Indianapolis IN tour thread from DDB
part one:
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Post by: kali on July 21, 2008, 03:24:57 PM
ANY CALLERS~~~?~~~~ post em here ladies
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Post by: goodspartan on July 22, 2008, 05:13:39 AM
Hey Indy Dreadheads -- ENJOY YOUR DAY!!!
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Post by: mbbluets on July 22, 2008, 01:51:10 PM
i can call up to but not including 2nd half if you pm me in the next 1/2 hour and tell me what to do.
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Post by: mbbluets on July 22, 2008, 02:21:42 PM
okay, quick notes on meeting the busses today! pics later! got there around 12 pm and the guards didn't make us move and if the crowd had stayed small they said they may not have to use barricades - but in the end they did. they also told us the idols would be out around 2. the crowd was mostly cookies! everyone was nice and quiet and calm!
then i found Serena and her husband and three Jason fans who weren't dreadheads - they had signs and were from the north side of town. And then blakergirl26 and her mom came and we hung out together. Blakergirl26 is cool! And her mom is very wonderful, in fact i did not realize how wonderful til i got home and looked at my pics! she took a bunch of Jason on my camera, and i honestly don't remember handing her the camera. the crowd steadily grew to about 100 yds long by two or three deep. i had red dreads to share, but mostly people were ready to throw up already and couldn't eat any ha ha!
a little after 2, the girls except Carly came out and signed and took pics one by one, then Archie signed things with no pics (that guy was there) and then Carly, and then after forever, about 3:25, Jason came out. Thanks to Serena where we hung out was right by the start of the line. Ok so Serena and Blakergirl26 will i'm sure fill you in on their experience, but here's mine (with thanks to Serena and Blakergirl26 and blgrl's mom).
Okay, it's date night, right? So I got him a rose buttoneer and had the jason fans sign the box. well i gave it to him saying it's date night, and he said "we're going to do the date nite right here and you're going to pin my rose on". Great, so he pulls out his flip phone (snaps to jms) and I dump the buttoneer box on Serena and she probably still has it (so sorry!) b/c i forgot to get that to him. so i pin his rose on while he's filming his vlog. it was a lot of fun, the only part i actually heard about the vblog he was thanking castrocopia for mario kart. he pulled out his iphone and had a list of stuff-- you'll see. so anyway that was fun. plus the rose about fell off and i had to reattach it. think back to idol gives back and debbie and brad pitt. heh heh i got the better deal!
anyway, he was brilliant as usual, calm and cool. and i gave him a book - he thought it was The Secret b/c i wrapped it in a paper bag and put a wax seal on it (I'm all about Queen Elizabeth ha ha i'm mad with the wax seals) and i put some ideas in the book for venues to return to here in indy. then we took a pic and he moved on! it was the newer david sedaris book, i love him!
then mj came out and was cool, but it was getting too close to the meet & greet and he wasn't out long and I hope Jason got to the highschoolers with signs, i'm not sure he got down the whole line but his fans were mostly up in front anyway. and cookie did not come out which is a shame since he had the most fans. they were still up about tonight and planned on the busses afterwards.
okay, so i have officially been the biggest dork i know today with my dh shirt and endless supply of luv for the head dread. cannot wait to hear him sing tonight!!!!
and as a side note please accept my apology if i was too hyper for you this afternoon - i was an excitable girl for sure!
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Post by: texasgal110 on July 22, 2008, 02:45:35 PM
Quote from: mbbluets on July 22, 2008, 02:21:42 PM
okay, quick notes on meeting the busses today! pics later! got there around 12 pm and the guards didn't make us move and if the crowd had stayed small they said they may not have to use barricades - but in the end they did. they also told us the idols would be out around 2. the crowd was mostly cookies! everyone was nice and quiet and calm!
then i found Serena and her husband and three Jason fans who weren't dreadheads - they had signs and were from the north side of town. And then blakergirl26 and her mom came and we hung out together. Blakergirl26 is cool! And her mom is very wonderful, in fact i did not realize how wonderful til i got home and looked at my pics! she took a bunch of Jason on my camera, and i honestly don't remember handing her the camera. the crowd steadily grew to about 100 yds long by two or three deep. i had red dreads to share, but mostly people were ready to throw up already and couldn't eat any ha ha!
a little after 2, the girls except Carly came out and signed and took pics one by one, then Archie signed things with no pics (that guy was there) and then Carly, and then after forever, about 3:25, Jason came out. Thanks to Serena where we hung out was right by the start of the line. Ok so Serena and Blakergirl26 will i'm sure fill you in on their experience, but here's mine (with thanks to Serena and Blakergirl26 and blgrl's mom).
