Warped #3. Backstage passes #2.
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Ventura was by far the best Warped experience for me among the other two.
My Chem from behind the stage.
We got there around 6:30 and the trucks just started to pull in. The security guards said they were late. After a couple hours of waiting, the woman giving out wristbands found us on the list and let us in to cater. We saw Sarah and John there cuz they slept there haha good times. We served breakfast to the bands, and the catering people introduced me to Gerard again, and he remembered me woohoo. Not the most interesting person though :-/. We also met his body guard, which proved to be very helpful later.
Shawn, the lead singers to The Matches got breakfast and remembered me from Long Beach. "You better not miss us again today!" He's so cool ahh.
So we served breakfast and then me and Sarah and John wondered around and were able to see Senses Fail on the side of the stage with the passes we got. But when John tried to get up they wouldn't let him, cuz he needed to be escorted. Sarah and I felt bad, so we got off stage, and then I saw Shawn again. He started talking to me, and then as he was about to leave I asked if he could escort us back onstage. "Sure! Ofcourse." When the guard wouldn't let him he was like "let them the fuck up." And so he did and it was awesome. Shawn is amazing, he watched with us for a while then left:
We saw Waking Ashland as well.
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John on the side of the stage with Sarah for The Starting Line. hehehe I love these kids.
The Matches ofcourse were incredible.
Shawn!
After their show I went to their booth to buy a shirt, and Shawn was there. He was so funny, he made me try on a shirt and then was very serious in finding one that he thought would look good. He made me look at a few more then decided on one for me and gave me a discount. He told me he would see me at dinner.
Before dinner as we were setting up, Sunny (or Sonny?) in From First To Last was standing the first in line. "You hungry?" I ask. "Dude, I haven't eaten anything all day! And I'm first in line! I'm never first for anything, and I've been waiting for a half hour. But I have an interview soon so I hope I get to eat before it." Then he keeps lookin at me. "What's wrong?" ... "I kinda like your sweatshirt." ... "thanks." ... "Can I try it on?" ... "Sure." So I take it off and give it to him. He puts it on, asking where I got it and for me to take a picture.
So there is Sunny in my sweatshirt. He said he liked it alot and wants to get one. haha
Then Shawn got his food and literally leaped over the salad to give me a hug. He told me if I finished working while he was still eating to come sit down with him. So I got my food and got to eat with him. "So you work all day, and the pay off is you get to miss all your favorite bands and get the left over carbs?" Ah I love that guy! After the whole thing ended, we were talking to his tour manager, and the manager got Shawn from the bus to say goodbye to us, and Shawn gave me his email address "gimme an email please!" Ahh so cool. And the catering people want us to work next year, so that's sweet as well.
Getting on the side of the stage for My Chem was the most crazy experience ever. There was like 50 people swarming trying to get on, and the stage manager picks the band's family members and such. But Gerards guard recognized us, and literally had to lift us up above the crowd to get us on. But it was amazing and so much better than being in the crowd.
Oh and while I was laying on the grass waiting for Bert to play with the drumming people, I feel this big thud on my foot, so I look up, all annoyed, to see Bert looking at me with this face as if to ask if his make up looks okay. I laugh and nod, and he goes "good." He looks around for the towel he had to wipe off his hands, so I toss it to him, he wipes off his hands, then tosses it back at me and hits me in the face. He laughs and then jumps on stage to play. Jepha was there too so I got to talk to him, and Bert's gf who is so sweet. Jepha would always stop to give me a hug and say hi even when he was on the phone.
Most amazing days ever. Thanks Olga!
I'm also going to Paris tomorrow for a whole month with Dhruv and Pines, yay! I'm excited, no parents woohoo. I'll still have my cell so you can call whenever or email me or write me old school here:
Danielle Davis
c/o Oxbridge Academie de Paris
Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion
61 rue Notre-Dame des Champs
Paris 75006
France
Byebye!
