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Rockapella in Newtown I

Edmond Town Hall

Newtown, CT

Friday, September 13, 2019

Our trip started early Thursday morning.  Weff and I met at the Ontario for a 7:00 a.m. flight, and we were able to sit in the emergency row, so we got comfy for our flight.  The WiFi wasn't working, which JeffEvs said happens a lot on these new planes for some reason.  The flight attendant took our drink orders, and asked us all to please stay out of the aisles and wait to use the lavatories until after the drinks had been served.  A short while later, we heard an announcement, asking if any doctors or EMTs were on board so that they could assist at the front of the plane.  Hmmm....  Then about 20 minutes later,  another announcement came,  this time asking for a nurse or medical personnel that could assist in the back of the plane.  We wondered if the two announcements were related.  Luckily, there was a nurse on board that was available to help.  I think there was also a doctor on board that helped out the person in front, but I'm not sure.  Since our flight attendant was busy with the emergency, another one came back to take our drink orders and we ordered again.  She was able to serve about a tray of drinks before we felt the plane start to descend.  Then the flight attendants informed us that they needed to collect the trash and drinks because we were going to land.  The pilot announced that we would be landing in Amarillo to deal with the medical issues on the plane.  We landed pretty quickly, and when they opened the cabin doors, a lot of us felt our ears pop due to the rapid change in pressure.  Ow.  They got the people off of the plane (at least one of them; they might have just changed the oxygen tank for the other one, but I'm not sure).  We saw two fire engines outside at the other gate.

The pilot let us know that they were not sure if the issues were neurological or cardiovascular in nature, so he decided to land, and asked if he could land in nearby Amarillo.  They allowed it but we came in quick because our load was heavy (JeffEvs said it was from the extra fuel that we had not yet burned off), so maintenance needed to take a look at everything before we were allowed to take off again.  JeffEvs saw that our ETA at Midway had changed from a little bit after 12:00 to 2:45, which would be after our connecting flight.  When we took off, the 3 of us were prepared to order alcohol because it was now afternoon.  The flight attendant never asked us to pay, so we made a toast to our free drinks.  I had a Rum Rita and it was strong, but the ice eventually watered it down enough for me to finish it.

When we landed in Chicago, we were told that our new connecting flight would be at 9:10 p.m.  So we had 6.5 hours to make arrangements with our hotel for our late arrivals, alert the rental car place of our delayed flight, eat, walk around, shop, and check out the dedication to the airport's namesake, the Battle of Midway.

One of the displays

B3 Dive Bomber found in Lake Michigan

Tribute Statue

Wing of B3 Dive Bomber

Dodie had taken a separate flight, so I gave her regular updates on our whereabouts and told her to go to bed, as I had arranged for her to check in to the hotel for us.  Then our 9:10 pm flight was delayed!!!  Oy vey.  It was about a 40-minute delay, and by this time, we were just exhausted.  Thank goodness for JeffEvs A-list status, we were all still able to sit together for all of our flights, so that we could go through the misery together.  We finally touched ground at 1:04 a.m., and JeffEvs called the car rental agency immediately to see if maybe they would still be open.  Nope.  So I called a Lyft once we picked up our bags.  We had to wait about 15 minutes since our driver was not in the area, but we were happy once we got in his car, and I talked to him to keep him from falling asleep.  He wasn't able to see the driveway to our hotel at first due to the darkness, but he was very nice to us, and had even offered to stop for fast food due to our crazy journey in case we were hungry.  We just wanted to get to the hotel.

By the time we arrived, it was a few minutes after 3:00 a.m.  The front desk clerk had just rebooted the computer for their daily updates, so we had to wait a little bit until the computer was ready, and made ourselves tea as we waited.  Our rooms are across the hall from each other, and we said good night.  Dodie was still awake, and insisted that I tell her what happened because she couldn't wait until the morning.  So I told her about our crazy travel day before drifting off to sleep in my travel clothes, because I didn't even want to deal with finding my pajamas.

The next morning, we woke up and went to breakfast downstairs.  I made myself a blueberry waffle, and Dodie made a Vanilla Malt one.  Weff eventually made it downstairs, and we made a game plan for the day.  

