Alyssa's Experience
Hi, this story was donated by Alyssa (XoXLilSweetsXoX@aol.com)
so if you have any questions, please direct them towards her! Thanks! And
remember, if you have any stories from when YOU met O-Town, email them
to ME at LuvDJ0102@hotmail.com and I'll post them on the site!
During Winter break my
family and I went up to Orlando to go to Disney World, the night before
we went to Disney we went to this mall/movie place up in Orlando. As I
walked into the movie theatre there was someone staring at me, I'm one
of those people who knows when someone is looking at you, I can just tell.
Anyway, to my surprise it was Erik Estrada I gave him a friendly smile
and walked away. However, at that time, I wasn't such an O-town freak,
and I wasn't sure where he was from. So as I sat down into my seat in the
theatre I all of a sudden realized that that was Erik! I got up and ran
out so fast to try to find him but he wasn't there. So I told myself I
am going to meet them. Well it just so happened my best friend surprised
me with tickets to their concert in Pompano Beach on February 12. We skipped
school that day and got ready (it took like 4 hours, hey we wanted to look
our best for them) :) then the drive was about an hour away so we went
early. When we got there we had a wait but it wasn't long. As soon as the
amphitheater opened we went in, and unluckily we had like the last row
in the amphitheater. But we made friends with a lot of people there and
it just so happened that one of the girls had row 8 tickets that weren’t
being used. I seriously think we thanked her about 1,000 times! Anyway
during the concert my manager had said if you wanna get backstage ask for
this guy and since I know him, he can hook you two up. Well we went around
asking for the guy but no one would tell us where he was. He was like one
of those big shots in the business..all the people would say maybe..and
then some obnoxious girls’d interrupt us. :(..During the concert one of
the security guards came up to me and was like, “Hey you want to go on
stage for one of their songs?” The girl in front of me got up so fast and
ran out of her seat and was like “I will!” so he was like “Oh ok”. So I
could've had a spot up on that stage! But that’s ok that I didn't get up
there because what was yet to come was even better. During the whole concert
Ashley kept looking and smiling and pointing.. man he was melting my heart.
So at the end of the concert I had this big urge of disappointment. I hadn't
met O-town. So we sat in our seats for awhile letting all the wild fans
leave hoping something would happen. Sadly, we walked out of the amphitheater
last. We were the only people left. The crowds had cleared and there were
about 15 people just standing there. We were about to leave and Trevor
walked out! He said hey and we were talking for awhile, (I also got an
autograph.) and then the girls were screaming so much he walked over to
them and said bye nice meeting you good luck with singing (because I sing
-n- dance). In addition, I had felt so happy I met Trevor. Then Jacob comes
out and I was like oh my god. We almost got his bandana but unfortunately
we didnt :( .. I got a hug and all went well with him. Suddenly, Dan comes
walking out with a towel over his head because he had taken a shower. I
remember his first exact words " Hey baby! How you doing sweetie? I'm really
glad you came to our concert hun" I was like uh huh. Sitting there like
a blonde not knowing what to say. So I talked with him for a little after
I got out of my state of shock and got a hug. Erik unfortunately was crowded
by all the fans that I couldn't even get a peak of him. I was extremely
upset, but as I turned around Ashley was RIGHT there. I was talking with
him for awhile, and he was like always go for your dreams, hopefully I'll
see you in the business. And all of this stuff and my heart was just melted.
That truly would have to be the best night of my life.
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