American Idols Live!
The American Idols concert was Sunday night, and a fabulous time was had by all. We had gotten a ticket for the Girl-Child's friend, K, but unfortunately, K was sick and couldn't go. We ended up being able to sell the ticket at the last minute. It was at a loss, but at least the ticket didn't go to waste.
T had managed to get us great seats. We were in section 129, which is the first one next to the stage (not the one more behind the stage--that's 116), row C, seats 1 through 4 (stage side of the section). I've had floor seats before. Which seats are better? Well, for the kids, section 129 was great because they could see a lot better and not feel so crowded. Me? Not sure if I prefer the floor seats, but if it had been just me going, maybe I would have gone with floor in order to be closer to the stage.
The concert was structured more like the season 5 AI tour, in that each of the top ten got their little mini-concert. Last year almost the entire thing was composed of duets, trios, group numbers, etc. From what I've read, critics prefer the mini-concert style, but I dunno, the various combos and costumes last year were pretty fun.
Of course, I was a Castro fan, so he was my favorite part of the show, but I have to say that everyone from Chikeze to David Cook did really well. Funny thing: When David Cook was done with his last song, he jumped down from the front of the stage and stepped up on the fence in front of the first row. As he was up there, some woman run up and gave him a huge hug...like totally wrapped her arms around him. But since he was above her, she ended up hugging his thighs...which I think must have been strange for David Cook. It looked funny.
Getting out of the Target Center ramp was horrible. Actually, gettng into the Target Center itself sucked too. I like the set-up at Excel much better.
Anyway, I took a billion pictures. I haven't had time to look at them yet, but when I get them all cropped and uploaded, I will provide a link.
T had managed to get us great seats. We were in section 129, which is the first one next to the stage (not the one more behind the stage--that's 116), row C, seats 1 through 4 (stage side of the section). I've had floor seats before. Which seats are better? Well, for the kids, section 129 was great because they could see a lot better and not feel so crowded. Me? Not sure if I prefer the floor seats, but if it had been just me going, maybe I would have gone with floor in order to be closer to the stage.
The concert was structured more like the season 5 AI tour, in that each of the top ten got their little mini-concert. Last year almost the entire thing was composed of duets, trios, group numbers, etc. From what I've read, critics prefer the mini-concert style, but I dunno, the various combos and costumes last year were pretty fun.
Of course, I was a Castro fan, so he was my favorite part of the show, but I have to say that everyone from Chikeze to David Cook did really well. Funny thing: When David Cook was done with his last song, he jumped down from the front of the stage and stepped up on the fence in front of the first row. As he was up there, some woman run up and gave him a huge hug...like totally wrapped her arms around him. But since he was above her, she ended up hugging his thighs...which I think must have been strange for David Cook. It looked funny.
Getting out of the Target Center ramp was horrible. Actually, gettng into the Target Center itself sucked too. I like the set-up at Excel much better.
Anyway, I took a billion pictures. I haven't had time to look at them yet, but when I get them all cropped and uploaded, I will provide a link.