KC101’s Big Day Out

 

Monday was KC101’s 7th Annual Big Day Out at Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT.  Performing were iHeartRadio up and coming contest winners Megan and Liz and American Idol’s Stefano. (aka my favorite Idol of all time, I just decided.)  I picked up a ticket at AAA to get myself a bit of a discount – but that meant when the weather was calling for thunderstorms, I’d be going no matter what since I didn’t know when I’d ever go to the park without Stefano being there.  KC101 was promoting it as “The show must go on!” and that it would be rain or shine.

I got to the park around 3pm in hopes of snagging myself a meet and greet, but had no such luck. (They said they would stop giving them out around 3 anyway, so it was a long shot)  Then I sat near the theater on a bench and saw Stefano walk by.  The sky was getting darker by the second and as soon as I felt a few drops I headed inside.  Then it started POURING so everyone else ran inside too.

Around this point a girl dropped a piece of pizza and didn’t bother to pick it back up.  EVERYONE who walked by this pizza had some sort of comment to make about it from “eww!” to “watch out for the pizza” to “who would DO that? Drop their pizza?”  This became my entertainment while I waited for the rain to pass. Finally one of the father’s ended up picking it up and throwing it away – then the comments because all about the sauce that was still on the floor.  Who knew pizza could be so entertaining?

They told us that those of us without wristbands MIGHT get in to the meet and greet – so obviously I hung around in the line like they said.  This was definitely a mistake because after an hour of standing my knees were not very happy and we never did get to go in to the M&G.

A little before 6 they let us upstairs to the theater – which had no chairs. I snagged a spot near a support beam but it gave me no support and I fell over during the beginning of Megan and Liz’s set. And more people were staring at ME than the stage.  How embarassing!  (Or at least it felt that way.)  The girls started their set with their song Old School Love which was inspired by the movie The Notebook.  Then they did a cover of Cher Lloyd’s Want You Back… followed by Switch Hearts, Happy Never After, a cover of One Direction’s What Makes You Beautiful (they asked the crowd to yell out their favorite and it was mostly Harry being yelled) and they finished their set with their current single Are You Happy Now which is about bullying.  Their stage banter made it seem like they were trying too hard and I’m probably biased because I don’t like them because Honor Society should have won that contest and have been performing… (Although really, could I have handled an Honor Society / Stefano show? Probably not)  They have good voices (last time I saw them one of them had lost their voice yet they still attempted to perform) but they are just not for me.  They seem to have a ton of fans though so they’ll do just fine without me.

John Mayer (radio DJ, not awesome singer/songwriter) came out to talk to the crowd a bit before Stefano and gave away Megan and Liz’s setlist to the girls who were the first ones there that morning.  Then he had a signed Stefano CD and I was tempted to barter my John Mayer poncho to John Mayer for the CD, but he ended up giving it to the girls who could sing Stefano’s song the loudest.  At this point I was up against a far wall so I had no chance anyway.

Then he had us yell for Stefano who came in from the back of the room and took the stage. Stefano started his set with a song I hadn’t heard him perform yet called Amazing.  Then he did the same 3 songs he had done at the dunkin donuts music lounge – yes to love, last day and cherry on top.  Of course he had a track and dancers so it was a bit different than the acoustic stripped down performances from May.  He finished his set with I’m on a Roll – his current single.

He talked a bit about his accident and how 3 years ago he was in a wheelchair and that is what inspired him to work on the song Last Day which is a bit of his story.  And also about how Michael Jackson died 3 years ago and where he was and how he felt when he found out about that.  He seemed really happy to be performing for everyone and kepted thanking the radio station for having him and the fans for coming out to see him perform.  It was a great performance from him, even if I did think it was a bit short.