While we waited for Weff to finish getting ready, I saw that a movie had just started, and we watched "The Forest", which turned out to be a horror movie, and I was glad we were watching it while it was bright and sunny outside.  JeffEvs called Enterprise to rent a car, and we waited outside to be picked up.  While we were waiting, we saw a gentleman in a car, and another gentleman outside, waiting.  The guy outside answered his telephone, and who was calling him?  The guy in the car!  They laughed, we laughed, it was silly.  Then a guy in a jeep pulled up, and after a little while of seeing nobody get in his car, JeffEvs asked if he was waiting for him.  Yes.  So I guess people just drive up to the hotel and wait for the patrons to approach them?  If JeffEvs hadn't gone to the car, would the guy have called him on the phone?  

The guy drove us to the rental agency, and we picked out a car.  While we were waiting for it to be cleaned, Wendy saw an agent struggling with a customer, whom spoke Spanish as her first language.  Wendy's very good at Spanish, so she helped out.  I think we should have gotten a discount on our rental as payment for her interpreter services, but nobody offered.  

Dodie and I needed stuff at Target (surprise, surprise!), and then we got a late lunch at Puerto Vallarta, which was located across the street from our hotel, and had been recommended as a good "Spanish" place to eat chips and salsa and drink margaritas.  The chips were OK.  None of us had a margarita.  My crab enchiladas tasted funny, so I asked that they be replaced with a cheese enchilada.  The best part of my meal was the side of plantains that I ordered (with no sauce or cheese).  They were way yum.

Mmmm....Plantains!

Cool Sombrero Mobile over one of the tables

We then drove through residential areas (due to traffic) to find the venue, which made us a little wary because of the movie we had seen this morning because of all of the trees.  We eventually found the venue and checked out where to park.  

Connecticut Country

YAY!!!!!

We returned to our hotel for some rest and got ready for our first show of the weekend.

When we arrived in the parking lot of the venue, there weren't many cars there.  We wondered if anyone knew that there was a show that night.  I thought, "We're back East.  I know there will be fans here, but where are they?"  We decided to just go into the venue and take pictures.

We're here!

Front of Venue

Those are our guys!

Edmond Town Hall is an old community center that houses a bunch of events, such as movies, stage shows, and all other kinds of stuff.  There are lots of levels in the building, and I went downstairs to use the restroom because the one on the main level was very small.  This was after I showed an usher my ticket.  She never took it from me, but instead explained that I had an amazing seat in the front row of the pit.  When I came back upstairs, my friends were still talking to each other.  I tried to buy a CD, but they didn't have change for my payment, so I decided to go after the show.  I did already have this CD, but I couldn't remember if the guys had signed it yet.  This isn't usually a concern because I eventually see them again, but a Facebook post on Mitch's timeline indicated that he might be leaving soon.  :(  So I wanted to make sure mine was signed properly.

I told Weff and Dodie that I was going to go back into the theatre, so they finally got in line to check in their tickets.  They really could have just come in with me since the tickets weren't even scanned, and we knew where our seats were located, but they still got in on time, so it didn't matter.  I wasn't sitting in the correct seat, though, because I couldn't read the numbers, so they had to kick me out of the seat.  The guy pointing out the seats to me inside the theatre advised me that the people in the pit got to have free drinks because we paid more.  Nice!  I took a bottle of water because I'm not a Bud Light person.  

Dodie had planned on taking some pictures to show her friend's kids, but the announcer advised that no photography or video was allowed.  Bummer.  We had such great seats that I was hoping to borrow some from Dodie or JeffEvs.  Oh, well. 

Dodie had not yet seen the comic book / Avengers introduction of the show, so she was pleasantly surprised.  

Rock Around the Clock

Scott still wears his paper heart from Napa!!  Totes Adorbs.  I told him later on that I noticed it.  He had forgotten where he got it, and then remembered when I reminded him.  Ah, Valentine's Night with the Pella.  Sigh.  Oh, back to the more recent past.

Jailhouse Rock

Scott said they were "happy to be in Newtown, but this is not a New Town is it?  It was incorporated in 1711 or something like that."

He asked how many people had seen Rockapella before.  He saw Tonya on house right and said to her, "you've seen us many, many times."  Then he looked at me, and I said, "HI!"  He said, "And you!  You're from California! For a $30 ticket."  I got applause, how nice, and Tonya shouted out my name.  I mean, I was with 3 other people from California, but it was nice to get the shout-out.  Also, the ticket cost more than $30, but I got free water, so who cares.  Or maybe the water was the extra stuff I paid for.

Scott talked about Jeff's vocal percussion sound, saying to him, "My goodness, you have a nuclear neck!"

Dancing in the Moonlight
I whispered to Dodie "Pella Butts" when Scott shook his toward the audience.

