The day of the concert was July 5 and I was really excited. It took me SUCH a long time to decide on what I would wear. I settled on a white tank top with spagetti straps and the words Girl Power on it and shorts and my sandals. Maria (the girl I went to the concert with) and I had made this really cool poster for Hanson, so we couldn't wait for Hanson to see it. We had made it to catch their eye, with bright, neon colors and big block letters. Not to be rude or anything, but I DID think of most of the poster. In fact, ALL of the poster. She couldn't think of anything. And I'm not kidding! Why would I lie? Anyway, we ate at KFC and then headed to the Lakewood Amphitheater, which was where the concert was at. We got there at like 3 and we had to stand in the heat for like 3 hours (we got in at 5:30) and the security kept telling us not to bring in cameras. I made these new friends there and this girl stuffed her camera in her bra! *LoL* Me and Maria thought that would look weird on us so I did the only thing I could-I stuffed my camera in my underwear! Look, just think of it this way: Either I risk my life to take pictures of Hanson or I DON'T take pictures of Hanson. And we ALL know the answer! Risk my life and take pictures of Hanson! Maria did the same. During the three hours of waiting in line for the gates to open, we could hear Hanson practicing. I thought they sounded great and that they didn't need to keep practicing! And then I heard Taylor and Zac's sweet voices and decided that I was about to faint. Actually, some girls really DID faint from the heat. Anyway, the security also made a big deal about us NOT running and then finally let us go through the gate and so we were trying hard not to run but I mean, who can blame us if we did? My camera was like falling out of my underwear and Maria's camera did, but she picked it right back up and put it right back in her underwear. I kept pushing the camera up and I hope nobody saw cuz then they'd think I was perverted or something. Anyway, it was SO hot, you cannot imagine! Anyway, I decided that it was time to start sucking up to the security. What for? To get backstage, DUH! So I was like practically BEGGING and also flirting with the security, trying to let them agree to letting me get backstage. Bummer, it didn't work. I used every excuse in the book from saying I was married to Taylor *they didn't buy it* to I had cancer and didn't have that long to live and the only thing that I wanted before I died was to meet Hanson *they were like pretending to believe me and were saying, oh sorry, but no can do*. The whole time there was like this long line of girls and I realized that they were going to meet Hanson because they had backstage passes hanging from their neck! I was so bummed out. I mean, they knew somebody from the business, so that's how they got in. How about the REAL Hanson fans who never get to meet Hanson just because they don't know anybody in the business? Anyway, they got in and all of a sudden there were screams and I rushed to the fence where a thousand other fans were and I saw only a few feet away from me...Zac, Taylor, and Isaac...oh yeah and a whole bunch of fans who had backstage passes, but let's not talk about them. Anyway, we were screaming, crying, EVERYTHING, trying to get them to pay attention to us. Finally, Tay WAVED at us! And then Zac did the same! I forgot if Ike did, I'm sure he did, but the thing is that THEY WAVED AT US! And the whole time I was crying my heart out cuz I knew I'd never be able to meet Hanson. Ever. And that was truly a let down for me. Anyway, it turned 7:00 and that was when the concert began, so we all ran back to our seats (for me and maria, lawn seats) and we saw Admiral Twins or whatever. They're another group from Tulsa. Anyway, they were OK, but I was expecting Hanson to pop up any minute. They played like 10 songs and FINALLY they got off *thank goodness* and this long sheet thing was draped around the stage so that we couldn't see what was going on. But I mean, EVERY time the sheet moved, screams, cheers, cameras going off. It was just pure chaos. And the thing was, it could've been just the wind, but here we were, over 19,000 fans screaming because a sheet moved! Anyway, finally the sheet disappeared and there was Hanson! They played ALL the songs off of Middle of Nowhere and almost all of the songs off of 3 Car Garage and all these other old songs that were good like "Summertime Blues", "Gimme Some Lovin" *you bet I will!*, "Money (That's What I Want)", just all these other cool songs. Anyway, at the end, they played 3 extra songs cuz everybody was screaming (I think they did that at ALL their concerts! And I was thinking we were special, but apparently they did that at Megan's concert too.). And Zac ran off stage. How brave of him, especially since he knew that probably a thousand girls would be stampeding full speed at him. Also, I saw Mackenzie! He's ADORABLE and his hair is long. Not like his older bros', but long. I also saw Mr. Hanson (Walker). He ran down my aisle with a camcorder and everybody was waving at the camcorder. He was dressed all in black. Then I realized he was Mr. Hanson so I ran after him. But he disappeared. Anyway, they sang "Weird" a capella at the end, which was really cool. I snuck in to the good seats when they got on and this nice lady let me stand on her seat and borrow her binoculars, so all turned out well. Anyway, then at the end of the concert, when everybody was getting ready to go home, Maria and I decided to go wait for Hanson's tour bus to come out but it was taking too long so these 16, 17-year old girls helped us through this hole in the fence (it was too small for them to fit in) and they warned us to be careful (oh and the fence lead to Hanson's tour bus). Anyway, it was very dark but Maria and I kept in the shadows. But she kind of annoyed me cuz she kept talking and I kept saying "Shut up! Shut up!" I mean, she's my best friend and all and I love her to death, but she was ruining my...er, I mean, our chance to meet Hanson! Then we got passed by this kitchen place and we saw this man walking and so we ran and hid behind a trash can next to the kitchen (and Maria kept banging against this metal thing!) and this lady comes out and asks us what we were doing behind there, so I said that I was looking for my necklace *lame excuse, I know* but anyway, she didn't fall for it and she made us leave. There was like two paths and the path she lead us to was the wrong one! The right one was where Hanson was! So I was like, "Hey old lady, just let me go the other way and I'll be fine, OK?" but I was too afraid. Anyway, so that was the end of our Hanson expedition. We returned to the girls and gave them the bad news. Then my father came and we walked to my car. There was this black stretch limo and I saw these hands waving at ME...I mean us and so I looked in the tinted windows and saw these two girls lying on the seats with long blonde hair. What if it was Jessica and Avery? That'd be cool! Then all of the family that I need to see is just Zoe and Mrs. Hanson (Diana). Anyway, I would love to hear about your concert experience if you went to one, so e-mail me! And even if you haven't went to their concert, e-mail me anyway!
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