Okay, it's date night, right? So I got him a rose buttoneer and had the jason fans sign the box. well i gave it to him saying it's date night, and he said "we're going to do the date nite right here and you're going to pin my rose on". Great, so he pulls out his flip phone (snaps to jms) and I dump the buttoneer box on Serena and she probably still has it (so sorry!) b/c i forgot to get that to him. so i pin his rose on while he's filming his vlog. it was a lot of fun, the only part i actually heard about the vblog he was thanking castrocopia for mario kart. he pulled out his iphone and had a list of stuff-- you'll see. so anyway that was fun. plus the rose about fell off and i had to reattach it. think back to idol gives back and debbie and brad pitt. heh heh i got the better deal!
anyway, he was brilliant as usual, calm and cool. and i gave him a book - he thought it was The Secret b/c i wrapped it in a paper bag and put a wax seal on it (I'm all about Queen Elizabeth ha ha i'm mad with the wax seals) and i put some ideas in the book for venues to return to here in indy. then we took a pic and he moved on! it was the newer david sedaris book, i love him!
then mj came out and was cool, but it was getting too close to the meet & greet and he wasn't out long and I hope Jason got to the highschoolers with signs, i'm not sure he got down the whole line but his fans were mostly up in front anyway. and cookie did not come out which is a shame since he had the most fans. they were still up about tonight and planned on the busses afterwards.
okay, so i have officially been the biggest dork i know today with my dh shirt and endless supply of luv for the head dread. cannot wait to hear him sing tonight!!!!
and as a side note please accept my apology if i was too hyper for you this afternoon - i was an excitable girl for sure!
that's so great!!! we can't wait to see the date night video
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Post by: gailer on July 22, 2008, 03:28:44 PM
yes! great story mbbluets!!!!!!!
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Post by: Michelle Jasons Belle on July 22, 2008, 03:57:06 PM
Quote from: mbbluets on July 22, 2008, 02:21:42 PM
okay, quick notes on meeting the busses today! pics later! got there around 12 pm and the guards didn't make us move and if the crowd had stayed small they said they may not have to use barricades - but in the end they did. they also told us the idols would be out around 2. the crowd was mostly cookies! everyone was nice and quiet and calm!
then i found Serena and her husband and three Jason fans who weren't dreadheads - they had signs and were from the north side of town. And then blakergirl26 and her mom came and we hung out together. Blakergirl26 is cool! And her mom is very wonderful, in fact i did not realize how wonderful til i got home and looked at my pics! she took a bunch of Jason on my camera, and i honestly don't remember handing her the camera. the crowd steadily grew to about 100 yds long by two or three deep. i had red dreads to share, but mostly people were ready to throw up already and couldn't eat any ha ha!
a little after 2, the girls except Carly came out and signed and took pics one by one, then Archie signed things with no pics (that guy was there) and then Carly, and then after forever, about 3:25, Jason came out. Thanks to Serena where we hung out was right by the start of the line. Ok so Serena and Blakergirl26 will i'm sure fill you in on their experience, but here's mine (with thanks to Serena and Blakergirl26 and blgrl's mom).
Okay, it's date night, right? So I got him a rose buttoneer and had the jason fans sign the box. well i gave it to him saying it's date night, and he said "we're going to do the date nite right here and you're going to pin my rose on". Great, so he pulls out his flip phone (snaps to jms) and I dump the buttoneer box on Serena and she probably still has it (so sorry!) b/c i forgot to get that to him. so i pin his rose on while he's filming his vlog. it was a lot of fun, the only part i actually heard about the vblog he was thanking castrocopia for mario kart. he pulled out his iphone and had a list of stuff-- you'll see. so anyway that was fun. plus the rose about fell off and i had to reattach it. think back to idol gives back and debbie and brad pitt. heh heh i got the better deal!
anyway, he was brilliant as usual, calm and cool. and i gave him a book - he thought it was The Secret b/c i wrapped it in a paper bag and put a wax seal on it (I'm all about Queen Elizabeth ha ha i'm mad with the wax seals) and i put some ideas in the book for venues to return to here in indy. then we took a pic and he moved on! it was the newer david sedaris book, i love him!
then mj came out and was cool, but it was getting too close to the meet & greet and he wasn't out long and I hope Jason got to the highschoolers with signs, i'm not sure he got down the whole line but his fans were mostly up in front anyway. and cookie did not come out which is a shame since he had the most fans. they were still up about tonight and planned on the busses afterwards.
okay, so i have officially been the biggest dork i know today with my dh shirt and endless supply of luv for the head dread. cannot wait to hear him sing tonight!!!!
and as a side note please accept my apology if i was too hyper for you this afternoon - i was an excitable girl for sure!
So we get to see you with Jason on his datenight vlog? How cool is that!
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Post by: Altrock4u on July 22, 2008, 05:12:31 PM
I loved you in the date night video. Loved the Rose.....
You are now immortalized.
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Post by: heartjason on July 22, 2008, 05:45:40 PM
Date night was awesome!! And the rose was perfect...very charming for our very charming date!! Everyone must have been so jealous of you...I know I am!!!
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Post by: keahgirl8 on July 22, 2008, 07:31:59 PM
I can't wait for pictures!
