Sparks and McCartney

Grace really wanted to see Jesse McCartney in concert. He was having a great year. "Leavin'" was number one on the radio. Departure is an great album!

The concert was at the Orpheum. It's cool because this is where they hold auditions for American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance. I really liked this venue. It was small and quaint. There wasn't a metal detector check, so we were free to roam with our cameras. We had orchestra seats, row H! Alissa and Kelley went too =]

Jordin Sparks performed first. "Tatoo" and "One Step at a Time" were one of the first songs she sang. Those were the only ones knew, so I wasn't sure what to look forward to. I felt like I was watching an episode of American Idol, without the judges' critiques. She didn't do much. It's her and her style. She did make an effort to smile and wave to her fans. The girls in front of me were estatic when she flashed them a heart.

During intermission, we met up with the girls upstairs in the mezzanine/balcony. They spotted Travis Garland in the audience. They had gotten pictures, and a bunch of girls lined up to get their own pictures. Most of them didn't know who he was, but they still wanted pictures.

Jesse's set was so good! He wore a "Sexy Back" type suit, and his backgroud singers also served as background dancers. It was almost like a boyband. He was so cute! He sang most of the songs on Departure. He also sang his hits, "Beautiful Girl" and "She's Not You." Sadly, he didn't sing "Right Where You Want Me." During "Oxygen," a new song, he chose a girl to come up on stage with him. He serenaded and seduced her. We were all like WHOA. We were also jealous.

After, we went to the back to try to meet him. There were about 20 other people waiting too. Travis was there again, and he stopped for second round pictures with us. We can't say the same goodness of Jordin or Jesse. We waited for a long time. When Jesse came out, he dashed straight to his car without even waving at us. It was kind of lame.

I still enjoyed the concert. I just won't wait for him ever again.

Do Something 101

Hey everyone! Today was so much fun!

When Grace and I got to the Staples Center, there were a lot of people checking in. All volunteers got t-shirts. We were assigned to a table and chose our station for the assembly line. We were stuffing school supplies such as paper, binders, notebooks, calculators, pens, and highlighters into bags that will be distributed to 5,000 teens in need.

Once we started, we were all fired up! Twenty minutes went by very quickly, and we had put together so many bags by then.

It was mostly kids working and they were all huge balls of energy. We met a lot of cool people and got to hang with a few familiar faces.

Varsity Fanclub

Honestly, the work we did was not hard at all. It was super easy to put supplies into a bag. But all the work we did is going to make a difference to over 5,000 teens who wouldn't be able to get those supplies themselves.

If you saw the Teen Choice Awards, DoSomething.org was everywhere. You can find out more on their website.

We encourage everyone to go out there and DO SOMETHING.

YOU can make a difference =]

VFC Concert/TCA Pre Party

We finally got to meet Laura from the V Factory So Cal Street Team, along with her sister. We also met Kelley, Lisa, and Alissa. Their posters were quite BEAUTIFUL. They worked really hard!!

I arrived at Hollywood/Highland a little after 3. My friends were there since 12 and got to see VFC and the Clique Girls soundcheck.

The concert started and the Clique Girls were so good! They have powerful voices for 11-year-olds! One of them looks like Selena Gomez with blonde hair. Their harmonies are awesome.

Varsity Fanclub came out and performed after. They were quite awesome. They danced in the HOT and BRIGHT sun, while they sang their hearts out. At one point, the batteries in David's mic died. Drew slickly traded with him. At least we were sure, now, that they were singing live!

They were almost finished performing "Lost and Found" when SUDDENLY, the SOUND CUTS OUT. No mics, no background music. They were very professional, and finished the song. We couldn't hear, but we could see them dance.

While they equipment was being fixed, VFC stalled with a little Q&A. After a few more songs, they finally performed "Future Love."


They were going to have a meet and greet after the concert, but they had to change first. As we were waiting, I noticed the Teen Choice Awards Pre-Party red carpet had begun, and I see this guy. Mind you, the pre party was at Level 3, we were on level one. So, I'm looking up and I can only see his back, but I start FREAKING OUT. I pull Grace, and we RUN up the stairs. It was JC CHASEZ from NSYNC! Oh my gosh!!!! 10 years. It's been 10 years-- one-zero--but I still love him! We made it up there and were able to say hi. It was INCREDIBLE.

