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Name: Heidi M.
Date: July 2, 2010
Where: Lilith Fair Tour
LILITH FAIR! The morning of the concert, I said to my mom, “I wonder if Bethany will come out and sing with Grace Potter, since they sang a song together on One Tree Hill.” I thought it was a cool idea, but Bethany never came on stage. Grace Potter & the Nocturnals rocked their set. She is one sassy lady! About an hour after Grace’s set, she came out in the pouring rain to sign cds and take pictures. I was third in line. As Grace was signing my cd, a girl in a baseball cap walked up behind Grace. They hugged and started chatting. I was kind of standing there like who the heck is that. The girl looked like my favorite swimmer Natalie Coughlin, so I bent down to see the face under the hat, and amazingly, it was BETHANY JOY GALEOTTI! So, I’m like spazzing out trying to get her attention without interrupting their little reunion. They said goodbye to each other and then Grace and I took a picture together. I left the table and walked quickly out of the tent in hopes of catching up with Bethany. I called her name, and she turned around. I asked if we could take a picture and she said sure. She was with her husband Michael, so I asked him if he would take the picture. He happily agreed. I told them that we had eaten at Galeotti’s the night before and they asked how we liked it. I said it was sooo good and Michael asked if we had the cheesecake. I said of course and that we loved it. I thanked them and let them go on their way.
Name: Jessica
Date: April 4, 2009
Where: Tin Pan South Songwriter’s Festival in Nashville, TN
So, I leave my house at 2:00, so I would get there in plenty of time! The show started at 6:30 and I wanted to get there by at least 5:30 and it was supposed to be about a 2 1/2 hour drive. Well, I totally forgot Nashville was in the CENTRAL time zone, so I got there even earlier than I planned b/c of the time change. Anyway, there were already people waiting outside, so I waited with them for about 2 hours. They let us in about 10 minutes before the show was supposed to start. I met a girl and her mom waiting in line, so I sat with them. The venue was club-like with a bar and tables and chairs all in the front of the stage. It was a very intimate atmosphere. I sat at one of the tables toward the back, but where Joy was on the stage, I was directly in front of her, so I got some good shots of her because I didn’t have to move around to see her or anything! So, there was Joy and Amber of Everly, songwriter Jeff Cohen, Jaron from Evan and Jaron, and Lila McCann. They each took turns singing one of their songs (the order: Jeff, Lila, Jaron, Everly) and they did 5 rounds of that. Everly sang Sweetest Thing, Stars, Right Time, Girl & The Moon (which Joy wrote about Michael), and Home Is Me-You Are Mine. I couldn’t get a CD b/c I didn’t have anymore cash. Anyway, after they were done, a whole bunch of people went up to the stage to get autographs and stuff. Joy said that after they were done packing up that she would meet us over by the bar where they were selling the CD’s. The owners kept trying to get us to leave because they needed to let the people waiting for the late show come in, but Joy and Amber kept signing and taking pictures! I had made a little thing for her wishing her a happy birthday that I gave to her and she signed a coaster from the table that I sat at! After I got Joy’s autograph, I tried to get Amber’s, but there was so many people and the owners were kicking us out, so I just had to leave without Amber’s autograph. But Joy was really sweet and quiet. And she was so small! I felt like a giant compared to her! I felt like I was hovering over her and I wanted to crouch down at her level! I told her that I saw her at the charity game last year, but wasn’t able to really get my picture with her, and she just nodded, and was like, “Oh, yeah?” She was able to talk more with other people because the line started dwindling down, but I wanted to let other people get their chance, so I just got my autograph and picture and made my way out. Anyway, as I was driving away, I drove by the venue and Joy and Amber had come out and were standing IN THE STREET still talking to people and signing autographs! If I had hung outside a little bit longer before I got in my car, I probably would have caught them come out and I would have stayed for as long as I could and talked to them, but oh well! I mean, that’s how dedicated to their fans they are. They were standing next to the curb on the street because they couldn’t be in the venue anymore! So, that’s pretty much it!
