Savannah, 17, will be serving as the 2010 Junior Parade Grand Marshal for the Portland Rose Festival in her hometown.

The parade will be held on Wednesday, June 9th in the Hollywood District of Portland, Oregon at 1PM. Congrats

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While Hollywood looks forward to who will be the next big name in the business, they also took time for reflect on one of the most influential pop culture moments. This month the iconic film “The Empire Strikes Back” celebrated its 30th birthday with a screening and Q&A with some of the movie’s stars that brought out the inner geek in many celebrity fans. “Iron Man 2″ director Jon Favreau told followers, “Saw Empire Strikes Back with Q&A with Harrison Ford. Sat next to the young Obi Wan. Quite a night.”

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Savannah Outen has lots of thin strands of hair separated to add volume and texture. She’s put a modern twist on a classic wavy hair design. It is similar to Ashley Tisdale’s hair, but it looks more dramatic with blonde hair and when the pieces stand out this way.

Savannah gained attention when she posted videos of her singing on YouTube like Justin Bieber. She has performed the national anthem for many professional sports teams, including the Seattle Mariners, the Oakland Raiders, and the Portland Beavers.

The Hillsboro, Oregon-born singer’s first single, Goodbyes, was featured on Radio Disney’s Music Mailbag. Her singing style has drawn comparisons to Carrie Underwood and Britney Spears. Savannah’s YouTube page has reached over 5 million views as of this posting.

I’m Hannah from the Radio Disney Club. The Radio Disney Club Webshow is premiering this May. While the exact premiere date hasn’t been announced yet, I’m alerting all the Savannah fan sites on the web. If you want to, you can tell your website viewers that youtube.com/radiodisneyclub has their webshow premiering this May and the owner has an exclusive interview with Savannah. It’s an hour long and I asked her some questions she’s never heard before (she told me that). It’s going to premiere in four episodes, since it’s so long.

The event will be held at the site of the former Myrtle Square Mall and is aimed to bring kids, especially those 13 and younger, and their families to the area. Saturday events for Military Appreciation Days, include a parade on Ocean Boulevard, cuisine cook-off, family picnic, and an assortment of activities at the former Myrtle Square Mall site including celebrity meet-and-greets with D Nathan Kress of “iCarly,” Mitchell Musso of “Hannah Montana,” Jasmine Richards of “Camp Rock,” Drake Bell of “Drake and Josh,” Tiffany Thornton of “Sonny with a Chance” and Debby Ryan of “Suite Life on Deck” and performances by headliners Mitchell Musso of “Hannah Montana” and Jordin Sparks of “American Idol” (season 6 winner) as well as Outen, Bell and Richards.

Other events planned throughout the weekend all over Myrtle Beach include a 5K run/walk on the former Air Force Base, a golf tournament at Whispering Pines, kids fishing tournament, a games competition, recruiter expo, exhibits area, a laser show, a museum ribbon cutting and fireworks to conclude the celebration Monday night. The City of Myrtle Beach in conjunction with PBGA, LLC are sponsoring the events.

The Military Appreciation Days are part of a number of events and festivals including 2 food and wine festivals, the Taste! Gourmet Trade Show May 14-16 at the Myrtle Beach convention center, and Coastal Uncorked May 16-23 with participating restaurants and locations throughout Myrtle Beach, a beach music festival May 15 as part of the grand opening of the new Myrtle Beach Boardwalk, and a Christian music festival to be being held during the month of May.  The goal of these events is to bring families to the Myrtle Beach area during a time that has been traditionally dominated by bikers.

About Myrtle Beach

Myrtle Beach is located on the northeast coast of South Carolina along the Atlantic Ocean.  The city of Myrtle Beach is part of the area known as the Grand Strand, a 60 mile stretch of land from the North Carolina Line to Pawleys Island. The Grand Strand is a popular tourist destination known for its miles of sandy beaches, great shopping and restaurants, and top rated golf courses.

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Here’s Disnology’s exclusive interview with singer/song writer Savannah Outen:

Disnology: Your story is amazing. So, you just started posting videos of you singing and playing guitar on YouTube. What made you decide to start doing that?

Savannah: It was actually my parents’ idea. Nothing was really happening for me at the time. I was kind of desperate and decided to post a video to YouTube and then the fans started asking me to post more, so I did. Now, just as of yesterday, I hit over 51 million views. It has been pretty awesome and I am just so thankful for all of my fans on YouTube.

Disnology: Have you ever had professional training – singing, guitar or did it just come naturally?

Savannah: It came naturally. I just recently took a singing lesson just to see what it would be like. I wanted to try it out. It was fun and different. I think what I got most out of it was how to breathe when I am on stage so I don’t run out of breath. But, I’ve never taken a singing lesson other than that. I’ve always just listened to singers on CDs and study how they move their voice around, so I think that’s kind of how I learned to sing. It did just kind of come naturally for me.

