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On March 9, 2000, I went to the BSB concert in Cleveland, OH. I had 10th row seats and I knew Willa was one of the opening acts so I was planning on getting some good pics of her onstage, but I never thought I'd get to meet her.

Before she went onstage her and her dancers walked past my seats to get to the stage. Then after she did a great performance, I saw all these people around the side of the stage and saw her signing autographs for them. I got my notebook and went up there to get her to sign it. While she was signing it, I asked when she would have a song/record out. She was very sweet and said it should be out real soon.

Then I went back to my seat to get my camera and went back to where she was at. A lot of people were still trying to get her autograph, so while I was waiting I started talking to her mom. Who, by the way, is also very sweet. I asked how long Mandy has been singing and she said she's been performing onstage since she was 11. Then I asked if she could take a pic of me and Mandy together (I needed someone to be kind enough to take it b/c my dad and friend were at our seats and I didn't have anyone else w/ me to take it). She said sure. She got Mandy to come over to me for the pic. Before she took it I asked her to take 2 incase the 1st one wouldn't come out. She smiled and said ok. When she went to take the 1st pic, for some reason the camera would not work. I was really scared I wouldn't be able to get a pic w/ Mandy. Mandy started laughing and jokingly said something like My mom can't even work a camera. That got me laughing too. Then her mom tried again, and this time it worked. I got 2 great pics w/ her. I still can't believe I got to meet Mandy(Willa). That was the best day of my life!
~Kathleen~

Okay guys...yup finally met Mandy, lol! This is what happened: It's a little long (I'll type up our convos but here's a little intro before):
We were looking at all hotels (this was all in NYC) and finally at one hotel we saw a few girls outside...so I look over (we're across the street--me and my 3 friends) and I see Leighanne go into the hotel carrying Tyke. Then the girls are still crowding around this other girl and I notice it was Mandy!! So I crossed the street running over right before she went in after Leighanne:.....

(ME=green) (MANDY-blue)
Hey, Mandy!!
*turning around* Hi!!
Can you come here cause we'd love to take some pics with you :)
Sure I need to go up but I'll be right down ok?
OK thanks
**like an hour later! lol**.......*Mandy comes down with the bodyguard waiting for a cab...she was standing by herself and no one realized it was her so I was like frigg it, I'm going over!*.....
Hey again!
Hi whats up? :)
I just wanted to show you these pics that my friend took (my friend met Mandy in March and she wanted me to show Mandy if I met her, so I did)
Oh wow cool! *looking through the pics* These are great pics!
Yeah....and that's my friend in the middle
Oh yeaaa!! I remember her, she was really nice.
Yea she's so sweet.
Look at me, I'm so white compared to her!! (cause my friend went to Cancun, hahah)
**then she saw a pic of herself with her mom**

Aww my mommy!! *hehehe**
Hehehe......oh hey you know Christina right?

Yea you know her?
I talk to her on AOL all the time
Oh cool, she's sweet...you know she was sick for a while
Yeah I know!
Her lung collapsed at the game!
I know....but she's okay now
Yup!!
***started walking with me toward the corner***
Okay I have to go to the store now before it closes but when I come back we'll take some pics ok??
Ok thanks soo much!
Even though I look like crap though!
Haha thats okay, dont worry
***She got into the cab and after like an hour again she came back with a shopping bag, lol....I motioned her to come on over, lol***
Hey!
Hey! Do you think you could take pics with us now?
Sure! I look like HELL though cause I'm so tired!!
Hehe nahhhh
**As we were getting out our cameras, she noticed my friends and I had on our school uniforms so she was like ......
ohh you guys go to a Catholic school right?
Yup these are our uniforms
Cooooooooooool **and then we took some pics together--don't worry there're gonna be scanned soon so you'll all see 'em soon enough!!**
Thank you so much
Anytime!
(I noticed her CUTE little dog in her bag so I asked about it)
Awww that dog is SO cute! **it was SO small** Hehe thanks!
What's its name??
Princess Foxy, heheeh
Aww who named it?
Well I named it Foxy and you can guess who named it Princess!
Hahha Nick!!??
Yup!...Princess!!!
**she started walking away cause some girl wanted to talk to her....I was like um no dont think so, lol...so after she was done talking to the girl I called Mandy over again**
I'm soooo sorry to bother you!
Oh no! thats ok you're not bothering me
We just forgot to ask you for your autograph!
Ohh! sure!
You go by Willa right, not Mandy?
Yea I go by Willa now :)
**and she gave us autographs**
I dunno if you'll tell me but could you tell me your screename?
Well I don't even go on it anymore so I don't even like have the internet now cause of all that crap that happened on my site **made a face** Ohh God, that was so messed up! That crap was so cruel
I know....what can ya do? So that screwed up my whole site
**then I forgot but she mentioned something about the Carter's and their differences but I won't go into what she said because it's not really my place to say! Please don't ask me about it, ok? I dont wanna tell everyone about their problems**
OK well I better go back up
Ok, it was so nice meeting you, thanks for everything!
No problem, you guys are sweet, bye!!
*walks back into hotel*
~Francesca~

I met Mandy on: Tuesday, March 14th, 2000 - Copps Coliseum; Hamilton, Ontario -
Me and my best friend, Lauren had 3rd row seats to the BSB concert in Hamilton last March. We got pretty lucky outside seeing as we managed to meet all of the Backstreet Dancers and 3 members of the Backstreet Band. We thought that was cool...but once we found our seats and we sat down and waited as people filled up the arena, I noticed a girl standing like 2 feet in front of me - I knew right away that it was Mandy. I told Lauren that was her and she didn't believe me, so she was like, "Yeah right, that's not her...call her name" so I did and she turned around, smiled and waved at us (just like in the picture). It was so cool, she was so nice. I was looking foward to her opening for the guys, but she said they couldn't get one of their dancers across the border, which must have sucked. But, I'm sure when she's on tour, I'll actually get a chance to see her peform, and she'll be just as GREAT as everyone says she is when she performs live!!!
~Becky~