Bridgeport, CT Review
Pre-Concert
I got there around 4:00 and we went to eat and we got back to the arena at a quarter to 5 where we, my sister and two friends and I waited by the busses and we signed Elliot’s banner. We saw Bucky and Chris a lot, talking on their phones and moving from bus to bus to building. Well there was really no sign of Kat or other idols for a while so we were just standing around with a group of about 20 people more or less, when I see a poster that I recognize. I walk up to the girl with the orange posters and a Kat shirt on with Kat in Glasses on the front and ask “so are you McAddict07,” and she’s like yea and you are? and I tell her my name and we talk a bit and she says that the meet and greet finished about 20 minutes or so ago but that you had not even a minute with each idol, but she did have some pictures of Kat wearing a big red hoodie. We waited around a while more and we start hearing roars and yells so we look and Kat is walking with her head to the crowd, but we recognize her because of McAddict’s picture, and I think she was walking with Nick, but I’m not 100% on this theory. We saw Fred a couple times but of course when I knew his name my friends were looking at me like a freak, and I just told them that I have my ways of getting my info. Kellie and Taylor each walked by once and each time the crowd went wild, and around six o’clock a guy wearing a hat and glasses and a big plain sweater, making him unrecognizable hopped on a scooter and gave it a little drive around and brought it back. We think it was either Taylor or Elliot. We waited until a quarter to seven to go in because they only opened the doors at about 6:30 which in my opinion was not a good choice, they should have opened earlier.
Concert and in the Arena
In the arena we bought some things. My two friends and I each got a Katharine shirt which I put over my polo and then pulled out my orange collar, I was pimping. I also got a tour book, the prices for the souvenirs were reasonable. We got to our seats and we were next to some nice people and then some girls about our age and a mom behind us, they were alright but they told my friend to put down the poster which I then grabbed and held up.
Mandisa- WOW! She was a really good person to choose to open. She got me pumped.
Ace- AHHHH! This was all I heard when he showed up to sing the duet with Mandisa. He was very good also and looked amazing, but the chest thing scared me I thought he was having some kind of heart attack and was going to die on stage. LOL
Lisa- She was good and she really impressed me with her piano skills. I think she will do alright for herself, she is very talented. She brought out Paris and they did their duet which the lady next to me knew all the moves to. LOL. The duet wasn’t bad, but nothing spectacular.
Paris- She was really lively during all her performances and she was very talented, but her moves were kind of, well not up to par during the Beyonce song.
Bucky- He looked very confident up on stage and I liked it. He did very well in my opinion.
Kellie- She and Bucky did well in their duet. Her songs were good choices I think anyway, but she looks a lot better in pictures, I mean she wasn’t ugly but She didn’t look as perky. I guess this has do with all the stress and whatnot of the tour, and she did also look kind of under the weather.
INTERMISSION
Chris- He was definitely the crowd favorite I’m afraid to say, but the crowd went wild during his sings, which we all enjoyed. He is such a good performer and he will definitely be a star. He puts a lot of feeling into the songs and a lot of emotion, which is what I think the crowd liked.
Elliot- I loved the duet between him and Chris. He has such a good voice that has a raw but soft sound to it. I enjoyed his songs and his “Funky White Boy” shirt was nice too.
Patience- I think the song was good, but I was too busy spazzing out at the fact that Kat was next. During the song we moved into the middle isle and got set up to take pictures.
Katharine- OMG!! I could not believe that the person I have been obsessing over for the last almost a 4-5 months was standing 20 feet away from me. I almost fainted, but I recovered and took some good pictures. She was amazing the best even though she was sick, well at least I think. After she finished her two upbeat tempo songs this lady that worked at the arena was asking us to sit down so we walked to our row and I asked, “ Can I get just one good picture,” and she said it was fine, but to make it very quick, so I run up and I get 2 pictures and I look back and she is gone so I yell to my friends to come back up, so we stayed there. When she stopped to do her speech I yelled out “I love you Katharine!” Along with everyone else in the arena that were Kat fans and she smiled. She was saying how she was sorry she had to sing for us being sick and I yelled out “We still love you Katharine,” and she said something like thanks or I love you all too. OK Somewhere Over the Rainbow is coming and she sings a bit and waves at a couple of people and while she is singing my friend and I are moving are hands in the air, we are the only people even moving because everyone else is in awe, and we are yelling, “Katharine!, Katharine!,” and waving and she looked at us and waved. I almost died.
Taylor- He made a great entrance and was really very good. I was dancing aroud with him doing his little feet shimmy or whatever you want to call it and I was just having a lot of fun.
We are the Champions- This song was very good, and I loved Elliot’s cape.
Living in America- My camera was dying so I only got about 2 or so good pictures. But my ears were working and the song was very good and Kat sang her part very well. During the part where Taylor usually says all the city names he asks Kellie to do it and I reall couldn’t understand her, but I think she said a couple of places and then asked, “ Wait, where are we again?” and Taylor just kind of said, “WooHoo! Bridgeport,” and tried to ignore it.
Final Bows- Excellent Show!! I LOVED my first concert ever.