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Username: bcollan
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09/17/2006 1:44 PM	Alert
OK, I attended the Reading Pa. concert last night with my teen daughter. We were both wearing orange kat pack shirts. I had also bought 20 katharinefans glowsticks,and 2 large banners I had professionally printed (my company makes GIANT printers). We left a little late for the 2 1/2 hour trek from NJ, and got to the venue at about 2:45. We immediately saw the busses parked next to the venue with a small crowd gathered next to barricades. Ace was there posing with fans, and we were told he had spent half an hour talking to whoever wanted to meet him. So we settled in and waited to try and get a glipse of Kat, and about 30 minutes later were rewarded when Kat left the bus to make a cell phone call. We caught her attention, and she smiled and climbed up on a tall green fence separating us from the bus staging area. She waved and apologized for not being able to come out because they were being kept very busy. That was it for pre-show sightings. No other Idols made any appearances at the fence except Kat and Ace. While we were waiting we ran into Allie (Katpack4ever), who was there with her mom. They had made a 9 hour trip down from Canada, and had been waiting at the venue since around 1:00! Canadian Kat fans are awesome! We all quickly became friends, since Kat's fans are the nicest, most wonderful people. We also met up with Mellisa (mel3), the owner of LexiLu and the designer of all those wonderful earrings Kat wore during the competition. She had also driven in from NJ with her daughter. Unfortunately there didn't seem to be many other Kat fans waiting. At least none displaying their colors. So I decided to hold onto the glowsticks until we got inside. By 4:30 the Idols had gone inside for the Meet & Greet. I had hoped to have a chance to sweet talk the Poptarts people into a pass, but they were nowhere to be found. In fact, noone of any official capacity appeared, except the yellow shirted venue event staff. Giving up hope, we decided to catch some dinner before the show. We came back to the venue a little after 6:00 and decided to go inside. Before entering, we distributed the glowsticks and hid them under our shirts, for obvious reasons! Our seats were 7th row center, and Allie's were 8th row to the right side. We started to look for others in orange to hand out glowsticks to, but unfortunately there were not a lot of Kat fans in the floor sections. We did meet up with Renee(carrienKat), who was there with a friend. We gave them glowsticks and one of the banners to hold up for Kat. The show started about 30 minutes late with Mandissa, followed by Ace, Lisa, Paris, Bucky, Kellie, then intermission. Ace got the warmest reception of the bunch, especially when he took off his jacket (the dude is PUMPED), and then when he tossed his beanie two rows behind us. I enjoyed Lisa the most, with her exquisite Elton John ballads and piano accompaniment. They were all in good voice though, and seem to have benefitted from the months of practice. After the intermission, Chris was greeted with thunderous applause and loud screams. If Reading was any Idols town, it was Chris'. And he rewarded his fans with a usual Chris caliber performance. Elliott was next, and he had a smaller but just as vocal contingent in the audience. Now it was time for the male group number Patience, so I started prepping to video Kat. I had purchased a new, tiny, digital still/camcorder combo especially for this show, and I intended to get some real killer video to post for you guys. Well, Kat started BHATCT in darkness, and I stood with many others in the audience and started video recording. I have to say that Kat recieved a very warm reception, considering the lack of dedicated Kat fans in the audience. Kat was in marvelous voice, and BHATCT was wonderful as you will see in the video. Kat then segued right into 'Think' after a short introduction. All was going well, when midway into the song I was accosted from both sides by security. They threatened to confiscate my camera if I didn't cease and desist, so I obviously, unfortunately and sadly put my camera away. Meanwhile, Kat had come down off the stage and singing to the people in the first row. She stopped in front of one tall, bald, and VERY LUCKY guy, whom she PUT HER ARMS AROUND and serenaded! WOW! And I had 'cheaped out' on front row seats at $250 a pop! Ughhhh!... So now comes 'piesta resistance', SOTR. And I couldn't video it, the bad guys were watching me like a hawk. Oh well, it was a flawless performance, and the audience just ate it up. Unfortunately security left me in a bit of a funk, so I can't give a better recap of SOTR And I also can't say much about Taylor's songs, since I was distracted reviewing what video of Kat I had. Oh, and I failed to mention just how georgous Kat looked. She was wearing the now familiar black dress, shoeless and with her new shorter haircut styled straight. And yes, I can finally verify that she indeed looks (and sounds) even better in person! I make mention of her appearance last because for me, it's all about her voice, talent and personallity. The world-class beauty is just the icing on my very delicious Kat cake! We left our seats at the start of the group number because we wanted to get a primo spot out by the busses. But to no avail. None of the idols came over to the fence, and we only got a brief glipse and a wave from Kat when she visited the guy's bus, which was closest to us. Around 11:00pm the gates were opened and the busses starting pulling out. Kat, being the sweetheart she is, came to the front of the bus and waved at us as they drove out, which we all thought was the end..but to everyone's amazement the busses stopped a block away to wait for the rest of the caravan to catch up. All the remaining fans RAN to the busses. Of course most people crowded the guys bus, but Allie, Renee, my daughter and I made a beeline for the front of the girls bus. Lisa and Paris had openned one of the rear windows and were talking to fans, but Kat was nowhere to be found. Then the bus driver openned the front door for a moment, and we all started shouting 'We want Kat!' at the top of our lungs. Well, our sweet girl heard us and came up front, where she smiled, waved and blew kisses at us for about 20 seconds until the busses started pulling away. This I DID catch on video for your viewing pleasure. After fighting off the impulse to run after the bus like a group of puppies after a Kat, we decided to call it a night and retreated to our hotel exhausted, but thrilled and more in love with Kat than ever, if that's even possible. Videos of performances. Cuts out partway though 'Think' when security got to me. BHATCT/Part of Think Video of Kat waving as the busses pulled away. KatInBus Oh, and one other thought: Kat was absolutely delighted to see us, and we came away with the feeling that she would have spent gobs of time visiting with us if her people and her schedule permitted. She was the ONLY Idol other than Ace to make any kind of appearance to her loyal fans AT ALL! If I were a fan of one of the others I would have been bitterly dissapointed. Did I say Kat is amazing???

