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Title: Stretch right up and touch the sky Chapter 4

Author: @blaineandsamevanderson

Fandom: Legends of Tomorrow/Arrow/The Flash/Supergirl

Ship: Iris/Eddie, will have many more to come

Rating: G

Summary: Camp STAR is one of the North East’s most popular science camps. Every year, young minds arrive to learn and explore. Unfortunately, a few weeks before the camp was to open for the season, a large explosion in one of the labs and the ensuing fire made the camp uninhabitable. Not wanting his campers to miss out on their summer, Owner Harrison Wells called up Joe West, Owner of Camp Superflarrow, who he knew was looking to expand the science discovery program at his own camp.

Author’s notes: There are a few random counselor names thrown in to fill out the lists. They will not be of importance.

“Gimme a boost, boys!”

In a practiced motion, Barry grabbed one of Iris’s hands while Eddie took the other and they lifted her up onto a tall stump by the camp gates. From there, all the counselors and CIT’s would be able to see her as she made a brief announcement. After today, such announcements would be done by the head counselors, but as they had just arrived, Joe was letting Iris hand out cabin assignments this year.

“I know some of you have summered with us before,” she was saying and a cheer rose up from most of the returning campers. Iris grinned back at them before continuing, “This season, we’ve got a lot of new faces joining us and we’ve also got lots of new programs and guest speakers available for all campers. Dad and Dr. Wells will fill everyone in at the Welcome ceremony, but for now, I’m sure you all want to know where to store your gear.”

Cabin assignment time.

“First up, we have the Penobscot Cabins, which house our younger boys. Cabin 1, Barry Allen and Eddie Thawne.”

Barry tossed an amused grin over at Eddie, who held out his hand for a fist bump. “Joe wants you to keep an eye on me, right?” the blond joked, but Barry winced a little at the comment. Eddie’s eyes widened. “Oh God, that’s actually it!”

With a shrug, Barry admitted, “He may have muttered something about making sure you stay in the cabin at night….”

Eddie groaned as Iris continued to read off names.

“…Leonard Snart & Jefferson Jackson…Oliver Queen & Winn Schott…Mon-El Daxam & Tommy Merlyn…Bruce Wayne & Steve Trevor….”

After that, she moved on to assigning counselors to the Sequoia (Boys Middle Age) Cabins. “James Olsen & Ray Palmer to Cabin 1…Wally West & Nate Haywood…Cisco Ramon & Curtis Holt…John Diggle &Roy Harper…Rory Regan & Rene Ramirez…..”

Kennebagos (Older Boys) were next. Clark Kent & Julian Albert, Mick Rory & Hartley Rathaway, Carter Hall & Rip Hunter were paired to watch over cabins while Lex Luthor was given a cabin of his own with fewer boys to manage.

“All of you, make sure to keep your boys out of the girl’s cabins, you hear me?” Iris teased. “Our younger girls are in the Acadia Cabins. Cabin 1 is me, Iris West, & Caitlin Snow. We’re gonna have fun!”

Barry tracked her wave to a pretty auburn haired girl of about their age. The summer sun painted her curls in colors that reminded him of fall and Barry blinked before refocusing on the cabin assignments. Not that he’d remember all of them, but it was good to be able to match unknown faces to names. “…Sara Lance & Lisa Snart…Kara Danvers & Felicity Smoak…Diana Prince & Eve Teschmacher…Cindy Taylor & Lyra Strayd….”

Next came the Baxter (Middle Girls). “Lyla Michaels & Jesse Wells…Lucy Lane & Amaya Jiwe…Megan Morse & Thea Queen…Cassandra Savage & Linda Park…Nyssa Al Ghul & Evelyn Sharp…Dinah Drake & Isabel Rochev….”

Finally, she reached the Kennebeck cabins, where the Older girls bunked. “…Lena Luthor & Laurel Lance…Alex Danvers & Maggie Sawyer…Lois Lane & Kendra Saunders…Patty Spivot & Leslie Willis…Cindy Reynolds & Siobhan Smythe…Helena Bertinelli & Elena Vasquez….” Iris read off, then nodded to the crowd. “See you all at the campfire in an hour.”

As Eddie helped her down off of the stump, Barry raised his voice to call out, “Wally, help any new Sequoia counselors find their way! Rip, you got the Kennebagos!” A happy wave from Wally and an annoyed eye roll from Rip said that they’d heard him. “Lyla, take the Baxter? Thanks! Laurel, Kennebecks?”

The two girls started leading their newbies as Iris called, “Acadia & Long Creek this way, Penobscots with Barry.”

Everyone gathered up their gear and began trooping off into the camp, splitting into smaller groups as they headed for their cabins. As they made their way through the campground, Barry began pointing things out and rattling off bits of information. Most of the boys in his group had been to camp before and were only listening with half an ear, but some of the newbies peered at the tennis courts, soccer fields and climbing towers with interest.

Once they reached their small cluster of cabins, each with a plaque bearing the name Penobscot and a number, they paired off, hauling their things into their bunks. The cabins were spacious log buildings with large windows that could be opened to allow airflow through the screens. Bunk beds filled the main room and there was a storage room to keep clothes and belongings in beside the small counselor’s room. At the other end of the cabin was the shower and bathroom, all newly renovated and each cabin had a small, attached porch.

“You okay if I take bottom bunk?” Eddie asked as he and Barry entered the room they’d be sleeping in for the summer.

“Sure,” Barry agreed amiably as he opened the windows, letting the cross draft flow through the room. He’d already brought most of his things over earlier, but he had a bag with bedding that he dug his sheets out of.

