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Happy Birthday, David!
Posted by djafan on Monday, December 28, 2009
Today is David’s nineteenth birthday! David, have an absolutely scrumptious day with lots of good food to eat and good folks to share it with! Here’s wishing many more dreams come true for you in the new year. So keep dreaming big! Hey, we got your back. And that’s a promise and our gift to you.
Love,
Your fans from The Voice
The Voice David Archuleta 
silverfox said
Monday, December 28, 2009 at 6:48 AM e
Angelica, I love David’s Birthday slideshow! He shines in every photograph ever taken of him.
Happy Birthday to our Prince! We celebrate his birthday today and everyday! Hoping his family has big plans for him! A surprise party with friends & family would be great! Or whatever David wants. 😀
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sandybeaches said
brought from previous thread…
Dear Angelica, you have made a wonderful picture tribute to David. It took my beath away…
I am bringing this over from FOD. David is being mentioned everywhere on his birthday…It is fun for everyone today.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2009/12/28/this_day_in_history/
Best Wishes David for a day full of wonderful memories.
SB
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sandybeaches said
I never cease to amaze myself with my mispellings…
Yes, it took my BREATH away…
SB
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djxox said
Happy Holidays to all~
Just wanted to thank you all for the kind comments on the videos all year. Filming David perform helps keep the magic alive after the shows and sharing it is my pleasure. Today this one is for the man himself~
HAPPY 19th BIRTHDAY DAVID!!
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prd9601 said
Angelica, love the slide show. It is great!
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emmegirl said
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID!
(and thanks dj for all your wonderful videos!)
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Wanda said
Love the video! The song is sooo cool…I had never heard of it before! Great job!
~ Wanda
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betsy said
Great video and slideshow. Hey 19! Love it.
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stenocruiser said
Angelica — wow! I’ve been watching for your new video today and let me say it is fascinating and very special, just like David is. Love the concept with the ‘Crayola’ song. Wonderful, wonderful picture choices too! Thanks. Happy 19th Birthday, David!
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GGdoorsfan said
one of my fave steeley dan songs – hey 19, hahahha… wonderful video, wonderful tribute.
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TOfan said
You had me at Steely Dan!!! LOVE ’em. Amazing vid as usual, Angelica, you have the gift!
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Vee said
happy holiday everyone and a happy 19th birthday to someone special, a certain David James Mayorga Archuleta.
David sent it to us with his birthday cake
New haircut by the way
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Angelica said
Thanks guys, but the awesome slide show is the work of djafan and the blingee was done by bebereader. I only did the video. BTW, emmiegirl gets the credit for the song choice. She sent it to me a couple of weeks ago. So thanks emmie, and if anyone has any songs they think would be good for a video, please send them through the contact tab. Finding the right song is terribly important and not easy at all.
Sounds from his tweets like David is having a great birthday! I tell you, watching djafan’s slide show was a bittersweet experience for me. I was like, NOOOOooooooOOO!!! The baby must NOT grow up! In a way I want it and in a way I don’t. Mostly I want it, but I’ll miss the shy little boy who crept into my heart a couple of years ago and changed me for good. Thank you, David. For everything you are.
David singing “For Good” several years ago,
And because he hauled me all the way to Cleveland and talked so much about the show Wicked for so long, (did he ever get the chance to see it all?) I saw the show while I was there. He did not steer me wrong, it was fabulous. Here is the soundtrack from the musical of that song and lyrics.
(Elphaba):
I’m limited
Just look at me – I’m limited
And just look at you
You can do all I couldn’t do, Glinda
So now it’s up to you
For both of us – now it’s up to you…
(Glinda):
I’ve heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don’t know if I believe that’s true
But I know I’m who I am today
Because I knew you…
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba):
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You’ll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend…
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I’ve been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
(Glinda):
Because I knew you
(Both):
I have been changed for good
(Elphaba):
And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the things I’ve done you blame me for
(Glinda):
But then, I guess we know
There’s blame to share
(Both):
And none of it seems to matter anymore
(Glinda):
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
(Elphaba):
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood
(Both):
Who can say if I’ve been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
(Glinda):
And because I knew you…
(Elphaba):
Because I knew you…
(Both):
Because I knew you…
I have been changed for good…
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djafan said
Hi all!
Angelica, yes thank you for mentioning the slide show, had me in tears looking at pictures and yes Bebe did an awesome job with that blingee, but you “only” did the video…excuse me…lol That video is greatness…you did a wonderful job. I need to go watch again.
