On June 20th, an encore presentation of the special Sing-Along and Dance-Along presentations of the Disney Channel Original Movies “High School Musical” and “High School Musical 2″ will air @ 7:00– 11:00 p.m., ET/PT.

Once again, Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman, Olesya Rulin, KayCee Stroh, Chris Warren Jr. and Ryne Sanborn will hosts the special.

Beginning Thursday, June 18, fans can log on to www.DisneyChannel.com for printable song lyrics and choreography instructions and join in the dances of “Get’cha Head in the Game,” “We’re All in This Together,” “What Time Is It” and “All for One.”

Will you watch the encore presentation of these movies?

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I have some more “High School Musical 3” goodies! Read these audition tips from Kenny Ortega, director of all 3 of the “High School Musical” movies. I know a lot of you are interested in acting, so I think you will love to hear what he has to say.

Have you got what it takes to be the next Ashley Tisdale or Zac Efron? Fancy hitting the big time? Want to bag a role on HSM4? High School Musical director Kenny Ortega reveals the secrets to the perfect audition. Follow his top-secret audition advice and you’ll be a star of the silver screen in no time…

Hi Kenny! What are your top audition tips for wannabe actors?

If you’re a young person who wants to become an actor, it’s really important to walk into a casting room with a sense of yourself and some life experience. You can really delight a room and have them already choose you before you’ve even said a word!

How can that happen?

This actually happened to me years ago when a young Leonardo DiCaprio auditioned for me for a film. He ended up not doing it. He ended up doing a movie called What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, which was a good choice, but he came in and he completely won me over.

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In celebration of the February 17th release of “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” on DVD and Blu-ray, Disney Society is teaming up with Walt Disney Home Entertainment to provide you with an opportunity to win one awesome prize package!

This contest is going to take some reader participation, but I know you guys can do it! I have two prize packages for a main winner and a runner-up. Let me tell you about the prizes and then we’ll get into how you can win one.

Prize Package #1 – An HSM 3-disc Blu-ray Prize Pack:

• High School Musical: Remix Edition

• High School Musical 2: Extended Edition

• High School Musical 3: Senior Year Deluxe Extended Edition (includes DVD copy)

• Wildcat Valentine (The lid of the box has a heart on it and when you open up the box, the HSM3 finale plays. Also inside the box is a stuffed animal and tassel.)

Prize pack number 2 and the rules of the contest are below.

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The High School Musical 2 Deluxe Dance Edition DVD was released by Walt Disney Pictures on September 23rd and it is full of tons of extra bonus material.

Here’s a taste of what you will get:

Fans can dance along with the cast and learn their favorite kickin’ routines with moves actually taken from the top rated Disney Channel Original Movie! Jam-packed with over five hours of bonus material, Deluxe Dance Edition also gives fans an exclusive sneak peek at High School Musical 3, premiering in movie theaters nationwide on October 24th!  The two-disc set also includes deleted scenes, a virtual scrapbook featuring the cast and crew, and an exclusive musical number that will make the coolest summer vacation ever last all year round.

Included in the DVD, is a free "High School Musical 3" movie ticket. I imagine there are a few of you out there who would like one of those!

If you are a "High School Musical 2" fan, you will definitely want to get your hands on this DVD and most likely watch it over and over again. I thought the bonus features were fabulous! If you have already purchased this, let me know what you think of it!

See below for 2 great clips.

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The nominations are out for the 60th Annual Emmy Awards and a couple of Disney Channel shows and a Disney Channel Original Movie made the cut!

For Outstanding Children’s Program - Hannah Montana, High School Musical 2 and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody were nominated.

In the category of Outstanding Choreography - High School Musical 2 was nominated for these routines: Routines: ‘What Time Is It?’, ‘Fabulous’, ‘Work This Out’, ‘I Don’t Dance’, ‘You Are the Music In Me’, ‘For One’.

Congratulations and good luck! The Emmy Awards will air live on September 21st at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, CA.

This is such a cute video of Zac Efron! Zac is in New York giving us a little tour and being as adorable as possible. He answers fans questions about ‘High School Musical‘. This was shot in between HSM1 and 2. He was asked by a fan if there would be a sequel and he said yes, but he didn’t know anything about the script.

In the video Zac goes ice skating, tries his first New York hot dog and takes us around Central Park.

One fan asked if he was dating Ashley Tisdale and he said no, but that they are really good friends. He said on the video that he was currently single and was looking around. What?! I guess that him and Vanessa Hudgens didn’t start dating until around the HSM sequel. Or maybe he was just really good at keeping it under wraps and lying through his teeth, lol!

Anyway, it was nice seeing Zac just laid back and talking about life and HSM.

Well, the whole debate about if Camp Rock is better than High School Musical seems to be split right down the middle. There is one thing for sure though, and that’s the big ratings that Camp Rock brought in.

Camp Rock’s Friday Disney Channel premiere averaged 8.9 million viewers for the 8-10 pm Friday slot. Those ratings did outdo the original High School Musical movie, but it ranked second after High School Musical 2, which brought in 17.2 million viewers on its August 17th premiere.

In January 2007, the DCOM Jump In! brought in 8.2 million viewers, which is not too far behind Camp Rock.

On Friday night from 8-10 pm, the Disney Channel was the most-watched network, followed by CBS’s 3 million viewers.

Needless to say, the Disney Channel knows how to make some awesome movies and bring in some awesome ratings!

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Remember the fun and catchy “Bop to the Top” song that Ashley Tisdale and Lucas Grabeel sang in High School Musical? Every time I listen to this song or watch Ryan and Sharpay doing their thing, the song gets stuck in my head!

This is a video clip of Ashley and Lucas practicing this song. I wonder what they are cooking up for High School Musical 3! I love Ashley’s socks, lol.

Ashley Tisdale is talking about singing and how she warms up her vocals. She also mentions what kind of music she likes. Do you any of you have a special way you warm up your vocal cords?

Oh that Perez Hilton…trying to cause controversy!! Here is an interview from 2007 with Perez and the High School Musical gang. He talks about Monique’s wild blue eye shadow, how Zac Efron loves to wear makeup and then he asked Ashley Tisdale if she is going to steal him from Vanessa Hudgens.

My favorite quote is “I did it to match your hair,” by Monique Coleman. LOL.