Well, about my meeting with Kat. As you know, she was in Birmingham, Alabama for a concert on the 8th. They actually arrived there on the 6th or 7th. On the 7th I had a doctor's appointment to check on the foot I had surgery on a couple of months ago.

About 5 minutes after I got there, 3 people walked in. One of them was limping. The limping person was Kat! I don't know who the other 2 people were. I think only one of them was with her. My jaw dropped... I looked at my mom, who was there with me, and said "I swear that looks like Katharine McPhee!" and about that time it hit me that Kat had recently hurt her foot and they were in town for the concert. I knew then it was her. My mom didn't believe it was her. Kat finished signing in at the desk and came to the waiting room to sit down. She saw me sitting in the corner and we smiled at each other as she sat down but didn't say anything to each other. The nurse called me to the cast room soon after that.

When I got to the cast room I heard a couple of nurses talking about putting her in the cast room where I was but they decided they would give her her own room for privacy reasons. They were also talking about how she's so sweet and even more beautiful in person than on tv. I told my mom what they had said, she still didn't believe it was her.

Soon after that, a few guys who worked there came in talking about how much of a sweetheart she is. I looked at mom and said "I told you it was her!" My mom looked stunned and told the guys "It is not! Is it really!" They confirmed it was her. I never saw her again until I started to leave.

On my way to the appointment desk Kat and a bunch of the people who worked at the office were standing down the hall. My mom went to say something to one of the workers and as they were walking back to me, Kat walked down the hall to me on her way out. We were smiling at each other the whole time she walked to me. She got to within about 2 feet of me and said "Excuse me" to get by me out the door, then looked at my foot and gave that adorable sad puppy dog face she does as if she was sad I was hurt and said "Awwwww what happened".

I told her I had surgery to straighten out my foot cause I was born with it crooked. She gave me the sad puppy dog look again said "Awwww I'm sorry. I hope you feel better soon!" I said "Thank you! I hope you feel better soon too!" She turned around and smiled at me and said "Thank you!" and walked off, and that was it. She's awesome. I thought that was really cool that SHE actually came up to ME instead of the other way around! She's a great person and FLAWLESSLY gorgeous!

Hey McPhans!

After about 30 min. a few idols left, when Kat left she kinda stopped at the door to sign a lil girls arm, i kinda ran over there and she was like Thank-you again sweetie and I gave her a hug. She was like ooh shes a devoted fan ( i was like aawwww, as soon as i asked my mom what that meant lol). Dreams really do come true! It was my dream to meet Katharine McPhee. I told her when she comes on tour to come here and she promised me she would! So when we ever get a tour date from Katharine be sure it says Huntsville or Birmingham Alabama! Everyone that has met her should feel so great about themselves and her! She is such a sweetie and such a great person to talk to! Till that moment on... I will never forget this day that I met Katharine McPhee!

p.s. I wanna thank personaly the Kat Pack and McPhans that are here. You are the ones that got her where we all wanted her to be! Thank you so much and form the bottom of my heart... I love you all and good night!

CatchMcPheever15 at katharinefans.com
  
......Katharine!!  right when the lights went off all you could see were millions of glowsticks and cell phones. it was a really cool sight. about 10 seconds later "two, three, four!" and the lights shined and then a million camera flashes went off! she looked so amazing! she had on a black dress to the floor and just looked stunning. i cannot even describe the feeling of seeing her in person!!! i was so busy taking pictures and singing and dancing! the crowd was crazy during that song!
after that kat told everyone about having laryngitus and missing 3 weeks of the tour and how sorry she was, but it was doctors orders. then she said "okay..and..i had a little clumsy moment!" and then lifted her dress to her knee and lifted her foot up! it was so cute! everyone got a laugh out of that one because she said she was runing backstage! she explained she could only sing 2 solo songs, doctors orders.
AND! during the silent part right after the started talking i screamed as loud as i could "I LOVE YOU KATHARINE!!!!" and she waved in my direction and gave a huge smile! that was awesome!!  she sang "somewhere over the rainbow" and it was so BEAUTIFUL!  the clearest song of the night...it was perfect. they did close ups  on her face the whole time and she looked absoutely stunning. when she was done with the song the applause were very, very long! 

then kat and taylor come out doing their grind dance in the middle of the upper stage (like usual) in the song "living in america"  it was very fun and i loved everyone together on stage. at the end of the song they danced off stage. then they came back and bowed and names were said while everyone was cheering. it was amazing! it was the best concert ever.

at the end i saw all of the idols getting on to the bus and i was so close to katharine again, and it was awesome! of course everyone was screaming but they had to get going. it was a 3 hour and 10 minute concert!