10-year dream coming true

We decided to forget about the VFC meet and greet and stayed at the red carpet. It was cool until they kicked out everyone but media. Varsity Fanclub went on the red carpet too! They liked hat. We got cool videos from Danny Noriega from American Idol


and Megan Jette Martin from Camp Rock! She kindly did the "Whatever, major loser" thing and the "Too Cool" shoulder move for us!


Jordin Francis and Roshan Fegan were there too! We got a picture with Jordin and kept calling out "Ro! from the Ro and Co show!"

Lauren and Lo from the Hills walked right past us!

After all of the craziness, we ate at uWink. It is such a cool restaurant, very high tech. You order on the touch-screen computer and you can play games while you eat! It's also easy to pay individually.

Grace and I took pictures with VFC's colorful mic stands before we parted ways. I saw Cole and Dylan Sprouse as I exited the parking structure.

JB on FnMTV

1:00 AM
That's right, one in the MORNING. We arrived at the corner of our meeting place. We had to meet in front of some parking structure and then shuttled to some secret location where the studio was.
We seriously didn't know where to go, and surprisingly, no one was there! We walked around and soon ended up exactly where we started and there was a blanket on the floor. We were both thinking, where the heck did this blanket come from?
A few minutes later, 2 girls arrived, Kailey and Bree. They were really fun and we had some great times waiting!
It was A LOT of waiting.

2:00 PM
1iota people FINALLY started coming to check us in.
Kailey and her other friend Jordan got the "good" wristbands that let you in first. We ended up in the back of the bus. We were scared we weren't going to end up where we wanted to =/

3:15 PM
We start moving to the studio. It wasn't a surprise we ended up in the back of the line.
All of sudden some 1iota guy approaches Grace and me, and asked if it was just two of us. We said yes, and he told us to go with him. We were in such shock. We started moving but all we could think was, "What about Kailey?!"

EEP! We were put in FRONT of this gate thing. If you saw the show, it was when the boys ran through the screaming girls at the very beginning.
We ended up pulling Kailey to the front with us, so it was cool. :] We got to touch ALL three of them each time they ran through, and they did it 3 times!!!

3:45 PM
The green/"good" wristbands were let in first.
We moved away from the crowd and just stood in the shade. All of sudden, we saw the boys moving into the studio. Grace called out to Kevin, and he nodded his head at her.

4:30 PM
We were let into the studio. We ended up pretty much where we wanted to be. There were only two girls in front of us. We were front and center. I had a blue headband, and Grace had a red one. You can see my head in the show.

5:00 PM
Jonas Brothers perform Burnin' Up.
AMAZING.
Unfortunately, they were far but every time they passed by.

5:05 PM
The show was fun! We touched Pete Wentz. He even waved to our camera! He's very good looking in person ;P
We also touched Nelly, Shwayze. It was fun. seriously!

6:00 PM
The show was finished. They did some pick-ups, and then the boys came back and played S.O.S.

6:45 PM
We were out of the studio and we followed Kailey. She led us to the side of the studio, where the boys' cars were exiting.
The first black SUV came out, and it was KEVIN. He rolled down the window and said, "Hi girls!" Kailey got to give him her presents, and Grace held his hand for a second.

7:15 PM
One of the shuttle buses had a fender bender with a parked car. We figured it best for our safety if we just walked back to the parking lot.
We went back to Grace's apartment and at 8pm, we watched FnMTV. This was the first LIVE show.

Bandemonium

A day with my my best friends to see hot guys who sing and dance = funtastic.

We arrived at the House of Blues around 11:30AM. While waiting in line, we had Fatburger for lunch, despite the fact that i wanted the pasta from Pizza Hut. As we were eating, a Pizza Hut car delivers across the street. It was a sign that we could have, would have, should have gotten the pasta. Everyone got hungry around 6, so we ended up getting it anyway. It was extremely satisfying. Try the freaking pasta at Pizza Hut, it's so good!

Anyway, back to the concert stuff. We got to meet the members of Menudo before the show. Okay, confession, we didn't really know who they were. We were still super excited. I did recognize Zoe Myers and got a picture before she left. I saw Asher, Jared, and Wesley drive in:
NLT was last to arrive. They got off their bus and went straight inside. They waved though.

Later, we went to the bathroom, and as we came out, I recognized Nathaniel from V Factory! I gasped, and he turned around. I was so in awe, I don't know why. He was totally cool. He loved Grace's and my V Factory fan shirts. He taught us a dance move from "She Bad." He took pictures, gave hugs, and tried remembering our names. This was just a super awesome moment!!!! My love for V Factory intensified.