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Post by: texasgal110 on July 22, 2008, 07:49:21 PM
You were so cute in the vlog, mbbluets
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Post by: mbbluets on July 22, 2008, 08:42:51 PM
okay so now more people are meeting jason at the busses but i came home. and i tried to get pics posted tonight, but i really battle with photoshop! i can't get just the ones from today extricated from photoshop. so i'll try again, but it'll probably be tomorrow.
ai concert - jason was awesome! idk if anyone got video, but he was great, as usual, loved his false on otr, as usual, strong on crazy and really for the first time ever, i really loved daydream, he was awesome on it. and the only other time i actually felt the music was when archie sang angels and apologize (then he went all josh groban). i was kinda surprised how awesome archie was b/c i never bothered much listening to the other idols. they all, 100%, did well and were so much looser and better than on tv. apparently, it's less stress to sing to 15,000 people than to simon ha ha.
other highlights were chikeeze (cause i've always liked him) and mj's "dream on" brilliant high notes tonight mj, and dc "my hero". and carly's vocals were amazing. not the best acoustics at conseco.
and luke menard, dc's family and peyton manning were in the crowd. and there was a terrible paucity of dreadheads, but jason got a lot of screams nonetheless. i sincerely hope to see him back here next year!
ps don't anyone be too jealous of me @ the busses b/c i def had more interaction with jason's shirt pocket than jason
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Post by: JC4JC on July 22, 2008, 09:02:39 PM
Not jealous. Glad you had the honor of pinning the rose. That will be a great memory.
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Post by: keahgirl8 on July 22, 2008, 10:23:45 PM
Quote from: mbbluets on July 22, 2008, 08:42:51 PM
okay so now more people are meeting jason at the busses but i came home. and i tried to get pics posted tonight, but i really battle with photoshop! i can't get just the ones from today extricated from photoshop. so i'll try again, but it'll probably be tomorrow.
ai concert - jason was awesome! idk if anyone got video, but he was great, as usual, loved his false on otr, as usual, strong on crazy and really for the first time ever, i really loved daydream, he was awesome on it. and the only other time i actually felt the music was when archie sang angels and apologize (then he went all josh groban). i was kinda surprised how awesome archie was b/c i never bothered much listening to the other idols. they all, 100%, did well and were so much looser and better than on tv. apparently, it's less stress to sing to 15,000 people than to simon ha ha.
other highlights were chikeeze (cause i've always liked him) and mj's "dream on" brilliant high notes tonight mj, and dc "my hero". and carly's vocals were amazing. not the best acoustics at conseco.
and luke menard, dc's family and peyton manning were in the crowd. and there was a terrible paucity of dreadheads, but jason got a lot of screams nonetheless. i sincerely hope to see him back here next year!
ps don't anyone be too jealous of me @ the busses b/c i def had more interaction with jason's shirt pocket than jason
That's exactly what I thought about Archie! Pretty great, right? Awwww! Luke Menard was there? How did he look? Did anyone get to meet him?
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Post by: borntorun07 on July 23, 2008, 01:47:18 AM
I wonder how many Jason fans wanted to be in your shoes... pinning the rose on while he's doing date night vlog???!!!
More than a few I would say!!!
mbbluets... I bow my head in respect of you being sooo coool!
Good for you!!!
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Post by: amanda bamf on July 23, 2008, 02:12:36 AM
Hey guys!
My pictures from Indianapolis are up! And some of them are quite funny...hahaha.
Check them out here
www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068539&l=cd413&id=50900458.
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Post by: mauz13 on July 23, 2008, 05:14:19 AM
your seats looked amazing...where were you sitting? How did you get passes after the show. Great pics....definitely jealous!! Whoohoo!
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Post by: elel on July 23, 2008, 05:35:06 AM
Quote from: amanda bamf on July 23, 2008, 02:12:36 AM
Hey guys!
My pictures from Indianapolis are up! And some of them are quite funny...hahaha.
Check them out here
www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068539&l=cd413&id=50900458.
thanks! he's filming date night, haha!
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Post by: goodspartan on July 23, 2008, 05:51:01 AM
Awesome Indy!! Mbbluets -- LOVED the Date Night rose!!
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Post by: Kiersten67 on July 23, 2008, 09:04:31 AM
Just got back from Indy also, but didn't get to meet the buses etc. so I don't have much exciting news like the rest of you all but here's some notes:
- Got to meet Blakergirl and her mom, Caliosa and her mom and some Jason fans from Castrocopia so that was fun...ran up and introduced myself to anyone in a Jason shirt and probably scared some people!!
-Really loved most of the Idols!! (I was trying to be open minded as I listened..) Chikize rocked the place, Michael Johns got great applause and sounded awesome, Brooke was beautiful and David A. sounded really really GREAT!
- It was a David A. crowd in Indiana
- Did not love KLC...of course she was in sequined tank top (as always) and did lots of hair flipping and squatting as she sang..hit a few bad notes.
-Syesha had the strangest attitude...she actually chastized the crowd at one point saying, "well you all aren't listening to me now, but maybe you'll listen after I sing the song..." Made me not want to clap for her...I went to the bathroom during Umbrella
-And of course Jason was AWESOME!! He sounded so clear and beautiful and wasn't drowned out by the band as many of the others were. He gave us all a "challenge" to "keep dreaming".
