2.So I have been a big fan of Reba since I was 5.
They werent even fans!!!
Im still pissed they didnt wake me!!
Elizeu Dias
3.I won a Skype call with Bella Thorne by donating about $1,000 to a charity.
The school had about 40 high schoolers in the entire school.
She (or her agent or whatever) refused.
So I refused to accept the call.
The agent said they MAY be able to work something out.
The money still went to charity.
Still disappointed with Bella Thorne.
Like having dinner with a really close aunt.
Really frank about her boobs and plastic surgery and anything else that popped into her head.
She is also really, REALLY tiny in person.
She loves to talk about her home and upbringing.
Dinner lasted for like 4 hours but it felt like minutes.
5.This was about 10 years ago.
Won a meet and great with Britney Spears before her concert thru local radio station.
Sounds harsh, but in hindsight I wouldnt want randoms backstage touching me either.
She was much smaller than you think and was lovely in that little moment.
Show was excellent too.
6.Parents won a competition to fly with the Black Eyed Peas to their concert.
They had a good time, briefly held the world record for highest altitude karaoke.
But heres the best bit.
He bought us all a steak and root beer floats which he loves.
It was pretty small.
She was super, ridiculously nice.
Overall the actual experience was probably five minutes.
The fact that she seemed genuinely happy to see us was something that surprised me.
9.My mom won Everclear tickets that landed on my sisters 18nth Birthday.
Everclear used to be a pretty famous band from Portland OR, local for us.
they didnt realize that it was backstage passes, they thought it was just like an after party.
And they wouldnt see the band.
Cue them crowded around the free food.
When my sister sees the band walk in.
Everyone was super nice, and my mom hit it off with the guitarist.
She had her walker with her.
Apparently they both have chronic illnesses, and she got his actual Facebook page.
they still talk every now and again.
10.I had a meet and greet with Palaye Royale.
They were funny, sweet, and chill.
11.My then husband and I won a radio contest to meet the band Jethro Tull in the 80s.
It was an epic thing.
apparently preggo isnt sexy so they let an intern do it.
But the rest good Lord.
At the time they were still pretty well known and they had a big career behind them.
They could have been assholes.
They could have done the pics-and-gtfo thing.
But they were mates and gents and crazy without being stupid.
I loved every second of it and it was the best contest Ive ever won.
12.Won a meet and greet with zztop.
All we got was a wave and a brief enough look to maybe snap one blurry picture.
The tour manager embarrassed as hell handed out some merch and told us to enjoy the show.
14.I won a post show meet and greet with Michael Bolton.
I couldnt give the tickets away so had to go to the concert.
Got a signed CD and a t-shirt out of it.
He was grumpy and obviously did not want to do this.
He couldnt muster up the enthusiasm to do more than smile during the awkward photos.
15.My mom and I won tickets to have lunch with the band Casting Crowns quite a few years ago.
So literally just get to say hi, have something signed, and get a picture.
Taking a shot on the court was cool though.
Most people couldnt make it.
Never really followed their music after the first album, but its a good memory.
Went to bergdorf Goodmans and got mani/pedi/brows/makeup done.
We went to the DVF after party at her loft and met her at the afterparty.
Her show is very heartfelt, romantic, and positive with many feel-good stories and tales of love.
Would we have to tell our marriage stories or about the best day of our lives?
That is not how it went.
She cursed like a sailor and had a wicked sense of humor.
She has adopted many children from around the world and lives on a farm across the Puget Sound.
Told us to eat before he got there, so we did.
Then he showed up and was super kind and courteous, even speaking through a translator.
Middle of dinner a friend/bandmate of his just drops into dinner like yo whats up.
Ended with pictures and poses and just overall a great time.
BBK was super chill and cool.
He was eating applesauce and cheese cubes (something about diabetes?).
We got a picture and I thought that was pretty much it.
restaurants in my hometown, Biloxi, which he had been to a bunch of times on tours.
Anyways, just a really cool, laid back dude.
22.I was about 11 and it was one of those send in contests.
(Really showing my age.)
I never win anything so I was super surprised when I heard back and I won.
I was the happiest little kid ever.
He was a great guy, I asked him to chokeslam me through a table but he respectively declined.
Thinking back he was very nice to my mom, who was single at the time.
Overall it was a really cool experience.
24.I had a Meet and greet with Kenny Chesney when no shirt no shoes no problem album came out.
He was shorter than I expected.
It broke my heart because i just wanted an opportunity to tell him he recorded my favorite song ever.
Its still my favorite to this day.
I really regret not standing up for myself.
There was a lot of food and the whole thing went for about 3 to 4 hours.
I had almost zero expectations, so it was pretty good.
Hes a very nice person, exactly like he is on TV.
Very open to having people walk up to him and chat.
26.My boyfriends mom had a friend who was obsessed with competing in sweepstakes.
So shed just sign up for stuff she didnt want.
And one day she won one of those Danimals sweepstakes to see the Naked Brothers Band.
She didnt want it so she gave it to my boyfriend.
He went and said it was so weird.
He said it was pretty bizarre and boring.
27.Had dinner with the French rugby World Cup team in 1987.
The meet and greet part was hilarious.
so we all got shuffled up to the band like an assembly line.
Band member 1: shake hands, hi, nice to meet you!
Band member 2: shake hands, hi, nice to meet you!
we werent allowed to take pictures and there was no photographer present.
Whole thing with the band took under 30 seconds.
I did tell Adam Levine that I liked his sweater, so theres that.
Getting the side stage tickets was totally rad, though.
29.Friend of mine was won a spend the day / asked to sing with Shania Twain at a concert.
She was the lead in a big play in the area, why she won.
Then after the show they drove her home.
So like a minute with Shania.
It was actually amazing.
The guys in the band were surprisingly down to earth.
They were funny, not stuck up at all, and really easy to talk too.
The singer was a bit of a sex symbol but didnt give off that vibe.
He was a regular guy.
We hung out at the hotel the night we got in.
The next morning we did a bit of tourist stuff in LA then they drove us to the studio.
It was like in this garage in an industrial area, not at all what I expected.
This was a really well known studio too.
It was very educational.
We said goodbye, spent the next day doing more tourist stuff and flew home.
It was an incredible experience.
I still love hearing it.