As they began to make their beds, Eddie said, “You were kidding about spying on me for your dad, right…Barry?”

He wasn’t planning on narcing on them, but it was fun to tease Eddie with the idea. Maybe if he played his cards right, he could get Eddie to take care of the particularly messy criers in exchange for keeping quiet….

“This is more like what I though camp would be like when Alex first started talking about going,” Kara enthused, grinning at Felicity as they entered their cabin. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, I loved STAR, but I didn’t expect dorms and stuff like that. Movie camps look like this!”

The dorms at STAR had been large and spacious, each room holding 2 campers, single beds, dressers, desks, chairs and closets. Each room had a ¾ bath attached, air conditioning, a kitchenette and a tv. It seemed more like a pre-college experience than a camp, and a pretty spiffy college at that.

Superflarrow was far more camp like, with cabins and many more outdoor activities. Their cabin was neat and clean, rows of bunks taking up the main room, a large, shiny bathroom taking up one end of the building. The counselor’s room was at the other end and they had their own separate bath.

That was nice.

The bunk beds might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but they didn’t bother Kara.

“Do you mind if I take the bottom bunk?” Felicity asked a little sheepishly. “I’m not the biggest fan of heights.”

“Not a problem,” Kara assured the other girl. Felicity was another transfer from STAR, so she was happy not to be rooming with a total stranger. Not that she wasn’t eager to meet new people, but what if she didn’t get along with her roommate? Alex seemed okay with bunking with Maggie, whom they had met on the bus, but she was glad for a familiar face. “What did you pick for your specialty?”

Each counselor had an area of focus that they would direct activities in. The cabin pairings were probably assigned so at least one counselor from each cabin would be with their campers at any given time if the other had to go off and lead a sport or class.

“The Camp Radio Station,” Felicity told her with a smile. “I know not as many campers will take an interest in that, but me and Cisco will be able to have fun with it, doing daily announcements and improving the camp’s audio systems. I mean, did you see the old school, mega-phone looking speakers nestled in the trees?”

Kara nodded. “I thought they blended in pretty well, considering someone went to the trouble of painting them green.”

“I’ll give them points for that,” Felicity agreed, then asked, “Which program are you working in?”

“Voice,” Kara told her. “Alex says I put the Kara in Kara-eoke.”

Felicity let out a giggle. “That’s an awful joke. I love it.”

Yeah, this rooming situation was going to work out just fine!

TBC......

1. Waterski - The Ski Dock is home base to our fleet of 4 Mastercraft Pro Star Ski Boats. Campers love our ski program: Waterskiing, wakeboarding, skurfing, slalom, trick and even barefoot with our experienced staff.

2. Swimming - Crystal clear Echo Lake is home to our American Red Cross swim program. A hard-sand bottom and expansive dock system provides a natural area for swim lessons, snorkeling and a full recreational aquatics program.

3. Small Crafts - Our fleet of more than 50 sailboats, windsurfers, canoes and kayaks eagerly awaits water-enthusiasts. From Hobie 16s to Vanguard 420s, Sunfish and more….our small crafts staff of 18 keeps close watch on our campers and our fleet.

4. Camp Owner House - The home of camp owner Joe West.

5. Dining Hall - One of Superflarrow’s original buildings, our Dining Hall sits at the base of camp, overlooking Echo Lake. Campers enjoy great camp dining in a beautiful atmosphere. Our chefs are proud of their homemade entrees, fresh fruit and salad bars and desserts.

6. Discovery - Rabbits, frogs, snakes, turtles and other small animals await you at Discovery, located in an original camp building on the shore of the lake. Make your own ice cream, identify birds and plants and learn about different ecosystems on our 150 acres.

7. Cove - The Cove is a camp gathering area where campers and counselors convene each morning and evening for announcements, birthday songs, intercamp scores and in-camp news-of-the-day. It’s a great place for our camp family to unite after breakfast and dinner. We sing songs and recognize the accomplishments and strides all campers are making.

8. Archery - Ready…aim…fire! Our archers learn the skills of the bow & arrow at our Archery range overlooking Echo Lake.

9. S’Mores Site - A great camp-out area in the woods on Laurel’s grounds. The perfect place to learn about camping… just steps from your own cabin.

10. All Camp Campfire - Weekly campfires are a wonderful Superflarrow tradition. Whether as a campus or as one camp family, we tell stories, sing songs and enjoy campfire folklore…a camp tradition since our founding in 1949. Superflarrow Family… you’re pretty good company!

11. Acadia Girls - Our campus for girls having completed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade.

12. Science Buildings – Each lab is focused on a particular scientific focus.

13. Metalsmithing/Woodworking - A growing and ever-popular camp program. Metalsmithing includes the design and crafting of bracelets, belt buckles, earrings, key chains and more in our Metals Studio. Real silver and copper come to life through campers’ creativity.

14. Ceramics/Arts and Crafts/Studio Arts - A popular camp activity. Join our talented team of potters at Ceramics to learn to throw, build, paint, glaze and fire your clay projects. Our new Arts and Crafts center is a hot-bed of all things related to sculptures, molds, weaves, tie-dyes, balsa wood airplanes, friendship bracelets, wax-resist paintings, paper-mache masks and much more. Join us down at the Crafts Center. Painting, drawing and pastels await you in our beautiful Studio Art facility at the top of camp. Come here to illustrate, draw, paint, use charcoal, and try your hand at Comic Book Illustration.

15. The Grove - A beautiful spot near the Dining Hall for outdoor lunches and birthday celebrations. Our Acadia and Apache campers eat lunch at a cabin-specific table in this area. It is also a place where siblings can eat together and visit at lunch.

