¬ cleveland, ohio - 7.22.98

Hi! I went to the bsb concert on July 22. I had a great time! I went with my sister and three friends. We woke up at around 6 to get ready for the concert. We were out of the house and picked up all our friends by 7:30. We headed to Cleveland, which is about 1 hour away.

We got there and went directly to Blossom Music Center. We looked for a bus or something, but nobody was there. Then, we headed to Chapel Hill mall, since Aaron Carter was signing autographs at 12. We waited in line from 10-12 and got his autograph. When he signs autographs, he looks like he concentrates really hard, and his mouth looks cute! I got pics of him signing autographs. His mom came with him, and she had really cool shoes! I got a couple of pics of her. We got lunch and headed out to the Sheridan, because we heard that they were staying there. We saw a bus in the parking lot, and it was Aaron's bus, because it had a piece of paper in the window that said Aaron Carter. He wasn't there, though. It was just his bus. We waited at the Sheridan, and Cathi, my friend, and I walked all through the halls because we wanted to know where their room was. They weren't there, so we headed back outside.

We waited with our other friends, and a couple minutes later, a couple of busses came into the hotel. It was the bsb and their crew. They started to come out one at a time, Howie came first, but he didn't sign autographs. Then Kevin came out, and signed almost everybody's there. AJ came out and signed a lot and took a pic with my sister. Then Brian came out and headed straight in. Nick came out and he was sucking a lollypop. He had a golf hat on too. He said he would be coming out again, but he didn't. Then, Aaron and his mom came to the hotel. We waited at the hotel for 4 hours alltogether. Then, we made friends with Howie's cousin. Her name was Amy. We kept on waiting. Some people tried to get their autographs for us because they used to work there, but they came back and said they were all sleeping. We went inside the hotel just to get some water (the hotel wouldn't let us in if we didn't have a room) and Carrie saw Kevin! We thought they were all sleeping, so we didn't think we would see anyone. He looked at Carrie, Cathi, and I and said hi to us! We were the only ones that he said hi to! He is much cuter in person! I couldn't believe that Kevin said hi to us! We then started down the steps, and saw Nick's mom again. We overheard her saying that Nick had a sinus headache. Poor Nick! We went back outside and waited. We made friends with their bodyguard, Lonnie. He was so nice, and let me take a pic with him! We asked them if they were coming down, and he said yes. It turns out that they went out a different door, but Lonnie didn't even know until they told him on his walkie talkie! So, he was walking by us to the bus. I couldn't believe they would do that! I thought that was mean. Lonnie didn't even know!

After that, we went to get dinner and headed to the concert. Our seats were really close, only about 14 rows back! Aaron opened and sang Crush on you and Shake it. Then, SOAP came out and sang three songs. Jimmy ray came out next and sang 3 songs. Then, we waited until 9 and the bsb came on. They started out with That's the way I like it. They each sang their solo songs, Nick (Heaven in my eyes), Howie (My heart stays with you), Brian (That's what she said), Kevin (Nobody but you), and AJ (Lay down beside me). They also sang Quit Playing games, As long as you love me, Let's have a party, Get down, We've got it goin' on, Hey Mr. dj, Darlin', I'll never break your heart, All I have to give, Anywhere for you, and Everybody. They left right after they sang. If you try to get backstage passes, they leave right after the show, so you wouldn't have any chance of seeing them. The concert ended at 10:45. When they sang Quit Playing games, they played their own instruments for the first half. Nick had a tank top on! I thought that was suprising. We tried to go to their hotel, but it took us 2 hours to get out of Blossom. My ears are still kind of ringing today, but I had so much fun! It was great! If you have the chance to go to a concert, I would definitely recommend it! Joanna Lee