Also, after the crowd cleared out I went back to car to put my stuff up while my friend stayed behind to see if Michael Johns would show up. He didn’t unfortunately but when I came back Chikezie was there and he was taking pictures with people. I got a pic with him and I have to say he is a really nice guy too. He’s just like a teddy bear. So I have to give props to him for being such a sweet person. I just wish they would have given David C. more time with the fans but I’m pretty satisfied with getting my autograph and seeing him up close and having the interaction I had with him. Truth be told I don’t think I could have even spoken to him more than I did. I was too tongue tied to even say thank you when he signed my poster!

Oh and I felt bad because I sort of “snubbed” Jason. I had a poster for David to sign and it was very obviously a David Cook poster. Jason got to me before David did and he started to sign it and then he saw it and said “Oh!” and kind of stepped back. I should have told him he could sign it but again, its like my mouth would not work! I didn’t bring anything for the other Idols to sign though because I had gotten everyone else’s signature at the Oklahoma City show, except for David’s.

I was there and there were frankly a lot of rude fans. I think to complain that Carly was giving someone else passes is just completely classless.
I think the heat was getting to everyone.

Yes, I agree with you about them complaining. I am the fan that Carly gave the passes to, but I didn’t ask her for them-she offered them. I heard some fans giving her a hard time for offering them to me and I didn’t think she was rude to them-she just defended herself. People were being rather rude and pushy, but I guess it was just from the heat (which was awful) and the excitement.

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I think the heat was getting to everyone.

And I did hear some other fans giving her a hard time (being quite rude to her) about the after party passes. I didn’t ask her for them, she just offered them to me on her own since I’m a big fan. I was shocked and thought it was very sweet of her to do that.

I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t know if she was hung over or not? She was just so pale in the face & I donà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â€ž ¢t think she is normally that pale?

Maybe she wasn’t wearing makeup. She usually is.

I don’t know if she was hung over or not? She was just so pale in the face & I don’t think she is normally that pale?

Rudy if your looking, you did freak me out a bit looking so much like Archie. It was uncanny I tell ya!

Folks Carly was scarily pale. She promised a fan who had been to several concerts a pass to the after party. Someone else said something about it (not mean) and Carly got her dander up saying *Well she has been to several concerts*. Carly, no need to get defensive, really. Other than that, Carly was nice.

I think Carly might have been pale because her and some of the others partied the night before for her birthday (hung over maybe ??). I was the fan that Carly gave the after party passes to and I had a blast!!! I am a fan of Cookie, Michael, and Carly, but she’s my favorite. Plus I know her and her Mom through one of her fan sites-that’s why she gave me the passes. Anyways, everyone came to the after party except for Michael (not sure why) and I got pictures of all of them. It lasted for over an hour and was absolutely amazing!!!

that’s OUR Archie look-alike. Get your own! LOL

Seriously, thank you for mentioning our good buddy and honorary BAWN (S.F. Bay Area Word Nerd). It gave us all something to smile about.

– the BAWN girls

p.s. He’s really a Carly fan.

Wow, so some had gone to 9 and some had gone to 11 concerts – makes my going to 5 sound tame by comparison. I’ll have to tell my dear husband so he realizes it could be worse

There were only a handful of rude people I ran into at the M&G. Everyone else there was out of the way kind and helpful to everyone. Very friendly. I had a really good time, just tiring and very hot.

MJ I agree, it’s just people not a major accident, no need to push, but they do.

People I met that had gone to numerous concerts & M&G said this was the largest crowd. Most estimated it at around 500. I low balled it at 300-400 but they were more than likely correct.

I met alot of hardcore Idoler’s. There was one group of Word Nerd’s that had gone to 9 concerts. I also met another group of women who had been to 11.

I don’t know if my experience would have been quite as bad with the pushy peeps had I not been right up against the barrier. It was the surge from the rows behind me that did it. I like my space I do, lol.

ETA… I adore Rudy!!! Such a sweetheart!!!!! If you know him tell him I said hello. He wanted my email which I wrote down for him. If anyone could, tell him to go ahead & email me & I will send him his pics, because he asked if he could have them. Such a cutie pie!!!

and yes, rudeness unfortunately seemed to abound when it got too crowded. Same thing in San Jose. When DC was in front of me, this woman behind me shoved a à ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã…“SHOEà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬  in front of my face and into his, for him to sign. Only my southern upbringing restrained me from smacking her backwards.

It seems to be that meeting an Idol is a dangerous taks…. :laugh_tb:

To bad that some people feel the need to be rude or take avantage of the Idols :nono_tb:… I agree that a great part of the experience is having fun while waiting :drunk_tb:…after all the probability that they will remember you after seem you for 1 minute while they write their names is almost zero (unless your are as beautiful as movie star or as funny as Jerry Seinfield), so IÂ ´ll guess meeting new people and having fun is what it made the most of the experience of waiting by the buses…

I have enjoyed a lot of the reviews and stories for the people taht have being as nice as to share them in this an other blogs… what have make me more happy is know that an idol that they didn ´t like during the season has won them over… so thanks to anyone that has take the time to recap their experience…and MJ for given them a way to express their stories… :clap_tb:

Rudy the look a like … let me see IÂ ´ll give him 7/10 only after seing that photo… maybe is I see one the two of them together… :ponder_tb:

The dolls made me wonder how much matching gifts the Davids got… I had know that they have got tshirt and necklace… I guess it should be funny to see all this matching gifts someday… :lol_tb:

Rudy is a sweetheart, so glad he got to do this for Archie. I can’t wait to see some pics of them together.

and yes, rudeness unfortunately seemed to abound when it got too crowded. Same thing in San Jose. When DC was in front of me, this woman behind me shoved a “SHOE” in front of my face and into his, for him to sign. Only my southern upbringing restrained me from smacking her backwards.

