Back to the Sound-Off Room
Denise Meets Hanson @ Mix 106.5 FM (Aug 9, 2003)
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I got to the Recher Theater a little before 6:30 and looked for someone in a
MIX t- shirt like I was told to do but I couldn't find anyone, so I found
someone from the Recher Theater and he told my cousin and I to wait by the
windows. So we're waiting and this guy comes out and tells us to go see the
lady standing by the pole so we did and we gave her our names and she told
us to go stand back by the windows again. Then this guy from the radio
station comes out and tells us to follow him (he wanted to take us in first
and get me through the crowd since I'm in a wheelchair. My cousin and I
waited inside the rec room for about an hour; while we were waiting my uncle
called my cousin on the cell phone and was having a fit and said he was
coming in there with us because he said we should have an "adult" with
us(I'm 32)so we argued and my best friend ended up coming back with us so my
uncle wouldn't cause a scene(that's how she got there, she had never heard
of them before and now she loves them).
Everybody came in and the guy from
the radio station went and got cds for everyone who wanted to buy one.
After the man came back with the cds there was mass confusion, first we were
going to get pictures taken with the guys with our own cameras and from the
radio station, and autographs, then we were only going to get pictures taken
from the radio station and couldn't use our own cameras and we were also
going to get autographs then it was pictures from the radio station and no
autographs because we were running out of time but then someone from the
radio station talked to the guys and they said we would be getting
autographs so the person from the radio station said they could sign
autographs but only to the people who bought cds(I think everybody got one).
So then there was more mass confusion over how we were going to do the
picture, first it was going to be a group shot but that wouldn't have
worked(too many people)so then they decided they would do each person and
their guest with the guys one at a time. I was the first person to meet
them so I was told where to wait to have my picture taken then the guys came
in. Isaac came in first and he came right over to me and introduced
himself. When we went to shake my hand I had these gift bags for them in my
hand and i had to switch hands(I managed not to drop anything), so I gave
him his gift and he wanted to open it right away but they were short on
time(but he did peek). Isaac is the nicest and friendliest one. Next
Taylor came in and I gave him his gift. Last was Zac, he's surprisingly
calm and a little quiet. Taylor said "come over here so we can take some
pictures" so I followed him even though I knew he was going to the wrong
place(hey, I'm not gonna argue with Taylor Hanson). So we got to where we
were actually suppose to be and when the guys found out we couldn't use our
own cameras they seemed a little disappointed and Taylor got a little
confused. Taylor is so funny, when we posed for the picture he said, "wow,
this is weird" (I have no idea why). My best friend didn't really want to
get in the picture but it was too late, she was just standing there and Zac
came up next to her and put his arm around her, she didn't want to be rude
to him so she didn't say anything. After we got our picture taken we
watched them with the other fans then everybody got in line for autographs.
After that we were taken to where the concert was going to be and they took
our arm bands off(the guy almost took my arm off with it). I was suppose to
have one of the security guards take me to the front because that's where
the people in wheelchairs were suppose to be, but that never happened, not
even when I asked and they were very rude about it(they need to hire some
new people) .
Hanson has such nice fans, some people cleared a path for me
and helped me to the front. The concert was great but security sucked.
This one security guard kept standing in my way. During the show Taylor and
Isaac kept having to tell people to stand back some because people were
getting crushed(Isaac was very concerned about the people in wheelchairs, I
love him); security was too busy fooling around, passing out water, and
taking people's cameras, they weren't really doing their job and at one
point Hanson said if things didn't get better they would stop and the
concert would be over, but that never happened(they must have been so
stressed out after it was over). Taylor seemed a bit afraid of the fire
things on the wall and asked if someone could turn them off but they
wouldn't do it and he said, "well I hope there's a fire marshall around here
somewhere". Near the end of the show it was time for audience
participation, Taylor was getting us to clap in different ways and snap our
fingers then he says, "ok, everybody take off your clothes" (he was kidding
of course).
After the show I got to go out the side door where there tour
bus was parked and I could see Zac inside while I was waitng for my uncle to
get the van. The concert was great, I had a really good time and the guys
are extremely nice, I just hope they pick a better place to play next time.
Denise
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