16. Health Center - Our modern, fully-equipped Health Center staffed by a Nurse Practitioner and EMT.

17. Moosetracks - Each night after evening activity and before bedtime, campers meet at Moosetracks for a quick “Nite-Bite." Fresh fruit is available each evening…or a snack like milk and cookies.

18. Kennebeck Girls - Our campus for girls having completed the 7th, 8th and 9th grade.

19. Penobscot Boys - Our campus for boys having completed the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade.

20. Kennebago Boys - Our campus for boys having completed the 7th, 8th and 9th grade.

21. Sequoia Boys - Our campus for boys having completed the 5th and 6th grade.

22. Basketball Courts - Camp Superflarrow has 30 glass basketball goals, spread out over 5 regulation courts, 2 of which are lit.

23. Baxter Girls - Our campus for girls having completed the 5th and 6th grade.

24. Gaga - Campers love our two turf Gaga complexes with mini-stadium seating.

25. Basketball Courts - Camp Superflarrow has 30 glass basketball goals, spread out over 5 regulation courts, 2 of which are lit.

26. Gaga - Campers love our two turf Gaga complexes with mini-stadium seating.

27. Hockey - Our full-size, lighted arena for Street and Roller Hockey. Also home to the famous Sequoia Hockey League. Professional cages, penalty boxes, lights…we have it all for the hockey enthusiast.

28. Equestrian Center - The Superflarrow Equestrian Center is home to our 22 camp horses, 2 barns, instructional rings, paddocks and 3-acre pasture. A program well-equipped for the beginner to advanced rider.

29. Soccer - Another signature Superflarrow sports program. Our two regulation fields are lit and home to soccer players of all abilities. Everyone who wants to play, plays soccer at Superflarrow… in age, gender and skill appropriate groups.

30. Climbing Towers - Our Climbing Center features two Climbing Towers, connected by a wire bridge more than 50 feet in the air. Our bouldering pavilion is perfect for beginners, intermediate and expert climbers.

31. Tennis - A signature program at Superflarrow. 15 all-weather courts and an electronic wall and backboard complement our program.

32. Tennis - A signature program at Superflarrow. 15 all-weather courts and an electronic wall and backboard complement our program.

33. Handball – A regulation Handball court nestled between the tennis courts for use by all campers

34. Theatre – Superflarrow Theatre hums with activity. Campers may participate on stage in one of our musical productions (Grease, Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver, Willy Wonka, High School Musical… to name a few over the past few years) or work backstage. Lighting board operators, sound engineers, costuming, stage make-up, stage managers…we have it all in our professional theatre.

35. Chef Camp - The Chef Camp facility is home to our extensive culinary arts program. Superflarrow is known for one of the most comprehensive cooking programs of any camp in the northeast.

36. Dance & Fitness Center - Our brand new Fitness center features all current equipment for a complete workout. Fitness is one of Superflarrow’s most popular programs. The Fitness Center boasts a Cardio and Strength Studio, tailored for campers from 2nd through 10th grades. Specialty Fitness programs for campers include, running, weight training, Superflarrow Abs, yoga, triathlon and the Camp SuperflarrowFit Trail. Our General Fitness and Junior Fitness programs provide an introduction to the "world” of health and fitness for all ages. Our brand new Dance Center with moveable walls feature two separate mirrored studios and hardwood flooring. Campers love practicing their hip-hop, jazz, ballet, modern and tap routines.

37. Fieldhouse - Ten glass basketball goals, a full court basketball court, professional indoor volleyball court and automatic bleacher seating for 500 make the Superflarrow Fieldhouse the place-to-be. It is the perfect rainy day activity center and all-weather building for hoops, volleyball, ga-ga and group games. It is also home to our big-screen movie center. The Fieldhouse also hosts many of our traditional all-camp events including College Days Closing Ceremony, Dance and Talent Shows & The Quest…to name a few.

38. Gymnastics - Our beautiful Gymnastics Building sits toward the top of camp. A full springboard floor and modern equipment make our 4000 square foot facility inviting for all levels, from beginner to advanced.

39. Library - A quiet area for camp meetings.

40. Camp Office - Behind the scenes, where our wonderful office administrators & staff make it all happen.

41. Log Cabin - Our authentic Log Cabin is where our teenagers (Bec and Bago campers) enjoy snacks and a little recreational time (ping pong, foosball, pop-a-shot) at the end of a busy day. For you former campers, it’s like a “Canteen.” A supervised place for our teens to hang out at night.

42. Tennis - A signature program at Superflarrow. 15 all-weather courts and an electronic wall and backboard complement our program.

43. Tennis - A signature program at Superflarrow. 15 all-weather courts and an electronic wall and backboard complement our program.

44. Basketball Courts - Camp Superflarrow has 30 glass basketball goals, spread out over 5 regulation courts, 2 of which are lit.

45. Basketball Courts - Camp Superflarrow has 30 glass basketball goals, spread out over 5 regulation courts, 2 of which are lit.

46. Soccer - Another signature Superflarrow sports program. Our two regulation fields are lit and home to soccer players of all abilities. Everyone who wants to play, plays soccer at Superflarrow… in age, gender and skill appropriate groups.

47. Volleyball - A regulation lighted beach volleyball court is a favorite camp spot.

48. Baseball - Our regulation Little League Fields are busy with baseball and softball players all day. Batting cages and clinics complement our program. Under our head of baseball, our instructional staff of 5 exposes every camper to baseball (boys) or softball (girls). An exciting intercamp program awaits those desiring a competitive element to the game.

