IT WAS DECEMBER 11, 1997, 5 DAYS AFTER MY 19th BIRTHDAY.  I HAD
        BOUGHT TWO TICKETS TO GO SEE SEBASTIAN BACH AND HIS OPENING ACT
       CALLED " THE KRUSH. "  THE SHOW WAS IN  DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH AT THE
       GRAFFITI.  MY SISTER AND I HAD GOT INTO THE THIRD ROW, THE KRUSH WAS
      ALREADY PLAYING, THEY WERE A PRETTY COOL BAND, MORE LIKE MEGADETH.
      AFTER THE KRUSH WAS DONE PLAYING THERE WAS A SMALL INTERLUDE BUT MY
      SISTER AND I DID NOT MOVE, WE WERE ANXIOUSLY WAITING TO SEE SEBASTIAN
       BACH ROCK THE PLACE DOWN.  SEBASTIAN CAME OUT ON STAGE ABOUT 15
       MINUTES LATER AND THE CROWD WENT CRAZY, HE CAME OUT SINGING SLAVE
       TO THE GRIND, THE SECOND SONG HE SANG WAS PIECE OF ME AND DURING
     THAT SONG I HAD BEEN SINGING THE LYRICS RIGHT BACK TO SEBASTIAN AND HE
       SEEN ME AND GRABBED MY HAND, BY THAT TIME THE CROWD WAS GETTING
       PUSHY TO GET A CLOSER SHOT OF SEBASTIAN, HE HAD ALSO SEEN MY SISTER
      NEXT TO ME AND HE GRABBED HER HAND TOO.  AFTER PIECE OF ME SEBASTIAN
       STARTED SINGING MONKEY BUSINESS AND THE CROWD WAS STILL PUSHING
      THEIR WAY UP TO THE FRONT DURING THAT TIME MY SISTER WAS KNOCKED TO
      THE GROUND AND SHE COULDN'T FIGHT TO GET BACK UP BECAUSE SHE IS SO
      SMALL, BY THAT TIME I WAS IN A PANIC TRYING TO GET HER OUT, BUT I COULD
       NOT GET HER OUT SO I STARTED SCREAMING FOR HELP AND ONE GUY FROM
        THE CROWD HELPED ME GET HER OUT OF THE CROWD, SHE WAS ALREADY
        DOWN THERE FOR A GOOD TEN MINUTES AND I THOUGHT SHE WAS DEAD
       BECAUSE WHEN THE GUY CARRIED HER OUT SHE LAID LIFELESS IN HIS ARMS,
         THANK GOD SHE CAME TO WHEN SHE GOT SOME AIR.  THE MANAGER OF
      GRAFFITI HAD SEEN HER BEING CARRIED OVER FROM THE CROWD AND ASKED
       IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT HE COULD DO FOR THE INCONVENIENCE AND
      SHE ASKED FOR A GLASS OF WATER AND I ASKED IF WE COULD MEET SEBASTIAN
        DUE TO THE INCONVENIENCE AND MUCH TO OUR SURPRISE HE SAID SURE,
      THAT'S THE LEAST I COULD DO.  SO WE WATCHED THE REST OF THE SHOW FROM
       THE TOP BALCONY AND WERE WAITING FOR OUR CHANCE TO FINALLY MEET
      OUR IDOL WHO WE NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD GET
     THAT CLOSE TO.  SO WE WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO THE BACKSTAGE, I WAS SHAKING
        LIKE A RUBBER GOOSE WHEN THE BACKSTAGE DOOR OPENED AND I SEEN
      SEBASTIAN STANDING THERE.  ALL I COULD THINK IS WHAT DO I SAY TO A MAN
       THAT HAS BEEN MY IDOL AND INSPIRATION FOR 12 YEARS?  SO WE ENTERED
       THE DOORS TO MEET SEBASTIAN, I LET MY SISTER GO FIRST BECAUSE SHE WAS
       THE ONE WHO GOT HURT, ALL SHE COULD DO IS SCREAM SEBASTIANS NAME
       AND GO RUNNING TO HIM, HE GREETED HER WITH OPEN ARMS AND PICKED