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
JT doesn't participate until right before the junkyard dogs start barking.  Mitch pretended to pee on Calvin's leg, then wiped down Calvin's pant leg.  Calvin's staring at him is priceless.

Scott started talking about Calvin's career, but got distracted by the buckets of drinks for the people in the front row.

Satisfaction / Cupid
Mitch chose Emma from the crowd, and she sang with a little bit of coaxing.  Scott posed for Wendy.  No, she wasn't taking pictures.

Moon River
 I love seeing Mitch praise Cal afterward about his melismas.  I don't know if he actually says "melismas", but I could tell that he was talking about it.

Scott started talking about their bass and forgot his name.  His name is BRYANT.  Scott talked about Bryant celebrating his first year of marriage by riding jet skis.  That was a really cool instagram picture.  Scott said that JT was so cute when he joined Rockapella at the age of 3.

When Scott mentioned the Mills Bros, JeffEvs gave a little "whoo!" and Scott pointed to him and said, "Jeff knows about the Mills Brothers."

Paper Doll
Calvin couldn't sing at first.  Scott: "He got all choked up."  Once it started, though, they performed this song the best I've heard this particular group.

Rock the Boat
Dodie came in too early for "Do the Hustle", and Mitch blamed me for it.  Hmph.  Bryant uses The Force. Uh-oh: a Scott and Calvin collision.  They giggled at each other.

L-O-V-E
It's Pella Drum Corps!  There are people acting like trumpet players, there's that one guy being a drummer, there's Sherry in the audience...it's DRUM CORPS.

Middle
Mitch slapped Calvin on the back and it was pretty forceful.  Scott pulled on his own pant pocket to lead himself to the middle to squish Mitch.

Commercials
A guy yelled out "Folgers" before they even started singing the first song.  Scott: "All right now, it may seem like the interactive part of the show.  It is not."

When Bryant sang "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?", JT hid behind the curtain in shame.  

Scott mentioned that they got "zero dolla" for the Dr. Pepper jingle, and Mitch showed his empty pocket.

Scott went into the audience and and said, "You see, we were singing about coffee.  Have you heard about coffee?"  He was speaking to Emma, whom Mitch had chosen to sing "Cupid" with them. She brought her pocketbook to the stage with her, to which Scott said, "I'm glad you brought your money with you."  (We found out later that Emma had attended the concert alone, so nobody would watch it for her.  He asked where she was from, and he thought she said "New Mumford".  A guy in the audience corrected him, and he said, "New Medford!  All right, touchy!"  Emma is a retired nurse.

Stand By Me 
Emma sang along again!

Ain't Too Proud to Beg
Dance, Emma, Dance!  She was really fun.

Macklemore

JT waved around his towel when Bryant talked about the new CD, and knocked over the mic stand, then kept on waving it.
Bryant: "Jeff is very excited about it."

Vocal Percussion Duet / Rhythm Section
This made the floor thump and my feet shook from the thumping.

Carmen SanDiego
Rockapella sang this song for 59 years.

Encore

Rapper's Delight
Mitch pointed to me after he danced and said, "She likes it!" I do!

Up on the Roof / Wonderful World  (off mic)
I like being able to hear JT sing.  Now, if only they would sing their "How Deep Is Your Love/ Say You Won't Let Go" mashup with his singing solo, that would be even better.  A girl can dream.

You're welcome!

Meet and Greet
I bought my CD and asked the guys to sign it. Bryant said, "Don't you already have 5 of these?"  Maybe, but they're not signed, B!  

I was happy to get a picture with all of the guys, with Mitch singing "Sherry" to me and others singing along.  That makes me sooo happy!

I love my guys.

The meet was pretty much "fend for yourself" most of the time.  I talked a little bit to Tonya and we made sure to get a picture together with the guys because we never did that when we were on the Rockapella cruise, which is where I met her.  Scott said to (someone), "We did a cruise."  I said aloud that it was time for another one. A couple of the guys said it would be fun.  I don't know who, because this conversation was all going on while Tonya and I were getting ready for our picture.

My guys and me with Tonya

I met Bryant's parents.  APPARENTLY, I had met them already in Laguna, but forgot.  They were very gracious about it, though.  I also said hi to Hannah and told all of them how much I love Bryant because he did a special favor for me in Napa, and Hannah said, "Are you kidding?  He LOVES you!"  Aw, so sweet.  

