Darren Criss is celebrating his Glee debut 10th anniversary in a big way

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My how time flies! On November 9, 2010, Darren Criss made his first appearance on Foxโ€™s Glee as Blaine Anderson, and as they say, the rest is history.

The actor took to Instagram to celebrate the milestone:

โ€œToday marks the 10 year anniversary of my first appearance on Glee as Blaine Anderson in the episode โ€˜Never Been Kissed.โ€™ And while a number of you by that point may have already been pretty familiar with me as a totally awesome boy wizard or a Disney song nerd from the internet stage, no one can deny that Gleeโ€™s world presence catapulted my life to an entirely different level, and gave my career the opportunity to carry on in the way itโ€™s been able to for the past decade.โ€

โฃHe continued, โ€œAnd it all happened through a literal song and dance that I could not be more proud of and grateful for. So whether youโ€™re a Glee fan from back in the day, continue to re-watch it, or watching it now for the first time, thank you for allowing Blaine into your life. People always tell me how Glee changed their life, and Iโ€™m always happy to remind them how yeah, it changed mine too. And how they, and you reading this, are a part of that. So thank you.โ€

In honor of the 10th anniversary of his Glee debut, Darren is doing something special.

โ€œBut words and throwback pictures can only say so much. So to celebrate this milestone, Iโ€™m gonna give some of that love and appreciation back and throw a livestream concert entirely for charity benefiting a variety of good causes in need during this insane year. Iโ€™m calling it DECโ€ขAID, and Iโ€™ll be sharing songs, stories, and never-before-seen content from those good olโ€™ Glee days. Iโ€™ll even be auctioning off some special personal items to see if we can raise some extra dough!โฃโ€

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โฃโ€This is something Iโ€™ve been wanting to do for a very long time, but just needed the right occasion. And between todayโ€™s anniversary, the holidays coming up, and the general sense of hope now in the air, the timing felt right. The show will be live on Saturday, November 28th, at 1pm PST. Still working out all the details but save the date and stay tuned via http://www.darrencriss.com/decaid or click the link in my bio. In the meantime, in anticipation of DECโ€ขAID, join me on Instagram Live TODAY at 4pm pst where I live-watch & react to โ€˜Never Been Kissed,โ€™ something I havenโ€™t watched inโ€ฆ TEN YEARS. Come join me, watch alongโ€ฆ and letโ€™s see what I have to say!!! โ€œ

โ€œLove you all, thanks for hanginโ€™ with me and Blaine all these years. Hereโ€™s to many more,โ€ he concluded.

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Today marks the 10 year anniversary of my first appearance on Glee as Blaine Anderson in the episode โ€œNever Been Kissed.โ€ And while a number of you by that point may have already been pretty familiar with me as a totally awesome boy wizard or a Disney song nerd from the internet stage, no one can deny that Gleeโ€™s world presence catapulted my life to an entirely different level, and gave my career the opportunity to carry on in the way itโ€™s been able to for the past decade. โฃ โฃ And it all happened through a literal song and dance that I could not be more proud of and grateful for. So whether youโ€™re a Glee fan from back in the day, continue to re-watch it, or watching it now for the first time, thank you for allowing Blaine into your life. People always tell me how Glee changed their life, and Iโ€™m always happy to remind them how yeah, it changed mine too.ย ย And how they, and you reading this, are a part of that. So thank you. โฃ โฃ But words and throwback pictures can only say so much.โฃ โฃ So to celebrate this milestone, Iโ€™m gonna give some of that love and appreciation back and throw a livestream concert entirely for charity benefiting a variety of good causes in need during this insane year. Iโ€™m calling it DECโ€ขAID, and Iโ€™ll be sharing songs, stories, and never-before-seen content from those good olโ€™ Glee days. Iโ€™ll even be auctioning off some special personal items to see if we can raise some extra dough!โฃ โฃ This is something Iโ€™ve been wanting to do for a very long time, but just needed the right occasion. And between todayโ€™s anniversary, the holidays coming up, and the general sense of hope now in the air, the timing felt right. The show will be live on Saturday, November 28th, at 1pm PST. Still working out all the details but save the date and stay tuned via http://www.darrencriss.com/decaid or click the link in my bio.โฃ โฃ In the meantime, in anticipation of DECโ€ขAID, join me on Instagram Live TODAY at 4pm pst where I live-watch & react to โ€œNever Been Kissed,โ€ something I havenโ€™t watched inโ€ฆ TEN YEARS. Come join me, watch alongโ€ฆ and letโ€™s see what I have to say!!! โฃ โฃ Love you all, thanks for hanginโ€™ with me and Blaine all these years. Hereโ€™s to many more!

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