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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