HELLO EVERYONE THIS IS CAROL, ELLIOTT IS MAGICAL AND ELLIOTT'S
MAGIC WAS CAST ON ALL OF US AT HIS CONCERT AT SLIMS IN
SAN FRANCISCO ON 6-12-7 AT 9PM. MY SON TY/MY IDOL ELLIOTT AND
ONE OTHER SON ROY WERE THERE TO WITNESS THIS UNFORGETTABLE
OCCASION. TY AND I HAD OUR WISH COME TRUE LAST TUESDAY NIGHT, NOT ONLY HIS AWESOME CONCERT BUT A MEET AND GREET
WITH E THAT WE SHALL NEVER, EVER FORGET. WE ARRIVED AT THE
VENUE AT 2PM, PARKED AT THE COSCO PARKING LOT 2 BLOCKS AWAY,
WHICH WAS NEAT. WALKED OVER TO SLIMS AND NOT A SOLE WAS
AROUND THAT WE COULD SEE. WE TRIED TO HAIL A CAB SO WE COULD
TOUR A LITTLE BUT NOT ONE CAB WAS AVAILABLE. LUCKY WE DIDN'T
TAKE CAB ANYWHERE AS I WILL TELL YOU WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. SO, WE WALKED DOWN THE STREET TO A LITTLE OUT OF THE WAY PIZZA PLACE. IT WAS NEAT, FOOD WAS GOOD, JUST A COMFORTABLE LITTLE PLACE TO HANG OUT AND KILL TIME. TY WALKED OUT OF THE PIZZA
PLACE TO SEE IF HE COULD SEE E'S BUS. WHEN HE DID HE NOTICED
A SMALL LINE AT SLIMS. IN THAT LINE WERE A FEW PEOPLE INCLUDING
A FEW ETRAINERS TY AND I HAD BEEN WANTING TO MEET. EMJAY,
FELISHA AND AUGUSTGIRL2. TY SAW E'S BUS APPROACHING AND
RAN OUT AS WE FOLLOWED HIM TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. TY
NOTICED A WHITE VAN DRIVE UP FROM TENNESSEE AND IN IT WERE
SOME GUYS WEARING ELLIOTT'S BACK STAGE PASSES. MY SON ROY
APPROACHED THEM, SHOOK THEIR HANDS AND ASKED IF THEY WERE
WITH ELLIOTT YAMIN AND THEY SAID YES AND THAT ELLIOTT WOULD
BE THERE IN ABOUT AN HOUR. ONE OF THE FELLOWS WAS JOSH BUT
WE WERE SO CAUGHT UP IN THE MOMENT THINKING E WAS GOING TO
COME OFF THE BUS THAT WE APOLOGIZED TO JOSH FOR NOT ACKNOW
LEDGING THAT THAT WAS HIM. WE'D SEEN PICTURES OF HIM BUT
DIDN'T QUITE CLICK WHEN WE SAW HIM. FINALLY WE WAITED IN LINE
AND LET THE OTHER PEOPLE KNOW ELLIOTT WAS NOT ON THE BUS.
MORE ETRAINERS AND PEOPLE APPEARED IN THE LINE AND THE LINE
GOT LONGER AND LONGER. SOMEONE SAID LOOK ELLIOTT JUST LOOKED OUT THE DOOR AND SURE ENOUGH SOMEHOW ELLIOTT SNUCK
IN THE BACK DOOR WE GUESSED. IT WAS ABOUT 5:30 PM WHEN
MONET SAID ELLIOTT HAD TO BE IN LA AT 5:30 AM THE NEXT DAY
SO HE WAS HAVING AN EARLY, SHORT MEET AND GREET BEFORE HE
WENT OVER TO BORACK OBAMA'S FUNDRAISER. MONET HAD A LIST
OF ETRAINERS AND OTHER PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES SHE CALLED OFF
AND WE ALL WENT INSIDE SLIMS TO HEAR SOUND CHECK AND THERE
AS BIG AS LIFE WAS 'DA MAN' ELLIOTT WHO THEN JUMPED OF THE
STAGE WITH THAT UNFORGETTABLE SMILE ON HIS FACE. I BELIEVE
I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO GET A HUG AND PICTURE WITH HIM AND TY.
