UPDATE: Sarah posts in comments:
Just added a bit of a teaser to the Tacoma entry at Team Plaid. There are a few pics to whet your appetite. :)
Blake Lewis and Sanjaya Malaker perform for their hometown peeps tonight in Seattle, WA. Lucky for us, Sarah, PJ, Kirsten, Erinn and Boomie will be at the concert tonight (I am a jellus h8ter…).
Look for re-caps later!
In the meantime, blog regular, Sarah, (who also helps to administrate the cool Blake Lewis blog, Team Plaid) will be sending me text messages throughout the concert tonight.
Check back for updates starting around 7 pm PST….
- Update (7:38 PST) - HA HA Blake Lewis is dressed as a Pop Tart in the opening!!! His friend Ethan is up front taking pictures, so there should be some good ones…
- Update (7:41 PST) - A little girl just gave Sanjaya a rose…
- Update (7:48 PST) - Blake’s mom is dancing in the aisles to Chris Sligh’s solo…
- Update (8:01 PST) - Time for Blake! The whole place is up…
Update (intermission) - I spoke with Sarah on the phone and she tells me:
- When Blake started to perform the entire audience stood, and stayed standing for the entire performance. He gave a very heartfelt thankyou to the peeps in his hometown.
- Blake’s DAD wore a black shirt bedazzled with Blake’s nickname B shorty.
- Washington loves them some Sanjaya, too, but Blake took first place in the applause-0-meter tonight.
- The sound was much better tonight than it was at the beginning of the tour.
- Gina was cracking up during her duet with Chris Sligh: “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs.”
Second Half
- Update (9:02 PST) - Phil Stacey and the girls give Sarah goosebumps singing “America, the Beautiful”.
- Update (9:02 PST) - The guys number is fantastic! No backing instruments, just the guys playing guitars, keyboards and drums…
- Update (9:21 PST) - Chris Richardson and Blake did a little beatboxing battle at the end of their duet (Ain’t no Sunshine/Virtual Insanity/Geek In Pink)
- Update (9:23 PST) - Phil tried his best to crack Gina up during their duet. He got down on one knee to hug her…
- Update (9:29 PST) - Sarah is trying to get a picture of Blake, but he won’t look her way…and Melinda Doolittle just reminded everybody that Jordin Sparks is OMG Only!1! 17!11! OMG!
- Update (9:35 PST) - Melinda sounds even better than she did in Tampa, FL at the beginning of the tour. How did she not win? She got huge cheers from the crowd.
- Update (9:38 PST) - Jordin is finished with one song, and she’s already sucking down a bottle of water…
- Update (9:49 PST) - Jordin sounds good, but a little strained. Most folks have been sitting through her set.
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Thanks so much mj!Can’t wait for Sarah’s report. I am actually jealous too, I so wish I could be there in front row.
Anyways,
IT should be an exciting night for Blake.
He is going to have a blast and I bet the crowd will be very very loud..
GO BLAKE!
Call me a jellus h8tr as well. Sarah, pj, Kirsten and gang, you should stay in the northwest and hit the Portland show tomorrow…
Looking forward to the recaps. Go Team Plaid!
Yay Bshorty!!
Have fun Team Plaid!
Sarah and Pj are so lucky. Have fun!
Everytime I see a review of the concert, the star of the show seems to be Blake…hmmm….is that right?
Sooo…is Blake still hamming it up for Seatown? :D Did Sarah pass out after SWBL/WOWY?
*waits*
Yeah, Sarah probably passed out. Heh.
*waiting too*
*loves it*
mj, did he add anything out of the ordinary to his set tonight? I’m guessing no since you didn’t mention it up there…
ps - is she sure his shirt didn’t say SOUL PATROL? ;)
I’m also a little jealous but at least some of Team Plaid gets to see Blake in his hometown. Thanks for the updates, MJ.
Thanks so much for the updates, I wish I could be there. Hopefully Blake’s having a great time, the Bshorty shirt sounds awesome :)
Ooh, suspenseful. I thought the Cake number was Blake’s last one. Did he do something else after that? (Did they bring back “Killing Me Softly”?!!!)
He sang his typical set without extras, but he did give a little speech thanking everyone there…
Actually… Blake’s dad wore the black bedazzled “Bshorty” shirt. Sorry for the misunderstanding. :)
Also, Chris Rich and Blake were both all over the stage… I got some good pics, but there were a couple of numbers where it was pretty hard to get them. The woman next to me sure liked to dance, that’s all I have to say. I had to delete about 10 pics because her effin’ arm was blocking my pic.
LOL, Sarah. Looking forward to the recaps and hometown media reviews :)
Just added a bit of a teaser to the Tacoma entry at Team Plaid. There are a few pics to whet your appetite. :)
Spense, you should go check this post out. ;)
Thanks for the tip. Great pics! (Oh the sparkly eyes!) I’m glad you guys had so much fun.
You are quite welcome, my dear. I put up a couple of those pics just for you. :)
Blake’s dad emailed us some pictures from SeaTac, including him driving away in the new Mutang. I posted at Team Plaid, but they are also in the photobucket that Sarah linked above. :)