49. Lacrosse & Football - Our full size lacrosse and football fields are busy with action all day long. Great lax and flag football instruction, games, Sports Night Football under the lights and intercamps highlight these active programs.

50. Camp Entrance - Welcome to Camp Laurel! Enjoy your tour around our facilities, and call us with any questions.

51. Ropes Course – Multi-Level ropes courses and towers for adventure seakers of all skill levels.

52. Camp Owner House - The summer home of camp owner Harrison Wells.

#fic #Supergirl #Legends of Tomorrow #The Flash #Arrow #Legends of Superflarrow

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celebritylive · 5 years

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There were plenty of surfboards to go around to celebrate the 2019 Teen Choice Awards.

For weeks, fans voted both online and via social media for their favorite celebrities, movies, TV shows, songs, and more to win. On Sunday, the results were presented, for the first time ever, at Hermosa Beach, California, to honor those that came out on top.

Pretty Little Liars‘ Lucy Hale and YouTuber David Dobrik co-hosted the live show.

RELATED: Taylor Swift, Sarah Hyland & More Stars Hit the Red Carpet at the Teen Choice Awards

Check out the full list of winners below. (Winners are bolded.)

MOVIES

Choice Action Movie Ant-Man and the Wasp Avengers: Endgame Bumblebee Captain Marvel Men in Black: International Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Choice Action Movie Actor John Cena – Bumblebee Robert Downey Jr. – Avengers: Endgame Chris Evans – Avengers: Endgame Chris Hemsworth – Avengers: Endgame, Men in Black: International Samuel L. Jackson – Captain Marvel Paul Rudd – Ant-Man and the Wasp, Avengers: Endgame

Choice Action Movie Actress Scarlett Johansson – Avengers: Endgame Brie Larson – Captain Marvel/Avengers: Endgame Evangeline Lilly – Ant-Man and the Wasp Hailee Steinfeld – Bumblebee Zoe Saldana – Avengers: Endgame Tessa Thompson – Men in Black: International

Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Aladdin Aquaman Dark Phoenix Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Mary Poppins Returns Shazam!

Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasty Movie Actor James McAvoy – Dark Phoenix Jason Momoa – Aquaman Lin-Manuel Miranda – Mary Poppins Returns Mena Massoud – Aladdin Will Smith – Aladdin Zachary Levi – Shazam!

Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movie Actress Amber Heard – Aquaman Emily Blunt – Mary Poppins Returns Katherine Waterston – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Keira Knightley – The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Naomi Scott – Aladdin Sophie Turner – Dark Phoenix

Choice Drama Movie After Bohemian Rhapsody Breakthrough Five Feet Apart The Hate U Give To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Choice Drama Movie Actor Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born Cole Sprouse – Five Feet Apart Hero Fiennes Tiffin – After Noah Centineo – To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody Taron Egerton – Rocketman

Choice Drama Movie Actress Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give Chrissy Metz – Breakthrough Haley Lu Richardson – Five Feet Apart Josephine Langford – After Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born Lana Condor – To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Choice Comedy Movie Crazy Rich Asians Instant Family Isn’t It Romantic Little Pokémon Detective Pikachu The Perfect Date

Choice Comedy Movie Actor Henry Golding – Crazy Rich Asians Kevin Hart – Night School Liam Hemsworth – Isn’t It Romantic Mark Wahlberg – Instant Family Noah Centineo – The Perfect Date Ryan Reynolds – Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Choice Comedy Movie Actress Awkwafina – Crazy Rich Asians Constance Wu – Crazy Rich Asians Laura Marano – The Perfect Date Marsai Martin – Little Rebel Wilson – Isn’t It Romantic Tiffany Haddish – Night School

Choice Movie Villain Johnny Depp – Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Josh Brolin – Avengers: Endgame Jude Law – Captain Marvel Mark Strong – Shazam! Marwan Kenzari – Aladdin Patrick Wilson – Aquaman

Choice Summer Movie Late Night Murder Mystery Spider-Man: Far From Home The Last Summer Toy Story 4 Yesterday

Choice Summer Movie Actor KJ Apa – The Last Summer Corey Fogelmanis – Ma Tom Holland – Spider-Man: Far From Home Charles Melton – The Sun Is Also a Star Himesh Patel – Yesterday Adam Sandler – Murder Mystery

Choice Summer Movie ActressJennifer Aniston- Murder Mystery Selena Gomez – The Dead Don’t Die Mindy Kaling – Late NightMaia Mitchell –The Last Summer Yara Shahidi – The Sun Is Also a StarZendaya – Spider-Man: Far From Home

Choice Drama TV Show Good Trouble Marvel’s Runaways Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists Riverdale Star The Resident

Choice Drama TV Actor Adam Huber – Dynasty Cole Sprouse – Riverdale Justin Hartley – This Is Us KJ Apa – Riverdale Oliver Stark – 9-1-1 Sterling K. Brown – This Is Us

Choice Drama TV Actress Camila Mendes – Riverdale Cierra Ramirez – Good Trouble Lili Reinhart – Riverdale Maia Mitchell – Good Trouble Ryan Destiny – Star Sofia Carson – Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists

Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Show Charmed Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Legacies Shadowhunters Supernatural The 100

Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor Aubrey Joseph – Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Bob Morley – The 100 Dominic Sherwood – Shadowhunters Harry Shum Jr. – Shadowhunters Jared Padalecki – Supernatural Ross Lynch – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actress Danielle Rose Russell – Legacies Ellen Page – The Umbrella Academy Katherine McNamara – Shadowhunters Kiernan Shipka – Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Melonie Diaz – Charmed Olivia Holt – Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger

Choice Action TV Show Arrow DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Gotham MacGyver Supergirl The Flash

Choice Action TV Actor Ben McKenzie – Gotham Brandon Routh – DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Brenton Thwaites – Titans Grant Gustin – The Flash Lucas Till – MacGyver Stephen Amell – Arrow

Choice Action TV Actress Candice Patton – The Flash Danielle Panabaker – The Flash Emily Bett Rickards – Arrow Gabrielle Union – L.A.’s Finest Jessica Alba – L.A.’s Finest Melissa Benoist – Supergirl

Choice Comedy TV Show black-ish Brooklyn Nine-Nine Fuller House Jane the Virgin One Day at a Time The Big Bang Theory

Choice Comedy TV Actor Andy Samberg – Brooklyn Nine-Nine Anthony Anderson – black-ish Daniel Radcliffe – Miracle Workers Jaime Camil – Jane the Virgin Jim Parsons – The Big Bang Theory Marcel Ruiz – One Day at a Time

Choice Comedy TV Actress Candace Cameron Bure – Fuller House Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin Kaley Cuoco – The Big Bang Theory Nina Dobrev – Fam Sarah Hyland – Modern Family Yara Shahidi – black-ish

Choice TV Villain Adam Scott – The Good Place Cameron Monaghan – Gotham Jon Cryer – Supergirl Luke Baines – Shadowhunters Sarah Carter – The Flash Sea Shimooka – Arrow

Choice Reality TV Show America’s Got Talent Keeping Up with the Kardashians Lip Sync Battle Queer Eye The Masked Singer The Voice

Choice Throwback TV Show All That Beverly Hills, 90210 Friends Moesha The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air The Office

Choice Summer TV Show Cobra Kai Nailed It! So You Think You Can Dance Stranger Things The Bold Type Younger

Choice Summer TV Actor Gaten Matarazzo — Stranger Things Caleb McLaughlin — Stranger Things Luka Sabbat — Grown-ish Noah Schnapp — Stranger Things Diego Tinoco — On My Block Finn Wolfhard — Stranger Things

Choice Summer TV Actress Chloe Bennet — Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Millie Bobby Brown — Stranger Things Hilary Duff — Younger Jessica Marie Garcia — On My Block Rose McIver — iZombie Yara Shahidi — Grown-ish

MUSIC

Choice Male Artist Ed Sheeran Khalid Lil Nas X Post Malone Shawn Mendes

Choice Female Artist Ariana Grande Billie Eilish Cardi B Halsey Lauren Jauregui Taylor Swift

Choice Music Group 5 Seconds of Summer Jonas Brothers Panic! at The Disco PRETTYMUCH The Chainsmokers Why Don’t We

Choice Country Artist Brett Young Dan + Shay Kacey Musgraves Kane Brown Kelsea Ballerini Thomas Rhett

Choice Latin Artist Bad Bunny Becky G. CNCO Daddy Yankee J Balvin Maluma

Choice R&B/ Hip-Hop Artist Cardi B Drake Nicki Minaj Normani Post Malone Travis Scott

Choice Rock Artist AJR Cage the Elephant Imagine Dragons lovelytheband Panic! at the Disco twenty one pilots

Choice Song: Female Artist Ariana Grande – “7 Rings” Billie Eilish – “Bad Guy” Lauren Jauregui – “Expectations” Taylor Swift (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco) – “ME!” Katy Perry – “Never Really Over” Halsey – “Nightmare”

Choice Song: Male Artist Khalid – “Better” Shawn Mendes – “If I Can’t Have You” Lil Nas X – “Old Town Road” Travis Scott – “SICKO MODE” Louis Tomlinson – “Two of Us” Post Malone – “Wow.”

Choice Song: Group Imagine Dragons – “Bad Liar” BLACKPINK – “DDU-DU DDU-DU” 5 Seconds of Summer – “Easier” Panic! At The Disco – “Hey Look Ma, I Made It” Jonas Brothers – “Sucker” Why Don’t We – “8 Letters”

Choice Pop Song Sam Smith & Normani – “Dancing With A Stranger” Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – “I Don’t Care” Taylor Swift (feat. Brendon Urie of Panic! At The Disco) – “ME!” Jonas Brothers – “Sucker” Ava Max – “Sweet but Psycho” Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”

Choice Country Song Maren Morris – “GIRL” Kane Brown – “Good as You” Thomas Rhett – “Look What God Gave Her” Kelsea Ballerini – “Miss Me More” Kacey Musgraves – “Rainbow” Dan + Shay – “Speechless”

Choice Electronic/Dance Song Zedd & Katy Perry – “365” The Chainsmokers & Bebe Rexha – “Call You Mine” Ellie Goulding, Diplo, & Red Velvet – “Close to Me (Red Velvet Remix)” Mark Ronson (feat. Camila Cabello) – “Find U Again” Marshmello & Bastille – “Happier” The Chainsmokers & 5 Seconds of Summer – “Who Do You Love”

Choice Latin Song Ozuna, Daddy Yankee J Balvin (feat. Farruko, Anuel AA) – “Baila Baila Baila” ROSALÍA, J Balvin & El Guincho – “Con Altura” Daddy Yankee & Katy Perry – “Con Calma (feat. Snow)” Bad Bunny (feat. Drake) – “MIA” CNCO – “Pretend” Nicky Jam & Ozuna – “Te Robaré”

Choice R&B/Hip-Hop Song Meek Mill (feat. Drake) – “Going Bad” Lil Nas X (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) – “Old Town Road ” Mustard & Migos – “Pure Water” Post Malone & Swae Lee – “Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)” Khalid – “Talk” Post Malone – “Wow.”

