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My Drawing Of Blake Michael Link http://twitpic.com/5g5ptt

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trmow is my birthday

Happy Birthday!

'Hope you have a good one!

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asnowyday:

<3

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Trivia: Did you know that Blake Michael's Favorite Smoothie Flavors are Raspberries and Mango?

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HAYY UMM DO YOU THINK THAT I CAN LIKE ACT IN A MOVIE WITH YOU PLEZ THAT MY DREAM BUT IF YOU CANT THEN WELL WELL I GUESS ILL HAVE TO

this is a blake michael fan page... not blake's personal blog.

however, i'm sure you can act with him if you work hard to get there :)

good luck!

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blake where do u live/

he's originally from georgia, but he currently lives in california.

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is blake michael dating the girl who plays charlie's girlfriend (that blonde curly haired girl)?

he's single :)

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Do you know Blake's tumblr page?

blakemichael14.tumblr.com

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Trivia: Did you know that Blake Michael's Favorite Candy is Jolly Rancher Chews?

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thanks for following! :D

not a problem

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haha yeah good point, Scott did join the band at the end of the movie....so yup, he should go on tour with them. xD Even though he's the only one that we haven't sing at all... o.O

i bet he sings really well too.

Disney usually take triple threats especially in movies that involve a lot of music :D

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BostonGlobe Article: Author drinks in success of ‘Lemonade Mouth’

WAYLAND — When he was in high school, Mark Peter Hughes finished in the top four of a young adult fiction contest whose winner would get a book published. Though he did not win, he was invited to submit another draft. He never followed up.

“I was a dumb kid,’’ he said.

Two decades later he entered another contest for young adult fiction. Of more than 500 entries, his made the top five, and again he was invited to keep working on it. Older and wiser, he seized the moment. He turned a backyard shed into a writing room, and in 2005 Random House published his first novel, “I Am the Wallpaper.’’ In 2007 it published his second, “Lemonade Mouth.’’

That second book is now a movie airing on the Disney Channel, and Hughes, 44, no longer toils in obscurity. Touted as the next “High School Musical,’’ “Lemonade Mouth’’ — the story of five high school misfits who meet in detention, form a band, and challenge their cliquey classmates — premiered last Friday as the most-watched original cable movie of 2011. It airs again tonight.

Though the novel itself did not become an immediate hit, Hughes did what he could to make sure it got noticed. In the summer of 2007 he and his wife, Karen, loaded their three children into their old minivan with the words “Lemonade Mouth’’ plastered across its sides and hood. The family left their home in Wayland and drove 13,000 miles through 38 states, stopping at 60 bookstores to sell and sign copies.

Four years later, the book is getting more exposure than Hughes ever imagined possible.

“It does feel like a dream,’’ he said. “I feel like it’s absurdly wonderful.’’

After the movie premiered, its soundtrack shot to No. 1 on iTunes. Disney aired the movie again Sunday and plans to run it regularly, no doubt with the success of “High School Musical’’ in mind.

“Like with ‘High School Musical,’ we are seeing kids drive the momentum, and in two telecasts the movie reached over 13 million viewers,’’ said Brenda Kelly Grant, a Disney spokeswoman. “Like with ‘High School Musical,’ the consumer will tell us if they want extensions of ‘Lemonade Mouth,’ whether that’s the soundtrack, DVD, or anything more.’’

Disney, she said, was drawn to the novel because its characters appeal to both boys and girls and because of its message of empowerment. “Our focus is on telling relatable, relevant stories that connect to a generation of kids and their parents, too,’’ Grant said.

 “Lemonade Mouth’’ is an upstairs/downstairs story. The cool kids — the jocks, cheerleaders, and enablers — hang out upstairs in their Rhode Island high school, while the nerdy clubs and those in detention are consigned to the basement. It is all presided over by an inept principal who adores athletics but is indifferent to the arts.

Hughes is a self-described nerd who went to Barrington High School in Rhode Island. “I was the shortest kid in my grade by far,’’ said Hughes, who is now 5 feet 11 inches. “I didn’t even hit puberty until I was 17.’’

