'N SYNC ENCOUNTERS
From: Chela
Synopsis: She met the guys
We were walking behind the
stage, to see if we could see them since the stage was outside. We saw
them playing football, and went to the fence to see them better. It was a
chain link fence so we could see them really good. Then, Chris told J.C.
to go long, the football hit the fence right in front of us! J.C. ran to
get the ball and looked up and right into my eyes!!! He said, "what up
girl?" smiled really big and ran off! Then he told Joey we were over there
and Joey looked over and said What's up? Justin saw them pointing at us,
and looked at us, he smiled and actually came and talked to us! They
laughed at him then came over. They asked us if we were coming to their
concert, and we just acted like we didn't know who they were. They were
surprised to know that we did not know who they were. We laughed at said
of course we were coming to see them, then they asked us wha hotel we were
staying at!!!!! We told them the Marriot and they seemed kind of
disappointed. They had to move from that hotel cause too many people were
staying there because of them! Oh well! They had to leave because of
their concert but they said they would look for us in the audience! When
we went in, they were warming up and doing little voice excercises. (how
cute!) Lance was in the back ground garggleing water!!!! J.C. pointed at
us and said something to Lance, Lance spit the water everywhere! But not
on us!!! They all waved and the concert began! For "God must have Spent a
Little more Time on You" Justin sang the whole thing to me!!! I was in
totally heaven! After the concert they blew us a
kiss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And zoomed off in their limo. That
was the last time I have seen them! I promise girl, this happened, if you
don't beleive me email them and ask em!!!! It was a dream come true, I can
hardly keep my mind on home work and work because of the concert!!!
From: Audria
Synopsis: She went to Justin's house, met his family. Then she went
to the hotel were the guys were staying and met all of them. Except
Justin, who was at his Grandma's
WELL... FIRST OFF IT STARTED ON SEPTEMBER 10TH WHEN I FOUND OUT
THEY WERE COMING TO MEMPHIS. WITH JANET.
I WAS SO EXCITED! TICKETS DID'NT GO ON SALE TILL SEPTEMBER 19TH SO I HAD TIME TO
COLLECT ALL THE MONEY I COULD FROM FAMILY! I GOT MY TICKET FOR $69.50 AND I GOT
GREAT SEATS!!! BETWEEN THE 19TH AND OCTOBER 27TH ME AND ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS,
LISA BUCK
TALKED TO JUSTINS DAD AND STEP-MOM AND GOT INVITED TO THEIR HOME THE DAY BEFORE
THE CONCERT TO BRING STUFF TO GIVE THE GUYS AND GIVE THEM THINGS TO GET
AUTOGRAPHED! SO, WE BOUGHT TONS OF THINGS FOR THE GUYS, AND FOR JUSTIN'S
BROTHER, JONATHAN AND STEPHEN. THEN THE DAY WE WERE ANTICIPATING .
I CALLED MRS. LISA AND GOT DIRECTIONS AND WE WERE OFF. WE LEFT MY FRIENDS HOUSE
AT 11:30AM AND HEADED TO MILLINGTON. WHEN WE GOT
IN TOWN WE ATE AT MCDONALDS AND STUFF. AFTER THAT WE STOPED AND CALLED TO LET
THEM KNOW WE WERE COMING. WHEN WE PULLED UP IN THE DRIVEWAY I SAW JONATHAN ON
HIS BIKE AND MRS. LISA STANDING OUTSIDE HOLDING STEPHEN. I JUST WANTED TO CRY
CAUSE JONATHAN WAS SO CUTE AND HE LOOKED SO MUCH LIKE HIS BROTHER! WHAT MADE HIM
EVEN CUTER IS THAT AS SOON AS I GOT OUT OF THE CAR HE SAID"GUESS WHAT?" I SMILED
AND SAID "WHAT?" AND HE SAID "WE JUST GOT A NEW BASKETBALL GOAL" AND POINTED AT
IT. IT MADE ME JUST WAT TO CRY. MRS. LISA INTRODUED HERSELF AND WE DID THE SAME.