-Jason's set goes by SO FAST!! (no pun intended...) I'm glad I'm going again because I felt like I blinked and it was over and he was gone!! Enjoy every minute he is in front of you...don't try to do anything else...just listen to him sing!!
-Group number with jason was cute, but again over too fast...Michael Johns was cracking us up with some funny dance moves.
Had a great time and can't wait to see it again!! Great meeting you other Dreadheads!!
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Post by: rosequeen49 on July 23, 2008, 09:53:51 AM
Amanda you got some INCREDIBLE pictures! Thanks for sharing....
Mbbluets lmbo............. that is so incredibly cooooooooooooooool for you! OK I have to tell you Dreadheads she made me laugh so hard this morning when I got this message.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh she tell me WHOSE THE ROSEQUEEN NOW!!!! ahhhhhhaaaa
I laughed so hard I almost pee'd and responded....
ME! haha
I am so pleased how many of us are getting to enjoy all these wonderful Jason moments.
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Post by: mbbluets on July 23, 2008, 10:07:16 AM
heh heh yeah obviously i was jk, 'cause when it comes to rq49, i'm not worthy!
ok, look at amanda's amazing pics, take note to just look into camera when getting your pic taken with idols. you will see after work when i get my pics posted, i was craning back to get my head next to jason's which wasn't going to happen due to the barrier and height difference! so amanda looks amazing and i merely documented my dorkishness in print! but i love it anyway!
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Post by: SoAddicted2DDB on July 23, 2008, 10:37:08 AM
I liked reading all the stories so far and Amanda I really like your pictures!
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Post by: keahgirl8 on July 23, 2008, 10:54:52 AM
Quote from: amanda bamf on July 23, 2008, 02:12:36 AM
Hey guys!
My pictures from Indianapolis are up! And some of them are quite funny...hahaha.
Check them out here
www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068539&l=cd413&id=50900458.
Great pictures Amanda! Thanks for having Jason call us last night! Did you get good pictures of your Jakezie shirt? It looks like you did end up making it. I want to see!
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Post by: rosequeen49 on July 23, 2008, 10:56:46 AM
Quote from: mbbluets on July 23, 2008, 10:07:16 AM
heh heh yeah obviously i was jk, 'cause when it comes to rq49, i'm not worthy!
ok, look at amanda's amazing pics, take note to just look into camera when getting your pic taken with idols. you will see after work when i get my pics posted, i was craning back to get my head next to jason's which wasn't going to happen due to the barrier and height difference! so amanda looks amazing and i merely documented my dorkishness in print! but i love it anyway!
not true! you are a beautiful person, inside and out! Jason must of seen that too!
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Post by: abby! on July 23, 2008, 11:17:23 AM
ok so heres my review of the top 10. i got to meet 8 of them! (WHOOP!)
chikezie- was so fun to watch on stage! he could have picked better songs for his voice but overall great! but i didnt get to meet him. ):
rami- i dont know WHAT people were talking about! she was UHMAZING! i loved her so much. one of my faves! very nice but she seemed kinda shy with everyone. and she is wayyyy shorter than you would think!
michael- really nice and funny! in my top 3 or 4 of the night! he is so tall!
kristy- ohmygosh she was pretty on tv but she is just gorgeous in person! she was really nice! i didnt know some of her songs but i enjoyed her a lot!
carly- along with jason she spent the most time with us! she is beautiful! i love her tatto (in person) and her irish accent! i really loved all her songs! she was great!
brooke- one of the nicest people ever! she spent a long time with fans too! she was just so NICE. like i couldnt get over it! i didnt know 2 of her songs but i really liked her!
jason- did you really think i was gonna tell you now? its at the end. *evil laugh*
syesha- soooo pretty! she was kinda shy too. but she was nice. and ohmygosh i LOVED her! i wasnt a really big fan on the show but she was def. one of my faves!
da- i hugged him! i never got why people were all "awwww" cause hes 17. almost an adult. but i understand. awwwwww! he was soooo nice and funny. not like all shy like he seemed on tv. his voice is so pure and like perfect! at the end people held their hands out and he ran and touched everyone but my hand somehow got caught on him! LOL
dc- i didnt get to meet him either. ): but i LOVED him on stage! he had so much energy! it was kinda loud but it was so much fun! lol then he had to fix his pants and told us to tals amongst ourselves. LOL
and jason- well obvs. i met him! my mom actually yelled out to him how perfect his teeth were! but he is well theres no other word. beautiful. he is soooo nice! then i accomplished my dream. i hugged him really big and i touched his dreads! but the best part was when marybeth gave him this flower thing for date night (which i have the box to...lol)and asked if he made it yet. so he said no and made it right there! if you look you can see me in it! and i LOVED all of his songs! def. my fave of the night (im SOO not biased...)
so basically it was THEE best day of all time!
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Post by: mbbluets on July 23, 2008, 11:27:34 AM
so here's the girl to be jealous of cause i didn't get a hug!!!! ha ha, it was great being with Abby, she had lots of signs and presents! great review!
