I figure it's been such a crazy year in regards to concerts, meeting Sistahs and meeting the boys, I should probably put it down whilst I remember it.
I'm going to do it in stages, probably a blog per concert.
Possibly more...depending on how verbose I feel like getting. I have some good stories.
Concert 1:
Manchester, New Hampshire. March 31st.
I drove up to my friend Jill's house just outside of Keene, NH. After giving her cutie daughter a quick squeeze, we hopped in her car, destination: Manchester!
A brief aside - Jill and I have been friends since 1990. We met at summer camp. We are about as different as two people could be, yet it doesn't matter. A mutual love of NKOTB is one of the things that brought us together in the first place.
Jill, being a good sport, if not as crazed a fan as I, agreed to do a little "bus stalking" with me. The closer we got to the arena, the more nervous I felt. Was this going to be the day I finally met a New Kid (hope leaning towards Donnie of course!)?
Well, there weren't many people stalking the busses, because the situation was not ideal. The area was gated and you couldn't see anything. We wandered over to the opposite side to see if we could get a better view. We were rewarded with a great view of all of the busses! After a few minutes, Jill said "Hey, isn't that Jon?" and pointed. Low and behold, it was Jon Knight! In his slippers, having a cigarette. We didn't call or wave to him, just quietly observed.
Shortly thereafter, we were ousted by security. We weren't allowed to stand there because it was part of the "secure" parking area. We were told to go back to the other side with "the rest of the herd." Nice. Very nice.
After a few chilly hours with no joy, a car pulled up the one-way street in the wrong direction and pulled into the gate. I gave it only a cursory glance, but apparently that was Donnie arriving JUST in time for the Meet & Greet.
*sigh*
So Jill and I went to dinner. :D
After dinner we made our way to our seats on the floor. Coincidence had it that my friend from "The Island", Eliz, was seated a mere four rows ahead of Jill and I. I heard my name cried out, looked over to see Eliz waving frantically at me with a huge smile. We ran towards each other (cue Chariots of Fire...) and HUGGED like we'd known each other our whole lives. She is adorable and the biggest sweetheart!
The concert was amazing (DUH!) and I enjoyed every minute of it! (Well, except for the minute by the B stage where the bitch behind me decided that just MY sign was blocking her view and she ripped it in half trying to pry it from my fingers. *sigh* Oh well.)
Some girls had made a crap-ton of stars with the words "Thank You" on them and handed them out with the instruction to hold them aloft when "I'll Be Loving You Forever" was played. I bet it looked really neat from the stage! I do believe Jordan said something along the line of "Now that's what I'M talking about!" in response.
During "Hangin' Tough" I decided to go over to Eliz so we could "put your hands up, put your damn hands up" together. She slung an arm around my shoulder and we swayed together. For me that was a special moment. She was the first of my online friends that I was seeing in the flesh, and it was very special. I felt a little bad ditching Jill, but I'm sure she understood. (Though when I went back to my seat, she was industriously dumping double handfuls of the green, white and silver confetti into my bag...ha!)
Though the concert had it's negative points (bitchy b-stage girl, being short with Amazon-sized woman in front of me, Jill feeling slightly ill for a bit) the concert was a lot of fun!
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