That's
about it for today but I still have a
bunch backlogged from Friday and Saturday
so you can expect more this week. I should
be back tomorrow with some info on how the
Carousel of Hope event went but until
then: Peace be with you, -Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, the week hasn't been going
exactly as I had planned due to some
shifts in my schedule but we should be
fully ready to cover all the events coming
next week.
First
off that announcement of free tickets to
see Charlotte probably caught your eye.
Well believe it or not Pearson TV was kind
enough to let CharlotteChurch.net in
on this special offer. "Open
House" is filmed in London, England
so if you are going to be in that area and
area Charlotte fan you might want to check
this out. Quantities are really really limited
so I'd call tomorrow if you are hoping to
get a decent seat. Try not to give Gabby
at Pearson TV a headache though :)
Next
up, lots and lots of stuff added to the News
Page looks like "Charlotte Church
in the Holy Land" info is slowly
coming out from retailers and thanks to
Borders.com we have the track listing for
this DVD. I'll hopefully be able to give
you a better sense of direction as to the
content on this release in the very near
future. In the meantime I have updated the
BUY link for the "Charlotte Church in
the Holy Land" DVD as HMV.co.uk has a
new special site for Charlotte items this
holiday season. I highly recommend HMV in
the UK as they have been quite knowledgeable
and professional regarding Charlotte's
releases.
The
other big news is that Charlotte released
her second newsletter. The last one came
around April so it's been a while since
we've gotten Charlotte's official word on
many things. Read some excerpts in the News
Page where you can also learn how to receive
your own copy of Charlotte's Newsletter.
Charlotte mentioned some dates of private
concerts in that newsletter so I have
updated the Events
page accordingly.
Before
I got let me clarify that Charlotte's
appearance on "Politically
Incorrect" is on Friday
night/Saturday Morning at 12:00 or 12:30
depending on your location. If you stay up
late on Saturday night your going to be
really disappointed :) Naturally we'll
have full coverage here for all of our
viewers outside the USA.
Finally,
I end on a rather sad note. Fred of Team
Brazil lost his Grandfather yesterday
after a battle with Cancer. All our
thoughts are with Fred and his family as
they mourn this loss. I'll be back early
Saturday morning with the
"Politically Incorrect" coverage
unless we get some news tomorrow on
Charlotte's appearance in California.
Until then peace be with you, -Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, I have a really quick
update for you on this early Tuesday
morning. I have the day off so I'll be
doing more momentous work during the day.
The first thing I want to tackle is some
confusion surrounding the TV Broadcasts,
particularly "Politically
Incorrect". This will be shown at
12:00 or 12:30 AM depending on your
location on the night of the 27th but
since its at midnight it's technically the
28th as well thus we have listed it the
28th. I hope that makes a little bit of
sense but if you e-mail me I'd be glad to
find the show for you. Also remember to
click that link below the schedule it will
connect you with TVGuide Online.
I've
updated the Media
Features of the week so check those
out. Great pic of Charlotte and Billy
Gilman can be found there.
Interestingly
enough I got a chance to update some of
our concert features today. Rob sent us
some pics from Charlotte
in Milwaukee during the actual concert
while Dave added one more for our Atlanta
Feature. After Baltimore, which is
coming up in November (Read
the Preview for all the details) I'll
be publishing a grand revue of all our
concert features just to make sure no one
misses anything.
Ok,
my plan for today is finish up our
coverage of "dream a dream".
Steve should have our finalised review
coming in today and I will be transcribing
the lyrics since it's been widely
requested. That should take a bit of work.
I will also be attempting to make some
strides in the Poetry Gallery which has
suffered during this time of constant
news. I'll probably take Thursday off
because I have Astronomy exams on Friday
but Friday night I'll have full coverage
of "Politically Incorrect" hours
after it is shown so all our international
viewers can see it when they wake up.