Wendy gave Mitch the birthday card that we bought at Midway, which also had a Helen Grace chocolate inside.   When he saw that it wasn't flat, Calvin asked if it was a fish taco because he thinks of Wahoo's when he sees us and wants to go back there.  I said it wasn't a taco.  Later on, I was concerned that the chocolate would melt before Mitch could eat it, especially because it was in his pants pocket.  I contemplated telling him, "You know that thing in your pants?  It's going to melt."  Dodie said she would pay me cash if I did, but he left at that moment.  It was either that, or I ask if he was leaving the band, but Wendy felt weird about asking him that, so I refrained.

During most of this conversation, JeffEvs talked to Fred about a bunch of stuff, like Fred's trip to Hawaii.  We patiently waited as most of Rockapella left and JeffEvs and Fred continued to talk to each other.  

I was hungry and so was JeffEvs, so we went to Chili's, which was closer to our hotel than I thought it was.  JeffEvs parked in the hotel lot and we walked to the restaurant.  I enjoyed my turkey club sandwich and onion blossoms, but I especially enjoyed my Presidente Mango Margarita.

Mmmm..

Happy Margarita Time!

We were still kind of on West Coast time, so we stayed up for a little while before finally falling asleep.  Yes, I wore my jammy jams this time, so I could drift off to sleep, dreaming of the guys whom are worth much more than a $30 ticket.

Pella and the Posse

Next up:  Newtown Show #2

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Saturday, September 7, 2019

"Hello, everyone, welcome to the Titanic.  Put on your life jackets because we're about to hit an iceberg!" -- Some kid, repeatedly and very loudly, on the Mark Twain

I'll Be Loving Him Forever

NKOTB MixTape Tour

May 2019

Honda Center -- Anaheim, CA 

Hollywood Bowl -- Hollywood, CA

Remember when I told y'all that the New Kids on the Block were basically my first band obsession?  Like, "about to reach stalker status but in a nice way" obsession?  Every now and then I forget about how nutso I was back in their heyday, and then when they say they're coming to down, the memory creeps back into my heart and my mind.  It does not help that I haven't seen Rockapella since February of this year, nor did it help that drum corps craziness was still a month away at the time NKOTB returned to town.

This is another story about my never ending love for those 5 boys from Dorchester.

Tickets went on sale for NKOTB and KP agreed to go with me to the show at the Honda Ponda on Friday, May 24, 2019.  I was very distracted at work as I tried to get the best seats possible without breaking our bank accounts.  After I was successful, I told my co-worker, Sonya, about it.  She thought that it would be fun, and I asked if she wanted to go to the show with me at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, May 26, 2019.  She said she'd love to, and we bought tickets.  So in one day, I had spent money on 4 tickets, and somehow I was still able to buy food for the rest of the month.

A couple of months went by.  Sonya kept referring to NKOTB as the Backstreet Boys, and I threatened to take her ticket away (she confuses them all of the time).  I'm glad I didn't take her ticket from her because it turned out that KP could not go to the concert due to family stuff.  Sonya decided that she'd rather go to the Friday show at the Pond because of the threat of rain on Sunday, and we could go together after work.  I put up my extra Sunday ticket on sale through the Ticketmaster app.

05/24/19

Sonya drove us through horrible traffic to the Honda Ponda, my nickname for the place.  Thank goodness for Waze, because we got around 2 or 3 accidents, and still arrived before the doors opened.  The lucky VIP folks were called over the PA to go meet the boys, and I was like, "Oh, well.  I spend that kind of money on traveling to see Pella, so I totally get it."  We got in line when they opened the doors, and had plenty of time to figure out what to eat.  I wasn't crazy about the souvenirs, which saved me lots of money.  I ended up with a cosmetic bag that looks like a mix tape for $10.00.

Our seats were in the section to the left of the performers, kind of close to the VIP section in our tier. It was a pretty good view, and we signed up for the special app for the show.  Sonya's phone worked just fine, but mine needed patience before it finally worked.  The app would give out a notification during the show, and indicate what we should do, like "turn on your light" for ballads.  I like that they know people aren't going to put away their cell phones, so they might as well have fun with us.  You could also take pictures and tweet them so that they would show on the board or somewhere on social media.  The stage had a huge mix tape on it.

The warmup act was a DJ duo called Illtown Sluggaz.  They had a teddy bear wielding a baseball bat.  While this was going on, there was a commotion in the section below us, as a bunch of people walked in through the VIP entrance, and there was Donnie's mom!  She brought her friend along; the one that's always saying how much she loves men.  She's hilarious.

