OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

IT WAS ABSOLUTLEY FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

I DID GET TO GO BACKSTAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I GOT TO MEET ALL OF THEM AND GET THEIR AUTOGRAPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IT WAS SO AWESOME, THANKS KELLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU KNOW!!!!!!!

2ND ROW SEATS!!!!!!!!! I GOT AWESOME PICTURES, BUT I GOT TO GET THEM UPLOADED AND ALL BUT THEY ARE GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK HERE'S THE QUICK VERSION BREAK DOWN OF EVENTS

10:23AM - LEAVE MY HOUSE
11:34AM - ARRIVE AT CHARLOTTE BOBCATS ARENA
12:08PM - MEET TWO LADIES THAT I NEVER KNEW, THEY HAD ON IDOL SHIRTS SO I MADE SMALL TALK AND GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND BECOME FRIENDS
1:00PM - TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET MEET AND GREETS
2:00PM - STILL TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW TO GET MEET N' GREETS
2:30PM - GET A TIP TO WAIT AT THE WILL CALL WINDOW AND MAYBE
3:00PM - SECURITY TELLS EVERYONE WAITING IF THEIR NAME ISN'T ON THE LIST TO LEAVE, 'CAUSE THEY AREN'T GIVING OUT MEET N' GREET PASSES
3:30PM - WAITING ANIXOUSLY
3:35PM - THE LADY WITH THE LIST COMES OUT, SAYS IF YOUR NAME IS NOT ON THE LIST, NO PASSES
3:42PM - i TALK TO THE LADY AND GIVE HER MY NAME, I'M NOT ON THE LIST I GAVE HER MY BUSINESS CARD AND TOLD HER WHO I WAS, AND TOLD HER TO JUST ASK KELLIE ABOUT ME
3:55PM - WAITING PATIENTLY, BUT NERVOUS
4:00PM - SHE GIVES OUT THE PASSES TO THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO'S NAMES WEREN'T ON THE LIST THAT THEY HAD CALLED AND CHECKED ON AND THEN SHE CAME TO ME AND GAVE ME THREE PASSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(I ASKED FOR THE TWO LADIES, THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, THEY WERE SO SWEET)
4:30PM - WE GET TO GO BACK AND MEET ALL OF THEM - STRICT GUIDELINES - NO TOUCHING AT ALL. THEY STARTED TO SIGN MY SHIRT WHERE I HAD IRON ON PICTURES OF THEM, BUT THEN SECURITY SAID THEY COULDN'T TOUCH ME!!! ANYWAY
MEET N' GREET WAS GREAT, BUT FAST... I HAD MY VIDEO CAMERA OUT BUT THEY MADE ME PUT IT UP. STILL CAMERA ONLY.... IT WAS SO FUNY WHEN I WENT UP TO THE TABLE KELLIE WAS FIRST, SHE WAS FACINATED WITH THE GREEN LIGHT ON MY CAMERA (FOR RED EYE) AND TOLD BUCKY, "LOOK IT'S A GREEN LIGHT! ISN'T THAT NEAT" SO FUNNY!! GREAT PICTURE!!! (I'LL POST LATER)

5:00PM - I AM WALKING ON CLOUD NINE!!!!!!!! I JUST MET ALL OF THE IDOLS!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5:05PM - THE LADY THAT WENT IN WITH ME BREAKS DOWN INTO TEARS AND THANKS ME SO MUCH. IT WAS LIKE THE GREATEST GIFT TO GIVE SOMEONE. I ONLY WISH THAT I COULD HAVE HAD ANOTHER PASS FOR ALLISON WHO CAME RIGHT AS I WAS GETTING MY PASSES. IT'LL ALL WORK OUT THOUGH.

5:30PM I GO OUT THE FRONT DOORS AND I SEE PEOPLE I KNOW AND I JUST GO CRAZY TELLING THEM WHAT JUST HAPPENED.

5:45PM - MY MOM AND DAD GET THERE AND I FLIP OUT TELLING THEM ALL ABOUT IT!

6:00 - DOORS OPEN WE GO IT TO OUR SEATS, AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT - THERE SITS GRANDPA CLYDE, ABOUT 10 ROWS BEHIND ME! BEHIND ME! I WENT UP BEHIND HIM TO SURPRISE HIM AND GAVE HIM A BIG HUG. HE STOOD UP AND WE TALKED FOR A FEW MINUTES.

6:10PM - WENT TO MY SEATS - AWESOME SEATS!!! 2ND ROW SEATS!!!

