JORDIN AND JESSE TOUR
Win backstage passes!

FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS TO THE "T" OR YOU MAY LOSE YOUR CHANCE TO GO BACKSTAGE! DO NOT ASK ME QUESTIONS, THIS IS SELF EXPLANATORY AND EASY TO FOLLOW.

1. Buy your tickets and get all of your friends to buy tickets.
2. Get your group together (with your tickets in hand) and go to the venue and take a digital picture of your group holding your tickets in front of the venue in which the concert is being held. If you are getting a large group together and traveling, take the picture of your group in front of your post office.
3. Reply to this blog with the following info only:

YOUR NAME
THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR GROUP
WHICH CONCERT YOU ARE GOING TO AND DATE
ATTACH THE PICTURE OF YOUR GROUP TO THE COMMENT AND TAG IT TO ME W/ THE SAME INFO JUST MENTIONED SO THAT I CAN PUT IT IN MY PHOTO ALBUM.
YOUR PHOTO MUST BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST 3 DAYS PRIOR TO THE CONCERT YOU ARE GOING TO

Every group with 10 or more people holding Jordin/Jesse tickets (must be verified) will get Meet and Greets to meet Jordin at concert. EVERY PERSON IN YOUR GROUP WILL GET M&G'S TO MEET JORDIN...ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS BUY A TICKET AND GET IN THE PICTURE!

If you don't have a group, send in a picture of yourself in front of venue or post office and you will be put in a drawing for 2 meet and greets for your location.

The group with the MOST people in the picture with tickets will get something special as well as the meet and greets.

THIS CONTEST IS FOR EVERYONE.
You may only enter once. You can't enter in a group photo and also a single photo.

THIS CONTEST IS INVALID IF THERE ARE LESS THAN 200 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING, SO SPREAD THE WORD!!! Other blogs, websites, email blasts etc.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING DON'T ASK HERE! ASK THE FANSITE MASTERS (IN MY TOP FRIENDS!) THEY KNOW EVERYTHING!! ;)

After last year’s superhit album Shock Value, Timbaland is planning a sequel, roping in artists like Madonna and Rihanna.

The 37-year-old producer plans to record songs with hitmaker Beyonce, Jonas Brothers, Jordin Sparks and many others as well.

"Right now, I have a song with Madonna that I didn't put on her album. I saved it in case I wanna do one for me," Who Magazine quoted Timbaland, as saying.

"Of course I'll do one with Beyonce. I'll do one with Jordin Sparks, Rihanna, it's a lot of people, I'll do one with Jonas Brothers, I'll try to have 10 major ones," the producer said.

Along with the divas, Timbaland also plans to incorporate rappers like T Pain, Jay-Z to add variety to the sequel. "Jay was really on the last one, but he wanted to change the song,” Timbaland said.

Glendale, the site of Friday's auditions for American Idol, produced '07 Idol winner turned Billboard Top 10 recording artist Jordin Sparks.

She recently offered some advice to those hoping to make it in front of show judges Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell.

Keep in mind that Sparks herself had to try out twice, first in Los Angeles and again in Seattle, before finally making it to the second round.

Question: What advice do you give to Valley residents trying out for Idol?

Answer: I would tell them to be themselves, look at the judges and stand out. Wear something that is memorable without looking crazy.

Q: What are some good ways to stand out? How did you try to make yourself stand out at your auditions?

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American Idol and pop star Jordin Sparks sings, “Tell me how I’m supposed to breathe with no air,” in her recent love duet with Chris Brown. Now, she’s asking how teens are supposed to do school work with no supplies.

Sparks recently joined with the Web site DoSomething.org and Staples Inc. to resolve this problem with a national back-to-school supply drive.

“I’m very excited to be involved with the Do Something 101 campaign and to help motivate teens to get involved,” Sparks said. “There are so many kids in America who need school supplies and don’t have them, and all somebody has to do is donate. It’s so easy.”

The Do Something 101 campaign, running through Aug. 31, encourages teens to collect school supplies and drop them off at their nearest Staples stores.

Locally, school supplies will be given to the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Alabama, an educational and not-for-profit organization that serves disadvantaged youth.

Staples kick-started the campaign by donating $50,000 in school supplies to the national cause. In addition, Staples customers can also get involved by donating $2 at any Staples store and 100 percent of the proceeds will go to local teens in need.

Staples will also hold Teacher Appreciation Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at its store in Athens.

“A tough economy and tighter budgets mean teachers are spending more of their own money to keep their classrooms stocked,” said Shira Goodman, executive vice-president of marketing for Staples. “Teacher Appreciation Day is our way of letting teachers know how much they are valued and to make it easy for them to have the supplies they need to do their job. Last year, more than 280,000 teachers came to Staples stores nationwide to receive Teacher Appreciation Day gift bags, and we hope to help even more teachers in 2008.”

The first 200 teachers visiting Staples stores on July 26 will receive raffle prizes and a chance to win a 512MB Flash Drive giveaway. Teachers may also sign up for Staples teacher rewards, another way to help teachers who spend their own money on school supplies.

DoSomething.org bills itself as “a community where young people learn to listen, speak, vote, volunteer, ask and take action to make the world a better place.”

Its mission is “to inspire, support and celebrate a generation of do-ers; people who see the need to do something, believe in their ability to get it done and then take action.”