THEN SHE INVITED US INSIDE HER HOME AND HELPED US CARRY IN THE GIFTS WE HAD
GOTTEN. THEN WE ALL WENT TO THE LIVING ROOM AND JONATHAN OPENED HIS GIFT. I TOOK
A
PICTURE OF THAT CAUSE IT WAS THE CUTEST! MRS. LISA TOLD US THAT THOSE WERE THE
1ST FAN GIFTS THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN AND THAT SHE WAS GOING TO LABEL THEM.:)
AFTER THAT SHE ASKED US TO SET DOWN AND SHE SHOWED US TONS OF PICTURE FROM
THIER TRP TO GERMANY LAST YEAR AND
OF COURSE THEIR WERE TONZ OF THE GUYS. LOTS OF CUTE ONES! ALSO SHE SHOWED US
SOME FAMILY PICTURES WITH JUSTIN AND JONATHAN TOGETHER PLAYING BASKETBALL AND
STUFF. THE ONE I LOVED THE MOST WAS THE ONE WITH JUSTIN HOLDIND BABY STEPHEN..I
THOUGHT THAT WAS THE SWEETEST EVER!!! THEY WERE ALL GREAT PICTURES! DURING THIS
TIME
JONATHAN WAS STEADILY TALKING TO US. HE PUT IN A REMIX ALBUM OF " I WANT YOU
BACK" AND SAID " YOU WANNA FEEL THE BASS?" AND TURNED IT UP! ALL I OULD DO IS
SMILE TO HOLD BACK THE TEARS.:) WE ASKED HIM HOW OLD HE WAS AND HE SAID" I'M 5,
I JUST TURNED THAT NUMBER"..AWE... MRS. LISA CONTINUED TO TELL US ALL ABOUT
THIER TRIP TO GERMANY AND HOW THEY DIDN'T PUT ICE IN THEIR DRINKS!=)
I FELT SO COMFORTABLE THIER. I WASN'T NERVOUS OR ANYTHING, IT WAS JUST TOTALLY
COOL!
THEN MR. RANDY CAME IN AND WE INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND HE CAME OVER AND
INTRODUCED HIMSELF AND SHOOK OUR HANDS. HE TOLD US THAT HE WAS JUST COMING IN
FROM PLAYING GOLF WITH JUSTIN!! HE TOLD US HE SAW ALL THE GIFTS BY THE
DOOR AND WAS WONDERING WHERE HIS WAS. HE IS SO FUNNY!! JONATHAN PUT IN SOME
VIDEO TAPE OF *N SYNC AND I BOUT DIED BECAUSE IT WAS FROM LIKE 2 YEARS AGO AND
THEY WERE SO MUCH YOUNGER LOOKING!! AFTER THAT I GOT MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH THEM
AND THEN THEY TRIED TO GET JONATHAN TO SING AND DANCE FOR US!!! HE TOLD ME "
WHEN I GET OLDER I'M GONNA SING LIKE MY BROTHER AND YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY MONEY TO
SEE ME" AND SMILED! WE ALL LAUGHED!! WE HANG OUT A LITTLE LONGER AND SINCE IT
WAS GETTING LATE AND THEY HAD SOME THINGS PLANNED LATER ON WE DECIDED TO LEAVE!
THEY WALKED US OUT AND WE GAVE THEM SOME POSTERS TO GET AUTOGRAPHED FOR US. IT
WAS SO GREAT AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE WHOLE TIME THERE.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THEIR HOUSE! THEY HAD PICTURES OF JUSTIN AND JONATHAN
TOGETHER HANGING ON THE WALLS AND SITTING ON THE TV AND STUFF. I WAS IN A
DREAMLAND. WE ALL SAID BYE AND THEY WERE LIKE "HOPEFULLY WE'LL SE YOU GUYS AT
THE SHOW TOMORROW". IT WAS SO AWESOME. I SUE HOPED SO TOO. MRS. LISA ALSO TOLD
US THAT JUSTIN WOULDN'T BE STAYING AT A HOTEL SINCE HE WAS HOME BUT THE OTHER
GUYS WERE STAYING AT THE RADISSON AND SHE TOLD US SINCE NOBODY KNEW THAT WE
COULD PROBALY MEET THEM. I TOLD HER THANKS AND WE WERE OFF....
WE DROVE TO THE HOTEL AND DROVE AROULD IT LIKE 4 OR 5 TIMES. AFTER THAT I
FINALLY GOT THE NERVE TO GO IN. KIRKPATRICK AND HER SIS SAID THEY'D MAKE A BLOCK
AND COME BACK TO SEE IF I SAW ANYTHING. AS I WENT IN I SAW LANCE GETTING IN THE
ELAVATOR AND I TOOK A PICTURE. HE WAS ON HIS CELL-PONE! I WENT BACK TO THE CAR
AND WE CIRCLED A FEW MORE TIMES AND WE ALL DECIDED TO GO BACK IN. THEY WERE SOME
CHAIRS IN FRONT OF THE ELEVATORS SO WE DECIDED TO SIT THEIR AND SEE IF THEY
WOULD COME OUT! NOONE ELSE WAS IN THERE BUT 1 OLD MAN DRINKING COFFEE.
AFTER ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF JUST SITTING.... THE ELEVATOR OPENED AND OUT WALKED
JC!! I STOOD UP AND SAID " HEY THERE JC" AND HES SMILED THAT GORGEOUS SMILED AND
SAID
"HEY YOURSELF"! WE INTRODUCED OURSELVES, GOT OUR PICTURES TAKEN WITH HIM AND
THEN I SAID " THANK YOU" AND HE SAID " NO PROBLEM SWEETIE". HE SMELT SO GOOD!!
