Alright, I will split my review into two section, the show, and then the saga of my letter (which I'm sure you all remember me talking about)
Our seats were not perfect, but we were on the floor, which was nice, in row AA. But here is the thing. Halfway through Stand Back, my sister stands up in her chair. We were the last row in our section so there was nobody directly behind us. I at first am aprehensive because I don't want to get jacked by security, but I shortly follow suit. I have got to say that that was the best decision that I ever made. Although we were not RIGHT at the stage or anything, by being the only two people in the entire venue standing on the seats, we towered above everybody and had an absolutely unobstructed view of STEVIE. And security never told us to get down. So we stood up the whole night, and I am sure we stuck out like a sore thumb because the two of us towered. If any of you all were in the lawn, or behind the floor and saw two kids standing on chairs and dancing their little hearts out, that would have been us. ha ha.
But the show was fantastic. Stevie looked and sounded amazing. She came out and totally rocked it out. Everything was great, although she was having some trouble with her ear pieces throughout the show as she kept ajusting them. We didn't try to get up for the edge walk because the rows for the first few went all the way accross, so we didn't want to really go for it, because there was really no way we could've gotten up there. But yes, Stevie was fantastic. I am so glad she did OTR because I love that song. Still can't get over how my sister stood and danced on our seats the whole night. There were a few times when it looked like Stevie was looking
right at me~
And here is the thing. Let's say we were in fact in the 10th row or so. Yes we would have been closer to Stevie, but we would have had some view obstruction with the people who are naturally in front of us, plus, I am not particularly tall so definately. In addition, there would be no way we could've stood on our chairs as it would wholeheartedly block the people behind us. So, in summation, I think that being the last row in our section, we were able to have a more unobstructed view than a lot of people with closer seats.
Now on to the letter:
As you all know, I wrote Stevie a letter and wanted to give it to either her or her people. I had e-mailed with the venue several times about various questions, but not that particular one. So the day of the show, I call the venue and the lady answers and when I ask, she asks if she had already e-mailed the answer, and I was like "nope" and then she asks me what my name is....
And I'm thinking... "oh my gosh, she knows who I am. Not good I've probably annoyed her." So I hesitate and tell her, but she was so happy to hear from me and she goes "If I were you, I would take the letter to guest sevices when you get to the venue. Now they may not be able to give it to her people because some tours don't accept things, but it's worth a try." she then tells me that she hopes I enjoy the show, since I've been excited about it for so long, and then she tells me to e-mail her back afterwards.....
Alright, so I'm feeling like I passed step one, and that there was a possibility.
When I get to the venue, I'm all nervous when I see guest services because I'm thinking that they will totally turn me down. I finally get the nerve to walk up there, and the guy was an older gentleman who was a double amputee, perhaps a verteran. Kind of an intimidating looking guy.
So I walk up and am like "This may seem kind of weird, but I talked with Deborah at you all's main office, and she told me to try giving this to you guys and perhaps give it to someone in Stevie's crew." the guys tells me that I need to talk to someone more important than him than that and that guest services only deals with the thing INFRONT of the stage and to the lawn, not backstage. He tells me to try the front entrance and giving it to someone there. but then....
He motions me closer and says "You didn't hear this from me, but when they open the gates, walk down to the stage door and there should be someone there who is with her, and try giving it to them." So needless to say I am happy and go back to my family and tell them that I've passed level two.
We get into the venue and I'm looking and am not seeing stage doors. You all know that I am not particularly well knowledged on the whole concert thing, so I'm just thinking.....Well what am I going to do. I see a guy in a blue shirt outside of the seating area a litle by the stage, and I figure I'll try him.
So I coyly leave and walk up to him and ask him the question I asked the older gentleman, but this guy was of less help.....So I was like.... Brilliant, I have reached a roadblock.
SO I return to my family and there were like "try one of the guys in the yellow shirt." so, feeling rather dejected and unlucky, I head to a group of them and they kind of smile at me as I approach.
"How may I help you sir?" one of them asks.
I then tell him the story of how I wrote this letter and how I would love it if they could give it to Stevie and yada yada ya. The whole time I'm thinking they are either going to laugh at me, or turn me down. But to my surprise, I was wrong.
The guy goes, "Now, I can't give it directly to Stevie, but I can definately give it to her people."
Needless to say I was elated and thanked him so much, and as I walk away he tells me to enjoy the show, which I absolutely did.
So, a long story short. My sister and I had a rocking time watching Stevie standing on top of our chairs, ANDDDD, my letter gets taken to Stevie's people. In pretty much all aspects, it was a great night.