When I left the theater Megan and Liz were around signing autographs (and being swarmed).  I debated waiting to see if Stefano would join them, but decided my knees would like me a lot more if I just went home.  Although, Stefano did tweet me when I got home so that has to count for something, right? 🙂

And now I can add a SECOND “went to a theme park in a storm” to my “silly things I do for cute boys who sing” list. Interestingly enough – BOTH were for KC101 events…

Old School Love
Want You Back – Cher Lloyd
Switch Hearts
Happy Never After
What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
Are You Happy Now

Amazing
Yes To Love
Last Day
Cherry On Top
I’m on a Roll

Book Review: Coming to my Senses

Coming to my Senses is a book by Alyssa Harad. It is her autobiography.  I am really not sure what it was in the excerpt that made me drawn to this book, as it is about Alyssa’s fascination with perfume, something I know nothing about.  Alyssa gets hooked on perfume when stumbling across a blog about it (maybe that is what caught my eye).  She ends up going to the mall and picking up some scents and storing them in her closet so that they will be in the dark and not affected by the elements.

At first it is all a secret, but then slowly her obsession is revealed and she ends up getting almost everyone around her interested in smelling oils and perfumes as well. (It is fun to go to the store and sniff all the samples.  I did it a few months ago with a friend and accidentally sprayed myself instead of the card with Justin Bieber’s new fragrance and went around for the rest of the day saying I smelled like Bieber.)

Also included in the book is the planning of her wedding to her fiance V and picking out a dress and all that fun stuff that comes along with getting married.

The book was a bit tough for me to get through at times, but was quirky and fun all at the same time and I am glad that I made myself finish the whole thing (I am not one to stop reading a book midway through unless it is really, really dreadfully bad, and this one was definitely not in that category).

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write my review from the publisher through Net Galley.

A sudden love affair with fragrance leads to sensual awakening, self-transformation, and an unexpected homecoming.

At thirty-six–earnest, bookish, terminally shopping averse–Alyssa Harad thinks she knows herself. Then one day she stumbles on a perfume review blog and, surprised by her seduction by such a girly extravagance, she reads in secret. But one trip to the mall and several dozen perfume samples later, she is happily obsessed with the seductive underworld of scent and the brilliant, quirky people she meets there. If only she could put off planning her wedding a little longer . . .

Fourth of July Party Printables review

Looking for something fun to do at your Fourth of July party? Look no further than Python Printable’s 4th of July Party Pack!  The Pack contains 20 great games – more than enough for the Independence Day celebration and beyond!  The pack also includes games for a variety of ages and a variety of weather just in case your BBQ gets rained out!

The included games are:

  • Independence Day Trivia game
  • Independence Day Mad Libs
  • Patriotic Trivia match game
  • Presidential Trivia game
  • State Nicknames match game
  • Beers of the World placemat game
  • Nasty British Food trivia
  • Military Trivia
  • Baseball Trivia
  • Survival of the Fittest party game
  • Red, White & Blue Scavenger Hunt
  • Happy 4th of July Left-Right
  • American History trivia
  • Independence Day Synonyms game
  • Fast Food trivia
  • US Beers match game
  • Tangled Tongue Twisters Tango
  • Pick the Party Stars
  • Meet Your Match acting game
  • The Color of Music

Some of my family’s favorites from this pack were “The Color of Music” game where you have to match the color-themed songs or albums to the artist.  We thought it would be SO easy. Let me tell you, it was not! But it was a lot of fun to try and figure everything out.

Another fun one was Baseball Trivia.  My Dad is full of baseball knowledge, so we give him the questions without the multiple choice answers and see if he can figure it out based on that – if he can’t, only then do we allow him choices!

The State Nickname game was also a challenge – I have always said that I need to memorize these things because I am convinced that if I am ever on Jeopardy these things will absolutely come up. (Don’t ask me why I think this but I’ve been convinced of this for years now!) Looks like I need to continue working on learning these because I did not do well with this game at all!

On lucky Concert Katie winner will get a party pack for FREE! Just enter below! Contest ends July 15 at 12:01am EST.  If you’d like to make sure that you have the games for a 4th of July party – then head on over to Python Printable Party games to purchase your pack for $19.95

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