My day started off at 11am when I had to leave my house to drive to the ferry.  My friend and two sons went with me.  We took the 12pm ferry over to Bridgeport, CT.  We were able to catch a shuttle van over to the arena and arrived probably 1:30 ish.  At that time, they were a few other Idol fans there already.  We all were waiting behind the metal bar fences where the buses would eventually park.  I met a few of the members from KMF while waiting outside, that was very nice.  I got to meet Diane, Michelle, Amanda, I'm sorry I forgot the name of the girl with Amanda, and then I met Miuman (only know his screenname).  I enjoyed meeting all of you, we definitely had a fun time hanging out waiting and hoping for Kat to make an appearance.  BTW - Amanda ,since I never saw you again after the Meet and Greet, I just want to let you know that I gave Kat the envelope that you had given to me for her, and she said "tell her thanks".  We all of a sudden notice the buses driving to the arena and all start screaming.  Kat got off the bus, with her red hooded sweatshirt, hood pulled over her head.  I also saw Kellie, Mandisa, Paris, Taylor, Chris, Ace (so cute!!) and Bucky get off as well.  We all start screaming their names hoping they would come over to us.  Ace eventually walks over and talks to us through the fence, and says he'll see what he can do about coming out to meet us. He finally did come out but he was infront of the arena so we had to leave the spot we were in to go run a meet Ace.  He took pictures with every fan and signed autos. for everyone as well.  My nephew was supposed to come with me for his birthday but he never could.  So, since it was his 9th birthday yesterday and he was a huge fan of Ace's, I asked Ace if he could say Happy Birthday to my nephew.  I had my nephew on the phone, and I held it up to Ace and he said Happy birthday to him, very sweet. After meeting Ace, I went back over to the buses area, and Bucky comes out with his luggage.  My friends younger son who is 9 yells out to Bucky "Bucky do you need help carrying your luggage?, Bucky smiles and says no thats ok. After bringing it inside he comes out to the buses again and my friends son yells Out "did you get your luggage in ok", he didn't yell loud enought cause Bucky kept saying "what, i'm sorry I can't hear you and eventually had to come over to the fence to hear.   ANd he said whats' your name? Brendan, thanks for asking to help me.  SO, only Ace and Bucky were the only two to come over or out to talk to us.

Now time for the Meet and Greet!!!!

    First I was told by the security, my name wasn't on the list and i couldn't get in.  I almost died,  eventually it was all straigtened out and my name was on the radio contest winners list ,  AND GOT IN at the last minute.  So, you can understand why I got so freaking nervous when I got inside to meet Kat.  I'm pretty much the last person in the line to meet the Idols and as I'm getting closer and closer to the table I keep repeating the lines to myself of what I want to say to Kat.  God, I wish I wasn't so nervous.  It didn't help with the security hurrying you along either.  I kept saying I hope Kat is here, because of her being sick and her missing a recent meet and greet.  She was sitting at the far end of the table right before Taylor.  I counted the heads , and when I counted 10 I was much more relieved knowing they all were there but especially Kat.( Im sure most of you know I had gone to another M &G back in July when Kat was out sick.  So, really all I needed to see today was Kat.  (Your only allowed to get one thing autographed by each Idol, but Kat was soooo sooo Kind and sweet that she autographed 3 different items for me.  SHe is sooo sweet.  I'm finally standing in front of her, and I tell her I'm sorry if I seem so nervous, she says "just relax yourself you'll be fine" . I first hand her the binder with all of the letters and let her know that it is from all of her fans over at KMF Site, she says AWWW thank you and gives the binder a hug, it was cute to see. I then hand her a gift bag with something that I had bought for her, and she says "thank you ,you are sooo sweet.  After she autographs my items, I ask her if I could give her a hug.  she says "of course you can, come over here sweetie" and then she leans over the table towards me and gives me a big hug.  I was dying at this moment.  She does tell me that she has a cold and apologizes, and I told her don't be silly.  At this moment, I guess I went over my 60 seconds with Kat cause the security guy says Ok , you really need to move along now, get your stuff please.  Kat again says thanks for everything and nice meeting you.

     It was a wonderful experience and I know I will always remember it,  

During the concert, I was screaming soooo loudly thoroughout it but more so when Kat was performing her set , that when I woke up today I had no voice.  I think she heard me cause she looked up into my section and waved (i was the only one in my section standing up and jumping up and down holding my signs for her and screaming of course.  Actually, during the video that MichelleF posted, about 1:22 into it during BHATCT you can see on the right side my orange signs waving around -thats was me! Also, about 9:40 into the video during SWOTR, I am definitely sure that is my voice screaming "we love you Katharine"  , I guess I was pretty loud screaming for Kat, considering today I have no voice.