I love this place!
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bebereader said
Angelica: You never disappoint! Love the amazing new video. And djafan…beautiful slideshow depicting David from boy to man.
I’d never heard the song, “For Good” until now. Those are very appropriate lyrics, Angelica.
“I do believe I have been
Changed for the better
And because I knew you…
I have been changed for good…”
So true!
Thank you, David!
Now I want to see “Wicked”!
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bebereader said
The feedback is dribbling in from all the CFTH CDs I gifted for Christmas.
One friend called today and said:
1) Her whole family loves it, even her husband!
2) Her favorite song is “Melodies of Christmas”.
3) She played an old Johnny Mathis Christmas CD after she played CFTH and had to take it off. Her husband thought something was wrong with the CD because Jonny’s voice sounded ‘funny’. He checked it out and it seemed to be in good shape. They put it back on and couldn’t listen to it. Then she put her old Snoopy Christmas CD on but had to take it off, too. In fact, they can no longer listen to their old Christmas CDs that they’ve been playing every year. David has won them over.
4) They are in agreement that David’s voice surpasses even Bocelli’s. (But of course!!)
I’m one happy camper today.
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silverfox said
Today was almost like a National Holiday!
David is loved & admired so deeply by his fans that if we could, we would make it a National Holiday! 😀
David, have a good & restful night’s sleep with sweet & happy dreams. Thank you for all you do and for who you are. Keep with you all our love, support & prayers always. Contigo siempre. We will be with you always!
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Vee said
David Archuleta $800 answer on JEOPARDY aired coincidentally on his 19th birthday (Dec 28, 2009) thanks to NYCityEye
…wrong answer lady not Who is David Archet?… IT is WHO IS DAVID ARCHULETA? thanks Vince for your correct answer ( question)
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emmegirl said
Thanks to djafan, bebereader, and Angelica for all the birthday presents…it is great, the gifts we get on David’s birthday!
(Angelica, would love to take the credit you gave me for the perfect song, but it wasn’t me, lol! I have seen another emmie on here a couple of times and maybe it was her. Whomever it was, nice work!)
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emmegirl said
bebereader, I forgot to mention how your post made me smile! Your family are good people(with discriminating taste I might add!)
I’ve have been listening pretty much exclusively to CFTH since it came out, not to mention countless hours of youtube videos, and it was what I put on in the car today! He has spoiled me rotten!
I hear these others on the radio and I simply cannot bear to listen!
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Angelica said
Emmegirl – sorry, there are 2 of you? Oh well. What have you got? lol. I see she spells hers emmie.
Bebe – that is so great about your friend and her family. I guess. Now you’ve ruined them. I could not listen to anyone else sing carols this year either. I tried and failed. David, what have you done to us?
Vee – David Archet??!! Good thing I wasn’t watching that show. I probably would have lost my religion. Dang, I could have won $800 bucks. Or much more if they had a whole category about David. Couldn’t we all? 😆
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dakgal said
If that isn’t the cutest video I’ve ever seen! Darling song and pictures to match. The whistling part just cracks me up, I’m on my fifth time through it. Great job djafan, emmie , bebe and angelica. What a fun place this is!
What do you suppose the birthday guy is up to tonight?
Happy Birthday to one of the greatest guys ever.
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silverfox said
Angelica, your video just came up on my computer! And I L O V E it! I’m going to work now with a smile instead of a “Dang, I could use a few more minutes of sleep!”.
Thank you again for your very awesome creativity and for REALLY “getting” David as no one else I can think of at the moment, can. You amaze me almost as much as David! 😀
David spent his birthday with his family. He says his family is very important to him. He’s 19 and he not only talks the talk, he walks the walk. Don’t recall MY sons ever really wanting to spend their b-days with me. Not really. They were out the door to party with their buds asap after the cutting of the cake! 😆
Have a great day!
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refnaf said
hey!!!
Angelica, your video is such sweeet icing on the birthday cake! love it!
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hooked said
You all are so gifted, I just want to thank you for all your time and efforts. Thanks for sharing. Every video is so amazing. Gracias a todos ustedes. Happy New Year!
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Emi said
Angelica,
I love the video! Thanks for honoring the song so well! I knew you would! I love it from the beginning to the end… all the happy, smiley, eye sparkling pictures of David.. from the color to the black and whites..and the whistling part had me laughing. The timing on that was impecable! I would adise you to quit you day job and do this for a living!
Emi ( aka emifriend, nonvidem, and Emily in Nashville—sorry about that!)
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