I went to the concert tonight.

I took pictures and video, but my hands were so shaken with excitement that they're not very good (or complete).

Yes, Chris knocked Katharine in the jaw with his microphone. It looked like it hurt her, as she was holding her jaw for a while after it happened. She kept trying to sing and then would go back to holding her jaw. She tried to laugh it off, and Chris hugged her two or three times (this kind of messed up the choreography). She also walked off stage before she usually would, I think. I hope shes alright!

Her set flew by. I realized tonight how hard it must be for her to be on tour right now. Shes on complete vocal rest during the day, and thus can continue with only two songs. She broke her foot, which seriously limits her dance abilities. She moved great on stage tonight but I wonder if it frustrates her to not be able to live up to her full potential. She was gimping through "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" and "Living in America". The cast is gone now, though, and she was barefoot. This made absolutley no difference to me, though I don't think it gives the audience the best representation.

My sister and brother-in-law are fans of Katharine, but tonight they said Chris was the best. I didn't really like him on the show, but I will say that he handled himself like a professional and has star-potential. He certainly had a lot of fans cheering for him tonight. What I am trying to say is, I wish Kat was better so she could outshine them all. Which I honestly think she has the capability of doing.

I was most surprised by Lisa Tucker. She was great! Especially on her songs with the piano. I didn't really notice her on TV, but tonight it became clear that shes destined for great things [Smile]

Back to Katharine. Honestly, the others did nothing for me. I respected and liked them all, but Katharine was who I was there for and when she came out, I went crazy. Which is an understatement. Knowing she was again on complete vocal rest, I was worried whether or not she'd be there. So I was anxious the entire time. My brother-in-law and I started a mini-chant, "Katharine, Katharine!" which I think spread to at least the right section of the floor if not more.

She began "2,3,4" and I grabbed the back of the seat infront of me (we were all standing up) and just screamed and rejoiced lol. I hope I wasn't annoying, as I got several looks. There was a mother infront of me, who had to hold her child's ears because I was screaming so loud. I'm a guy. LOL, so you know. Then she started talking. And I screamed more. "I Love You Katharine", I screamed when there was complete silence. I'm not kidding, the 10 rows ahead of me all looked back and stared, most laughing. My friends said that it was kind of creepy, as it was a very serious and LOUD "I love you". But I'm proud. When she began "Over the Rainbow", I went even wilder.

In retrospect, I do feel bad given I shouted through most of it. But I couldn't contain myself...I had to represent! And I did... It doesn't even feel like it really happened though. I was in such a state of nirvana that I can only remember a few things about Katharine's set. Which is okay, because I have the memories and my merchandise. I bought a Kat shirt, a Kat photo, a Kat buttion, a Kat poster, and of course the program. The guy told me I was awesome hahaha.