Also,
lets not forget Charlotte is arriving in
California this week (probably around
Wednesday). I might as well give you the
schedule:
October
30: Charlotte
and Billy Gilman to perform "dream a
dream" on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay
Leno (USA)
October
28: Appearance
on ABC's "Politically Incorrect"
with Bill Maher. (USA)
October
28: Carousel
of Hope Oct. 28 at the Beverly Hilton
Hotel, Beverly Hills, California. (USA)
October
26: Taping
of ABC's "Politically Incorrect"
with Bill Maher. (USA)
Finally,
Christmas Glory comes out tomorrow. Click
on the link in the "Charlotte's
Releases" Box to learn more.
Joe has ordered it and we'll check it out
and report back with full coverage. That's
about it, peace be with you, -Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, I hope your weekend is
going well. Yesterday marked the 8th month
of operation of CharlotteChurch.net
and believe it or not in two months I'll
celebrate the one year anniversary of my
old site.
During
the past 2 weeks we've been totally
focused on the release of "dream a
dream" so other things like layout
and organisation have been secondary.
Today I have cleaned up some things a bit
on the homepage to ensure that all the
info you need to know is quickly accessible.
This meant having to move the poll to the
far right but it was worth it.
If
you look above you'll notice those three
scheduled Television
Appearances I have added. I would like
to thank Dave and Steph for their help in
finding these for me. Basically looks like
we'll be mighty busy next weekend with
three television performances in the space
of 5 days.
I've
also placed some updated news in the News
Page. Of particular importance is the
news about the DVD/VHS video for
"dream a dream". Basically we
still don't know as much as we should
about this item considering its coming out
in a month but essentially it is a video
of a concert Charlotte performed in
Jerusalem in July. It will be shown on PBS
and UK TV this holiday season but if you
buy the DVD you're going to get extra special
footage. Again I still don't know enough
to properly advise you on this purchase
but nevertheless I have added links for
preordering in the USA/CA as well as the
UK above in the feature box. I'll
do a bit of discovery work this week and
see if I can nail down what exactly will
be in this video.
In
other news, Lourdes of Team USA has
launched her new site called "A
Voice Like No Other" I have
changed her one click link above as well
as updated her network
listing. Lourdes has also started a
clique so you might want to check
that out in case you are interested
in joining.
Finally,
I have an addition to our staff to report.
Nazreen Hussain joins us after his great
work on the Singapore feature. Nazreen
will be helping us quite a bit in
Singapore and in Asia in general as our
audience grows over there rapidly.
That's
it for today, this week I'm going to try
my best and get some of the poetry updated
and as always I'll be passing the latest
news along to you. Peace be with you,
-Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, It's Friday at last. Lots
of stuff to talk about, but I got a maths
exam in 10 hours so I'll make this as
brief as possible.
First
off I finally got "dream a
dream"! Rather than regurgitate what
I said in my
article about it I'll just point you
to the section called "Marks's
Thoughts" in our North American
Release Coverage. As you all know at the
end of the day I'm a Charlotte fan so I
hope my thoughts are shared with you as
well. Read
the article and drop
me an e-mail with what you think.
Naturally
I'm not the only one who has a voice here,
say what you felt about the album in
redesigned Fourms,
quickly becoming the largest meeting place
for Charlotte fans in the world.
Next
up I mentioned Charlotte's concert
in Singapore on Wednesday, well early
this morning the goods finally came in and
I'm proud to introduce our
coverage of the events in Singapore.
Again I wont repeat what's said many times
over in the feature but I will tell you
there is a 5
minute video interview included in our
coverage. Currently this video is
being streamed off of Singapore One in Singapore
so expect it to be really slow at some
times. If this happens just request it
again until it works. We'll try to get
this loaded on our server sometime this
weekend for much faster access. Thanks for
your patience and enjoy this excellent
feature.
While
were talking about concerts, some new pics
came in from Milwaukee
thanks to David Kay who attended the
concert. They are filed in the Pre-Concert
section.
OK,
that's a really really quick run through
of today's submissions. I know I skipped
something but I'll mention it tomorrow
once I remember it :) Again I apologise
for not talking so much about "dream
a dream" right here specifically but
I get really into in in my
article. Lots of stuff coming along
this weekend as well so be on the lookout.
Finally,
I wish all our new viewers a warm welcome.