Choice Rock Song AJR – “100 Bad Days” Panic! At The Disco – “Hey Look Ma, I Made It” Bastille – “Joy” Imagine Dragons – “Natural” Cage The Elephant – “Ready To Let Go” lovelytheband – “These Are My Friends”

Choice Breakout Artist Billie Eilish HRVY Juice WRLD Lil Nas X Lizzo ROSALÍA

Choice International Artist BLACKPINK BTS CNCO EXO Little Mix NCT 127

Choice Collaboration BTS (feat. Halsey) – “Boy With Luv” Sam Smith & Normani – “Dancing with a Stranger” Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber – “I Don’t Care” Lil Nas X (feat. Billy Ray Cyrus) – “Old Town Road ” Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – “Shallow” Julia Michaels (feat. Niall Horan) – “What A Time”

Choice Summer Song“Cool” – Jonas Brothers “Easier” – 5 Seconds of Summer “Señorita” – Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello “Summer Days” – Martin Garrix feat. Macklemore & Patrick Stump “Truth Hurts” – Lizzo “You Need to Calm Down” – Taylor Swift

Choice Summer Male Artist Daddy Yankee Shawn Mendes Lil Nas X Drake DJ Khaled Khalid

Choice Summer Female ArtistAva Max Halsey Julia Michaels Katy Perry Lizzo Taylor Swift

Choice Summer Group5 Seconds of Summer Jonas Brothers Little Mix Panic! at the Disco The Chainsmokers Why Don’t We

Choice Summer TourAriana Grande – Sweetener World Tour Billie Eilish – When We All Fall Asleep Tour Blackpink – Blackpink 2019 World Tour (In Your Area) BTS – BTS World Tour Love Yourself: Speak Yourself Jennifer Lopez – It’s My Party Shawn Mendes – Shawn Mendes: The Tour

Choice Song from a Movie “A Whole New World” (End Title), Aladdin – Zayn and Zhavia Ward “Broken & Beautiful,” UglyDolls – Kelly Clarkson “Carry On,” Pokémon Detective Pikachu – Kygo and Rita Ora “Don’t Give Up On Me,” Five Feet Apart – Andy Grammer “Shallow,” A Star Is Born – Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga “Sunflower,” Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Post Malone and Swae Lee

DIGITAL

Choice Female Web Star Madison Beer Emma Chamberlain Eva Gutowski Liza Koshy Lilly Singh Maddie Ziegler

Choice Male Web Star David Dobrik The Dolan Twins Ryan Higa Guava Juice MrBeast Brent Rivera

Choice Comedy Web Star Colleen Ballinger CalebCity The Dolan Twins Gabbie Hanna Lele Pons Liza Koshy

Choice Social Star Noah Centineo Kylie Jenner Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Will Smith Taylor Swift Chrissy Teigen

Choice Music Web Star Asher Angel Chloe x Halle Loren Gray Annie LeBlanc Johnny Orlando Hayden Summerall

Choice Fashion/Beauty Web Star James Charles Summer McKeen Hannah Meloche Bethany Mota Nikkie de Jager Mackenzie Ziegler

Choice Gamer DanTDM Jacksepticeye Ninja Ryan Ohmwrecker PewDiePie SSSniperWolf

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When a late life love affair blooms between Mr. Forrest Payne, the owner of the Pink Slipper Gentleman’s Club, and Miss Beatrice Jordan, famous for stationing herself at the edge of the club’s parking lot and yelling warnings of eternal damnation at the departing patrons, their wedding summons a legend to town. Mr. El Walker, the great guitar bluesman, comes home to give a command performance in Plainview, Indiana, a place he’d sworn—and for good reason—he’d never set foot in again.

But El is not the only Plainview native with a hurdle to overcome. A wildly philandering husband struggles at last to prove his faithfulness to the wife he’s always loved. And among those in this tightly knit community who show up every Sunday after church for lunch at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, are the lifelong friends, known locally as “The Supremes” —Clarice, facing down her longing for, chance at and fear of a great career; Barbara Jean, grappling at last with the loss of a mother whose life humiliated both of them, and Odette, reaching toward her husband through an anger of his that she does not understand.

Edward Kelsey Moore’s lively cast of characters, each of whom have surmounted serious trouble and come into love, need not learn how to survive but how, fully, to live. And they do, every one of them, serenaded by the bittersweet and unforgettable blues song El Walker plays, born of his own great loss and love.

Edward Kelsey Moore Book Reviews

“This lusty novel sings with life, saluting friendships through dreams, marriage and long-held secrets.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune, “Summer Books”

“Moore’s bluesy, breezy novel takes readers through life’s highs and lows and in-between times when no one knows what is coming next; its air of folksy optimism should appeal to fans of Alexander McCall Smith and Fredrik Backman.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“Edward Kelsey Moore, besides being laugh out loud hilarious, has a profound understanding of human nature. This gift, combined with his clear love and affection for his characters, makes him a truly remarkable writer. This book is a joy to read.” —Fannie Flagg, author of The Whole Town’s Talking and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

“Spending time with the Supremes is like slipping into a warm embrace of love and laughter, soul-searching and sass. There’s nothing these three strong women can’t handle, and that includes the legacy of the pain inflicted by fathers to sons, mothers to daughters. Edward Kelsey Moore has crafted a novel that beautifully illustrates the healing power of forgiveness.” —Melanie Benjamin, author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator’s Wife