I'm glad to share my experience with all of you, it was just awesome having the chance of meeting Kat in person- I will never forget it.

 It was great meeting you, Michelle, Diane, Amanad and friend, and Miuman.  I enjoyed talking to you all!

 I was more than happy to deliver the letters to Kat from all of us.

I hope you enjoy my recap of meeting Kat.  It was a fun day for me.

            - Melissa

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww What A Great Review!

Thanks For That

Thanks for delivering our letters, Melisa!  Great recap!  I love how she hugged the binder.

Now when you girls who got hugs from Kat at these last couple of show get sick in about two weeks, make sure you come back and tell us, "Kat gave me a cold...KAT GAVE ME A COLD!!!"

Melissa, I'm glad you finally got to meet Kat.  Thanks for the re-cap, and thanks for delivering our letters.  Co relayed the message to me that Kat wasn't wearing her glasses when you met her.  I thought Co was joking that you told her to tell me that, so I had to laugh when she said she wasn't joking, that you really did say, "Tell Mutt that Kat wasn't wearing her glasses..."    That really cracks me up, and it's very sweet of you to even think of me.  Cause, damn, I really was hoping we'd get a re-cap involving Kat in Glasses.  Oh well, there's always her solo tour... 

By the way, I'm sorry you caught a cold, but CONGRATS ON CATCHING KAT COOTIES!! 

By the way, I'm sorry you caught a cold, but CONGRATS ON CATCHING KAT COOTIES!! 

HAHA! Kat cooties! Where can I catch some?

Sounds like a good experience, Melissa! Congrats!

Great review, and you're Extremely lucky to get that hug from Katharine! When I met her at the meet and greet in Tampa, I was denied my hug with Katharine by the security guy. 

I loved your review, and reading another great Kat encounter like you had! She really is incredibly sweet to her phans.

Hey Hey....

How is everyone?     As for the show.. it was amazing... I got to see Katharine perform live... (in concert)  I saw her sing live at the Today show already.  But anyway.. here is my story.    I get to CT about 2:00.. park my car.. and I see there are like 100 or so people there already.  Oh before I start with all that.. I heard Katharine wasnt feeling well AGAIN and had a sinus infection.. I was flipping out.. .. so I felt bad and bought her flowers to give to her to make her feel better cause she was sick.. yeah I know.. Im sweet. lol.  So I had this little vase of daises with me .   So I get there at 2:00 to see if I could score some meet and greet tickets to meet them before the show.  Im standing around by where the buses are.. (they were cut separated by a gate) so the people couldnt get close..  We would see an idol.. go on and off the bus and wave to the fans etc.. but they couldnt come over to us because of the fence.  I didnt see Katharine... I think she had gotten off the bus before I got there.  So anyway.. Im waiting around trying to see if anyone had meet and greet tickets.  NOBODY had them to give up or whatever... I mean who would!  So the people with the list came out and said.. there will be NO extra meet and greet tickets.  I was flippin.  I even was joking around with one of the guys and said.. how much for that pass around your neck.. and he was a jerk.. he was like.. oh how about pay me my salary and then I will give it to you or some stuff like that... geezz.... how about a sense of humor.    Anyway.. Im really mad now... LOL  All of a sudden ACE comes out and starts to sign autographs and stuff.. takes pictures etc.  So here I am sitting here with the flowers for Katharine and no way in to give them to her..... Soooooooooooo when Ace was down with pictures and signing.... I called him over and said.. Ace can you do me a favor and give these to someone.. He said sure.. who are they for.. I said Katharine.. and he said.. no problem.. I'll make sure she gets them.  ...   I was happy at that point.. cause I knew I was'nt getting in.    So after that.. I started talking to these 4 women that had after party passes.  I was like HOW did you get them.. but they wouldnt tell me..  They said they were supposed to tell.. So I didn't push the issue.  I got really friendly with them.. and after awhile.. this one woman said.. Listen.. I am here for Taylor.. but if he isnt at the after party.. I will come back out and give you my pass so you can see Katharine.. I was overjoyed.. but still skeptical.. I still had to try and get a pass.  I mean what if she didnt come through.. So she gave me her number.. and I was supposed to call her after the show and see what happens.  .. She said she might not hear the phone cause it will be in her bag.. but she said try..  (Im thinking ... GREAT... my luck).. 
     So I was walking around a little bit.... and I saw this group of people that I recognized from the Nassau coliseum concert.  They were having people sign a tapestry type thing for Elliot.  I went over.. started talkin