I taught myself how to play guitar. My parents got me an electric guitar for me when I was 13, for my 13th Christmas and ever since I’ve been in love with playing the guitar. I went on the internet and learned how to place my fingers and just kind of taught myself that way.

Disnology: Can you tell me a little bit about your journey from posting videos on YouTube to now giving concerts and recording songs for CDs?

Savannah: I met my manager several years ago and he got me to be an artist on Radio Disney and then I went on Pick It or Kick It and I got a 95% pick it. It was so amazing. I was so excited. The fans kept voting for Goodbyes and that put me in the top 5 for the countdown on Radio Disney. Then I shot a music video for that. Then the second single came out and then the third and that was a lot of fun.

Radio Disney has been really good to me. It’s so amazing to be able to gain new fans, who didn’t watch my videos on YouTube. I’ve gotten to travel a lot and perform, which is my favorite thing to do. So, it’s just been a very fun journey and I am super excited for 2010.

Disnology: What did it feel like when your first song, Goodbyes, went live on the radio?Savannah: It was very cool. I had listened to Radio Disney prior to that, so it was fun to hear myself. And then to hear myself take over Radio Disney, like the line “Hey this isSavannah and you’re listening to Radio Disney”, so that was fun to listen to. But it was awesome to hear some of my random songs pop up every once and awhile while I was in the car. It’s been very amazing just to hear yourself on the radio.

But my favorite part was that it was a song I wrote by myself. I hear that a lot of artists don’t get to write their first single, so it’s not really their own song, it’s usually someone elses’s. So it was the coolest that the first song I had ever written was my first single.

Disnology: You write all of your own music don’t you?

Savannah: Yes, and I co-write as well. It’s fun to write with others because they have their own ideas and we put all of our brains together and come up with something.

Disnology: You have had songs featured on Radio Disney jams 11, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure and now Disney Mania 7. Congrats!!

Savannah: Yeah, Goodbyes was on Jams, The Greatest Treasure was on the Tinker Bell soundtrack and on the Disneymania 7 CD, I have a song coming out called “Little Wonders”. It’s from the movie “Meet the Robinsons” and I am so excited for people to hear it.

Disnology: Your Disneymania 7 song is from “Meet the Robinsons”? Very cool!

Savannah: Yeah, it’s a song that no one has ever covered before and I’ve been buying those CDs [Disneymania] ever since they came out and it’s exciting to be able to be a part of the 7th one. I mean Hilary Duff and Raven…all these fun people were on these CDs and now I have a chance to be a part of it. I can’t wait for it to come out.

Disnology: I know you have a MySpace, Twitter and obviously YouTube…do you feel it’s important for stars to reach out to their fans with social media sites like these?

Savannah: I think it’s very important. I mean YouTube, Twitter, MySpace…all of those fans are the reason I am here today, living my dream. So I think it’s very important to keep in contact. It’s fun to hear what they have to say and what they think about the songs and sometimes they’ll be like ‘Oh, I loved your outfit at the concert today’ and just hearing their input is fun. And twitter especially. It’s such a fast way to keep in touch with them. They can reply to my status and then I can reply back to them. YouTube an MySpace you kind of have to wait . But yeah, they are all great and I try to reply back to as many of them as I can.

Disnology: You started off your career by recording songs from popular artists and uploading them to YouTube and now you have fans singing YOUR songs and uploading them to YouTube. I bet that feels surreal?

Savannah: Yeah, it is so much fun to watch those videos. I love it.

Disnology: What advice would you give kids who want a successful singing career like yours?

Savannah: I would have to say, this is a really tough business. You need to have a very thick skin and a very supportive family and friends. If you have that support, I think you can do anything. And just to believe in yourself and never give up. I always try to tell kids that they should never give up and it’s so true because if I were to have given up a couple of years ago, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Just always believe in yourself and dream big.

Disnology: Is there a moment so far in your life that you consider your favorite, where you felt like you were living your dream?

Savannah: Definitely, there have just been so many moments like that like where I am performing on stage and I look out at the crowd and the kids are singing along…that is always really special. Because I am one that when I go to concerts, I am always singing along to my favorite singer. It’s just cool to be on the other side of it now.

I had one show recently and a mom was singing along to my song and I thought that was amazing. A mom was singing along! How cool is that?

Also, at the Hannah Montana premiere, I went to the Hannah Montana: The Movie premiere, and the carpet was huge and I was just standing there thinking ‘I am not really here’. It was just amazing, just a really cool moment. And there’s just so many other different moments. I just think that every where I go, perform and travel and do meet and greets, those are always great moments for me and I am just super blessed to be living my dream.

Disnology: What concerts do you have coming up?

Savannah: I just had a show in California, it was the Haiti benefit concert, and that was a lot of fun to be asked to perform at. It was a huge honor. I have a concert in Portland, my hometown, with my good friend Josh Golden called Kid Fest. I don’t know the exact date, but you can go to my MySpace and look it up. I think that’s it for now. We are booking more shows soon, so that’s good, because performing is my absolute favorite.

Disnology: What was it like being a part of the Haiti benefit concert?

