"Operation Let It Out": Complete!

Hey Op-illians!

Ashlyne Huff here! I just finished Street Week for my new album Let It Out and while I'm tired, it was so worth it! I was already in the third week of touring with NKOTBSB (New Kids and Backstreet Boys) when we left for NYC to visit MTV's The Seven and MTV Radio, Billboard for a little unplugged performance, and the MLB FanCave (which put any man cave I've seen to shame) for another performance! And that was just one day! Next, I visited Peridance Capezio Center to teach a class/audition to my Whatever choreography. I forgot how much I missed teaching classes! I used to teach every summer before I got out of college and they were some of the best experiences in my life. Peridance was no exception. The girls and boys were confident and determined and it paid off!


The next morning we had a 3:45 AM lobby call, which means we LEAVE the hotel that early (BRUTAL). Our flight landed in Atlanta, Georgia and we were fighting the clock to get to the Anderson Merchandisers Distribution Center for a performance and a tour of how CDs are actually made and packaged! I will say, it's a complicated process AND I got to ride on the conveyer belt! Haha! Then, we drove to Alpharetta for a Walmart in-store! I definitely heard some of my fellow southern accents! It was great!

Another early lobby call later, we were off to LA to film Extra! at the Grove with Mario Lopez...I LOVED him on Saved By The Bell when I was younger. He was so normal and sweet! And as soon as we wrapped, I jumped in another car to A Place Called Home where I got to teach the girls and boys the Whatever dance! Again, GREAT dancers and we all had so much fun. I've decided I want to visit dance schools a lot based off this week! Instead of lobby call, this time we headed to the airport right after we finished at APCH and flew overnight to Sacramento! (when do I sleep? who knows!)

In Sacramento, we visited a Walmart and I met a lot of sweet people including my Street Team leader of California for the first time! She was adorable and so sweet! Finally we met! And the end-cap of the week was a performance at the Girl Scouts End of the Year Party! Two hundred young women that I got the chance to meet... very sweet, confident, happy... just how we all should be! I was a Brownie Girl Scout when I was younger and I happened to still have a shirt (and still fit somehow), so I wore it with pride! Scout's Honor. :)

Now, it's back to tour in New Jersey!! I'll catch up with you next week! Have a great one! OP for life!

Love, Ashlyne

We Hate We Missed This!!

Hey Op Fans! We hope everyone had a great weekend and is having a wonderful Tuesday! Did any of you go to Hangout Music Festival this past weekend?? We are so jealous if you did because we heard it was amazing! One moment from the Festival we hated we missed to see was on Saturday afternoon. A party erupted on the beach when the Foo Fighters jumped on the main stage and played a four-song cover set: Alice Cooper’s “School’s Out,” Queen’s “Tie Your Mother Down,” Tom Petty’s “Breakdown” and Prince’s “Darlin’ Nikki.” Cee-Lo joined the band on vocals in the middle of “Darlin’ Nikki” and Dave Matthews also shared the stage for a song before The Foo’s and Dave bowed out and Cee Lo played for the crowd of 30k plus on the white sandy beaches of Gulf Shores.

How fun does that sound?! Did any of you see it live?? If you did we are very jealous and hope you enjoyed it! For those of you who didn't... maybe next year!

Here is the official music video of one of our favorite Foo Fighters songs, Rope! Hope you enjoy :)

It's Summer Tour Time!!

May 27th is a BIG day for kicking off amazing Summer Tours! On the list to also begin their tour on the 27th is our favorite jam band, Phish! Phish begins their 2011 Summer Tour on Memorial Day weekend, with three consecutive nights (May 27, 28 & 29) in Bethel, NY!! Their stops along the way include Cleveland, Cincinnati, Mansfield, Darien Lake, and 2-night runs in Holmdel, Columbia and Alpharetta!! The band is also hosting Super Ball IX, their own 3-Day Festival over Fourth of July Weekend in Watkins Glen, NY!! We are PUMPED!! The band is wrapping up their 2011 Summer Tour with three consecutive nights at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, CO over Labor Day weekend (September 2, 3 and 4). Can we say YES, PLEASE?!

Go on their website to check out every stop on their Summer Tour and enjoy this video of one of our favorite Phish songs, “Backwards Down the Number Line”!!

http://phish.com/

an amazing artist AND person??!!

Hey Op fans!! Another tour we are SO excited about this summer is another one of our favorite female singers, Taylor Swift!! Taylor kicks off her Speak Now World Tour on May 27th in Omaha, Nebraska!! However, on May 21st in her hometown of Nashville, TN, Taylor announced that she is opening the last dress rehearsal for her Speak Now Tour as a fundraiser to benefit the victims of the recent deadly tornadoes in the Southeast! How amazing is that??! She is an amazing artist AND an amazing person! We have never loved her more!! 13,000 very lucky fans will get a first look at Taylor’s new show almost a week early in Nashville at her, “Speak Now… Help Now” performance!! We cannot wait to hear how it goes!!

Her Speak Now Tour has been widely anticipated and is already sold out in most of the cities she is performing in! We are hoping to get a ticket somehow though because we are dying to see her live!! Op <3’s Taylor!!

Check out her site to see all of the cities she is performing in this summer, and to get you as excited as we are here is her, “Mean” video!! Enjoy :)

http://www.taylorswift.com/

Taylor Swift - "Mean" from Taylor Swift on Vimeo.

Too Good To Be True??!

Hey Op fans!! Happy Hump Day :) We have a little over a month until our favorite female pop star, Britney Spears, kicks off her North American Summer Tour with another one of our favorites, Nicki Minaj!! It almost seems too good to be true, doesn't it?! This tour has obviously been long awaited by many, especially us!! The tour kicks off on June 16th in Sacramento, CA and wraps up on August 13th in Toronto, ON. We are dying to make it to one of the shows!!

Britney recently opened up about her album, Femme Fatal. Watch this video to see where her inspiration came from and which songs on the album are her favorites!!

Foster The People!

Hey Op fans!! Happy Monday :) We hope everyone had a great weekend! We want to start the week off by talking about one of our favorite new bands, Foster The People. Foster The People, is an alternative/indie rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band has an original sound and a fresh new feel to them. The band started in 2009 and since then they have been killing it! If you can't tell by now, we are obsessed! And you should be too!!

They are coming out with their first full length album on the 23rd and we are pumped!! We can't wait for more!!

Ready for the Weekend!!

Hey OP fans!! We hope everyone had a great Cinco De Mayo! We are SO happy it's finally Friday and are ready for the weekend to begin :)To get eveyone in the mood we have chosen one of favorite DJ's, Calvin Harris's, hit song, "Ready for the Weekend"! Calvin is playing in NYC tonight and we are dying to go! Enjoy this oldie but goodie and have a FUN weekend!!