I’ve never seen so many stars in my entire life!
The moment I arrived here in the US I always wanted to meet some stars/celebrities up close. But I never really had the chance to. Except for attending one of the American Idol Concerts, I did get to see my favorite idol, Katharine McPhee perform live.
However, after what happened last night, I feel like I’m still living in a dream.
Well as you all know, I’m a huge fan of Katharine so when I heard that she would be performing at "The Grove Tree Lighting Spectacular" I decided to go. There were a lot of other artists as well like Jojo, Five for Fighting, The Cast of Highschool Musical, etc…
So obviously I was so excited! This would be my very first time watching the Tree lighting event.
We got there at around 4:35 PM and the show starts at around 7:00 PM. By the time we arrived, there were already a ton of people and the parking lots were almost full. We settled in near the stage, but it was hard to stay put cause the security staff was ushering people out. They said that we weren’t allowed to be there till 5:30. But obviously we didn’t listen.
During that time Jojo was on stage rehearsing her performance! She was singing her hit single "Too Little Too Late" and I have to say the girl can sing! It really is different when you hear them sing LIVE!
Everything was just so SURREAL! There were cameras everywhere! A Teleprompter, The production crew, it was just a dream come true. I’ve always wanted to see how they tape these kind of shows because this is the kind of career that I want to have. Well hopefully.
After Jojo rehearsed, The cast of Highschool Musical was next. There was only three of them, Ashley Tisdale, Monique Coleman, and Corbin Bleu. At that moment all I can say is "OMG! It’s Ashley Tisdale! I so love her at the "That so suite life of zack and cody" (But not too much of her singing) and she was right there! Right there in front of me! (Not that close though, but I can see her perfectly!)
Okay so next was John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting. Not that I really care about him. I just wanted to get it over with and start the damn showw! We’ve already waited for like 3 hours just standing there doing nothing. My feet was tired, My back was aching, I felt like I had a headache as well and it was so friggin’ HOT! So yeah that was a nightmare.
After a few minutes before the show, they finally allowed us to sit down in the red carpet thing. I immediately rushed in so I could get a good view of the stage. We sat at about 3 or 4 rows behind but we still are very close to the stage. Finally we were able to sit down. Then there was this announcer and told us the details about the show. It will air on Dec. 2 on CBS channel 2 at 7:00 PM.
I think you guys know by now… I’m going to be shown on TV! LOL! Holy crap! Can you believe that? This is so FREAKING AWESOME! But at the same time I felt stupid because I looked ridiculous! Haha! Who cares though, I’m going to be on national tv! Bleh! Hehe!
So it’s SHOW TIME.
The first performers to open the show was Aly and Aj. I had no idea that they were going to be there, So I screamed! When they got on stage I screamed a lot louder! And I’m not even a huge fan of the both of them, but I was just so happy to see a lot of stars that night! Again I was like "OMG! OMG! That’s Aly and Aj! They were standing there right on stage and waiting for their cue. First they had to shot some audience reactions first and then on with their performance. (You have no idea how many times they had make us "applaud")
So Aly and Aj performed their own Christmas song called "The Geatest Time Of Year" which is the motion picture soundtrack of the new disney movie called "Santa Caluse 3: The Escape Clause" And well they were really good. I’m actually surprised that Alyson Michalka (The one of Phil of The Future) sang so good. I always thought that her other sister was the better singer, but I guess I was wrong. They did an awesome job! I totally enjoyed their performance!
After that it was another break and I have no idea who the next performers were. So I don’t need to mention it. I’ll just mention the one’s that I still remember. LOL!
But first here are the list of celebrities that were there that night (That I got see that is! *wink*)
Aly and Aj
Jojo
Beverly Mitchell (Seventh Heaven)
Wilmer Valderama and The cast of the new movie called "Unaccompanied Minors"
Elmo (Like that matters! LOL!)
Brian McKnight and his sons
Lisa Rina (Dancing with the Stars)
Drew Lachey (Dancing with the Stars)
Lance Bass
Five For Fighting
Jesse Mccartney
Ashley Tisdale
Monique Coleman
Corbin Bleu
Morgan Fairchild
And of course, KATHARINE MCPHEE!
So now I’ll go with Jojo’s performance. She wore white during rehearsals but now she wore a dress. She still sang "Too Little Too Late" as she did during the rehearsals earlier. I really loved that song, but I think now that her performance was just average. She was kinda lost when she song the high "Yeah" part.. But I think it was still okay. She was good.
Then there was Brian McKnight with his two sons and elmo.. LOL! They sang "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas" One of my favorite christmas songs. It was great! I always loved Brian McKnights voice! Not so much of Elmo though, Hahaha!
Okay so who else? Ummm.. Oh right, Five for Fighting. He sang "Silent Night" also one of my favorite songs. And I really loved that song arrangement. He’s voice was awesome as well!
Now finally it’s Katharine’s turn. I have no idea what she would sing that night and I hoped to God that it isn’t SOTR cause I’ve already heard that songs a couple of times already. I’m dying to hear her sing a Christmas song! And well I totally got what I wanted, even much better!
She started at the back and started walking towards the stage.. And she started singing the lines "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire", I totally FLIPPED OUT! That is my favorite christmas song of all time! and she’s singing it! I totally got what I wanted! Gosh, this is the most AMAZING and EXCITING experience EVER! Oh and did I mention how Beautiful she looked? (Although I always say that) But really, I was like "Wow". Totally STUNNING!
And her performance… Well let’s just say she NAILED IT! The girl’s got SOUL! I absolutely LOVED her performance! (I’m not being biased here) I believe everyone in that crowd would totally agree! Everyone was screaming for her!
Oh and that’s not the end of it. After a couple of minutes she went back on stage again, getting ready for her next part. And Kat looked so CUTE. She was so goofy. She talked to some of the audience (Both left and right) and then she’d go back at the center again and sing along with the song on the background. Then she’d swing her arms around and clap her hands, etc… So adorable!
Then there was this girl on the audience that she recognized and she was like "Carmen! Carmen! Where’s your mom?" she asked. I have no idea what the girl said back but Kat had place both her hands on her hips and has this "Oh no you didn’t" look on her face. It was so funny! She’s so down-to-earth.
Alright so anyways, I’ll end it here. The night ended with the Tree Ligthing with some FIREWORKS and artificial SNOW. WhooHoo!
Oh and by the way, I got to shake Jesse Mccartney’s hand! For Real! I also got uplcose with Aly and Aj and then with Jojo. It was the coolest thing ever! Although I didn’t get to meet Kat, but that’s fine. I’ll get my chance some day.
That would be it then.. I’ll post some links to the videos..
Videos:
Kat’s performance:
Kat singing "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire"
During Breaks:
The end of the show:
November 22nd, 2006 at 12:18 am
awesome!!!!!!!!!, mcwinks**