We were at a vantage point that allowed us to kinda see that stuff was going on underneath the stage, which was cool.  So when they had the curtain up, I tried to get a look at the guys getting on the riser, but I didn't.  It didn't matter, because there they were, all dressed in white and looking as handsome as ever.

The riser is the window of the mix tape

The stage was really cool, as they projected names of the songs they performed as if they were written on the tape, and the lighting from underneath the stage was fun because it changed so often with each song.  

Some Right Stuff action for ya:

Flames!

Thank you, Stage Management,
for making it too hot for Jordan to wear
his outer shirt!

Then everyone on the floor went nuts as the guys got off of the stage and sang in the aisles.

Donnie

They made their way to the "B" stage at the other end of the stadium, and sang some more over there, which looked like a CD.

Danny breakdancing as the other guys rest

That left the "A" stage open for the next act.  This mix tape thing was a great concept, and executed very well.  Just like a mix tape, you don't save all of your favorites for last; instead, you jumble them around.  So the guys got to rest while the next act took the stage, and we went crazy with every entrance.

The next act was Tiffany, whom sounded fantastic!

Tiffany!

See? It's her name, like on the album!

Next up on the "B" stage was Debbie Gibson, and she danced away as the turntable lifted her up.

Shake Your Love

Then NKOTB returned to sing to us, their Valentine Girls.  The app had a cute thing with hearts, but I couldn't save it right in order to show y'all.

The loving continued with Joey singing the song he's sung for 30 years, "Please Don't Go Girl".  We never will, Joe.

Then it was time for Salt N Pepa!!!  They were great, and I loved all of the sexiness with the dancers.

Then our guys came back to the "B" stage, and it went up even higher.

Afterward, the guys somehow needed to get to the "A" stage, and went into the aisles of the audience again, and ohmygosh, Jordan went into the seating area!

He's the one in the middle,
wearing the sunglasses.

At this point, I got on the Ticketmaster app, and immediately took back the ticket I had put on sale.  Thank goodness nobody had bought it, because I had just remembered that the Bowl seats were on the aisle, and there was no way I was going to let anyone get in my way if Jordan or any of the guys decided to walk up to our section.

Then he took off his jacket again.  I am loving these costume changes.  :)

Not to be outdone, Donnie took of his shirt, too.

Naughty By Nature took their turn on the stage after all of the naughtiness of Donnie gyrating during "Cover Girl".

You down with O.P.P.?

Debbie Gibson came back with her piano this time, and sang a few tunes.  My favorite was when she sang "Lost In Your Eyes", and Joe joined her in a duet.  It was awesomeness!

Salt N Pepa came back, too, and I was so excited to hear my favorite SnP song that this is the only picture I took.

I refrained from rapping aloud all of the
lyrics that I knew, except for "with a Denzel face."

They played a video of how NKOTB performed for Tiffany and she agreed to let them open for her in her mall tours.  It ended with a very sweet Thank You.  I almost cried.

Tiffany on the B Stage

Pardon me, my man is back on stage.  I need to drool for a moment.

I'll Be Loving You Forever

Ahhh!  Step By Step!  Every time I hear this song, I think of me and my friend trying to figure out all of the solo voices as we played it over and over again when it was first released, because their voices had changed a bit since the album preceding it.

I love the transition from NKOTB's "Step By Step" to SnP's "Push It".

Then the boys came back with some Beantown crap to piss me off as usual, but it wasn't so bad to see them wearing Bruins gear.  Now, if they had beat the Kings for that title, I might have been testy.

They're tired now.

Then all of the other performers joined them on the stage to celebrate, and more confetti rained down.

It took a long time for us to get out of the parking lot, and I bought a bootleg shirt because I liked it more than the ones inside.  I also liked the price more.  Sorry, guys.

Sonya brought me home, and the next day, I told my bestie about not giving up my other ticket for the Bowl.  She agreed that I shouldn't let anyone else sit there.

05/26/19

Sunday came, and the forecast was rain.  Lots of rain.  But not for the entire night, but I was determined to be there no matter what, just to show my dedication to the guys.  I took the shuttle from outside Griffith Park because there wasn't any shuttle from my normal place.

It was showering a little bit while I was wandering around outside the Bowl area, and looking over at the VIP Meet and Greet.  I couldn't see the guys, but I saw the excited fans and had a little tinge of jealousy, but not crazy jealous like I would have been 30 years ago.  I chalked it up to age.  

