Sssssh, Birthday Plans Afoot....

It's time to make some plans for Kris Allen's 29th birthday, happening on June 21! Here's the various things that various fans are undertaking... Join in and do one, two or all!

Birthday Card
First off, there is an online birthday card for fans to sign at http://www.groupcard.com/c/dYN5V9NlU4e. The card will be closed on June 19, so make sure you sign by then! Thank you to @Ang_716 for setting this up for all of us!

Charity Effort
Kris superfan @christig428 has challenged other Kris fans to donate $29 to any charity of your choosing in honor of Kris. Details here.

Get the TVOL Video to 2 Million Views by 6/21
Several fans have tweeted that it would be sweet to get that darn video for The Vision of Love to 2 million views by Kris' birthday. It's so close! To make it easy, I've embedded here. Just click on it when you get a chance! If you are highly motivated to do this, click this link instead and leave it on.


Go to His Birthday Concert! (Detroit and Toledo, OH Areas) On June 21, Kris will headline the Monroe County Community College 50th Anniversary Celebration. He'll be performing on the campus in Monroe, MI at 8:30 PM in a show that is free, all-ages and open to the public, and that will be followed by fireworks! Monroe, MI is just north of Toledo, Ohio and is about an hour south of Detroit. If you need more incentive, he doesn't have another non-college show scheduled right now until late August in Washington State. Whatever you choose to do, please join me in saying, Happy Birthday Kris!

Throwback Thursday: May 22, 2012: Happy Anniversary Thank You Camellia

Every Thursday we take a look back at Kris Allen's career via video. This Thursday is a special day because it happens to be the anniversary of the 2012 release of his most recent album, Thank You Camellia.

It's a little bittersweet for me. This album is fantastic and deserved so much more notice and attention than it ended up receiving, mainly due to a lackluster promotional campaign by Kris' record label and management at the time. (Since then, he's gone indie and changed management.) If you are reading this and are a Kris Allen fan but have never gotten Thank You Camellia, I highly recommend that you change that immediately and get the deluxe version ([Amazon]| [iTunes]) as the bonus tracks are some of my favorites.

Combing through YouTube to see what transpired around the release of Thank You Camellia - Kris did a mix of radio/TV interviews and a few listening parties. I thought for our Throwback Thursday video, I'd use this interview with WPRI in Providence, Rhode Island, as it was a good one and has a nice acoustic version of The Vision of Love (the only single off the album):

So sometime today, as we await the release of Kris' next album sometime this year, why not give Thank You Camellia a listen while sipping a delicious Camellia?

via http://www.pinterest.com/pin/197806608603999610/

Heck, and maybe even do a rewatch of the official video for the Vision of Love? Happy TYCAnniversary!

Throwback Thursday: National Memorial Day Parade, Washington, DC 2012

Every Thursday during the non-touring phases, we take a look back at what Kris was doing in previous years around this time!

In both 2011 and 2012, he visited the DC area to participate in the wonderful events we have for Memorial Day. Most of you probably remember his stirring and moving rendition of God Bless the USA at the annual Memorial Day concert on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol in 2011. But last year, he did another event - the annual Memorial Day parade. It was a beautiful sunny day in DC and the parade was livestreamed - so people outside of DC were able to see it, including those in between soccer games (yours truly), and we do have an excellent video of his parade performance of The Vision of Love!

Kris will not be back in DC this year; as you know, he's recovering from his recent surgery on his wrist. (For those curious, the Idol at this year's annual PBS concert is Candice Glover, S12 winner.) I will miss Kris' visit to DC for Memorial Day - he was starting to become an annual Memorial Day weekend tradition along with a backyard cookout and the Virginian soccer tournament! Over the weekend as we go back and forth between the tournament and the BBQs, I'll tweet some more fun Kris in DC Memorial Day videos, so please be sure to follow me on Twitter @KrisAllenLists if you don't already.