Name: Tabitha
Date: April 26, 2008
Where: The 5th Annual OTH Basketball Charity Game
Lee Norris- OMG, very nice guy! When I got to him in the autograph line he said he really liked my shirt and I told him that he was cute. Haha. He’s the only one that I got a picture of looking straight at me. He acted like he really wanted to talk to me.
Bethany Joy Galeotti- Also a very nice person. She got up and walked through the autograph line near the end of the day. When Joy got to us my cousin asked her if she would sign with our silver pen (because our pictures were dark) and Jess didn’t even realize that Joy was already holding a silver pen. So there was some laughter about that. We also told Joy thanks for staying all day and she said “sure, no problem”.
James Lafferty- Nice, but a little shy. (James had told everyone earlier that you could only get one thing signed by each person) I had 2 things I was getting signed, a cast picture I brought from home and a bag I bought at the game. Of course I wanted James to sign the cast pic, but Stephen passed James the bag so fast that I didn’t have time to stop him from signing it. I made some sort of noise that indicated I didn’t want James signing my bag and he looked up at me and said “here, let me sign this” (taking my cast pic). So now I have 2 things signed by James Lafferty, Yay!
Jackson Brundage- Cuttest kid ever!!! He handed me some starburst while I was waiting in line for autographs.
Sophia Bush- We had 6 girls in our group and we made our shirts for the game. On the back they had letters that spelled out WE(heart)OTH. During half-time a woman for some news station asked to come down on the court and get them on camera. Well, Sophia came up to us and said “nice” and told us that she liked them. Then she handed us some starburst. Yeah, starburst were really popular that day! LoL
Vaughn Wilson- Nice guy, and funny too. He’s the only one I got a picture with at the game. He came and sat with us in the bleachers and talked for a good while.
Joe (Owen)- OMG, sweetest personality! My sister got him on tape saying “Hi Madison!” He looked very good Saturday with his tan too!
All of the other cast members were nice too. No one disappointed me! The OTH cast is AWESOME!
Name: Lindy
Date: April 26, 2008
Where: The 5th Annual OTH Basketball Charity Game
Meeting Joy was absolutely fantastic. I was on the front row and she was one row in front of me where the players were sitting. At one point she came to talk to Michaela and Lisa who were arm’s length of me and I was just in awe. She’s so much more gorgeous in person. They all are, in my opinion. She didn’t stay out during the whole game, but she was back for autographs. When it was my turn, they started playing the song “My Cherona” and she was like “Oh snap!” I guess b/c she liked the song, and she started singing it while she was signing my picture. I told her I loved her music and she said “Thank you. That is so awesome.”
Jackson was the cutest little kid I’ve ever seen. He was dancing on the court and playing basketball. He threw out Starburst candy. I caught one of them thrown by him. He was so sweet. When he was signing my picture, I told him Thank You and he just smiled at me.
James, on the other hand, didn’t have much to say. He was talking to Mark about how many more people they had to go through. Mark said something about them being a third of the way through. I don’t know if he was ready to get out of there or what. But he signed my picture and told me thanks for coming. He was so gorgeous!
The whole experience was great. Lisa and Michaela were so nice. I told Lisa I loved her dress and she was like thank you, it’s one of my favorites too. She was so sweet.
Name: Chelsea
Date: January 19, 2008
Where: Macy’s signing in Seattle
So my sister Brittany and I went to Macy’s 3 hours early to stand in line to meet Joy. She was number 51 and I was number 52. We both couldn’t wait to meet her, although Brittany considers Joy her idol and was almost to the point of freaking out. haha Time went by really fast and when we got up to the table to see her, we seriously did freak out. Brittany talked to her a lot longer than I did, and she is also the one in the picture, because my photo didn’t turn out. But Brittany, Joy and I talked for almost 5 minutes and Brittany considers it the best 4-5 minutes of her life. haha We were both really surprised of how down to earth Joy is, and how she is even more gorgeous in person than she is on OTH which is hard to believe since she is so cute on TV. haha We talked about how she liked living in Washington and who her best friend is on the set of OTH (Hilarie Burton). It was like having a chat with a best friend. She definitely is now my idol too, and love watching her even more every Tuesday.
