"Don't Ask...It's a Thing."
So... I met the Jonas Brothers.
*Hold for judgement*
Here's the thing:
In high school I was obsessed with the Jonas Brothers. Like, crazy obsessed. Like, I had their pictures plastered all over my walls, obsessed.
I tried to get tickets to see them in concert for years. It never happened. Multiple attempts and fails. My senior year of High School they announced another tour, and I was going to be at school in Florida for some of the dates. Finally, I managed to get tickets. For two shows actually, both the Tampa and the Orlando concerts.
The Orlando show was canceled. No worries, I still had the Tampa one.
The day came and it was pouring rain. And I mean pouring. Completely monsooning. But we got in the car and went to the stadium. It was an outdoor, covered arena. We were there really early so we bought our souviner shirts and went to our seats. It was still kind of raining, but not as hard.
The first thirty rows of the arena were completely flooded and everyone was standing on the stage looking at it. And I mean everyone.
We were standing in our seats looking at Demi Lovato, the Jonas Brothers, and their entire crew. A guy came out and kept measuring the water.
We were escorted into the stadium for sound check. I still was not nervous or excited. They came out on stage and were talking to us a little. Then, they started playing. They played a song from their third CD, a song that I know well. As soon as the words started coming out of his mouth all of these feeling just came up inside me and I actually started crying.
Tears flowed. It had been such a struggle towards something that I had wanted really badly for so long. And I was actually there, and it was actually happening. I was not expecting for it to be that emotional but it was.
My meet and greet picture was lost, so I don't have proof. And honestly, I am not all that surprised. But I was there, and I got to experience it, and that is all I care about.
When I told people that I was going to see the Jonas Brothers in concert I got lots of weird looks. And a lot of judgement. I know that they aren't that cool, I know that they are lame and their music isn't amazing but whatever.
It's a thing. And it was so worth it.
*Hold for judgement*
Here's the thing:
In high school I was obsessed with the Jonas Brothers. Like, crazy obsessed. Like, I had their pictures plastered all over my walls, obsessed.
I tried to get tickets to see them in concert for years. It never happened. Multiple attempts and fails. My senior year of High School they announced another tour, and I was going to be at school in Florida for some of the dates. Finally, I managed to get tickets. For two shows actually, both the Tampa and the Orlando concerts.
The Orlando show was canceled. No worries, I still had the Tampa one.
The day came and it was pouring rain. And I mean pouring. Completely monsooning. But we got in the car and went to the stadium. It was an outdoor, covered arena. We were there really early so we bought our souviner shirts and went to our seats. It was still kind of raining, but not as hard.
The first thirty rows of the arena were completely flooded and everyone was standing on the stage looking at it. And I mean everyone.
We were standing in our seats looking at Demi Lovato, the Jonas Brothers, and their entire crew. A guy came out and kept measuring the water.
And then Papa Jonas talked to us and told us the worst news ever.
Because of the flooding they were going to have to cancel the concert. We were standing in the stadium, looking at them and THEY CANCELED THE CONCERT.
The world was seriously against us seeing them. Especially because right after that they took a break for three years. I kept up with them a little but I haven't really followed their solo careers. Both Joe and Nick did solo albums, Nick was on broadway, and Kevin did a T.V series. So they have all stayed around but they mostly fell out of my life. I have taken the photos down. But they were a huge part of my life and I still love them.
Cut to three years later and the Jonas Brothers have announced their next tour. What do you do? Buy Meet and Greet packages of course!
Oh yeah, we went all out.
Leading up to the concert, I honestly was not even excited because I honestly believed that something was going to go wrong and we were not going to meet them and the concert was not going to happen. Even when we got there and were waiting in line, and there was something wrong with the person in front of us and time was ticking towards us being later, I was not even surprised. Or nervous.
We were escorted into the stadium for sound check. I still was not nervous or excited. They came out on stage and were talking to us a little. Then, they started playing. They played a song from their third CD, a song that I know well. As soon as the words started coming out of his mouth all of these feeling just came up inside me and I actually started crying.
Tears flowed. It had been such a struggle towards something that I had wanted really badly for so long. And I was actually there, and it was actually happening. I was not expecting for it to be that emotional but it was.
My meet and greet picture was lost, so I don't have proof. And honestly, I am not all that surprised. But I was there, and I got to experience it, and that is all I care about.
When I told people that I was going to see the Jonas Brothers in concert I got lots of weird looks. And a lot of judgement. I know that they aren't that cool, I know that they are lame and their music isn't amazing but whatever.
It's a thing. And it was so worth it.
