Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Boyband bonanza (day two)


Im back with a recap of all of day two's festivities...a lot happened on this beautiful saturday...i hope i remember to mention everything!!!

We woke up...ate some delicious free breakfast at the hotel...then once again packed into the boyband bonanza mobile headed over to hershey park stadium...as soon as we got there we got in line for the first event on the day...BSBBQ!!!


There was a scheduling conflict with the bsbbq and the new kids meet and greet...we were supposed to be fast passed to the front of the m&g line so we wouldnt miss any of the bbq...we were all lined up and ready to go when they decided that only side a vip could go first...side b would have to come back later...being the rule follower that i am i immediately got out of line...some of my friends needed more convincing but eventually we all complied with the new rule...



We all headed back to the bbq...changed into our awesome bbq tshirts (bsbbq '12....all i have to grill)...got some food...and relaxed for a little bit before the backstreet boys made their appearance...i personally used this time to squeeze some tanning in!...

When the boys showed up it was great...they kept the event small so there werent a ton of people there and the boys were able to roam around freely...it was great to see them without their body guards attached to their hips (thats right, im lookin at you josh!...haha!)...they were all serving food for a little bit then aj nick and howie dispersed into the crowd and mingled with the fans...and brian went to his wylee station to pass out merchandise to the people with preorders...at this point i was more of an observer...people were crowding around the boys and we all know how i hate crowds so i kinda hung back (and continued to get my tan on!)...




Mingling time came to an end and game time started...each of the 4 boys randomly picked 3 girls to play a lawn game with them...and yes it really was random...we were each given a raffle ticket at the beginning and thats how they picked...the girl standing right behind me in line was picked...i was sooo close!...anyway...the games were fun...i noticed that there were only a few fans by brians game so i went over there and planted myself in the front row to watch brian and some fans play cornhole...brian is always entertaining!



After the games it was picture time...we ended up being the second group...we were not prepared for the photo at all...it still came out super cute...just a tad disorganized....oh well...the best part of the whole thing is I FINALLY GOT HUGS FROM THE BACKSTREET BOYS!!!!....eeeeeekkkkk!!!...oh and i totally kissed nick carter on the cheek AND HE DID THE SAME TO ME!!!!...nbd...but really, double eeeeekkk!!!!...that was definitely a "did this really happen?" moment!!


When the bbq was done all the side b vips were able to cut the new kids meet and greet line...we had our group of 10 all ready to go thanks to my girl laura's hard work...turns out some group in the front did not have 10 so they ruined it for everyone...all of our hard work went out the window and we had to split up...when it was our turn we could see that the new kids were exhausted and looked miz...but they all still gave every single person a hug and were extremely nice...i ended up standing next to joey...i said "look at you with your sparkly eyes!"...so he said "are they really sparkly?"...i said "yeah!"...then he proceeded to look me directly in the eyes for what felt like forever but it was probably about 3 seconds...but still amazing!!!

After all the fun vip stuff in the morning it was time for the concerts to get started...there were sooo many different sets...i think the dan band was up first...i had no idea who they were before mixtape...this guy was hysterical!!...im pretty sure he only did covers but they were all so funny...he even covered shakira!!!



The ready set was next over at the other stage...i have heard of them before and i knew some of their songs...but i cant think of any of them now...oops!...haha!!!

Back on the main stage was the wanted!!!!....LOVE THEM!!!...they arent your typical boy band because they dont dance but those boys just ooze stage presence so it doesnt matter that they werent dancing...their songs are great and they are all really good looking in person...yes they are all younger than i am but clearly my obsession with btr shows you that i dont care about that...haha!!!...






During the wanted's set little one and little sis came over to me and said that howie was on the side watching...so i casually strolled over there and GOT A PICTURE WITH HIM!!!...ahhhhh!!!...i got a picture with my main squeeze howito!!!...yay!!!!! =D


Next up was carly rae jepson!!...she was too cute...little sis and i are obsessed with call me maybe...so every time the song came on his weekend someone filmed us singing and dancing to it...we plan on editing them together for one awesome video...but we arent really sure how to do it...anyway, i think my fav one is the one we took when she was singing it live..its amazing...maybe ill post it...we'll see...haha!

Next was ll cool j...i didnt really watch his set...we used this time to take a break and eat some dinner...we went back to the vip tent and it was empty...so we were able to get in the photo booth a few times and take some great pics!!!...we also had the chance to sit down for a little bit...it was a well needed time out for us...


We eventually made our way back over to stage b where 98 degrees would be performing...wow!...those boys still got it...they sound great...the look great...im so happy i got to see this performance...they were really good...and they sang "true to your heart" which is my fav song of theirs...AND they did a michael jackson medley!!...loved it!!!...they really are a talented bunch!...i cant wait for drew to beat joey fatone on dancing with the stars this season!!...haha!!!...






I must admit that i left the 98* set a few songs early...i had to get back over to the main stage for NKOTBSB...they were the reason i was there after all...duh!..haha!!!

It was the very last nkotbsb show ever so it was really special to be able to see that..a few unique things that happened were...aj wore leopard print leggings during get down...joey came out with a telephone during one of the backstreet songs...brian and aj came out at the end of please dont go girl and sang it with joey...when the new kids asked for some walking music "glad you came" started playing and THE WANTED CAME OUT ON STAGE AND SANG THEIR SONG WITH THE NEW KIDS!!!...ahhhh!!!...after iwitw they would normally do intros of each other instead 98* STROLLED OUT ONTO THE STAGE!!!...no singing involved but who cares...3 amazing boybands on the stage at the same time...thats crazy talk!!!...it was so cool...aj said boybands will never die!!!...and i must agree with him!!!...one last thing, at the very end the new kids came out in bsb tshirts and bsb were wearing nk tshirts...it was great...and then it was over...boo!!











Okay so its confession time...as you may or may not know kevin is returning to the backstreet boys...so not only was this the last performance as nkotbsb, it was also the last performance as 4 backstreet boys...while kev was on hiatus howie took over his parts in iwitw and smtmobl...as a howie girl i loved this...when i realized it was the last time howie would get to sing those parts i may or may not have gotten a little teary eyed...and by teary eyed i mean there were real tears rolling down my cheeks....not a lot but yes crying happened...i was surprised at how emotional i got over this...but i did...its only the 3rd time these boys made me cry...okay confession over...haha!


When the concert was over we went to the after party again...tonight's was a little better than the night before but still nothing spectacular...after about an hour or so we decided it was time to head back to the hotel and get some sleep before day 3!

In case you missed it please check out my day 1 recap here!!

Day 3 preview: boyband softball, big time rush concert

4 comments:

Laura D said...

OMG- i totally forgot about Nick's kiss and got super excited reading about that moment again!!! Major eeeek
ANd yes- I did need a tad more convincing to leave that NK line haha....fortunately it all worked out in the end. We got our pic with Joey and his sparkly blue eyes.
Oh and I LOVE LOVE your pic with your main squeeze. It came out so good!!!!

~ashley~ said...

How could you forget about the nick kiss?!...haha!!!...

I love my pick with howie too!!!...thanks!!!

Chrissy said...

I know I'm a bit behind...first, I love all the Brian photos from BSBBQ. You had me in mind didn't you? Second, I probably know already the answer to this but....Joey's eyes...sparklier than Brian's?

~ashley~ said...

of course i was thinking of you when i was taking pictures of brian!!...

and of course you know the answer...joeys eyes are sparkly but not even close to how sparkly brian's eyes are!!...i would say joeys are on par with nick's...haha!!