Yes this site is as big as it seems and
yes there are a lot of cool people around
here and yes you can actually e-mail
me and I'll actually get back to you.
Hey! What a concept! Seriously though,
drop me a line if your new; I'd love to
meet you. Have a safe start to your
weekend and wish me luck on my maths exam,
like Charlotte I hate maths too so this
should be fun :) Peace be with you,
-Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, all I can say is WOW after
yesterday. It was by far our busiest day
ever and I haven't even had a chance to
look at our logs yet. Everyone under the
Sun emailed me sharing their experiences
as well as their impressions of "dream
a dream". I have a lot to discuss
with you today but first let me say that
if your opinions are any indication to the
quality of this album it is not only the
best Charlotte release ever but the best
holiday album in modern history.
Yes
that is a pretty strong statement but I
heard that same opinion echoed hundreds of
times yesterday. As for me I will be
picking the album up on Thursday so
needless to say I'm quite excited. I think
I've documented what happened pretty well
but basically it was merely a case of me
going to Target too early. But, as I said
I'll get the album on Thursday and publish
my thoughts this weekend. I have Steve and
Rick working on some kind of official
review for us so I look forward to seeing
that.
OK,
on to the updates. I have added quite a
lot to the dream a dream feature but it's
still far from complete. The best addition
today is the CD
Insert Photos. I thank Lourdes for
getting me these so quickly. In order to
protect Charlotte and Sony I have
digitally and visibly watermarked these
images as well as removed the text. This
has been done to prevent removal from this
site and to prevent coping of the
images.
I
have also added 2 reviews from
Barnes&Noble and Amazon to the Media
reaction page in the dream
a dream feature.
Next,
up I have changed the Media Features of
the Week. Of particular interest is the Media
Story of the Week from Singapore.
Charlotte is performing in Singapore
tonight and this is a nice little preview
leading up to that event. As always I
thank Lyn from Team Singapore for this
great work!
In
other news as I write this "dream a
dream" is sitting at #21 in Amazons
sales rankings and has been the move all
week. I think a #1 rank isn't hard to
imagine by the end of the week.
Finally,
I have received a ton of e-mails from
people out side of the USA looking to get
either the Target "bonus" CD or
simply the CD itself. Basically we cannot
provide this service to anyone since we
are a non for profit organisation.
Furthermore we didn't have any say on the
release dates so I suggest you contact
Sony if you are upset with the staggered
release. Personally I think that the
UK/USA release dates should have been the
same but realise there are many other
factors at work here. As for the Target
special release that includes "The
First Noel" and "O Tannenbaum"
I have no idea if this will show up in
Canada or in the UK however I suspect the
UK version will have these songs included.
I will try my best to sort this info out
for you as soon as possible. If you live
in Canada and are hesitating to buy
because of this I'd say the odds favour
the Target "bonus album" not
being released up there so go ahead and
purchase the album. Phew, I'm taking
tonight off so look for an update on
Friday after I have hopefully listened to
the album but the word for now is that
"dream a dream" is the best
Charlotte release ever. Not one thing bad
has been said about it yet and I expect
that to remain true. Oh yeah
REMEMBER TO VOTE! :) Peace be with you,
-Mark
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Tue · October 17 · 2000 12:30
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, no luck yet! I went to my
local Target store and not a CD was to be
found. I even looked for Billy Gilman's
and still came up with nothing.
I'm
hoping everyone else had better luck than
me , if you did please e-mail
me or talk
about it in the Forums.
BTW,
some of you were asking for the Target
Advert so here it is:
I
might be heading back later today to check
out the situation again but in all likelihood
I'll go back on Thursday to see if they
have it then. It would have been exciting
to see it sold out but unfortunately I
have to blame this on Target not being
ready on time. If any of you work
for Target and would like to explain to me
your procedures I'd be glad to listen to
your side of the story. Peace be with you,
-Mark
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Tue · October 17 · 2000 2:30
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, well the 17th is finally
here! Across North America today people
will hopefully be rushing out to buy
Charlotte's latest. I know I will be
at least! Naturally its early in the
morning here so I don't have the album yet
but tomorrow will be a big test to see
just how "on the ball" Target's
staff is.