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Post by: mbbluets on July 23, 2008, 11:41:10 AM
ok, here's one of abby/blakergirl26's pics she pm'd me just to hold you over
check out her concert review she posted in another thread in this forum!
and thanks, rq, would that it were true : )
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Post by: abby! on July 23, 2008, 12:14:47 PM
im gonna copy it here and delete that. i didnt see this one.
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Post by: abby! on July 23, 2008, 12:16:41 PM
ok so heres my review of the top 10. i got to meet 8 of them! (WHOOP!)
chikezie- was so fun to watch on stage! he could have picked better songs for his voice but overall great! but i didnt get to meet him. ):
rami- i dont know WHAT people were talking about! she was UHMAZING! i loved her so much. one of my faves! very nice but she seemed kinda shy with everyone. and she is wayyyy shorter than you would think!
michael- really nice and funny! in my top 3 or 4 of the night! he is so tall!
kristy- ohmygosh she was pretty on tv but she is just gorgeous in person! she was really nice! i didnt know some of her songs but i enjoyed her a lot!
carly- along with jason she spent the most time with us! she is beautiful! i love her tatto (in person) and her irish accent! i really loved all her songs! she was great!
brooke- one of the nicest people ever! she spent a long time with fans too! she was just so NICE. like i couldnt get over it! i didnt know 2 of her songs but i really liked her!
jason- did you really think i was gonna tell you now? its at the end. *evil laugh*
syesha- soooo pretty! she was kinda shy too. but she was nice. and ohmygosh i LOVED her! i wasnt a really big fan on the show but she was def. one of my faves!
da- i hugged him! i never got why people were all "awwww" cause hes 17. almost an adult. but i understand. awwwwww! he was soooo nice and funny. not like all shy like he seemed on tv. his voice is so pure and like perfect! at the end people held their hands out and he ran and touched everyone but my hand somehow got caught on him! LOL
dc- i didnt get to meet him either. ): but i LOVED him on stage! he had so much energy! it was kinda loud but it was so much fun! lol then he had to fix his pants and told us to tals amongst ourselves. LOL
and jason- well obvs. i met him! my mom actually yelled out to him how perfect his teeth were! but he is well theres no other word. beautiful. he is soooo nice! then i accomplished my dream. i hugged him really big and i touched his dreads! but the best part was when marybeth gave him this flower thing for date night (which i have the box to...lol)and asked if he made it yet. so he said no and made it right there! if you look you can see me in it! and i LOVED all of his songs! def. my fave of the night (im SOO not biased...)
so basically it was THEE best day of all time!
and i was so lucky i got such great people to hang out with all day! especialy marybeth! thanks! im soooo glad you showed us where to go or else i wouldnt have got all my pics/autograpghs!
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Post by: abby! on July 23, 2008, 12:26:11 PM
oh i forgot but i didnt really get the best pics. :-\ but i got good ones with everyone except archie and jason. my one with archie is mostly the back of my head but you can see his arm around me. and jason im smiling and moving into hug him but hes looking the other way. its not THAT bad but its not that good either. lol but i have one of david licking his lips! LOL
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Post by: roseytoes on July 23, 2008, 01:44:57 PM
I went to the concert only last night since we're going again in hartford for the whole day w/ my mom (kiersten67) who already posted here(she always beats me to everything!
) so i will try not to be too repetitive.
We met blakergirl and her mom before the show and we met cailiosa during intermission. That was pretty cool to actually meet other dreadheads.
Chikeze- I thought he was very good and definitely knew how to work his audience, i really enjoyed it, i was smiling the whole time.
Ramiele- I thought she was okay. Her first song was alright, second one was good, and the last one was okay; i def. like maroon 5 better on that. She seemed a little less connected to the audience than Chikeze, though.
Michael- I really liked his set. It was one of my top 4 favs. He just has such a rich voice. The falsetto in Dream on was pretty nice too! ;D
Kristy Lee- I didn't enjoy hers as much. it may be because I don't enjoy that genre as much. She was very dramatic, (that hair had like a mind of its own!) a little too much for my taste.
Carly- She was also one of my top 4. She has such a beautiful big voice, how can you not like her? I have the songs she sang stuck in my head today.
Brooke- I just loved Brooke, one of my top 4. When she rose out of the floor playing Let it Be, it was unforgettable. 1234 was great and i didn't know Yellow but i thought she was great on that also.
Jason- AMAZING, FANTASTIC, TERRIFIC and any other positive words you could think of. He sounded GREAT and i kept thinking "I'm in the same room as him! He's right there" i cant wait til hartford concert so i can (hopefully) meet him.
Syesha- Didn't love her. Her second song (Dreamgirls) was pretty good, but then she said that thing about us not listening and ruined it. and i was trying to keep an open mind. Almost makes me feel bad for her, she came in third but everyone is screaming for Jason and David A. where are all her adoring voting fans?
Cue high pitched ear blistering screams
David A- Pitch Perfect as usual. He was really great, poor guy could barely talk in between songs people were screaming so much. I liked Stand By Me w/ the chorus of Beautiful Girls.
