Auction #2: Ellen Wittlinger Prize Pack OVER

Remember: All money donated goes to the winner of the Living Beyond Tolerance scholarship. If you want to apply, please do. We are taking applications until March 1, 2012.

If you have any questions about anything at all, try here: lauren51990 AT aol DOT com

All giveaways are open to the U.S. only, unless otherwise noted. Sorry International readers!

Prize Pack of Ellen Wittlinger's books

Included: Love and Lies and Parrotfish

To learn more about this author or her books, check out her website.

First Bid: $5, then go up in at least $1 increments. You can go up more than that though.

Auction has Ended

Auction # 1: Alex Sanchez Prize Pack of Books! OVER

The first auction is starting today.

Remember: All money donated goes to the winner of the Living Beyond Tolerance scholarship. If you want to apply, please do. We are taking applications until March 1, 2012.

If you have any questions about anything at all, try here: lauren51990 AT aol DOT com

All giveaways are open to the U.S. only, unless otherwise noted. Sorry International readers!

The first bid must be at least $10, unless otherwise noted. This is because most of the auctions are a prize pack of books, so we want to make sure the authors donations are doing good for the scholarship.

The end dates will be different for each auction, so pay attention to the bottom of the post.

Today's Auction - Prize Pack of Alex Sanchez Novels

Included:

Rainbow Boys, Rainbow Road, Getting It, The God Box, and Boyfriends with Girlfriends

To learn more about Alex and/or his novels, check out his website!

First Bid: $10, then go up in at least $1 increments. You can go up more than that though.

This auction has ended!

Online Auctions Coming - Get Ready to Bid!

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The auctions to raise money for the Let's Get Beyond Tolerance scholarship will last through January. We are still taking more donations. To really raise more money, we'd definitely need some more donations. Thankfully, we already have a set $250. That is ALL because of author, Jessica Verday. She's an amazing person so if you "win" the scholarship, or even if you just feel like it, you should go and thank her.

Thanks to everyone else that offered something up for the auction as well. I really appreciate it and I hope we can honor an amazin person. So please, spread the word about the auctions and the scholarship. Apply and bid. Make this worth it for everyone that helped out and maybe we can do it again next year.

Happy New Year everyone. The auctions will start going up ASAP!

Living Beyond Tolerance Scholarship

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Living Beyond Tolerance Scholarship

Qualifications as well as the timeline of when you can enter/the auctions has been edited. Read for more:
To enter-

*You must classify as LGBT or an LGBT Ally

*You must live in the United States to be elegible (Any State!)

*You must be between the ages of 15 to 25 when you ENTER

*You must be somehow working to make sure everyone is more than tolerated, but accepted

*To apply for the scholarship…write an essay between 1-4 pages about why you deserve to win and personally fit the bill for this scholarship. Email it to: shootingstarsmag@aol.com with the subject line:

Scholarship: (and then your name)

*You must be planning to use this money for education of some sort, whether that’s high school, college, technical school, etc.

*You can apply from the beginning of June 2011 to March 1, 2012

*The upcoming auctions will be during the month of January 2012, which is how we’ll raise most of the money for the scholarship…people can simply donate as well if they wish.

-if you have something you want to donate FOR the auctions, please email here: lauren51990 AT aol DOT com and put "donation item" in the subject! If you need good donation ideas, check out this site.

*This will be at least a $250 scholarship. Whatever is not donated through the auction/people’s kindness…I will fill in the rest. The goal is to raise more than that so the scholarship can do more good for the winner though!



 Please enter if you qualify and if you do not...tell those you know or simply post about it online so that word can spread. We need donations for the auctions and people willing to bid...but to really make this work, we need applicants!

Ultimately, the winner will be decided by me and a panel of judges. Those judges will be decided on in the future!

Bridge the Gap is Back With...

Bridge the Gap is the second blog I've started. First, it was meant to cover entertainment from non-USA countries. It got to be a bit too much...and I figured I'd just add that type of things to Shooting Stars Mag, because I still love international books and films and whatnot. My second take on the blog was to let people know about giveaways and contests throughout the blog/online world. That lasted for a bit, and while I still enter tons of giveaways, I don't really post about them on blogs anymore. I tend to stick to the other entries more.

However, I'm back with this blog for a couple reasons. One, the title fits a lot of different themes (Bridge the Gap), I didn't want to create an entirely new blog for something that won't last too much past 2011 I don't think (but perhaps!) and I already have some followers here...so why not keep those starting out?

Anyway...Bridge the Gap is back with my new project. If you know me, this isn't shocking. I often try and take on a bunch but I really want this to happen and I hope everyone out there can help me in their own little (or big) way.

I'm currently running auctions for two very deserving people and I hope you'll check that out for now as it will be ending next month and we'll split the money down the middle. My latest idea involves auctions though. This time though, all the money raised through the auctions and just kind donations will go to ONE person...for the most part...and it will be as a scholarship. This person must identify as LGBT or an Ally.

I'm going to make a post after this that has more full details for those that wish to apply for the scholarship or want to spread the word to anybody that might wish to enter!


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Hollyoaks the Soundtrack: Part 1

Yeah Yeah, I know it's been forever since I've posted something here but you know...that's how it goes sometimes.

Okay, if you've read either this blog or Shooting Stars Mag before then chances are you have heard me talk about the UK soap Hollyoaks. I really wish I had this show so I could watch the full episodes, but courtesy of awesome youtube people, I've been able to follow certain character's storylines for the most part...I get most of it, at least.

Through my love of Hollyoaks, I have come to realize that a lot of the actors and actresses on the show can sing. No big surprise there, as a lot of people in the U.S. have similar dual talents. However, I think that Hollyoaks should have their very own SOUNDTRACK, with songs by PAST and PRESENT cast members. These songs of course would be cover songs, most likely, as that is the easiest way to go.

It would be amazing and I'm sure a lot of people would pick up a copy, especially the U.S. fans of the show that can't really enjoy all things Hollyoaks based on where we live, and the c.d. could give a percent of the money to a charity or something too if they wanted. Basically, it should just happen.

"Use Somebody"-Gerard McCarthey (plays Kris Fisher)


"Hear You Me"-James Sutton (played John Paul McQueen)


"Molly's Chamber"-Barry Sloaned (played Niall)


"Take a Chance on Me" - Jodi Albert (played Debbie Dean). Also includes Carley Stenson (plays Steph Dean)


"Candyman"-Carley Stenson (plays Steph Dean)

Hollyoaks the Soundtrack: Part 2

"Jailhouse Rock"-Chris Fountain (plays Justin Burton)


"Unbelievable"-Gemma Merna (plays Carmel McQueen) and Andrew Moss (plays Rhys Ashworth). This song also includes Carley Stenson (plays Steph Dean) and Chris Fountain (plays Justin Burton)


T-Rex Medley-Kevin Sacre (played Jake Dean), Loui Batley (plays Sarah Barnes), Summer Strallen (played Summer). This also includes Gerard McCarthey (plays Kris Fisher).


"Amy Josh Forever" by the Baby Diegos- Ashley Slanina-Davies (plays Amy Barnes)



"Play" by the Dirty Diegos - Hollie Jay Bowes (plays Michaela McQueen). If you youtube this song, you'll find the actual video.





Now, those are just ten examples of people that can sing, and not all of the videos are ONE person singing...so really it would probably be more. The following are people that I know or heard can sing, but I couldn't find a video for them.

Sonny Flood (Josh Ashworth)
and
Garnon Davies (Elliott)