So
if you're just waking up and need to know
where to get the album I recommend you go
to your nearest Target (which might not be
so near at all depending on where you
live) and pick up their special edition of
"dream a dream". I still don't
know exactly what the two bonus tracks are
but it appears likely that "The First
Noel" is one of them.
If
you don't live near a Target but still
want to get this album TODAY then I
suggest the following stores: Borders,
Barnes and Noble, Liberties,
Books-A-Million, HMV or any other fine
book/music seller in your area. I don't
know much about discount stores such as
Wal-Mart or K-Mart because I haven't been
to one in the past year or so but you
might want to check them out as well.
Again I probably left out a LOT of smaller
stores but I'd stick with the big on this
release due to its being so new. If you
find a place that had a good deal please
let me know by e-mail
so I can pass it on. BTW, Target is
selling the CD for $12.99 so keep that in
mind when shopping elsewhere.
Like
I said I'll do my best to get the album
myself today but there are no guarantees
seeing I have no experience with the
service at Target. I'm hoping it will
exceed my expectations.
The
main goal of pushing the album right at
the start is to get a really high debut on
the charts which would be very cool. Also
keep in mind that Billy Gilman's album
"Classic Christmas" come out
today as well featuring "Sleigh
Ride", a duet with Charlotte. Judging
by your votes I don't think many of you
will be buying his album but try and have
a open mind :)
As
for Charlotte, she just finished up a
private concert in Hong Kong on Saturday
and is going to be performing in Singapore
tomorrow night. She'll be back in the USA,
specifically California next week so keep
your eyes and ears open. As always the
latest schedule is on the Upcoming
Events page.
OK,
that's it for now, I'm sure you'll all
want to express your opinion so please e-mail
me and participate
in the forums. Oh yea, one last thing,
remember to vote for
CharlotteChurch.net! I found out today
that http://www.manics.co.uk
is in the running as well so it'd be
really cool to be in the same ranks as one
of my favourite music sites. If you can't
think of any reasons to vote for us, then
e-mail me and I'd be glad to give some to
you :) See you all in about 12 hours I'll
hopefully have some good news but if I
don't I'm sure you will! Peace be with
you,
-Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, after nearly a year of
waiting, the third album is finally upon
us. To illustrate just how long it's been
since Charlotte's last release,
CharlotteChurch.net and
CharlotteChurch.iwarp.com (our forerunner)
were both founded after "Charlotte
Church" hit the shelves. It's been a
long wait but from all that I have heard
it has been worth it. Even though tomorrow
is the official release date a few people
have already received their CD's from
online retailers. One of those people is
John Saragosa, and we were lucky enough to
have him write a great "First
Impressions" article for us on very
short notice. His article is part of
what will be our complete
coverage of the North American Release.
Many
of you have asked me where is the best
place to buy your "dream a
dream" CD and finally I have a
definitive answer. Believe it or not for
North American buyers, your best bet for
purchasing the "dream a dream"
album is to go to Target. Why? Well Target
is the only retailer so far to announce a
special edition of "dream a
dream".
This weekends advertisement from Target
stated that it will include 2 exclusive
tracks. After early research it appears
that one of these will be "The First
Noel". The other one is still unknown
and will remain that way until tomorrow
when we can all go out and buy it.
Those of you who ordered online may or may
not have these bonus tracks so you'll
probably want to see if you have easy
access to a Target store before canceling
your online order. BTW , Target is selling
the CD for $12.99 US Dollars.
For
UK/International viewers, I have updated
the BUY CD function to show updated links
so click on BUY CD above. Special thanks
goes out to BJ for this!
If
you have any questions at all about the CD
please e-mail
me. Many will be answered tomorrow
when I finally have a chance to get the
CD. (Hopefully :)
The
next update is a special addition to the Magazine
Archive. It's from a Welsh Publication
called "Planet
Magazine". What makes it so
special is the fact that
CharlotteChurch.net helped contribute
to the article! That's right, they made
use of one of Dave of Team USA's pictures
from Atlanta. Really cool stuff so check
it out!