HE ALSO SIGNED A PURSE I HAD MADE WITH ELLIOTT PICS ALL OVER
IT FROM SEASON 5 ON A1 AND I'VE BEEN WAITING TO HAVE HIM SIGN
IT AND NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD. WELL, HE SAID WHERE DID YOU
GET THIS I OPENED THE PURSE AND HE SIGNED IT. IT IS SOMETHING
OF HIS I WILL TREASURE FOREVER! TY HAD THE A1 PROGRAM SIGNED
AND HIS MAGAZINE WITH HIM ON THE FRONT COVER FROM VIRGINIA
AND TY GAVE ELLIOTT A NEW ORIOLES HAT . WE HOPE WE SEE HIM
WEAR SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. MY OTHER SON TOLD ELLIOTT TO
EAT THAT WAS IMPORTANT AND E REPLIED 'YEAH, I'M STARVING
RIGHT NOW'. WE WERE HOGGING UP OTHERS TIME AND MONET SAID
WE ONLY HAD 10 MINUTES LEFT SO WE WENT OUTSIDE AND GOT BACK
IN THE DINNER LINE. BY THE WAY THE FOOD AT SLIMS WAS AWESOME
AND THE DESSERT TO DIE FOR. WE THOUGHT THEY HAD IT CATERED
BUT THEY COOK EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE AT SLIMS. WE CAN'T
EVEN TELL YOU ALL OUR FEELINGS IN THAT FLEETING MOMENT OF
HUGGING ELLIOTT, TALKING TO HIM BRIEFLY AND GETTING OUR
PRIZED POSSESSION SIGNED, THERE JUST ARE NO WORDS FOR IT!!!
AT 8PM JOSH WAS ON AND HE WAS NICE TO LISTEN TO AND HE WAS
FUNNY BUT AT 9PM MR. YAMIN ENTERED THE STAGE AND ALL OF OUR
HEARTS JUST STOOD STILL. I AM TELLING YOU IF ELLIOTT YAMIN'S
PERFORMANCE ON AMERICAN IDOL OR ANYWHERE ELSE WHERE HE WAS COMPETING WAS ANYTHING LIKE HIS PERFORMANCE AT HIS
CONCERT IN SAN FRANCISCO HE WOULD HAVE WON HANDS DOWN,
HANDS DOWN. HIS LOOK, HIS CONTAGIOUS SMILE, HIS DEMEANOR,
(NONONE CAN TOUCH THAT)! AND HIS PERFORMANCE THE WAY HE
MOVES TO EVERY WORD OF HIS SONGS, THE SOULFUL FEELING HE PUTS INTO EVERY WORD OF HIS SONGS, "ELLIOT YAMIN WILL BE BIGGER THAN LIFE ITSELF SOON" AND WE KNOW HIM, WE'VE TOUCHED HIM, WE'VE SPOKE TO HIM AND WE'VE HELPED PUT HIM WHERE HE IS TODAY AND HE MAKES SURE HE LETS US ALL KNOW THAT AT HIS CONCERTS. YES, HE'S A DIFFERENT PERFORMER TODAY , ABOUT A YEAR LATER, WITH A STAGE PRESNECE, PERSONALITY AND CHARISMA YOU ALL WOULDN'T BELIEVE. AT THE CONCERT MY FAVORITE SONG THAT HE SANG, ALTHOUGH ALL THE SONGS ARE UNFORGETTABLE,
WAS HIS ENCORE "A SONG FOR YOU", EVEN BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE
HEARD. HE SENDS A MESSAGE TO US "WE'RE ALONE NOW AND I'M
SINGING THIS SONG FOR YOU'ALL". YES, OUR BOY IS AWESOME AS THEY COME AND HE HAS A STORY BEHIND HIM AND ONE VOICE THAT ONLY ONE WORD DESCRIBES "AMAZING"!!! THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN
ONE THING I CAN'T FORGET ABOUT ELLIOTT AN THAT IS HIS SMILE BIGGER THAN LIFE NOT BECAUSE OF HIS NEW PIMPED GRILL BUT HE HAD THIS SMILE ON A1 TOO AND IT JUST NEVER LEAVES YOU. THANK
YOU 'GO GO' FOR THE NAME TAGS AND CHLOEWANNABE FOR THE
BUTTONS, THEY WERE PRICELESS. LOVE YOU, LOVE YOU ELLIOTT YAMIN AND THE E TRAIN AND MIKE AND PDXJON SORRY I MISSED
MEETING YOU BUT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER TIME WHEN ELLIOTT WILL
BRING US ALL TOGETHER AGAIN. :elliottelliott: :etrain:
Great recap, and happy for you that you got to meet Elliott. Thanks so much for sharing. Add another Carol to the bunch of etrainers :).
Thanks for the recap, Elliott Is Magical! I'm sorry that I didn't get to meet you and your son at the concert; maybe next time!
Your recap brought back all the specialness of that concert; I truly loved reading it! I'm glad you and your sons got to meet Elliott; it is a moment we all treasure.
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Thanks for the great recap. Sounds fun. Glad that you got Elliott to sign your purse. Where did you get it? Can/will you post a picture?
You're the cool mom with the cool kids. Awesome. Glad that you all had such a blast seeing/hearing Elliott.