(MY MOM AND DAD WERE SO EXCITED)

6:20PM - PEOPLE I KNOW START COMING UP TO ME AND ASKING HOW DID YOU GET THESES GOOD SEATS?!?! I JUST TOLD THEM GOD IS GOOD!! AND YOU KNOW WHAT..... HE IS!!! I BOUGHT THE TICKETS ON MY OWN DIRECTLY FROM THE ARENA FOR REGULAR PRICE!

6:30 - THE ARENA IS FILLING UP WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP!!! A LOT OF KELLIE'S FAMILY WAS SITTING AROUND GRANDPA CLYDE AND GRANDPA KEN. KELLIE'S BOYFRIEND, WILL WAS THERE TOO, I TALKED TO HIM A LITTLE AT INTERMISSION, (LATER)

7:00PM - OK SHOW ABOUT TO START....
7:10PM - SHOW FINALLY STARTS....... THEY START OUT WITH THE THEME SONG FROM AI AND THEN MANDISA KICKS THE SHOW OFF WITH A BANG!!!!!! SHE WAS SOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!!!!!! NOW THAT'S A REAL WOMAN!!!!!!!!!

THEN SHE DOES A DUET WITH ACE, SMOKING HOT ACE!!!!

THEN LISA COMES OUT AND DOES A BEAUTIFUL JOB. SHE PLAYED THE PIANO AND SANG TWO SONGS AND THEN WENT INTO A DUET WITH PARIS.

THE DUET WAS IK BUT WHEN PARIS WENT SOLO............ WATCH OUT!! SHE IS NOT INNOCENT LITTLE PARIS!!!!! SHE DANCED WAY TO PROVOCATIVE FOR THE YOUNG GIRLS THAT WERE IN FRONT OF ME. I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS VERY DISTASTEFUL. ENOUGH SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEN BUCKY COMES OUT JUST GOIN' AT IT! THANK GOODNESS !!! YEAH !1 GO BUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE DOES GREAT!

THEN KELLIE COMES OUT AND THE CROWD GOES NUTS!!! YOU CAN'T EVEN HEAR HER SING THE FIRST COUPLE OF LINES BECAUSE THE CROWD IS SO LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEY FINISH THEIR DUET "YOU'RE THE ONE THAT I WANT"
THEN - "i'M THE ONLY ONE" SHE ROCKED THE HOUSE OUT!!!!! AWESOME!!!
THEN SHE SANG " WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT" & ........ UGHHHH.. I JUST LOST THE TITLE .... HELP ME HERE-----------------

ANYWAY - I WAS SO EXCITED SHE COULD HAVE JUST SIT THERE AND TWIDDLED HER THUMBS FOR ALL I CARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(I'LL POST MORE DETAILS LATER)

THEN WE WENT TO INTERMISSION

HERE'S WHERE I TALKED TO WILL - oK I CAN TELL YOU GUYS-- (HE WORKS IN THE SAME COMPANY WHERE MY HUSBAND WORKS) I JOKED WITH HIM THAT IF HE COULD GET OFF WORK FOR THE CONCERT THAT MY HUBBY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET OFF TOO!! HE JUST LAUGHED! HE THEN TOLD ME THAT HE HAD TAKEN KELLIE UP TO THE OFFICE FOR EVERYONE TO MEET! HE'S SO SWEET!!! THEN SOME SMALL TALK AND ALL.

I ALSO TALKED TO ONE OF MY RADIO BUDDIES!!!!! YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!! THIS IS FOR YOU BABY!!

INTERMISSION ONLY LASTED ABOUT TEN MINUTES

(THE MAN BEHIND ME BROUGHT HIS DAUGHTER FOR HER BIRTHDAY PRESENT - HE PAID $400 EACH FOR THE TICKETS!!!!!)

THEN CHRIS COMES OUT TO OPEN IT UP AFTER INTERMISSION - OK THEN- I WENT DEAF- IT WS DEFINATELY LOUD THEN TOO!!

CHRIS WAS ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!

ELLIOT CAME OUT TO JOIN CHRIS AFTER A COUPLE OF SONGS - AND WOW - HE REALLY SURPRISED ME... HE IS SOOOO GOOD! I KNEW HE WAS GOOD, BUT HE JUST STEPPED UP A COUPLE NOTHCES IN MY BOOK!

AFTER ELLIOT SANG A COUPLE SONGS THEN CHRIS, BUCKY AND ACE CAME OUT AND THEY ALL SANG TOGETHER. BUCKY AND CHRIS BOTH PLAYED THE GUITARS AND SANG WITH ACE AND ELLIOT.

