Here is my story of when I first met
James Horan in Denver.
By Tessa  aka  Kathi


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Friday night - I searched everywhere to just get a chance to see him. I went into the dealer rooms just hoping that he might be in there signing some autographs. No luck. I kept walking around and sitting in the bar lobby just to see if maybe he would walk by. No luck. Mind you I wasn't stalking him, just merely looking for him so he could sign my drawing that I did. Right click on the the photo to view a larger version of my drawing of James.
Saturday - I walked around still hoping to "run" into James. Still no luck. I went back to the dealer rooms hoping again that he might be in there, but he wasn't. I started talking to the girls at the first booth as you went in. I think their booth was "A Moment In Time Photography". Anyway, they said that he was there on Friday night for about an hour and a half signing, but I guess I missed him. :-(  I told them that I was his #1 fan and showed them a copy of the drawing that I did of him. I also made a pin and a card that had the drawing on. I told them to tell him, if he came in, that someone was looking for him. Not to go anywhere. Yeah, like he would stay there just for me. Anyway, I gave them the card figuring that if he saw that he would stay. I told them I would keep checking back just in case. I did and he still wasn't there. I think the girls thought I was crazy. And I guess I was. I was crazy trying to find him so I could talk to him. I still had no clue what I was going to say, but figured I would think of something when the time came.
Right click on Stan's picture to see a larger version and more pics of Stan. I kept going back about every half hour to see if just maybe he stopped by. I figured if he stopped in there, he would probably stay there for at least that long, right? As soon as the girls saw me they started to laugh. After about the third or fourth time of "checking in", I was standing outside the dealer room trying to see Stan as he was going into the PEACE room to sign some autographs himself. I got a couple of pictures of Stan. A little Yellow, but still a couple nice pics. Right click on Stan's picture to see a larger version and more pics of Stan.

 
Well I continued to walk around with the hope of seeing "my" guy, but it seemed it wasn't in the cards. Then all of a sudden... I see a guy in a "green" shirt (all the G4 workers had on green shirts) walking with someone. And guess who that someone was??? Yep, if you guessed James Horan you are correct. I just happened to be standing in the right place at the right time I guess.

Well we made eye contact, he smiled and said "Hi". I smiled and said "Hi" right back to him. I also started walking toward him as he was going toward the big round table in the middle of that area. I went over to him and said... "You know I have been looking for you, I did a drawing of you and I wanted you to see it." He said something like, "Oh really, is it the one that is on the internet?" Well let me tell you, I thought I was going to pass out. heeheehee... But luckily I didn't. I just got this really huge smile on my face and said "Yes, and I was wondering if you would sign it for me?" He said something like "Sure, where is it?"  Well I had it in my Highlander backpack, but was having trouble getting it out... you see I was a bit nervous. :-)  He stopped at the round table, but I was stumbling around trying to get it out of my backpack. He said he was going to go into the room (pointing to the PEACE room) and he would sign it there. I looked at him and said "You mean I will have to wait in that long line?" The line was around the corner and to the escalator and steps. I really didn't want to do that. He said "Well that's the Highlander Store isn't it?" I spoke up, "No, the Highlander store is down that hallway." So he said that he was going to be signing stuff in the Highlander store, so I walked with him down there. *I'm still trying to catch my breath* There was already a line forming of people who wanted to get his autograph, but I was with the Man himself. I just followed behind him until I got to his signing table, put my backpack on the floor and got my drawing out. He walked around the room until he got to his seat behind the table. By then the drawing was out. He looked at the drawing and smiled. I told him that I had a copy for him, if he wanted it... he replied something like... "That would be great. I really like it." *breath girl, breath* I handed him the drawing and he signed... To Kathi with love and thanks! James Horan.  He asked if it was Kathi with an "i" and I said "Yeah, how did you know?" (See, I was wondering why he would say that, did he "know" me?) He laughed and said something like, "Well it's written right here." Boy did I feel stupid. I forgot that I had signed the drawing, and right there it was K a t h i .... Oh well, I guess I am entitled to being a bit nervous, right? I reminded him that during his Q & A when he was talking about his voice and doing voice-overs and then he paused... well you know me, it's quiet and I just had to say what was on my mind, so I yelled out from the 6th row... It's a Sexy Voice. He just laughed. Then Peter Hudson said something like, "Did you notice a pause when he said that, he wanted someone to say something." So I guess it had to be me. lol

James also saw the pin that I had made of the drawing with #1 James Horan Fan written on it. He said he liked that. I told him that I had a card made up that looked just like it, but if he wanted the pin, he could have it. He took the card and I jokingly told him that my friends had told me that I should put my name, address and phone number on the back of it. Boy was I tempted, heeheehee... He smiled then asked where I was from and I told him Pittsburgh. I told him that he should bring his act to Pittsburgh, as I would love to see him there. Who knows, maybe he will. I can hope right?

I then talked to Charl, the girl in charge of his fan club. She told me that the fan club was supposed to meet at the bar around 6:30 for drinks. I couldn't wait for that to happen.
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Want to hear what happened there? well continue on then.....