Ventura was by far the best Warped experience for me among the other two.
My Chem from behind the stage.
We got there around 6:30 and the trucks just started to pull in. The security guards said they were late. After a couple hours of waiting, the woman giving out wristbands found us on the list and let us in to cater. We saw Sarah and John there cuz they slept there haha good times. We served breakfast to the bands, and the catering people introduced me to Gerard again, and he remembered me woohoo. Not the most interesting person though :-/. We also met his body guard, which proved to be very helpful later.
Shawn, the lead singers to The Matches got breakfast and remembered me from Long Beach. "You better not miss us again today!" He's so cool ahh.
So we served breakfast and then me and Sarah and John wondered around and were able to see Senses Fail on the side of the stage with the passes we got. But when John tried to get up they wouldn't let him, cuz he needed to be escorted. Sarah and I felt bad, so we got off stage, and then I saw Shawn again. He started talking to me, and then as he was about to leave I asked if he could escort us back onstage. "Sure! Ofcourse." When the guard wouldn't let him he was like "let them the fuck up." And so he did and it was awesome. Shawn is amazing, he watched with us for a while then left:
We saw Waking Ashland as well.
<333
John on the side of the stage with Sarah for The Starting Line. hehehe I love these kids.
The Matches ofcourse were incredible.
Shawn!
After their show I went to their booth to buy a shirt, and Shawn was there. He was so funny, he made me try on a shirt and then was very serious in finding one that he thought would look good. He made me look at a few more then decided on one for me and gave me a discount. He told me he would see me at dinner.
Before dinner as we were setting up, Sunny (or Sonny?) in From First To Last was standing the first in line. "You hungry?" I ask. "Dude, I haven't eaten anything all day! And I'm first in line! I'm never first for anything, and I've been waiting for a half hour. But I have an interview soon so I hope I get to eat before it." Then he keeps lookin at me. "What's wrong?" ... "I kinda like your sweatshirt." ... "thanks." ... "Can I try it on?" ... "Sure." So I take it off and give it to him. He puts it on, asking where I got it and for me to take a picture.
So there is Sunny in my sweatshirt. He said he liked it alot and wants to get one. haha
Then Shawn got his food and literally leaped over the salad to give me a hug. He told me if I finished working while he was still eating to come sit down with him. So I got my food and got to eat with him. "So you work all day, and the pay off is you get to miss all your favorite bands and get the left over carbs?" Ah I love that guy! After the whole thing ended, we were talking to his tour manager, and the manager got Shawn from the bus to say goodbye to us, and Shawn gave me his email address "gimme an email please!" Ahh so cool. And the catering people want us to work next year, so that's sweet as well.
Getting on the side of the stage for My Chem was the most crazy experience ever. There was like 50 people swarming trying to get on, and the stage manager picks the band's family members and such. But Gerards guard recognized us, and literally had to lift us up above the crowd to get us on. But it was amazing and so much better than being in the crowd.
Oh and while I was laying on the grass waiting for Bert to play with the drumming people, I feel this big thud on my foot, so I look up, all annoyed, to see Bert looking at me with this face as if to ask if his make up looks okay. I laugh and nod, and he goes "good." He looks around for the towel he had to wipe off his hands, so I toss it to him, he wipes off his hands, then tosses it back at me and hits me in the face. He laughs and then jumps on stage to play. Jepha was there too so I got to talk to him, and Bert's gf who is so sweet. Jepha would always stop to give me a hug and say hi even when he was on the phone.
Most amazing days ever. Thanks Olga!
I'm also going to Paris tomorrow for a whole month with Dhruv and Pines, yay! I'm excited, no parents woohoo. I'll still have my cell so you can call whenever or email me or write me old school here:
Danielle Davis
c/o Oxbridge Academie de Paris
Lycee Notre-Dame de Sion
61 rue Notre-Dame des Champs
Paris 75006
France
Byebye!