AMAZING concert!
all i really needed to say was "KATHARINE WAS AMAZING"!

Update:  ! am posting a report on the birmingham concert i went to (i traveled)..but she was so cute with showing everyone her broken foot and dancing with it! then...i broke my foot walking out of the concert on a curb...because it was seriously 3 feet tall...i dont know why i didnt see the curb. i was so excited to just have seen her face to face so close that i was too happy to really pay attention to "life"... so i broke my foot and twisted my ankle...it was strange. i am in walking boot now, so i feel her pain of "hobbling". feel better KAT!

So I went to the Birmingham concert on August 8th. This was my SECOND Idol concert this summer. The first time, I traveled to Hartford, CT with second row seats, but sadly Kat was not there. But this time she WAS there, and I actually got to meet her after the concert. Good times, good times indeed. Let me preface my story by saying that I went to the show with my sister (an Elliott fan) and two of her work friends (both Taylor fans.) Also, sorry I'm posting this so late but work and other obligations this week delayed me from posting. So here's my Kat story for all who are interested: So we get to our hotel in B'ham around 3:00 Tuesday afternoon, and as soon as we walked into the lobby, we immediately could tell we were in Taylor country. The lobby was FULL of women with Soul Patrol or Taylor shirts on. It was quite nauseating. I kid, I kid. Anyway, we settled in our room and got ready for the concert, and at about 6:30 we started our short walk to the arena.

Our seats were crappy. Lower level, but quite far from the stage. The show began, and of course, I had seen all of the other ones before, so I just kind of sat there and watched while the Idols preceding Kat came and went from the stage. All I wanted at this point was for Kat to come out so I could see her live and in person. After Chris, Elliott, Ace and Bucky's rendition of "Patience", the lights dim, and the next thing I hear is a female voice saying "2, 3, 4!" The lights come back on again, and there's Kat sitting on the top of the stage for BHaCT. The big screens gradually display her image and I'm freaking out. And for me, freaking out is not jumping around and screaming and being all crazy.... I literally just sat there in shock and I got teary-eyed. I was FINALLY seeing this girl in person, and she looked so stunning and sounded SO good... it was a dream come true (as cheesy as that sounds.) I have to say though, the B'ham crowd kinda ticked me off, because Kat's reception was, to me, rather lukewarm. It got better though, because after Over the Rainbow, it was like the crowd realized how freaking awesome her voice is.... (she sounded amazing and absolutely killed at the end) and it was great seeing people gradually rise to their feet and give her a standing ovation while she held out that last note. She received a stellar response at the end of OtR. It made my heart warm for her.  

Anyway, seeing her in concert isn't even the good part of this story. After the show, the four of us all just sat in our seats for awhile waiting for the crowd to recede. But I had to use the restroom. So I left for a sec while my sister and her two friends tried to come up with a way to get backstage. (My sister tries it every year at the Idol concerts and it NEVER works.) On my way to the restroom, I passed a table where Idol memorobilia was being sold, and for some reason, I decided to stand in line and buy a Kat shirt. I hadn't planned on it, but there was something inside telling me to do it. So I did. And boy, am I glad I did.

At some point I reconnected with my sister and her friends (after they attempted and failed to sneak backstage for the Idol Meet n' Greet.... but that's another story) and we immediately made our way towards the Idol buses. The buses were parked right outside the arena in an empty front parking lot. The parking lot was rectangular shaped and barricaded all the way around, and there were tons of people already lined up for a chance to meet the Idols. One of the barricades was located right beside this tunnel that led underneath the arena, and this i s where the Idols, one by one, were slowly emerging to make their way to the buses. Anyway, this barricade was probably 30 yards long and had a crowd of fans already seven rows deep lined up against it, so I knew my chances of meeting or even getting close to Kat were slim to none. So I decided to just stand on the outskirts of the fans and hope that maybe I'd be able to raise my camera over the crowd and get a picture of her if she decided to sign autographs or whatever. 