While we were waiting in the line for the gates to open, a downpour came.  I wasn't really in a good position to pull out my poncho, so I put my hood on over my hat.  I don't know why people wear those jackets with the furry lining around the hood when it rains, because they just looked like drowned animals.  The downpour started to dissipate when I finally got through the gate, but I went to the restroom and put on my poncho anyway before going to my seat.

Poncho status: ON

There were people in my seats.  I told them so.  They moved to the ones behind me and explained that they had gotten seats for $20 way up high in another section, which they had bought from some guy who won a radio contest and didn't want them.  They kindly took my picture for me.

I wore this for maybe 2 songs.

But when people came to those seats and they kept getting kicked out, they asked if I thought the two of them could just share my extra seat.  I said no, and they frowned at me.  Look, ladies.  You told me that you paid $20 each and want to sit in seats that cost me almost 10 times that much?!?!  I don't freaking think so.  I also didn't think they were really real NKOTB fans from their conversation to each other, so I didn't think they deserved to be there. A guy was seated in the seat next to my empty one, and he said that when he bought his ticket, he hoped that we would be right by the B stage, but it was about 2 sections to the left.  I pointed out to him that they could still choose to go to the area in front of us because they could just climb up there.  We are hopeful fans, yes, we are.

The Teddy Bear is the DJ

The B stage at the Bowl was much smaller, and not shaped like a CD, and did not go up and down, nor did the A stage go up and down, so I was glad that I attended both venues.

B Stage in the middle of the picture

I can see the pictures head on now!

Since this stage is smaller than they're used to, they walked onto the divider between the pit and the box seats and performed some songs there.

Then it was Block Party time!

I had seen the security guards stop people from coming down the steps next to me, so I knew they would be nearby soon.

Very blurry picture of Donnie
at the top of the steps.

It doesn't matter that it's been 30 years.  I was still giddy like I was back then.  Look at how much closer they were to me than the previous show!  I used my phone camera's zoom for these pics.

Danny, Jordan, and Donnie

Donnie and Jon

Then Tiffany was on the A stage.  Hi, Tiffany!

Also, Salt n Pepa.

Then I saw that the guys were being led back to the B Stage through the corridor on the left.  The people seated to the right of the guy I had been talking to hurried over to the section to my left so that they could get better pictures, thus making me have crappy ones.  This is the moment that my phone decided to betray me by uploading pictures to the cloud instead of letting me take pictures.

"Tonight"

This is also the time that Donnie came over to the area right where I told the guy that they would go!!!  I screamed at my phone for its non-help, and Donnie moved away.  But who should come up behind him but Jordan!  Seriously, folks, he wasn't even 10 feet away from me, but my camera wouldn't take the damn pictures for what seemed like forever.

Then he stepped onto the back of the benches and was standing on the bench in my row!!! He was right where those other people had left to get pictures at the B stage. The guy graciously told me to "Get over there!" So I did.  

There was Jordan, right next to me, taking selfies with other people, and I couldn't get an angle so that we could share a picture together.  Right. Freaking. Next. To. Me!!!!!

These pictures were not with zoom.  

This is the closest I got to Jordan Knight

Then, THEN!!! He needed to get back over to the makeshift stage where he was before, and he used my shoulder to lean on so that he could get there.  

That's right, folks.  Jordan Knight, my favorite New Kid, touched me voluntarily.

I can die happy now.

I helped him (of COURSE I helped him!) get back to his place, and I went back to mine because he was singing again and taking selfies with people who ran over to the area in front of me.

Then I texted a bunch of my friends to tell them that Jordan Knight had just touched me and that I might die now.  They were very happy for fangirl Sherry.  I even told the guy next to me, and he said, "I know!  I saw that!!"  

I tried not to completely lose my mind as I watched the rest of the show.  I really like when Joe gives a shout-out to his bandmates during "Please Don't Go Girl", after he's told us that he's been singing this song for 30 years.

When they sang their new song, "Boys in the Band", they showed that someone who helped with that video was in the audience: NSYNC's Lance Bass!!!

The tour with NKOTB and NSYNC needs to happen.
Get on it, Justin.

Naughty By Nature

I love this too much.

Thanks, Tiff!

He'll Be Loving Me Forever

I bought that Dodgers By Nature shirt

I had a smile on my face all the way home, and for days thereafter.  I'm even contemplating going VIP next time.  Yeah, I've lost my mind.

But that's OK.  Because Jordan touched me.  30 years after first wanting to just catch his eye, he touched my shoulder!  I'll never be the same again.

Next time, VIP?  We'll see.