Tacoma

My mom and I got to the Tacoma Dome around 12:30 and managed to find the area where the buses would arrive quite easily. There must have been at least 100 people, it was very crowded. And it was like 85 degrees. After about and hour and a half the buses arrived. Everybody started screaming, and then the buses pulled into the parking lot around the corner and I lost sight of them. After waiting another half hour or so I decided to go see what was going on over there. I saw David tossing a football around with somebody. He was wearing a pink shirt and his fedora hat and sunglasses. He waved at us a few times but continued playing with the football. He even showed off, spinning it around on his finger a few times. There were about 20 other people over there and we cheered him on. Our David is a pretty athletic guy! Carly came over soon after and started talking to us through the fence and signing things. She was very thoughtful, making sure that the people in the back got their things signed. Ramiele came over next, and then Brooke and Kristy Lee. Carly came over on our side of the fence for a few minutes and was showered with gifts. I also caught a brief glimpse of Jason as he went inside. He smiled and waved at us.
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Around this time Michael came out and headed straight inside, only hesitating a few seconds to exchange a few words with David. Then David finally came over. People started getting louder and he made a time-out motion with his hands until people quieted down. He said "You guys need to be careful, I'm afraid for you!" We were on a ledge next to the entrance of the parking lot, and it WAS kind of dangerous. People then started tossing things over the fence for him to sign, which he did. Syesha came out next and signed things, and then Chikezie came out. Around this time I noticed that Archie was over by the fence too. I have no idea how long he had been there, I was to distracted by David Cook, obviously.
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After a while the security guards told us to get back to the sidewalks. As we were leaving Carly told us that they would be out later. So we went back to the sidewalks and security put up barricades. And then we waited. And waited. Finally, about two hours later security told us that they wouldn't be coming out. We hung around for a few more minutes before finally giving up and heading back to our cars. I was very disappointed, but I talked my mom into staying after the concert. By this time I was very dehydrated, so I was glad to go back to the car and get some water. Somewhere during this time Michael hurt his arm when he tripped over luggage while attempting to catch the football that David threw at him. He had to use ice, but was o.k.

The concert was fun, even though I was pretty much as high as you can be without sitting on the roof. I'm pretty sure everyone knows what the concert is like by now. During one of David's songs he dropped onto his knees facing the back of the stage and leaned over backwards really far with his guitar. That was the highlight for me.
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After the concert my mom and I hurried over to where we had been standing for so many hours earlier. About an hour later Kristy Lee came out. She walked past everyone and started on the other side of the line. She was the first one to come by and she signed my tour program. She said that her first single comes out next month. Jason came from the other side soon after and signed my program. He said that he hasn't been getting much sleep. He was like: "It's not that I don't get to lie down enough, I just can't sleep when I do." After he had left, I noticed that Ramiele had come and gone and I missed her because she is so short I didn't see her. Syesha came by next and I got her autograph. I caught a brief glimpse of Michael around this time. It looked like he ran out and looked at us, and then he disappeared again. He and David run around a lot. They seem to be very energetic guys. When David first came out, people in the hotel parking lot started cheering. He ran over there and did some classic David poses for them.
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Carly came by next and signed my program.
Me: Thank you Carly!
Carly: You're very welcome!
Mom: You have a beautiful voice Carly!
Carly: You should tell that to Simon Cowell...
Mom: I haven't seen him today.
Carly: I haven't seen him in two months!
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Then the worst thing ever happened: Michael, Chikezie, and Archie came over at the same time. I held my program out hoping that Michael would take it, but Archie did. Michael went by and I didn't get his autograph.
David Cook came by next and I got his autograph. (thank God!!!) Archie stood right in front of me for a couple minutes, and I got squished against the barricade. The girls behind us were going crazy. THAT was not fun at all. Oh, and I saw Archie's dad.
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As they were leaving, Chikezie ran down the line of people slapping hands. He got my mom, but I was holding the camera and missed him. I put my camera in my purse just in time: Michael came sprinting down the line next and I got to touch him.
Brooke didn't sign anything, but right before they left she came out and waved at us.
As David was leaving, he ran past us with a bottle of water and poured it all over the pavement. That was funny.