So eventually the Idols start to trickle out from the tunnel. Lisa Tucker was the first out and the crowd goes nuts. She waves to the fans but immediately walks towards the buses. So now I'm thinking... okay, they must not be signing autographs tonight. But then after a few minutes, Lisa returns from her bus and starts making her way down the line signing autographs. Eventually Paris comes out, goes to the buses for a few minutes, but then comes back to sign. Mandisa emerges and immediately starts going down the line to sign autographs. All of a sudden I hear people start to scream, "Katharine over here. Katharine! Katharine!" So although I couldn't see her, I knew Kat was emerging from the tunnel just because the fans were going bonkers. Oh let me back up a second, because this is crucial to my story. My sister and her two friends were positioned at the top of the stairs leading into the arena. So they essentially had a downward view of the Idols as they emerged from the tunnel and also had a good vantage point of the parking lot where the buses were located and also the OTHER barricade on the opposite end of the parking lot where only a few fans were loitering. I know that seems like a random detail, but I promise it's important. Okay... got it so far? Good. I know I'm rambling, but I can't help it. Anyway, I only caught a couple glimpses of Kat as she emerged because again... tons of people in front of me. It was very, very frustrating. Kat immediately headed towards the buses and I was pretty confident she wouldn't be back to sign autographs just because there was so many people and it was kind of crazy. With her foot in a cast, I wouldn't think she'd want to stand in the heat and sign autographs. I know I wouldn't. So I glanced at my sister and kind of shrugged my shoulders in defeat. She gave me a sympathetic face and immediately went back to looking for Elliott to emerge. So at that point I gave up on getting close to Kat and I just started to mill about and people-watch, while my sister and friends watched and waited for the Idol boys to emerge. (I could have cared less. Ha ha.) 

 A few minutes later, I start to hear a spattering of screaming from the other side of the parking lot (it was a pretty big parking lot). Then almost immediately upon hearing that, I hear my sister yelling my name from the top of the stairs. I turn in her direction and see that she's pointing like crazy towards the barricade at the far end of the parking lot. I hear her say, "Kat is over there!" Well, needless to say, I BOOKED it in that direction. I ran as fast as my flimsy flip-flops would let me. There were barricades all along the edges of this big parking lot, so I had to run all the way around to get to the other end. I might have run over a few small children and possibly some elderly Soul Patrollers during my sprint (I kid, I kid), but I seriously didn't care. My mission was meeting Kat and nothing was going to stop me.

Oh my gosh, this is getting long. I'm sorry everybody. Anyway, Kat's maybe 5 people away from me at this point, and I'm FREAKING out. I'm literally shaking like a leaf. And then I realized OMG, my camera! So I pull my camera out, not really realizing what setting it was on (I had been fiddling with it during the concert so I must have had it on a stupid setting. I'm a digital camera novice). Anyway, I start snapping away nervously... not realizing that my pics were going to come out all blurry. Kat is absolutely gorgeous. She had on this star speckled cotton tank top and khaki shorts and of course the cute black cast on her foot. Her hair was marvelous and her face absolutely flawless. And you know what makes her even more gorgeous, Kat fans? I was eavesdropping on her conversations with the fans lined up before me.. and I'm telling you, she just exudes this gentleness and sweetness that you wouldn't expect from a bombshell like her. She seemed so overwhelmed by the adulation, but she was just so kind and just so incredibly cute.

Still shaking and in disbelief that Kat McPhee was standing RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME... I unfolded my newly bought Kat shirt and asked her to sign it. I can't really remember what I said to her because it's all hazy now. But I think it sort of went down like this. I think the first thing I said was "Look I bought one of your shirts!" (How cheesy is that?!) And she was like, Awww... that's so cool. Anyway, I tried to hold it out so she could sign it easily. It must be hard to write on cotton shirts because she was really concentrating on signing her name legibly. So cute. Anyway, I then adjusted the shirt even more to make it easier for her to sign and I said something like "Sorry, this is kind of crazy." And she chuckled and said "Yeah." And then I said something goofy like "I think you're so awesome." And then get this... I then rattled off this classic line, "I'm in the Kat Pack.... #685! I sent you four roses on finale night." And then she looked up at me with her gorgeous eyes and said "Awww... wasn't that the coolest thing ever? Thank you so much." And I was like "No, thank you." And then she made her way to the next person in line. Ha ha.... I replay it over and over i n my mind and I think to myself... am I really almost going on 30 years old? I swear I was like a little kid. I know I must have sounded so stupid, but I'm telling you, my mind literally froze and I just started babbling away to her. It was crazy. But, it was an amazing moment and I'll cherish it forever, no matter how idiotic I looked and sounded.

That's my Kat story. I've got blurry up-close pictures of her so maybe I'll post them later. Sorry it was so long. Thanks everybody - Pam