“The arrival of Edward Kelsey Moore’s new novel had me singing anything but the blues. Even better cause for celebration? Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean are back . . . and what a supreme encore it is!” —Julia Glass, author of A House Among the Trees and Three Junes

Chapter 1 (Excerpt)

It was a love song. At least it started out that way. The lyrics told the tale of a romance between a man and the woman who made his life worth living. Being a blues song, it was also about how that woman repeatedly broke the man’s heart and then repaid his forgiving ways by bringing a world of suffering down on him. The beautiful melody soared and plunged, each verse proclaiming rapturous happiness and gut-wrenching pain. Here, in a church, this piece of music couldn’t have been further outside its natural habitat. But the tune’s lovely mournfulness echoed from the back wall to the baptismal pool and from the marble floor to the vaulted ceiling and settled in as if the forlorn cry had always lived here.

As the song continued and grew sadder with every line, I thought of my parents, Dora and Wilbur Jackson. The blues was Mama and Daddy’s music. Nearly every weekend of my childhood, they spent their evenings in our living room, listening to scratchy recordings of old-timey blues songs on the hi-fi. One of those might have been as sorrowful as the dirge ringing through the church, but I couldn’t recall hearing anything that touched this song for sheer misery.

Mama preferred her blues on the cheerier and dirtier side—nasty tunes loaded with crude jokes about hot dogs, jelly rolls, and pink Cadillacs. The gloomy ballads, like this one, were Daddy’s favorites. I never saw him happier than when he was huddled up with Mama on the sofa, humming along with an ode to agony. He would bob his head to the pulse of the music, like he was offering encouragement to a down-in-the-mouth singer who was sitting right next to him, croaking out his hard luck.

Sometimes, before sending me to bed, my parents would allow me to squeeze in between them. They’ve both been dead for years now, but their bad singing lingers in my memory. And, because I inherited their tuneless voices, I remind myself of my parents every time I rip into some unfortunate melody. Whenever I hear a melancholy blues, I feel the roughness of Daddy’s fingertips, callused by years of carpentry work, sliding over my arm like he was playing a soulful riff on imaginary strings that ran from my elbow to my wrist.

I’d be ordered off to bed when Mama’d had enough of the dreariness and wanted to listen to a record about rocking and rolling and loving that was too grown-up for my young ears.

Even though the song rumbling through the sanctuary would have been a bit dark for Mama’s taste, she’d have loved the singer’s wailing voice and the roller-coaster ride of the melody. And she wouldn’t have let this song go unnoted. If she had been in the church with me, she’d have turned to me and declared, “Odette, your daddy would’ve loved this song. Every single word of it makes you wanna die. I’ve gotta write this in my book.”

My mother’s “book” was a calendar from Stewart’s Funeral Home that she kept in her pocketbook. The cover of the calendar showed a gray-and-white spotted colt and a small boy in blue overalls. They were in a meadow, both of them jumping off the ground in an expression of unrestrained bliss. Above the picture were the words “Jump for Joy,” and below, “Happy thoughts to you and yours from Stewart’s Funeral Home.” Whenever Mama ran into something that she felt was remarkable enough to merit celebration, she wrote a note on that day’s date so she’d never forget it.

Mama’s book first appeared on a Sunday afternoon about ten years before she passed. We’d just walked out of our church, Holy Family Baptist, and Reverend Brown stood at the bottom of the front steps saying good-bye to his flock. Mama strode up to him and said, “Reverend, you’re the best preacher I’ve ever heard. I’ve been thinkin’ about your Easter sermon all spring. It was truly a wonder; really opened my eyes. I want you to know that you can consider this here soul a hundred percent saved.”

Reverend Brown, who was more than a foot taller than Mama, bent over and took her hand. “That’s so kind of you, Dora,” he said. “I’m just doing what I can for the Kingdom.”

“I mean it,” Mama said. “You’ve won this battle for the Lord. And I wanted to make sure to thank you, since I won’t be comin’ back.”

Reverend Brown hung on to Mama’s hand and waited for her to deliver the punch line to what he assumed was one of the peculiar jokes she was known to tell. But Mama wasn’t kidding. She explained, “Remember how you preached that if we really wanted to be closer to God, we should look at the world around us and write down a little thank-you to Him for all the things He gave us? Well, I took your words to heart and I’ve been doin’ that ever since.”

( Continued… )

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Intimate Conversation with Edward Kelsey Moore

Edward Kelsey Moore is the author of THE SUPREMES SING THE HAPPY HEARTACHE BLUES and the New York Times and international bestseller THE SUPREMES AT EARL’S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT.

Edward’s award-winning essays and short fiction have appeared in the New York Times and a number of literary magazines, including Ninth Letter, Indiana Review, African American Review, and Inkwell. He currently writes a series of essays for Minnesota Public Radio.

In addition to his writing, Edward maintains a career as a professional cellist. Edward Kelsey Moore makes his home in Chicago, Illinois. His web address is http://www.edwardkelseymoore.com.

BPM: What made you want to become a writer? How long have you been writing? I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was very young. From the moment I got my first library card, I loved fantasizing that my name was on the books on the library’s shelves. I started writing stories as soon as I could hold a pen and I never stopped. But I was sidetracked by a career in music and I didn’t get around to actually finishing any of my many writing projects until I was forty years old. That was when I gave myself a kick in the rear and started taking writing seriously.

BPM: How do you think you’ve evolved creatively? I ask considerably more of myself now than I used to. Earlier in my writing career I thought it was enough to be funny, or sad, or just to get my point across. Now I want to challenge myself with everything that I write. In addition to producing good work, I want to be proud of the effect my writing has on the lives of the people who read it. As I try to become a better writer, I want to become a more responsible one.

