Ok, so, I was on the boards Sunday morning, and Alix came on. She asked me if I had meet and greet passes for the show I was going to see that night...I didn't...so, she told me to go early and see if I could score some. I arrived at Savvis Center at around 4:30 CST, hung around outside for a bit, and went in. I walked around for a few minutes until I saw a couple walking away from these two people...they were smiling. I went a little closer...and I could see that they were giving out meet and greet passes! They had just given out another one when I came up and asked, 'hey, you got another one of those?' They did! I was in the right place at the right time, because, it turns out, they didn't pass those out for much longer.... So, I waited around for a while...found my seat (which was in the middle of the established seats there in the arena...not the best seats, but, hey, I got to see KAT) :) Then, at around 6, I went backstage where they told us to go, and I stood in line for a few minutes. The idols all sat down behind this long table...and as the line moved slowly, I approached Lisa, Mandisa, Kellie, Ace....I shook their hands, and didn't spend much time with them, except for Kellie. I approached her in line, and shook her hand, and I told her I had become a fan of hers mainly because of the McPickles on the AI boards :) She was like, 'What's a McPickle?' in her accent...it was so cute and funny! :) I told her about the McPickles and that the Queen McPickle (alix) was the reason I was standing there with her there, at that moment :) She was really nice, funny, and down to earth :)
Ok, so I just kind of said hello to all the rest...I told Mandisa I loved her singing...but kept moving toward the end of the line...second from last was Kat...When I finally approached her, I could feel myself shaking a bit...and I wasn't sure quite what to say at first...but, I managed to tell her that I am definitely one of her biggest fans, and that I was so happy to have the opportunity to meet her...and I told her that there were so many people on the AI boards that love her...and I asked her, if she could ever find the time, to drop by and see us sometime :) She was very lovely...she said she would try, but with the rest of the tour and the album coming up...it would be hard...I realized this :p but I had to give us all a plug :)
Kat was more beautiful in person than I could ever imagine. No photograph does her justice. And I noticed that when it was your turn, she gave you her whole attention...like she really was interested in meeting her fans. I loved every second I got to stand there with her. She is really down to earth, not diva-like in the least...I don't know where anyone could ever get that impression of this lovely girl.
So, after a couple of minutes, a security guy came up and said, 'ok, let's move it along now'...so I had to go. I offered my hand to Kat, and she shook it...I couldn't believe it...I was touching Katharine McPhee!!! I was so happy at that moment :) I wanted to 'pull a Derrik' and ask her for a hug, but I realized how far he got with that, so I left it alone :p LOL....so, I moved on, shook 'the winner's' hand...and got out of line. I then stood about 25 to 30 feet away from the idols...and just...basked in the moment...I stared at Kat...probably drooled a bit...lol...and just....wished I could stay there forever :)
Ok, so, after that, the actuall show was sort of anticlimactic :P It really was. First of all, they started about 20 or so minutes late...then, they just sort of rushed things...All I really cared about was Kat...but Mandisa was brilliant, as was Lisa...Elliot and Chris sounded good...Taylor's harmonica drove me nuts....
Kat, of course, was the highlight. She came out in the beautiful black dress...curly hair...and belted out BHCT and SOTR....flawlessly. I yelled myself hoarse :) Then, with the final group numbers, Kat seemed like she was in pain a bit. I think her foot was botherin
g her. But all in all, this experience was probably the best moment of my life :)
She got a really big appaulse as well, I know other people have stated in their reviews that she didnt but I have ears and she got one of the biggest ones. Her, Chris, Ace,Elliot andTaylor seemed to get the biggest.