I'm
still working on the Media Features of the
week for tomorrow so check out last
week's for one last time if you have
some extra time.
Before
you go, please take 2 minutes to vote for
us in the Online Music Awards. It really
only does take 2 minutes (probably less!)
and you'll feel really great after you do
:)
Again,
the big stuff will come towards the end of
the week once we have a chance to actually
hold the album in our hands but early
indications are this may just be
Charlotte's best effort yet. At the very
least it will turn you into a fan of
holiday music forever. Much more to come.
Until then, peace be with you,
-Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, sorry about the delay in
the update today. Due to some technical
problems last night when I usually update
for the next day I wasn't able to put this
up in time for everyone to see it right in
the morning. University has also been
dreadfully busy but its the weekend now so
I will be working on a normal schedule
again.
There
are a few things added to the News
Page today so you'll probably want to
check those out first. The most important
items are the following:
Charlotte
and Billy will Perform October 30th on
NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno. They
will sing their "dream a
dream" duet.
Tickets
for the Chimes concert in Baltimore
Maryland have been introduced at new
price points of $50 and $75. Keep in
mind though these tickets only include
the concert performance and none of the
other festivities.
Check
the news page for the
latest.
I've
also done a bit of updating to our concert
features in the past few days behind the
scenes:
Milwaukee
gains two more sections. One is a section
entitled "The
Little Things" written by Rick of
Team USA. It's a very interesting second
perspective from the Milwaukee event and definitely
worth a read. Rick has also sent me many
shots from the Concert
Programme so you might be interested
in those.
Atlanta
gains a new section titled "Follow-
Ups" you'll find two interesting
stories and photos here from Atlanta fans
including one from a very special fan
named Madeline. You'll definitely want to
see these.
The
Upcoming
appearances page has been updated to
include the new dates as has the Charlotte
In Concert Preview to include new
prices.
We've
also updated the Photos
from ClassicCD we introduced on
Wednesday to include the great
index photo we missed.
Phew!
I probably missed something there but I
did upload everything I completed last
night so your likely to find it laying
around. Before I go I want to run through
the schedule next week for Charlotte
related items:
October
17: "dream
a dream" released to USA/CANADA on
CD/CASSETTE
October
17: "Classic
Christmas" released to USA/CANADA
(Billy Gilman's Album)
October
24: "dream
a dream" released to USA/CANADA on
MiniDisc/SuperAudio CD
October
25: Charlotte
and Andrea Bochelli release
"Christmas Glory" VHS
October
28: Carousel
of Hope Oct. 28 at the Beverly Hilton
Hotel, Beverly Hills, California.
October
30: Charlotte
and Billy Gilman to perform "dream
a dream" on NBC's Tonight
Show
Keep
in mind some of this could change as it
has in the past but that looks pretty
solid for now. All the latest can be found
always on the News Page and if more info
on the music releases is what your after
please read our special feature "A
Charlotte Christmas"
Please
also remember to vote for us in the Online
Music Awards by either clicking below or
on the icon above.
I
hope that eliminates some of the confusion
and I hope you feel adequately informed.
All the links to purchase the new releases
are in the Features Box above so feel free
to visit your favourite retailer. I should
be back tomorrow to focus specifically on
the releases next week. Have a great
weekend and stay safe. Peace be with you,
-Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans,
we
have a whole bunch of things to cover
today so lets get to it shall we?
First
up, I have made corrections and additions
to the Milwaukee
Feature. The most interesting addition
being the Concert Photo I added thanks to
Dave. I have some more photos actually on
the way so keep checking this
feature the rest of the week.
Next,
I have corrected and added some items to
the "A
Charlotte Christmas" feature. The
most important being those made to the
section on Billy Gilman's album which
now includes the track listing and some
other neat info. Also look later in this
update for a neat article on Billy and
Charlotte.
I
have also made a correction to the official
"dream a dream" photo page
to fix the problem that some of you were
having with none of the pictures
displaying.