BPM: Do you view writing as a kind of spiritual practice? I wouldn’t describe writing as a spiritual practice for me, but I would say that writing fits into a broader belief that all the things in my life must be in harmony with my personal spirituality. That’s one of the nice things about having begun my literary career in middle age. Experience has taught me not to waste my time on anything that brings disharmony and negativity into my life. If writing weren’t the right thing for me, I wouldn’t do it.

BPM: How has writing impacted your life? Writing has had such a powerful impact on me that it’s hard for me to think of an area of my life that it has not affected. On the day-by-day level, since writing replaced music as my primary focus, I see my surroundings differently. It’s natural for me now to immediately set about translating the things that I see and experience into words. I used to do that after a long period of reflection. These days, it’s my first reaction to the world around me.

Also, because of the success of my first novel, people react differently to me than they used to. I was shocked to discover that having “bestselling author” attached to my name meant that people were far more inclined to actually listen to the things I said. I have to think more carefully before I open my big mouth now and that has taken some getting used to. But, as problems go, having people pay attention to you is a high-class problem to have.

BPM: What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books? I’ve been surprised to discover how little my view of the world has changed over the decades. Because I saved so many of the unfinished stories and essays that I gave up on during my younger days, I occasionally go back to them for ideas. When I do, I find that I laughed at the same things forty years ago that I laugh at now and that the same topics frighten or move me. There’s not a lot of difference between me in my fifties and me at fifteen.

BPM: Tell us about your most recent work. Available on Nook and Kindle? My latest novel, The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues, continues the story of the friendship of three women from a fictional small town in southern Indiana that began with my first novel, The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat. At the start of The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues, Odette Henry and her two best friends, Barbara Jean and Clarice, the Supremes of the title, are in a church, listening to a song that is very much out of place there. Within days, that song, “The Happy Heartache Blues,” and its singer, El Walker, will impact the lives of Odette and her friends in distinctly different, but very powerful, ways. Soon fearless Odette is frightened to find that she no longer understands her beloved husband. Beautiful, wealthy Barbara Jean is forced to relive memories of her painful and humiliating childhood.

And Clarice, a former musical prodigy, finds herself on the verge of a career breakthrough. But her panic over possibly achieving everything she ever dreamed of can only be soothed by hopping into bed with her husband, whom she can otherwise barely stand to be around. Now the Supremes have to rely upon their friendship more than ever as each of them is forced to re-examine her most intimate relationships and to wrestle with the importance and the meaning of forgiveness.

Along the way, they also encounter a wisecracking, gender-fluid nightclub performer, some pesky old adversaries, and the ugliest baby in the world.

BPM: Give us some insight into your main characters. What makes each one so special? The novel is told primarily from the points of view of Odette and her friends, Barbara Jean and Clarice. Odette is funny and fearless, but as the novel progresses, she sees a side of her beloved husband that she can’t joke away, and it terrifies her. After a life shaped by loss, Barbara Jean is happy for the first time in her life, but her difficult past hasn’t prepared her to accept happiness. Clarice finds herself with the perfect husband for the woman she used to be. But the woman Clarice is now can’t stand the man she spent decades hoping her husband would become. Each of the Supremes has a special connection to El Walker, an elderly blues man whose talent for composing a sad song is only surpassed by his knack for making a mess of his life and the lives of others.

BPM: What was your hardest scene to write, the opening or the close? The opening scene was considerably more difficult to write than the final scene. Asking a reader to step into a world you’ve created is tricky. There are so many ways to mess it up and cause the reader to turn away. The ending, on the other hand, felt natural as I was writing it. If the preceding chapters accomplish what they’re supposed to, the ending should have a feeling of inevitability. I hadn’t planned on the novel ending exactly as it did, but when I got to the closing scene, it felt like the only way for the book to end.

BPM: Is there one subject you would never write about as an author? I won’t go so far as to say that I would never write about any subject. But I will say that there are subjects that I’m not currently interested in adding my voice to. I feel that literature about African Americans is too often about oppressors and the degradation and injustices they perpetrate, instead of being about the Black characters who are ostensibly at the center of the books. I understand why writers return so often to these topics, but I also feel that having this as the default mode of writing about African Americans limits the variety of ways in which Black people are portrayed. I don’t see the need for my words to be added to that particular pool.

BPM: What projects are you working on at the present? I’m working on a novel about a family trying to cope with two tragic losses. I believe that no one truly survives a catastrophe without humor, so it’s a funny novel about people dealing with horrible circumstances.

I’m also tinkering with a play that I started a long time ago. Right now it’s mostly an excuse to procrastinate while I’m supposed to be writing the new novel. But I’m having so much fun with the play that I just might finish it.

BPM: How can readers discover more about you and your work? Readers can find the most up-to-date information about me at http://www.edwardkelseymoore.com. I’m on Twitter at @edkmoore. Readers can connect with me on Facebook at Edward Kelsey Moore, author.

Connect with Edward Kelsey Moore: Twitter: https://twitter.com/edkmoore Website: http://www.edwardkelseymoore.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdwardKelseyMooreauthor

The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues: A Novel by Edward Kelsey Moore When a late life love affair blooms between Mr. Forrest Payne, the owner of the Pink Slipper Gentleman’s Club, and Miss Beatrice Jordan, famous for stationing herself at the edge of the club’s parking lot and yelling warnings of eternal damnation at the departing patrons, their wedding summons a legend to town.

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