David C.- I thought he was very good. He seems very nice and I think he was the right person to win, he is very much a star already. My mom thinks he's got a wierd attitude or something, but i dont really see that.
Please Dont stop the music was great, but i sorta missed Jasons part b/c i was screaming so loud when he came on. He was so cute when they were posing and then he just started laughing, like big head throw back laugh.
Gosh, sorry this is long and i didn't even meet him! I can't wait until hartford concert!!! 8-8-08!
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Post by: abby! on July 23, 2008, 02:22:43 PM
^ that was so cool when i met you and your mom! and im sorry you didnt get to meet him! but def. try cause it was the best part of the day. and look at the datenight video. theres a lot of us in it. me, marybeth, and serena. i think thatt was it right?
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Post by: halo on July 23, 2008, 02:38:50 PM
Thank you for sharing. Oh and mbbluets - you did an amazing job! I think that my hands would of probably shaken so much that I would just stab him with this rose...
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Post by: mbbluets on July 23, 2008, 03:48:33 PM
finally, link to photobucket (it is appropriate to roll your eyes now if you can't believe i have so much trouble posting pics)... enjoy, sry they are out of order!
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Post by: abby! on July 23, 2008, 03:57:51 PM
those are good! but the one of jason doing daydream you can edit. you can resize it cause it was HUGE. and you can flip it. let me know if you need help!
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Post by: Cailiosa on July 23, 2008, 04:12:16 PM
I'm going to do this in a couple of posts, since I'm chatty, but if you want to take a look at my pics, here is the link:
s22.photobucket.com/albums/b321/Cailiosa/AI%20Tour%20Indy/ (http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b321/Cailiosa/AI%20Tour%20Indy/). These are just the Jason ones, but there is also an album with the rest of the idols on the left hand side of the page. I will be uploading my mom's pics later this evening, as her battery died and it takes forever and a day to charge.
Wow, such a fun time! I hadn't planned on going to the buses before the show because I figured that would not be something my mom would have wanted to do. We walked around Indy instead, but then my mom suggested we walk by Conseco before going back to the hotel so we would know how to get there for the concert. Lo and behold, we saw a crowd of people standing behind a barricade and I knew immediately what it was. I shyly asked my mom if she wanted to stay after explaining what it was and she agreed (bless her heart, she was such a good sport).
We weren't able to get along the barricade, so we didn't get pictures or autographs from anyone, but my mom did get a lot of good pictures as they went by. We did get to see Jason do his date night video (and I realized as we walked back to the hotel that the group that I overheard asking about it was the DDB crowd-- I wish I would have gone up to you all and said hello), so that was neat. You can see a very quick glimpse of my mom and I at the end. It was nice that the crowd was so calm and didn't turn into a pack of rabid fangirls whenever any of the idols came out, which was certainly not the case when we went to the buses after the show (more on that later). In hindsight, I wish I hadn't been so shy and had asked for a picture with Jason -- that would have been a neat experience.
My mom and I were really hoping our seats were going to be good, but it turned out they were a lot farther back on the floor than we had anticipated. They were, however, on the side aisle, so I was able to step out during the show and take some pretty good pictures (at least I think so -- I am still downloading them to my computer and it's taking forever). We were surrounded by a bunch of little girls who blessed us with their ear piercing screams when Archie and DC came on, so that kind of stunk.
Chickeze started off the show with a bang -- I was really quite impressed with his set. I hadn't heard much from him since I started watching AI7 during the top ten week, but he has a very soulful voice and really knew how to work the stage.
Ramiele wasn't quite as bad as I was expecting, though she certainly wasn't my favorite. I really can't comment too much, though, as she can sing ten times better than I can. She seemed a bit caught up in the choreography during her first number and didn't enunciate the lyrics, so it was a bit hard to understand what she was singing. I did enjoy her last song, as it was upbeat and fun.
Michael Johns' set was a blast. He got everyone on their feet and singing along with his Queen medley. I quite enjoyed his bluesy number and his high falsetto on the last song made me giggle since I think he hit higher notes than I ever have, but he did well with the song.
Kristy Lee sang better during the concert than I ever heard her sing on the show. I'm not a big country fan, so I wasn't familiar with two out of three of her songs, but she did them well. She was quite sweet when she was interacting with fans after the show and stayed out there for a long time.
I always enjoyed Carly's personality on the show and in person she was no different -- the only way I can describe her is effervescent. Such a genuinely nice, friendly person. I believe if the security hadn't been on her to finish up with the fans before the show, she would have stayed out the whole afternoon. While she didn't do quite as well on Bring Me To Life as the original artist, she impressed me with her lovely lower register on Crazy on You. I wasn't familiar with her last song, but she did quite well with it.
More to come . . .
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Post by: Dreadhead1682 on July 23, 2008, 04:31:00 PM
Quote from: amanda bamf on July 23, 2008, 02:12:36 AM
Hey guys!
My pictures from Indianapolis are up! And some of them are quite funny...hahaha.
Check them out here
www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068539&l=cd413&id=50900458.
Wow those are some AWESOME pictures! How did you get passes for the after show?