At the University of Rochester, he majored in electrical engineering and minored in creative writing, then earned a master’s degree in public health at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. For years, he worked as a consultant in managed health care, but he wrote young-adult fiction in his free time — early mornings, late nights, and whenever he called in sick to work.

Stephanie Lane Elliott, the editor at Delacorte who bought “Lemonade Mouth,’’ said she was attracted to the five main characters, each of whom narrates the story line.

“I thought Mark created five distinct voices, kids you can identify with and want to know more about,’’ she said. “The book also made me laugh a lot, always a good thing.’’

Publishers Weekly called the book “a rock-and-roll ‘The Breakfast Club’ for the literary set.’’

Debra Martin Chase, who produced “The Princess Diaries,’’ “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants’’ and “The Cheetah Girls,’’ called Hughes after reading the book.

 “I just knew it would make a great movie,’’ Chase said. “The characters are all fresh, with real depth and texture. Their issues are universal. The plot lines take unexpected turns.’’

 Disney’s people wrote the music and script, relocated the setting to the Southwest, and made a few other changes that Hughes could live with. “It’s a beautiful movie,’’ he said. “I’ll take credit for the story.’’

One big change: Unlike the book’s hapless but headstrong protagonists, the stars have Hollywood looks and musical talent. There’s Bridgit Mendler of “Good Luck Charlie,’’ Adam Hicks of “Zeke and Luther,’’ Hayley Kiyoko of “Wizards of Waverly Place,’’ and others with equally impressive resumes.

Hughes hopes the Hollywood treatment will give his book a bump in sales. Regardless, he said, his life will not change materially. The family lives in a modest two-bedroom Cape and still drives the “Lemonade Mouth’’ minivan, which has 232,000 miles on it.

Though they will not talk specifics, the couple makes it clear that their finances have not changed much. “Disney is going to make a billion, and I just want to pay off my house and buy a new car without taking out a loan,’’ his wife said with a laugh. There will be no McMansion, no private schools, no fancy wheels.

Four years ago they made a deal with each other: She would return to teaching so her husband could write full time. This year she cut back to part time, and he has recently returned to the health care job part time, too.

Hughes said his only splurge since Disney came calling was an aqua Epiphone Wildkat guitar (used, $400). His wife bought a new dress for the red carpet.

That would be the red carpet at Wayland Middle School, where the premiere was streamed live, with raffles, bake sales, and a real red carpet, where attendees were invited to show off their finery. The event was a fund-raiser for the school, which, like the one in “Lemonade Mouth,’’ has suffered budget cutbacks. There was standing room only, and $3,000 was raised for the music and art programs.

The attendees included the three Hughes children — 13-year-old Evan (who goes to school there), 11-year-old Lucy, and 9-year-old Zoe. Like the characters in “Lemonade Mouth,’’ everyone in the family plays an instrument.

Hughes’s new novel, “A Crack in the Sky,’’ is about a domed city in a post-apocalyptic time, with a 13-year-old protagonist, a global warming message, and a telepathic mongoose. He is working on a sequel to “Lemonade Mouth,’’ and a new version of the original — one appropriate for younger, Disney-age viewers — is due out May 24.

Through it all, Hughes is enjoying every minute of his newfound fame.

“As fun as all of this is, as amazing and as unbelievable an experience my family and I are having, there will come a time when people won’t remember,’’ he said. “I don’t think this will ever happen in my life again, so I’m going to make a big party of it now.’’

(http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2011/04/23/wayland_author_drinks_in_success_of_lemonade_mouth/?page=1)

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Lemonade Mouth is trending in Canada!

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Yeah I want them to go on tour too(: I think Nick Roux should go on tour with them, but some people might not want him to go on tour because he wasn't part of the first 5. :/ That's why I think it would be cool if the 2nd book goes more into ALL 6 of the back-ground stories...for example..why Olivia's dad is in prison. Maybe stuff like that?

Nick should go as well I believe!

Technically, if we are trying to make "Lemonade Mouth" kind of like a real band, then by this time he is a part of the band! :P

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thank you for following! seriously :) have a great day :D

no problem!

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thanks for the follow! :D i follwed back. :)

you're welcome! Lemonade Mouth fan!