If you feel like giving-back this spring, here’s your chance! This
year at the Official Fan Club party we are going to have a donation
box where you can donate items for the animal shelter in Carrie’s
hometown, Checotah, OK. This time of year what’s needed most is
topical flea treatment but below is a list of items you can donate:

Tropical flea treatment
Dog collars and leashes
Food/water bowls
Purina dog food
Blankets
Towels
Grooming tools
Dog shampoo
Dog and cat toys
Dog crates and kennel cabs
Heating pads

The donation box will be in the lobby of the Grand Ole Opry at the
Official Fan Club party on Tuesday, June 9th. Here’s your chance to
give back to Carrie and help out the local animal shelter in her
hometown!!

If you are going to CMA Music Festival this year be sure to mark your calendars. Carrie will be signing autographs at the Sony Nashville booth on Thursday, June 11th from 1-3 in the Greased Lightning Fan Fair Hall as part of CMA Music Festival. Carrie will also be signing the same day at the Grand Ole Opry booth from 3-5.

The ticket pre-sale for Carrie’s performance at the Midstate Fair in Paso Pobles, CA will begin this coming Monday, May 18th at 10:00 AM PT. Pre-sale passwords, links and detailed information will be posted on the Tour page of the CarrieUnderwood.fm website prior to pre-sale start times. You will need to login using your Official Carrie Underwood fan club account to see the pre-sale link and password.

The following fan club pre-sale will be held through a non-Ticketmaster venue beginning Monday, May 18th:

22-July-2009 – Paso Robles, CA – Midstate Fair
Pre-sale begins at 10:00 AM Pacific Time

Stay tuned to CarrieUnderwood.fm for more details!

NASHVILLE (May 14, 2009) – Season 4 American Idol winner, four-time
GRAMMY winner, and 2009 ACM Entertainer of the Year, Carrie Underwood,
will return to American Idol (FOX) on Tuesday, May 19 to perform live
this year’s Idol farewell song, “Home Sweet Home.”

Carrie’s “Home Sweet Home,” a cover of the original hit by Mötley
Crüe, has aired on each results show during the Top 12 as the goodbye
theme for contestants leaving the show. Underwood, 19 Recordings, Sony
Music Nashville, and iTunes are donating a portion of the sales
proceeds of the “Home Sweet Home” digital single to The Humane Society
of the United States (www.hsus.org). These
donations will be used directly for programs that help companion
animals, provide spay/neuter services, and rescue and shelter animal
victims of puppy mills and disasters.

The first round of votes are in for the Fan Club Party song requests!
We received a truly diverse and colorful selection of songs and are
excited to present you with the top 26 finalist songs, ranging from
old favorites to new hits!

Let us know which songs you want to hear Carrie perform at the Fan Club
Concert and Party by submitting your top 5 finalist songs to
CarrieUnderwood_PartyPoll@carrieunderwood.fm by Wednesday, May 20th
at 10:00 AM PST. Please list both the song title and artist and limit
your 5 requests to the finalist songs below. Only one email per member
will be considered.

The final set list will be unveiled on stage at the Fan Club Party on June 9th!

Most Requested Songs*

All American Girl – Carrie Underwood
Alone – Heart
Before He Cheats – Carrie Underwood
Crazy Dream – Carrie Underwood
Ever Ever After – Carrie Underwood
Get Out Of This Town – Carrie Underwood
Home Sweet Home – Motley Crue
How Great Thou Art – Carrie Underwood
I Ain’t Checotah Anymore – Carrie Underwood
I Know You Won’t – Carrie Underwood
I Told You So – Carrie Underwood
Jesus Take the Wheel – Carrie Underwood
Just A Dream – Carrie Underwood
Last Name – Carrie Underwood
Paradise City – Guns n Roses
So Small – Carrie Underwood
Sometimes You Leave – Carrie Underwood
Stand By Your Man – Tammy Wynette
Sweet Child Of Mine – Guns n Roses
The More Boys I Meet – Carrie Underwood
Twisted – Carrie Underwood
Voices Carry – Til Tuesday
Wasted – Carrie  Underwood
Wheel Of The World – Carrie Underwood
You Won’t Find This – Carrie Underwood
Young and Beautiful – Carrie Underwood

*Order of songs does not reflect number of votes received by songs.

Bid on an amazing guitar, cowboy hat, and “Carnival Ride” CD all signed by Carrie! The autographed items are now available on the GRAMMY Charities May Online Auction benefiting MusiCares and the GRAMMY Foundation. Auction runs now through May 21st. Click here to place your bids now!

Please note that due to the large response, members who have received
an invitation the Carrie Underwood Fan Club Party and confirmed their
attendance will not receive an email response from the Fan Club until
after the confirmation deadline, Wednesday, May 13th at 10:00 AM PST.
Thank you for your patience.

This week’s #1 country airplay blockbuster also marks the fifth consecutive chart-topper from Carrie’s Carnival Ride album, which includes “Just a Dream” and three hits Carrie co-wrote: “So Small,” “All-American Girl,” and “Last Name.”

The newly crowned ACM Entertainer of the Year and three-time reigning ACM and CMA Female Vocalist accomplishes the rare feat of taking a former #1 song to the top of the country charts a second time – 21 years after Randy Travis first saw his composition hit the chart summit. She becomes the first country artist to return a song to #1 since Alan Jackson took the Don Williams classic, “It Must Be Love,” back to the top nearly nine years ago.

In addition to her original recording of “I Told You So” on Carnival Ride, fans can also enjoy a special studio duet of the song, currently available as a digital single, featuring Carrie with Randy Travis.

The only American Idol winner ever to achieve 10 #1 hits, Underwood’s collection of chart-toppers began with the instant success of her post-American Idol single, “Inside Your Heaven,” which debuted atop Billboard’s Hot 100 chart in the summer of 2005. It was the first of five #1s to top the BDS or Mediabase charts from her 7x-Platinum debut, Some Hearts, with the others including the GRAMMY-winning “Jesus, Take the Wheel” and “Before He Cheats,” as well as “Don’t Forget to Remember Me” and “Wasted.”

And in a bit of Carrie trivia, 10 continues to be a lucky number for Carrie. Her birthday is March 10, and just two weeks after her American Idol win in 2005, she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry on the 10th of June and later became a member of the Opry with her official induction on May 10, 2008.