As
if all that wasn't enough I have 3 wicked
:) Magazine Photo Contributions for you:
The
first is from "The South Wales Echo"
(October 7, 2000) and it's
a nice little article on Billy Gilman and
Charlotte and their recent duets and
Holiday Albums. If you haven't read much
about Billy check
this out! Thanks to Darren (Team
Wales) for this!
The second is from "ClassicCD
Magazine" (December, 1999) it is a
very interesting and touching look at
Charlotte as she takes the critics head
on. Lots of interesting info and brilliant
photography in this feature so check
it out!
The third is from "The Western Mail" (October 30, 1999)
it talks a great deal about Charlotte's
Ford Commercial that aired during the
holidays last year. It's quite lengthy and
interesting so check
it out as well. Thanks to Yuuki (Team
USA) for this!
Wow,
you'd think we'd be done by now but no!
You probably notice that new icon at the
top of the page below the Picture of the
Day:
Well
that button allows you to vote for us in
the DotMusic Online Music Awards 2000! This is
the "Oscars" of the online music world and
we are in the viewers choice part of the competition
which means all you have to do is click on
the button and follow the instructions to
vote for us. Naturally I want you to vote for this because if on the outside chance we did win we get two tickets to London for the awards show as well as 500
pounds also if you vote for us and we win
you can get a PlayStation 2. At the very least it would be out of this world to place in the Top 50
so, help us out guys and gals! I'd also
encourage you to tell all your offline friends/family to vote as well.
If you want to know how to place this vote
icon on your site e-mail
me!
Finally,
I will bring today's update to a close by
asking you once again for your prayers and
best wishes for a member of our staff.
This time I'd ask that you direct your
devotion for Fred of Team Brazil. His
grandfather will be undergoing surgery for
next week. Fred is a brilliant,
top notch guy to work with so I wish him
and his family all the best during this
difficult time. I can't believe how much
stuff we added today but rest assured much
more is on its way. Next week is the big
week and I have some things planned that
will hopefully work out. Talk to you soon,
-Mark
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Hello
Charlotte Fans, there's lots to cover
today but I first want to wish all our
Canadian Viewers a Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Special thanks goes out to Jan for
reminding me to! :)
Today
the first thing you probably notice is
that we've finally got a review
from the Milwaukee Concert up thanks
to Steve who really moved things along to
get it to me for today's update. The title
of the review is Charlotte
Conquers Milwaukee so I guess you
can tell from that alone that Charlotte
did an excellent job. Both Steve and Rick
from Team USA were able to attend the
concert on Saturday and once again they
did a great job of letting me know what
went on. Apparently, there were some
photographic restrictions at the event but
I had a few e-mail me that they got to
take a picture with Charlotte before the
concert so I might have some of those pics
later in the week.
I
have added a new
Media Photo of the week and a New
Media Feature of the week. The media
feature is particularly interesting in
that its an older story but one that I
never got a chance to read. I definitely recommend it to everyone so if you have
some extra time this week check
it out.
I
have also fixed various link problems on
the following pages:
A
Charlotte Christmas - "dream a dream
live in the holy land" (DVD)
News Page
Photos from
Jay Leno in Sweden
There
were various problems on each of those
pages so if you couldn't access something
try it now!
I've
also added some new photos to the
official dream a dream collection
thanks to Sony.
Later
this week we have a vintage article from
Classic CD magazine in which Charlotte
confronts the critic's head on, its a very
interesting read and quite relevant if
you've been following along the past
couple of days.
Finally,
I'd like to ask for your prayers and best
wishes for Simon, our UK
Sister Site Editor and one of my good
friends. Simon has continued to have a
horrible time in the UK, taking a look at
his update page gives relevance to that
but this time he broke a bone in his hand
so this makes updating and e-mailing
rather painful if not impossible. I wish
Simon a quick recovery and hopefully Team
England will be back stronger than ever by
the end of the year. On that note I'll
send you off, lets hope this week runs a
little smoother than last week and just
think, next week at this time USA/Canadian
viewers will be just one day away from
getting their hands on "dream a
dream" an album which we have been
discussing and speculating on for the past
3 months! Talk to you later this week,
peace be with you,
-Mark
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