American Idol Gives Back

[CC1]

Originally Posted by Sherri

I loved seeing Ryan Seacrest in the feeding station in Kissumu. We are getting ready to plant a church in that town in Kenya! Seeing all those kids made me homesick to go back.

You need to forget planting that African church and "plant a seed" in the CC1 Missions Program.

We are raising funds for a 2008 or 2009 missions trip to Australia and one that is a Transatlantic voyage from Europe back to America.

We promise to put a WAF tract on every cabin door if we raise enough money and Mrs. CC1 will sing inspirational songs at karaoke and in the ship talent contest.

[Barb]

Originally Posted by Sherri

Oh, sorry, I misunderstood. I was glad that Melinda sang a gospel song and Simon actually loved it. I thought Jordan was absolutely amazing!!

I agree...

Though Melinda and Lakisha have similar tastes,the musical difference is Melinda's studio training...the way she handles the music and herself.

It's interesting to watch, and even hear.

Lakisha is so 'church' trained...that's what Simon keeps hearing and it sounds so loud to him.

Just an old sound person's opinion...

[Rico]

Originally Posted by CC1

I liked Clay. I thought he had a great voice. He was the poster child for us nerds everywhere until we found out he was really the poster child for GAY nerds everywhere!!

You don't hear much about him anymore. So far Carrie Underwood is he most successful Idol winner with a little over five million copies of her debut CD having been sold. That is especially amazing considering it is a Country album and Country Music has been in decline over the last decade plus.

In the last few years you could have the number one country hit on radio and still have only sold less than a million CD's.

Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler along with a couple of the guys are all here in Nashville so sooner or later I will probably run into one of them.

I'd like to know where you are getting your information from because Country music is more mainstream now than it ever was. Artists like Kenney Chesney, Faith Hill and Tim McGraw are breaking concert records every year. Country music is far from being in a decline.