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The Karma Lounge
 

I first saw bon Voyager at a Moffatts concert @ the Karma Lounge in Boston.
My three friends and I were sitting on a railing on one side of the club. The
guys (who we didn't know at the time) were sitting on a (closed) bar counter
opposite us. A few girls walked over to them to get autographs. I came to the
*brilliant* (lol) conclusion that they were actually related to the Moffatts
and I told my friends and my mom (hey, we were far away, and from that
distance, they looked like them! :P).

The next time I remember seeing them was when one of them (I think it was j-p.
I didn't pay much attention at the time!) came over in front of us to get a
picture of the Moffatts. I remember him running back to the counter, trying
to jump up, and then missing and falling back down! (I hope he doesn't read
this. This could be the FIRST bon Voyager embarrassing moment on record!).
After the concert, we hung around in the lobby, hoping to see the Moffatts. I
was hyper because I had rushed out and seen Clint and Dave run by the front
door. My mom interrupted my joy fest by whispering (well, maybe yelling. we sat
near the speakers for 1 1/2 hours :P), "Hey, those are the boys who sat
across from us!" we convinced her to talk to them. she opened with, "Hi, are
you guys related to the band?" They responded with, "no, but you think we
look like them, don't you?" we all had a good laugh, and then Steve told us
that although the guys weren't related to the Moffatts, they had their own
band: Bon Voyager, a great, family-oriented band that had played around the
world. He gave us promo-fact sheets (or whatever u want to call them). I
immediately asked them to sign mine. We were then kicked outside because the
staff had to set up for another event later that night. Then we were
"properly introduced" to the guys. We also found out the secret of the name:
they wanted to be called "voyager", but the name was already taken. Plus,
they wanted to add a little international feel to the name (bon). Cool, huh?
after talking for a while, they asked if they could sing for us. They did 2
seperate (but small) a cappella 'concerts'. We were hooked right away! they
did mostly covers, including "end of the road" by boys 2 men (it was AMAZING!)
and one 'n sync song. between the little shows, we took pictures and talked
some more. One of my friends was lucky enough to get a free *World of Dreams*
cd. After that, my friends and I drifted away a little bit, excited about
this new band and hoping to catch a glimpse of the Moffatts. the adults, and
sometimes the guys, kept talking. I remember j-p leaning against a wall by
himself. I also remember saying, "oh, he looks so lonely!!! We should go talk
to him!" unfortunately, we couldn't think of a single thing to say (although
now I have tons of questions!), so we ended up not talking to him. After a
failed attempt to get the Moffatts autographs, we started walking back to
BV's car with them (well, behind them, but we had permission from them. we
weren't like stalking them. they told us to go to their car with them so we
could buy the cd, lol). I remember j-p fell on the way there (poor j-p! all
this embarrassing stuff, hehehe!). I think he was just tired (we all were...
it was late). We followed steve, who had one arm around jon and one around
j-p (awww... *smile*). We got to their car (a white mini-van, if u care),
bought cds, and had more pics taken. All the while, my friend christina and I
were trying to figure out why jon looked so darn familiar to us. We even told
him he looked familiar, to which j-p responded, "You guys look familiar, too."
I later figured out that jon reminded me of a guest star on the old show
"full house". lol. Then we were gently reminded that the guys had to drive
all the way back to Cape Cod that night so they had to leave right away. They
left us with some sweet parting words and smiles. Since then, we have been
dedicated BV fans, and we most likely always will be!

:P -KATE- :P

Want to know what the guys were wearing? well, even if ya don't,
I'm gonna tell ya anyway cuz I got the picz riiiiiight here :P
david~ black tanktop w/ white writing, jeans
j-p~ blue and white jogging suit jacket over a blue shirt, black pants
jon~ a black shirt w/ a couple of buttons, jeans

 
this enounter was used with
permission from kate. please
do not use her BV encounter
without first asking her for
permission, thanks much! :)