Hi Friends,
First of all, a special thanks to everyone that attended the chat with Carly and Marie on Saturday night. It was great to have such a wonderful turnout and we appreciated everyone's patience as the chatroom crashed and we moved to the forum. So sorry to anyone that got locked out of the chat or got lost on the way to the forum. For those of you that missed the chat, we wanted to update you on some of the exciting news Carly shared with us.

Carly has signed with a manager named Arthur Spivak. He has a lot of experience in the music industry and has worked with Tori Amos, Vanessa Carlton, Collective Soul & Paul Reiser to name a few. Carly has been writing new music and spending time in the studio. Marie is going to film a bit of Carly in the studio and she will post it on her myspace page for everyone to see (& hear) what she has been working on.

The duet with Michael Johns will be delayed a while as Carly and Michael have decided to focus on their own projects first, though they have already picked out 2 songs.

Carly also shared that she and Todd went backstage at the Madonna concert and he was asked to join the Madonna tour as their tattoo artist and that she is getting her geisha tattoo finished on November 14th. She would like us all to help support a little girl she met in Utah named Emma. You can learn about Emma at www.weloveemma.org .

To read the entire chat and everything Carly talked about, you can visit the Carly's Angels Forum.

Carly is asking everyone to help spread the word about her upcoming project. If you haven't added Carly's Official MySpace page, please make sure you do so you don't miss out on any news about her music. Please tell all of your friends about Carly and ask them to add her MySpace page as well. They can also join this mailing list by visiting www.carlysangels.net.

You can help promote Carly by joining the Carly Smithson Street Team on MySpace and at Carly's Angels and helping us spread the word about Carly everywhere.

Don't forget to pick up your copy of the December issue of Elle Magazine (the Carrie Underwood cover) to see the photoshoot with Carly and the rest of the Idol Top 10. It hits newstands this Wednesday November 12th.

Talk to you soon!
Cheryl & Melanie