      HER UP OFF THE GROUND AND HUGGED HER FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, HE ASKED
       HER IF SHE WAS OK AND SHE SAID YES BUT SHE WAS STILL A LITTLE SHAKIN' UP
      AND HE MADE HER PROMISE THAT THE NEXT TIME WE COME TO THE SHOW THAT
      WE WOULD GO UP ON THE BALCONY BECAUSE WE WERE WAY TO SMALL TO BE
      STANDING IN THE FRONT AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE EITHER OF US GET HURT,
       SO WE PROMISED HIM THAT WE WOULD GO ON THE BALCONY AT HIS NEXT
      SHOW.  WELL, I WAS LAST BUT NOT LEAST TO MEET SEBASTIAN, I HAD BUTTERFLIES
       IN MY STOMACH AS I APPROACHED HIM BUT I TOLD HIM EVERYTHING THAT I
      WANTED TO SAY TO HIM WITH TEARS IN MY EYES, I TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS MY
      GOD AND THAT HE IS TO ME WHAT ROB HALFORD IS TO HIM, SEBASTIAN STOOD
       SPEECHLESS FOR ABOUT 3 MINUTES STANDING THERE WITH HIS HAND IN HIS
     HAIR AND THE OTHER HAD HOLDING THE FRONT OF HIS PANTS, FINALLY HE SAID
      THANKS BABE AND HE SAID WOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THAT.  THEN
       HE STARTED SIGNING SOME AUTOGRAPHS AND I ASKED HIM IF I COULD JUST
       KISS HIM AND HE SAID SURE!!!!!  HE PULLED ME OVER TO HIM WITH A MOUTH
       FULL OF LABATTS BLUE AND SMACKED HIS LIPS ON MINE, I FELL TO MY KNEES
         ON THE CEMENT AND SAID I AM NOT WORTHY AND HE SAID I LOVE THIS
     BUSINESS, SEBASTIAN SIGNED MY FAVORITE JEANS AND FROM THAT MOMENT ON
       SEBASTIAN AND I TALKED LIKE WE WERE LONG LOST FRIENDS AND WE KNEW
      EACH OTHER FOREVER, HE HAD HIS ARM HANGING ON MY SHOULDER WHEN HE
      WAS TALKING TO ME AND NEVER ADDRESSED ME BY MY NAME HE JUST CALLED
      ME BABE OR HON.  THE TIME CAME TO WHERE WE HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE OUR
      RIDE HAD CAME, I DON'T DRIVE PITTSBURGH, SEBASTIAN ASKED US TO STAY BUT
       WE COULDN'T THEN HE SAID COME BACK NEXT TIME TO SEE ME AND WE SAID
       WE WILL DEFINITELY BE THERE AND HE SAID DO YOU PROMISE AND WE SAID
      YES AND HE GRABBED ME AGAIN AND GAVE ME ANOTHER KISS AND HE GAVE MY
      SISTER ONE TO AND AS WE WERE LEAVING HE SAID I CAN'T WAIT TO PARTY WITH
         YA NEXT TIME AND WE SAID COOL AND THEN HE SAID " MERRY FUCKIN'
      CHRISTMAS."  WELL THEY SAY THAT THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT CAN BRING MIRACLES
     AND I BELIEVE THAT MINE CAME TRUE THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 11, 1997 WHEN
      I MET SEBASTIAN BACH, THAT DAY IS STILL IN MY MIND AND IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY
        YESTERDAY WHEN WE MET HIM.  I CANT WAIT TO SEE HIM AGAIN AND PARTY
                      BACKSTAGE AGAIN AT THE NEXT SHOW.
                         ROCK ON SEBASTIAN FOREVER!!!

                                                          GINGER