At 6:00 am on Thursday, July 2nd, I had was sitting in front of Planet Hollywoon in Wash., DC because Hanson was scheduled to do a press conference at 2:00 pm. I was the 3rd person in line. Here's the list of events.

Waited until 11:00 am for Planet Hollywood to open. Got in. Got front seats (Closest table) to the Press Conference. Ordered food,ate slowly and at 1:00 pm the entire Hanson Family were upstairs in a private area blocked off w/ curtains to eat. At 2:00 pm they came down for the Press Conference. We were told to stay quiet and not scream or else they'd make us leave. When they arrived they waved to the fans and Isaac was very adament about asking us to keep the noise level down by using hand jestures and going "shhh", cause you can't hold a Press Conference when people are screaming.

After the Press Conference they came over to us so we could take pix (which I have) and shook hands w/ the fans. Well, I was standing up in front (this is not an exageration) when all of a sudden the place went nuts and fans were trying to climb over each other and things got pretty out of hand. I have the pix and the big bruise on my back to prove it. Anyway, during this time Tay was shaking hands w/ the two girls from Ohio that were on my right. I was being pushed against the table so hard and I put my right hand onto the top to balance myself when all of a sudden someone grabbed my left hand and was shaking it yet holding onto it w/ a slight grip. I looked up and saw the most beautiful blue eyes that ever existed. Yeah, it's true. Tay had my hand. I was speechless. I didn't scream but I didn't let go either. Like I said, things got crazy and then I heard Isaac yell to Tay to let my hand go because I couldn't breath. Which,by the way, annoyed me bad, not Isaac of course, but the fans because I never tried to pounce on people at the Beacon and I didn't try to mame people when I didn't get to touch their hand then like some of the other girls did. Anyways, as I was saying....Ike yelled for Tay to let go and then he yelled at Zac because Zac was just being Zac and causing the crowd to go nuts. After that they got the heck out of there.

I also had a great opportunity to see the entire Hanson Family, including Baby Zoe w/ Mrs. Hanson as they got on that big blue tour bus. Well, that's all for now. The concert at the Nissan Pavillian was incredible but the Press Conference was the absolute creme de la creme. Ashley Poma