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09/17/2006 2:04 PM	Alert
WOW! Great Re-Cap! I'm Sorry For The Security People Sounds Like You Had A Good Time Otherwise Though

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09/17/2006 2:25 PM	Alert
Aww, sorry "they" caught you. We all appreciate your great efforts to bring your awesome experience of seeing Katharine in concert. Thanks so much for sharing and we'll submit your recap to KatsConcerts and we'll await with excitement any vid you were really lucky to get!!

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09/17/2006 2:50 PM	Alert
You pretty much nailed it on the head with this review. It was so nice meeting you and your daughter and the other kat fan I cant recall her name lol. I cant wait to see your vids. I will try and post mine asap tomm when i get home with the proper materials needed to post them lol

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09/17/2006 2:56 PM	Alert
Oops! The security guys caught you! They made us can't enjoy the videos.. Booo for them! I'm waiting here patiently for any videos that you've got.. Especially Kat blew kisses! Lol!

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09/17/2006 3:11 PM	Alert
Great Recap! Sorry the security people caught you. I'm downloading the Kat blowing kisses video right now. Thanx for posting!

Kat Pack #1422 Kat's Comment to me: "Lauren, don't worry about your gift and not getting on time. That is sooo sweet but you didn't have to do that. I really appreciate it. I read your comment and it really touched me. I'm happy you enjoyed your first season of Idol. I mostly thank you for all your support. It means more than anything. I just love that people are enjoying the music. Keep in touch and thanks again. Cute page too! kat" Spark Plug #548

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09/17/2006 7:00 PM	Alert
Thanks for the recap Bill.

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09/17/2006 11:59 PM	Alert
first off i have to say that i love the little acting out she did in BHATCH...you will know what i am talking about because it was very cute! haha she's silly--i love it! second, i wish they were able to meet and greet more with fans, well i don't really have any interest in the rest, except kat, and i would like to meet kellie, because i didn't and she cracks me up sometimes with her naive-ness...but yeah...haha sometimes there are GREAT bus experiences and sometimes not so much...HOWEVER, they are probably thankful for security being there to tell them, let's go, because they would be there all day, as to not disappoint any fans, and not wanting to be rude--that's security's job--we can be mad at security all we want, but we could never be mad at kat or the others people want to see...haha it's a good system in place i suppose...for them! ha ahhhh well, you had a great time, saw kat up close and personal, and left happy--that's all that matters, so congrats! she is a very sweet girl.

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09/18/2006 12:33 PM	Alert
Aww..Kat came to the front of the bus and waved!

You can call me Laurie..or L..or whatever it is that you would like to call me. These days, I answer to just about anything. :smiles: A Proud Member of "The Laurs" Katfia- "McQueen"..please people, it was given to me.

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09/18/2006 1:51 PM	Alert
Hey! Awesome recap Bill, I guess that means I don't have to! It was so great meeting you and Kim, Kat fans really are the nicest people! At least she blew kisses to us I guess that was pretty much the highlight. Oh well Kat was amazing and it was all worth it!

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09/19/2006 1:05 AM	Alert
Thanks for the recap. I always enjoy hearing the different experiences people have at the concerts. Too bad about the security guard incident!

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09/19/2006 2:23 PM	Alert
darn security... kat is awesome!!! she came to the front of the bus... how cute is that?!?!? Steph <3

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09/19/2006 5:45 PM	Alert
Dang, Bill, security came from both sides for you, huh? Do you look like a "runner"? I'm glad they didn't confiscate your camera, and we're all grateful for everything you did capture and post. It would be interesting to know what security typically allows. I'm sure there are times that they see people videotaping openly. We have too many clear videos posted as proof of that. Thanks for the effort

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