Mark and James greeted the people in line. They gave out stickers. I had no idea who they were either.

The show starts and V Factory is up first. YouTube videos do nto give them justice. They're phenomenal on stage. You can't help but sing along and scream. But I must say, the only problem was that it went by so fast and was over too soon. =[

There was crazy pushing during Menudo. Some space cleared up for a while, but then NLT came on. Somehow I got pushed from the center to the right side of the crowd.

The non-stop-ness of it all made the concert go by so quick, but the night wasn't over because there was a meet and greet for all the bands afterwards.

With all the craziness of celebrity sightings (including A and C of the ACDC dance crew), we found ourselves at the end of the meet and greet line. Time flew by since we met these cool guys who were just sitting on the side lines. They were on their way out but stayed to keep us company.

The meet and greet kind of sucked because pictures were not allowed. What is up with that policy anyway, HOB? In any case, the bands were all really nice.

From the chill day at school, to the random dancing to "Tearin' Up My Heart" and "We're All in this Together" in the street, to the sweet concert, it was an all around great day.

I had work at 5:30am this morning. My voice was half gone by the end of V Factory's set, and by 1:30am, my voice just sounded retarded. But as my co-worker said, "It's just a sign of a good time." =D

Dancing With The Stars

I don't know how it happened, but I somehow got tickets for Dancing with the Stars when the Jonas Brothers were guest performers. I was so excited when I received the email, I only approved one ticket. I pimped the system so that my mom could approve 4. She took in stray JB fans.

The set looks so much bigger on TV! I'm pretty sure this was the same stage as the So You Think You Can Dance taping we attended in June.

We were seated in the very back row.

Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough came out to watch the Cirque du Solei performance. I said hi and told them I voted for them (I lied).

Jonas Brothers sang "When You Look Me in the Eyes" (2 takes) and "Take on Me" (1 take).

After they performed, I went to the restroom hoping I'd run into them like at the AMAs. The girls inside (one was named Jamie, but spelled differently) told me JB already left =/

Back inside, I walked over to Chelsea Staub and Anna Maria Perez de Tagle and got their autographs.

The results show went by quickly. The dresses are sooooo pretty in person. They have about a million rhinestones. THey were so sparkly!

After, I got to take a picture (I snuck in my camera) with Chelsea. Picture now:

I went around to the other door and got a picture with Anna Maria. Picture now:

Tom Burgeron came out and entertained us for a bit. He called it the "best part of his job."

Idol filmed next door.

Hannah Montana 3D

Tickets for this 3D concert movie went on sale December 1st. I bought them at 12:01am on December 1st. I figured the price was the same everywhere because it was in 3D, so why not watch it at the El Capitan?

As Grace, my mom, my cousin Julia and I were on our way to the El Capitan, we tried to win meet and greets for the concert tomorrow. However, they were giving away Grammy tickets. Grace was caller 4. I was caller 5. Then, I was 81. She was 84. I think it happened one more time. It was funny, but we didn't win.

We parked behind the El Capitan. There was crowd of people waiting in line. Oh no, I thought. This couldn't be the line for the movie; that's just too crazy! The line was for the Jimmy Kimmel Show. I recognized the band that was soundchecking. It was Maroon 5! Coolness. I didn't get to see them perform live at the AMAs. I could hear the last part of "Makes Me Wonder."

We waited in line, got our tickets, got our glasses, got food, and found our seats. The El Capitan is really pretty!

There was a little preshow with activities for little girls to win prizes. Julia almost got picked, but didn't.

I was anxious for the movie to begin. When their name came on screen, I screamed! So did others.

Jonas Brothers opening set was NOT featured in the movie. What a total rip! The concert wasn't shown in its entirety. There was cool backstage stuff though. During the credits, JB cheers were the loudest!

Cool thing: I got to see the cute dancer! He was everywhere. He was the one that dropped Miley during the "I Got Nerve" stunt.

Jonas Brothers came out to perform "We Got the Party" with Hannah. They also showed "When You Look Me In The Eyes" and "Year 3000." I remember the concert all too well. I miss it dearly.

We were hoping there would be encore songs after the credits, but nope.

It was a good movie. I loved the 3D moments, like the picks and drumsticks being thrown. The hands in the audience were also 3D. I felt like there were real hands in my way, blocking my view. LOL