THEN KATHERINE IS A TOP THE STAGE SITTING EVER SO GRACEFULLY IN WHITE, VERY BEAUTIFUL!!! SHE SINGS AND THEN SAYS THAT SHE LIKES TO HIDE UP FRONT WHERE NO-ONE ELSE SEES HER AND WATCH THE OTHER IDOLS PERFORM, AND SHE SAID COME ON UP HERE PICKLER I SEE YOU DOWN THERE WATCHING ME!! KELLIE WAS IN A BLACK HOODIE SWEATSHIRT WITH THE HOOD ON - WATCHING KAT!!!! SHE COMES UP ON STAGE AND SITS DOWN TO WATCH KAT, THEN KAT BREAKS INTO SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW!!! WOW WOW WOW WOW - SHE IS GREAT!! I REALLY MEAN IT!! I AM SO GLAD THAT SHE LISTENED TO THE DOCTORS!!! SHE SAT DOWN WITH KELLIE AND SANG TO HER, IT WAS SO SWEET!! KELLIE JUST SAT THERE SO SWEET AND A TEAR WOULD RUN DOWN HER CHEEK AS SHE WATCHED... WOW... SHE WAS REALLY GREAT! THAT WAS ALL SHE SUNG SO THAT SHE DIDN'T WEAR OUT HER VOICE..

THEN OUT COMES THE MAN - TAYLOR HICKS - HE SANG A LOT OF SONGS AND JUST LET IT RIP. HE WAS REALLY GOOD TOO, BUT NOT AS GOOD AS LATER ON IN THE NIGHT... (READ ON)

THEY ALL CAME OUT TO DO THE GROUP SONGS, REALLY NEAT AT ALL THE STAGE MOVEMENTS AND CHOREOAGRAPHY INVOLVED, BUT THEY HAVE IT DOWN PAT... DURING THE SONGS, ACE WOULD THROW OUT A BEANIE, CHRIS THREW OUT GUITAR PICKS, BUCKY THREW OUT GUITAR PICKS AND HIS HAT........... I CAUGHT HIS HAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS AUTOGRAPHED!!!!!! SO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! i SCREAMED AND WENT TOTALLY NUTS!!!!!!!!!! MY MOM WAS SO CRAZY TOO!!!!!!!! I THINK SHE HAD AS MUCH FUN AS I DID!!!!!!!!

THEN AFTER THE SHOW, WHEN I WAS WALKING OUT, GRANDPA CLYDE TOLD ME HE WANTED MY HAT, AND WE JOKED AROUND ABOUT THAT!!! I TOLD HIM IF HE TOOK ME BACK STAGE I WOULD THINK ABOUT LETTING HIM WEAR IT ONE DAY!! LOL!!! THE SECURITY GUARD JUST LOOKED AT ME AND SAID HE MAY TAKE YOU BACK THERE, BUT I'LL HAVE TO STOP YOU!!! I TOLD THE GUARD, THAT'S OK BABY, I'M TOTALLY SATISFIED!!!!! I WAS ON CLOUD NINE!!!! IT WAS SO COOL!!!!

AND THAT'S NOT ALL!!!!!!!!

AFTER THE CONCERT, THE LADIES THAT I HAD MET TOLD ME THAT TAYLOR'S BAND (LIMBO) WAS GOING TO BE AT A CLUB IN CHARLOTTE TO COME ON OVER WITH THEM. I KNEW WHERE IT WAS AND HAD BEE THERE ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO.. WOW I'M GETTING OLD.... ANYWAY I HEADED ON OVER THERE JUST TO CHECK IT OUT.

TAYLOR SHOWED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HE SANG A COUPLE SONGS, THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, ELLIOT WALKS IN THE SIDE DOOR!!!!!!! HE COMES UP AND SINGS A COUPLE SONGS WITH TAYLOR. tHEN WHAT DO YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!------- IN WALKS ACE AND HIS BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY GO TO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS AND ALL!!!!! AND THEN BUCKY WALKS IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW!!! WOW!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!
THEN THEY ALL FOUR GET ON STAGE AND SING "SUPERSTIOUS"!!!! THEY SING A COUPLE MORE AND THEN HAVE TO GO. I LEFT THERE BOUT 2:30AM!!!! YES THEY WERE THEIR ABOUT 3 HOURS!!! ANOTHER CONCERT RIGHT THERE BABY!!!!!!!!!!!! I GOT HOME THIS MORNING ABOUT 3:45AM!!! AND MY KIDS WOKE ME UP AT 7:30AM!! I REALLY NEED SOME SLEEP RIGHT NOW... I'LL POST PICTURES LATER!!!

I ONLY HAVE 622 PICTURES TO LOOK THROUGH TO GET THE BEST ONES!!!

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