Everett, WA

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Everett Events Center
February 18, 2007

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Originally posted by Kristin

Ok . . . so last time I typed up a loooong review I will try to remember it as best i can.

I dragged my friend Jenn along with me, and told her since I paid for the tickets she was going to be street teaming her little ass off with me! And she did. She's a sweetheart for putting up with me that night! I'm sure I was a crazy woman!

We got to the venue around 5:45 and doors were opeing at 6:30. We were probably behinnd like 10 or 15 people . . . not too bad at all. It was freezing though, and of course, being Washington it started to rain a little bit . . . not bad, but enough to make me really feel the cold! (We don't use umbrellas up here either . . . being a northwesterner I always assume people with umbrellas are wimps or tourists, haha, little rain never hurt anybody!) I started chatting with some people in line around me about JK and started passing out postcards there. Becky found me after she heard me talking about the boys, and she was sitting front row and promised to get some good pictures.

Once they let us in Jenn and I rushed to the merch table and I bought my hoodie and my EP right away. Then I put my hoodie on because I was freezing . . . It really must be said that the hoodie is my new favorite sweatshirt. It is so cozy! I practically live in it when I'm not working. I want to order another one just so this one doesn't get too worn out, haha. Anyway . . . we left some postcards at the merch table and then walked around and left them in all the bathrooms - yes even the men's bathrooms! I let Jenn do those ones. We both agreed that a sweet, innocent little girl like me had no place in the mens bathroom - but Jenn has no shame, haha. Actually . . . when we were in line we saw this guy that looked like Bret Michaels from poison . . . and we bumped into him EVERYWHERE that night. Sure enough the ONLY bathroom Jenn went into that had somebody in it . . . he was in there. She came out and told me that every rose does indeed have it's thorn ;D After the bathrooms we left them at the concession stands and when I heard Electric Mary start to play I knew it was time to get down to our seats so we ran down there. We were row 9 on the floor!

The guys came on, and as soon as people saw toby they rushed the stage! It was great! Jenn and I tried to run up to the stage, but the security guard wouldn't let us up there!!! He was all pissed off because during EM he was running to his spot and tripped on a cord and fell over so Jenn and I laughed at him so of course when he was telling us we couldn't go up there like 10 other people ran past him! We could see the stage fine though, so I guess it was okay. I wasn't going to let him ruin my night! (remember mean security guy for later though;)) They opened with Whatcha Gonna Do, and then did Burnin Down the House, Rebel Yell, December, and TIA. Once the acoustic part of TIA was over and the boys started rocking out the crowd went crazy. They loved it! Toby was hilarious throughout the set . . . saying he loved waking up to our mountains in the northwest when he was hungover because it was very calming, haha. He also made reference to the negative impact our cold weather was having on certain parts of his anatomy ;D

After the set was over . . . I could hear people all around going "that was it?" so I know they wanted to hear more from our boys. They put on an amazing show and the crowd LOVED them.

The rest of the night was great too. I walked around handing out postcards and such . . . saw Tommy walk right past me towards backstage when Panic Channel was on but he was going so fast I didn't even have time to get his name out before he was backstage. :( It was the saddest moment of my life! I do so love my Tommy! #giggle#

Right after the Panic Channel set Jenn and I were going to go to the bathroom and when we left our seats I almost literally ran into Todd! I stopped him and he noticed my hoodie and my ST dog tags and got a big smile on his face and gave me a hug! The he stopped and chatted with me for like 15 minutes! He was super sweet and totally made my night! You can just tell he really appreciates everything that we're doing for them, as I'm sure the rest of the boys do too. He a bit distraught that they had run out of beer apparently. I don't know how you can be one tour with TLee and run out of beer, but I guess it happens! After we finished chatting I went up with Jenn and we passed out more postcards and re-stocked a couple of the bathrooms we didn't see postcards in. I'd say we got at least 200 if not 300 postcards out.

During the Supernova show I saw Toby over in the corner right by the guardrail taking pictures with people and shortly after Tommy was there for a few minutes too. I got up to go say hi to them . . . enter the mean security guy! (It's not my fault he's clumsy! But I laughed so he was a jerk.) He wouldn't let me go the 13 feet past him to say hi . . . so after arguing with him I thought it would be a good idea to yell Toby's name (Tommy had gone somewhere backsatge by then) and flailing my arms to get his attention. Needless to say . . .it did not work ;D It WAS during the supernova set and I could barely hear myself let alone someone 13 feet away so I don't know why I expected Toby to hear me. He didn't hear or see me . . . so that was pretty much the saddest moment of my life revisited . . . on the same night, haha. Oh well . . . next time. I did what I went to do and that was street team!

Once the show was over we headed to the exits and planted ourselves there for a bit and passed out post cards and chatted with some people as they were leaving. It was a great night, and if it's at all possible I love the guys more now than I did before I saw the show. They killed it. Can't wait for summer tour to get the boys back up here. . . you all better look out too - Kristin's turning 21 in May . . . I'm going to be a wild woman!!!

Ok . . . Picture time!! These were not taken by me, but they were sent to me by Becky, and she has given me permission to post her pictures. They're pretty much all Toby, but who's complaining about that?? ;)

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/toby20with20crowd.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/toby20takes20a20pic.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/toby20smiling.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/toby20sitting.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/toby20screams.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/toby20in20crowd.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/toby20and20todd.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/toby14.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/toby7.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/takes20a20pic.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/stretches.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/more20toby.jpg


This is Becky with Toby and Tommy out by the bus after the show.

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/Me202620Toby.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/signing20autographs.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/toby15.jpg
and lastly . . . a few photos taken by Toby during the show

I'll be forever grateful for this one . . . WOW #drool#
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v491/icefairy26/JK%20Shows/Everett%20WA%20Feb182007/tommy.jpg


If you look, you'll notice Becky in the background wearing her JK hoodie!
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