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Great article and photos of Kris Allen and his family in Inviting Arkansas magazine. The screen shot is great. Kind of Springsteen-esque.Some highlights and new tidbits of info: *Kris’ parents got married less than a twelvemonth after meeting when she was 19 and he was 21 and had Kris a twelvemonth later (they got engaged two months after meeting – holy cow!). *Kris went to Univ. of Central Arkansas on an academic scholarship. Yeah. The slacker guy who “hated college”*During brother Daniel’s first hearing for American Idol, the producers stressed to the crew not to talk any church hymns, and so Daniel sang “Amazing Grace” and was sent home. LOL. I don’t acknowledge what piece of “don’t talk any church hymns” he didn’t understand.*Daniel practiced Fur Elise on piano for months. Kris heard him playing it, and afterwards two years of practicing it, he nailed it. “He’s the born and I’m the lesson taker,” Daniel said.*The family plays Rock Band together, with mom singing, dad and Kris playing guitar, and Daniel and Katy taking turns on drums. *Kris was really into Creed when they first started dating, and “With Arms Wide Open” was one of the first songs he always sang to her. And now I finally establish a fault with Kris Allen – he was a Creed fan. *Katy has always joked that her end in animation was to play Reese Witherspoon’s sister in a movie.