Behind Lemonade Mouth
Rochester Review, May 2011
by Karen McCally, with photos by Adam Fenster
“You may know him from Lemonade Mouth, a hit Disney Channel movie adapted from his second novel that premiered this spring, but Mark Peter Hughes has always been a writer. Even when he was an engineer. The past year has been a wild ride…”
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LM stars greet fans at Downtown Disney

LM cast greet fans in Disneyland, CA
‘Lemonade Mouth’ stars greet fans at Downtown Disney
MThe Orange County Register, May 2, 2011 by Mark Eades
The cast of “Lemonade Mouth” paid a visit to fans at Downtown Disney in Anaheim on Monday afternoon. Some fans showed up as much as three hours early just to get a chance to buy the new CD from the movie and concerts, and to get autographs from the six stars. “I really like all their personalities,” said Delainie Delgado of Whittier.
Just like in the movie, the actors said they… read more
Lemonade Mouth in Wall Street Journal
Disney Savors Its Lemonade
Fictional Band Garners a Real-Life Following—and Sales—After a TV Movie
APRIL 27, 2011, Wall Street Journal
By ETHAN SMITH
When Nielsen SoundScan publishes its weekly album-sales chart on Wednesday, the top five is likely to include the Foo Fighters, British vocalist Adele and Lemonade Mouth—a band that doesn’t exist, except in a made-for-TV movie.
The nascent real-world success of the made-up band comes courtesy of Walt Disney Co., whose Disney Channel produced the movie. The game plan with “Lemonade Mouth”—the movie, whose plot revolves around the band of the same name—is similar to successful Disney campaigns for “High School Musical” and “Camp Rock.”
If “Lemonade Mouth” maintains its current interest level among its preteen audience, company executives say, it could…
Wowza! Lemonade Mouth ranks as the #1 cable original movie of 2011 so far! 5.7 million viewers!
LEMONADE MOUTH SCORES 5.7 MILLION VIEWERS
Just Jared Jr, Tue, 19 April 2011 at 1:30 pm

Cast of the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth
Be Heard, Be Strong, Be Proud, I Wanna Make Some Noise
Bridgit Mendler, Hayley Kiyoko, Blake Michael, Naomi Scott and Adam Hicks definitely made some noise on Friday night with Lemonade Mouth pulled in 5.7 Million viewers!
Ranking as the No. 1 TV Telecast among kids 6-11 (2.3 million/9.4 rating) and tweens 9-14 (2.1 million/8.5 rating), and cable’s No. 1 original movie of 2011 among total viewers (5.7 million), the Lemonade Mouth crew not only had that to celebrate — but some soundtrack feats as well!
The Lemonade Mouth soundtrack is No. 1 on the iTunes Soundtrack chart and is the No. 4 Album overall. Moreover, hit songs “Somebody,” “Determinate” and “Don’t Ya Wish U Were Us” rank in the Radio Disney Top 30.
From Mark: “Many thanks to the cast, crew, and all those who worked so hard to make this happen!”
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The story behind the Lemonade Mouth story: A lemon slice from author Mark Peter Hughes
“Lemonade Mouth” author Mark Peter Hughes already working on sequel to this Disney Channel Original Movie

Between Takes: The Lemonade Mouth movie cast
Picture this: It’s the summer of 2007. And in order to promote his then-newly published book, “Lemonade Mouth,” Mark Peter Hughes climbed into a car with his wife and three kids. And over the next eight weeks, Mark & family put 12,592 miles on their 1996 Honda Odyssey as Hughes did readings & book signings at 60 stores in 38 states.
“And since – at that time – my kids really loved the soundtrack for ‘High School Musical‘ … Well, that’s what we listened to in the car. Over & over & over again,” Mark recalled. “I mean, even when we stopped at Disneyland to have a quick family vacation in the middle of the ‘Lemonade Mouth’ book tour, there was just no escaping the songs from ‘High School Musical.’ Since this was the summer that DCA had that ‘High School Musical Pep Rally’ street show.”




Welcome to the official Lemonade Mouth page, brought to you by LM creator Mark Peter Hughes. Here you’ll find LM info and updates, contests for musicians and fans, give-aways, movie news, insider info and lots more coolness! 


The new tween-edition of the Lemonade Mouth book, adapted by the author to be age-appropriate for middle-grade/ Disney-age readers, is now in stores! Get yours 