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Post by: Cailiosa on July 23, 2008, 05:00:55 PM
Quote from: amanda bamf on July 23, 2008, 02:12:36 AM
Hey guys!
My pictures from Indianapolis are up! And some of them are quite funny...hahaha.
Check them out here
www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068539&l=cd413&id=50900458.
I am officially jealous as to how well your pictures turned out. Mine during the concert are blurry and grainy. Where were you sitting?
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Post by: sixtimemom on July 23, 2008, 05:34:48 PM
Quote from: amanda bamf on July 23, 2008, 02:12:36 AM
Hey guys!
My pictures from Indianapolis are up! And some of them are quite funny...hahaha.
Check them out here
www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2068539&l=cd413&id=50900458.
Loved the pictures....with the exception of the one where syesha is about ready to pop....
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Post by: rosequeen49 on July 23, 2008, 09:34:54 PM
Quote from: mbbluets on July 23, 2008, 03:48:33 PM
finally, link to photobucket (it is appropriate to roll your eyes now if you can't believe i have so much trouble posting pics)... enjoy, sry they are out of order!
s333.photobucket.com/albums/m366/mbbluets/Whoope Whoope! You done good girl! Love them! My favorite is the ROSE of course.... I may even be just a tad bit envious! More over him getting the rose and not me! haha!
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Post by: overstrung on July 23, 2008, 09:58:07 PM
Great job Amanda, MB, Abby, and Caliosa!!!! Thanks for all your stories and pix about Jason , oh and the rest...
MB those pix are GREAT, your date vid is at almost 12,000 views tonite, with many more to come. What a great story about he says he's doin it now and you're pinnin the rose on him... Whoaaa!!!
I'm so happy and proud for a great bunch of DH pals. Amanda, we expect to see more in the future, love your two serious and fun portraits.
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Post by: LindaRas on July 23, 2008, 11:44:39 PM
Thanks for sharing your awesome stories, pics & concert reviews, mbbluets, abby, & Amanda!! You're SO lucky that you got to see & participate in "Date Night"!!
Wow, mbbluets, that was a great, bold idea to give Jason the rose! When I saw the vlog, I thought that all of us Dreadheads would want to be you in that moment! That was so cool! Something you'll always remember too. Like I heard someone say in the background, "it doesn't get better than this!"
And abby, you're so lucky that you got to hug him! I watched Jason's vlog again & looked for you in your blue tie-dye - I kept pausing it until I got to the right spot! Did you make your shirt? It's so cool!
And Amanda, your pics are awesome! They really look professional - you're a great photographer, & it's amazing how close you were. And I'm so envious that you got back stage passes!
Thanks again for sharing with us!!
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Post by: elel on July 24, 2008, 03:35:49 AM
Quote from: mbbluets on July 22, 2008, 02:21:42 PM
Okay, it's date night, right? So I got him a rose buttoneer and had the jason fans sign the box. well i gave it to him saying it's date night, and he said "we're going to do the date nite right here and you're going to pin my rose on". Great, so he pulls out his flip phone (snaps to jms) and I dump the buttoneer box on Serena and she probably still has it (so sorry!) b/c i forgot to get that to him. so i pin his rose on while he's filming his vlog. it was a lot of fun, the only part i actually heard about the vblog he was thanking castrocopia for mario kart. he pulled out his iphone and had a list of stuff-- you'll see. so anyway that was fun. plus the rose about fell off and i had to reattach it. think back to idol gives back and debbie and brad pitt. heh heh i got the better deal!
so that was you! aaaaaaahhh lucky!!
and everyone thx for sharing the stories! oh, and the pictures r great, i think jason looks super gorgeous on that date night vid..!
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Post by: mbbluets on July 24, 2008, 04:57:06 AM
Quote from: LindaRas on July 23, 2008, 11:44:39 PM
that was a great, bold idea to give Jason the rose!
ha ha the thing is, it wasn't really bold, it was just a cute (kinda corny) idea that seemed a natural for date night - unfortunately i got to it before overstrung who had the same idea for atlanta, so feel free to bombard her with cool ideas for gifts! even though i bet she comes up with something else on her own! i wanted him to get the rose and the box with all our signatures on it. but he had other ideas for it ha ha. stupidly, i didn't get him the box so he didn't even get the part where we all signed it. and halo, i wasn't nervous because i'm about as far from a goth girl as you can get! (no offense to goth girls, i hear they are everywhere and i know they rock!) i really just love to hear him sing and since he was so funny and cute and held up under severe battery on tv and seems to like meeting his fans i went for it. everyone i highly recommend going to meet the busses and talk your moms into it if you are going with them, because as you can see, they are great with the camera. (thanks again abby's mom!)
ok, this is yesterday's news, i'm gonna check out cinci!!!!
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Post by: Cailiosa on July 24, 2008, 08:55:12 AM
Indy review, round two:
Can I just say I adored Brooke's set? She seriously seems like such a genuinely nice person, just like Jason, and that really comes across when she is on stage interacting with the crowd. Her rendition of Let It Be was heartfelt and passionate, she was cute and fun with the Feist song (which I had never heard before), and Yellow was simply beautiful. It did sound like her voice has been taking a beating here lately, as it seemed extra raspy on Yellow during the high notes. Bless her heart, I hope it holds out for the rest of the tour.