Savannah: It was a lot of fun. All of these great people came together for such a good cause and a lot of my friends were there. Yeah, it was very fun.

Disnology: Do you have any plans to pursue acting?

Savannah: Definitely. I mean, singing is where my heart is and it’s what I have wanted to do my whole life, but I would love to do acting at some point. I think that would be fun. I love comedy, like Steve Carrell and Amanda Bynes, and all of those awesome actors. So, I think it would be fun to do some sort of comedy for a movie. But I am focused on singing right now.

Disnology: Okay, here’s our lightning round

Disnology: Favorite musician

Savannah: Oh, that’s a tough one! I would have to say Jason Mraz, John Mayer, A Fine Frenzy or Celine Dion.

Disnology: Favorite actor

Savannah: John Krasinski from The Office or Amanda Bynes

Disnology: Favorite Food

Savannah: Indian food

Disnology: Favorite movie

Savannah: She’s the Man with Amanda Bynes and Elf with Will Ferrel

Disnology: Favorite place in the world

Savannah: I would have to say New York City.

Thanks Savannah! Don’t forget to pick up your copy of Disneymania 7 on March 9th!

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Disney Mania is a collection of Disney songs sung by popular artist. Superstars like Miley Cyrus, and Ashley Tisdale have been on past Disney Mania CD’s, and now Savannah is super psyched to be included in the latest one! “It’s very cool, just to be a part of it. I have been buying all the Disney Mania albums ever since I was a little girl so it’s really exciting to be a part of the seventh one. I’m so honored to have been asked to be a part of it.” Savannah says. “I’m super excited for the song to come out and for people to hear it. It’s gonna be a good collection of different people.” On the CD, Savannah does her own version of the song Little Wonders from Meet the Robinsons.

Disney Mania isn’t the only thing Savannah’s been excited about lately, her newest single Fighting for My Life has been a huge success with her fans, and has been climbing it’s way up the charts at Radio Disney! “I’m super happy, it’s number 16 on the Top 30 Countdown on Radio Disney and hopefully it’ll keep moving up!” she says “Hopefully the fans keep voting for it, it’s doing well, it’s gotten a good turn out and fans like the song so that’s good.”

Savannah is also known for her Youtube Channel, where she often covers songs requested by fans. Her latest one was Gravity by Sara Bareilles. With so much exciting opportunities coming up, Savannah has been super busy! So will she keep up her youtube-ing? “Yes! Definatly. People always ask me ‘Are you gonna stop doing the videos?’, I would never stop because the Youtube fans are the reason I’m living my dream today, so I will never stop posting covers.”

This past Sunday (February 28), Savannah attended the Kids Helping Kids Project Haiti event where she joined other stars like Alyson Stoner and Nathan Kress. “It was a lot of fun. It was so great to be a part of and it was for such a great cause. To see all of my friends there that was cool and I performed, I ended the show it was really cool.” Savannah shared. “I sang a couple songs, and it was a great night! It was very crowded, it was a good turn out, the carpet was kinda hectic, there were a lot of people there so that was good.” With so many in need because of the recent earthquakes, Savannah encourages fans to donate in any way they can. “Just keep donating! I think that all of us need to realize that Haiti is gonna need our help next month, they’re gonna need our help five months from now so just keep donating.”

“For myself, I bought the [Hope for Haiti] album on iTunes with Justin Timberlake, and Beyoncé. All of the proceeds went to Haiti, and text messaging [the Red Cross] every once in a while so that’s what I’ve been doing. And then the event last night [Kids Helping Kids] was such a great way to help out as well.”

What’s next for Savannah? “This weekend I’m going up to Disney World for a Family reunion, so that’ll be fun. I’ll just get to relax with my family in Disney world and ride some rides, that’ll be really fun. I don’t know what else I have planned, I think it’s just more spur of the moment like ‘Hey, we’re going to California this week so we can do this.’ and ‘We’re going to Nashville so we can do this.’ so i guess we’ll see when it gets closer to it, but i have a show in April in my hometown and I’m excited about that, and a bunch of other stuff coming up, so hopefully the stuff that’s behind the scenes will work out.”

Disney Mania 7 will be released on March 9th! Also, be sure to request Fighting for My Life on Radio Disney so it can move up on the countdown!

Bonus Fan Question: What was your favorite Cartoon when you were a little girl? (From Laura in Spain) “”Probably Belle from Beauty and the Beast. I also loved watching the Rugrats, that was my favorite show so probably Tommy from the Rugrats.”

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Kids Helping Kids is presenting a star-studded benefit concert hosted by the most influential Young Hollywood celebrities to raise funds for the orphaned children left behind after the devastating earthquake in Haiti. 100% of the proceeds goes to God’s Littlest Angels Orphanage in Haiti.

The concert will take place THIS Sunday, February 28 at Avalon Hollywood (1735 Vine St Los Angeles, CA 90028) from 5-10PM PT.

To purchase your tickets, click here. For more information, visit kidzhelpingkids.org.