Most everyone was extremely nice but there were some awfully pushy women there. Sheesh.

My experiences meeting people on the m&g line have been nearly always AWESOME.

In Providence, however, I’d found a spot, maybe 1 person deep to get some decent pictures of Archie as he came down the line. I turned to say something to the person standing next to me and this bitch SHOVES her friend in front of me to get her closer to the front so she can get a picture with David. I GLARED at her. Her response was to screech at me, “We came all the way here from New Jersey”. Oh, BFD. That gives you an excuse to be rude?

Then, as David approached us, she started screaming at him, “We came all the way here from New Jersey, take a picture with us…” Meanwhile, Archie was working the line as fast as he could, trying to get to everyone. He was telling people he didn’t have time to take pics with people, but he ended up doing it anyway.

I think some people look at the opportunity as once in a lifetime, and that if they are rude or piss off people they don’t know, so be it. Personally, the two seconds of time you get to say Hi to your favorite hardly seems worth the rudeness, I mean if you were saving your child from an oncoming car or something, I could see pushing and shoving people. But meeting an Idol? I don’t think so.

Anyway, that crowd at the Bok center looks like it was huge. I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out to be the biggest crowd of all the afternoon M&Gs.

Great reportà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ Archie is to cuteà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬ ¦ I wish you have a photo of the look alike and the dolls

The look alike is in the second row, 3rd pic from left up top. Straight on he looks scarily like David. He was such a sweet kid too! There were alot of photo’s taken of them when he gave the doll to Archie. I was trying to switch to vid while holding onto my stuff for Cook & keeping my ground from pushy women while it was going on so I missed video’ing or getting a photo of it.

Gwen I love ya girl! I have now paid the Rehab center to stay away from me cause I like it just fine in Cookland, lol.

Geek, aww girl. You were the first person I went up to when I arrived with my friend. I just go by a different nick here than the AI boards or Word Nerd Home is all. It was so great to meet you and all the others! Most everyone was extremely nice but there were some awfully pushy women there. Sheesh.

It was horrifically hot and I think it was working everyone’s nerves. But when they started coming out, things got better. Kristie Lee was very sweet. Archie has a radiant smile and David Cook is… well… he’s David Cook. The screams when he came out were deafening. And he looked so… lovely. (Okay, fangirling is over for now.)

As soon as David signed my iPhone I RAN AWAY. I had a present for Carly but I’d been there since 8:30 and I can mail the damn thing.

It really was intense. The heat and humidity was so bad that the security guards were sharing their water with us! Too many people. Too little Cook time.

He was very very nice to everyone but he also seemed a little stressed out. I think they had him scheduled within an inch of his life yesterday.

BUT… however little time he had, however many gifts he was loaded down with, or the poor guards were loaded down with, he took the time to give everyone a sincere thank you. And when he stepped in front of the little boy next to me he completely engaged him. The poor kid was miserable with the heat and the crowd pushing and the waiting so long… and he had a little guitar. So when David stepped in front of him he said, “What have you got there, man?” And he proceeded to chat with the boy like he suddenly had all the time in the world. I kind of love him for that.

The concert was FANTASTIC. It really was. EVERYBODY was terrific. Chikeze was so good, he had everyone on their feet right away and then he had everyone awwwwing when he started to cry. He was extremely emotional.

Michael Johns was ON FIRE and also happened to be sporting a ridiculous “porn stache” that he said he grew for Freddy Mercury and David Cook. I’m sure someone has posted already that David snuck up to the stage to give him a rose and then douse him with silly string. I can post pictures but I have to resize them all. They are HUGE.

I have never been a huge fan of Syesha, but when she does “Listen” she earns everyone’s respect and deserves the standing ovation that she usually gets. She sings the hell out of that song.

Archie has learned some MOVES!! You should have seen him go during Stand By Me! It was the most adorable thing EVER. He had the little girls behind me turning to mush. And screaming their PIERCING screams! He was very very good. I love me some Archuleta!

But for me… There is no other David in the world but my David Cook. Who is a big giant ball of awesome. He totally killed every song… was sweet, sappy, funny and so incredibly sexy that it’s getting kind of ridiculous. He jumped off the stage and went out into the crowd at the end of My Hero. It was intense.

One of my favorite banter moments was when someone threw panties on the stage (again) and he looked down at them and said, “I don’t know where these came from, but there are two trains of thought… Someone threw these on stage with my mother in the audience… Or my mother threw these on stage.” He couldn’t say the last line without breaking up laughing.

The funniest part is that he pushed them off stage with his foot saying, “I’m just gonna… do that.” He’s getting panty-phobic like Archie!

I’m in denial that this is the last time they’re going to be together. So I don’t want to talk about that.

I’d better get to resizing my pics because I have one of MJ that is just… beyond description.

Thanks for the recap nad the photos…

Gwen thanks for being excited for me, heh, it helped!

I’m hardcore like that. :wink_ee:

OMG! Sounded like a madhouse! Glad you got to meet The Cook, though!