During intermission, I got to meet Kiersten and Roseytoes (whom I immediately recognized from Kiersten's old avi here) -- both of y'all were so sweet! I tried to record the guitar hero video on my phone, but I don't know how well it turned out. I wish I had just watched it instead.
And now to my very favorite part of the show . . . Jasonnn!!! I must admit, I was torn between taking lots of pictures to capture the moment forever and just really paying attention to his set and soaking up the music. I tried to balace between the two, but I honestly wish I had left the camera work to my mom and had just listened to that beautiful singing. SOTR was just lovely -- I think he's been reading the MasterClass Lady's critique because his phrasing seemed a lot more fluid than it was at the beginning of the tour. This was also one of the only songs where the audience got into it and was singing along. Crazy was just amazing! I'm hoping someone will graciously upload a video of it (and all of Jason's set) to youtube for my continuous viewing pleasure. You can tell he puts his heart and soul into singing that song. Lastly, Daydream -- such a fun way to end his set. You can tell by the easy, carefree way he interacted with the audience that music is his niche. He glows and simply comes alive on stage.
The rest of the evening was kind of ho-hum for me since I knew I would not be hearing and seeing my favorite until the last cheesy group number (bummer!). I did, however, have some pleasant surprises. I'll be honest, Syesha was not my favorite on the show because I felt she got a bit waily with her head voice (though her chest voice has a nice, rich quality to it), so I was pleased that she sounded a lot better live than on tv. She does have a powerful voice, though I can only wish she would learn to feel more at ease with the audience between songs, as she tended to ramble a bit. Bless her heart, though, I was praying she wouldn't have a wardrobe malfunction worthy of Janet Jackson during her set with that skimpy, sparkly number she was wearing. I don't know quite what to make of her personality, though. Before the show, she seemed kind of distant and cold when meeting the fans, but after the show she was quite accomodating -- she even went to the back of the crowd to sign autographs and take pictures. I can't pretend to know what was going through her head before the show, so I'll chalk it up to nerves.
David Archuleta, what a doll! He was another of those that I didn't really care for on the show (I think it had something to do with the way he always threw out his arm when he sang -- I just couldn't watch him perform) but I couldn't help but admire the passion he exhibited when he sang. You could tell that he, like Jason, is really doing what he loves. I think Stand By Me was my favorite song of his since he really let his hair down, so to speak, and danced like a fool on stage (not that he looked foolish, mind -- he has ten times more coordination than I'll ever have). He seems like a genuinely nice kid and I wish him the best of luck with his career.
Now rock really isn't my thing, but I like the song choices David Cook made for his set -- nothing too hard. He also seemed quite at ease with the crowd in between songs, especiallly when he asked us to talk among ourselves for twenty seconds while he fixed the laces at the bottom of his pants (though I didn't appreciate the crass comment of "No, take them off!" made by the girls behind us. They couldn't have been more than ten or eleven). He did seem a bit gruff after the show, though. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to come out before the show because he had to do so much press and the same thing happened after the show as well. He couldn't come out until about fifteen minutes before the buses were due to leave, so he told everyone no pictures. What he said was certainly reasonable, since he wanted to get to everyone, but the way he said it seemed more abrupt than apologetic. Once again, though, I don't know him and I don't know what was going through his head, so I can't really judge his actions or his behavior.
The evening was rounded out nicely with a delightfully cheesy rendition of Please Don't Stop the Music.
Next, post-show craziness . . .
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Post by: amanda bamf on July 24, 2008, 10:35:12 AM
Quote from: Cailiosa on July 23, 2008, 05:00:55 PM
I am officially jealous as to how well your pictures turned out. Mine during the concert are blurry and grainy. Where were you sitting?
I was actually right up against the barricade in front of the catwalk.
So that was nice!
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Post by: Kiersten67 on July 25, 2008, 05:44:15 AM
Amanda, loved your pictures!!
Cailiosa, great re-cap...can't wait to hear the next part! It's like a cliff hanger....how does it turn out when you meet the buses? I HAVE to know!! Ha.
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Post by: Lundy on July 25, 2008, 10:13:09 AM
Hiya! I was at the Indy show too. I met mbbluets on a freak chance when she was leaving the restroom. Saw her Dreadhead shirt and said "Hi". She was kind enough to show me some pics on her camera. Thanks bluet!
I wasn't able to get to the venue much before the show, so didn't get to meet Jason. Hoping to be able to do that in Washington D.C. with a bunch of Castrocopian fanz!
Anyway, just wanted to pop in and say "Hi and Thanks" to mbbluets! :oD
Oh and great pics ya'll! <3 Plus hearing Jason sing live was pure heaven! *sigh*
ETA: oh and I told bluets my screen name is Lundymicron... which it is over at Castrocopia. It's only Lundy here...
Ya know, the mind is a terrible thing to waste with CRS...
(CRS = can't remember "stuff")