I THINK KIRKPATRICK WAS SO EXCITED ALL SHE COULD DO WAS SMILE!!! THEN AFTER HE
HAD LEFT LANCE CAME OUT AND WE ALL DID THE SAME AS WITH JC. HE WAS SOOOO CUTE.
WHEN I TOLD HIM THANKS HE LOOKED AT ME AND WITH HE DEEP SEXY VOICE HE SAID "MY
PLEASURE AUDRIA". I JUST SMILED SO BIG..... THEN KIRKPATRICK LOOKED AT ME AND
SHE SAID " THERES ONLY CHRIS AND JOEY LEFT!!" SHE WAS SO EXCITED BY THAT POINT
BECAUSE SHE WAS GONNA MEET HER HONEY!!!
THEN... OUT WALKED CHRIS! I SAID 'HEY ITS CHRIS" AND HE PUT HIS HAND ON HIS
CHEAST AND SAID "AHHH..O MY"!! IT WAS SOO FUNNY! WE TALKED WITH HIM, GOT OUR
PICUTRES TOGETHER AND AS HE WALKED AWAY HE SAID "I HAVE THIS TERRIABLE PAIN IN
MY SIDE" LOOKED BACK AND SMILED. HE IS SOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY. THEN OUT CAME JOEY. HE
WAS SO HYPER! WE TALKED WITH HIM A BIT AND GOT OUR PICTURES TAKEN AND WALKED OUT
TO THE TAXI WITH HIM! HE TOLD US THEY WERE HEADED FOR JUSTIN'S GRAMMY'S TO EAT
DINNER AND THATS WERE JUSTIN WAS. WHEN I GOT MY PICTURE TAKEN WITH JOEY I LOOK
SO STUPID CAUSE RIGHT BEFORE THE FLASH WENT OFF HE SAID "CHEESE" IT THIS
CHIPMUNK VOICE AND I BUSTED OUT LAUGHING! JOEY MANAGED TO HOLD IT IN A LITTLE
UNTILL AFTER THE FLASH!!
AFTER THAT IT WAS LIKE 8:30PM AND WE HEADED BACK HOME! IT HAD BEEN THE BEST
DAY OF MY LIFE!!!
OCT. 27TH THE CONCERT
WE GOT TO THE PYRAMID ARENA 2 HOURS EARY AND GOT OUR SHURTS AND STUFF AND
WENT TO OUR SEATS. RIGHT BEFORE THE SHOW STARED WE SPOTTED MR. RANDY AND TEM AND
THEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. *N SYNC CAME OUT WITH SHEETS OVER THEN AND THEN TOOK
THEM OFF AND UNCOVERED THERE COUSTUME; DRESSED IN THEIR WHITE SPACE SUITS. THEY
DID A REALLY COOL DANCE BREAK THING AND THEN TOOK OFF THE HELMETS AND RIPPED OFF
THE WHITE SUITS. THEY SANG " I WANT YOU BACK", "I JUST WANNA BE WITH YOU", YOU
GOT IT", GOD MUST HAVE..." , TEARIN' UP MY HEART, SMALL PARTS OF " GONE TILL
NOVEMBER, GETTIN' JIGGY WIT IT, AND NICE AND SLOW" WHICH I JUST LOVED!!!! THEY
ALSO DID THEME MUSIC TO " SANFORD AND SOE SO JUSTIN COULD DO THAT BASSBEAT STUFF
HE DOES SO WELL, LIKE WHAT HE DID ON"GIDDY UP" IN THE DISNEY SPEICAL.... IT WAS
A GREAT SHOW! THEY HAD ON SHINNING SUITS! JOEY WORE RED, LANCE WORE GREEN, JC
WORE BLUE, CHRIS WORE PURPLE AND MY SWEETIE WORE SILVER!!! THY SHOW ROCKED AND
THEY DANCED BETTER THEN ANY GROUP I'D EVER SEEN BEFORE!!! AFTER THE SHOW I MET
MR. PAUL AND TOOK A PIC WITH HIM! WE HAD THE GREATEST TIMES
OF OUR LIVES THOSE TO WONDERFUL DAYS, AND HOPEFULLY MORE TO COME!!!
TODAY WAS GREAT TOO CAUSE WE GOT OUR AUTOGRAPHED PICTURES IN
THE MAILED AND ALSO A NOTE FROM MRS. LISA....SHE TOLD US LANCE SAID THAT THEY
WOULD BE BACK TO MEMPHIS IN MARCH!!! I CAN'T WAIT! SHE SAID THAT SHE'D HELP US
MEET THEM AGAIN, INCLUDING JUSTIN! ALSO THAT THEY GUYS SAID THANKS AND HEY AND
THAT THE GIFT WE GAVE JONATHAN IS CURRENTLY HIS FAVORITE TOY! THEY TOLD US IT
WAS GRAT TO MEET US SPEND TIME TOGETHER AND TO KEEP IN TOUCH!!! THEY ARE THE
SWEETEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD AND I WILL NEVER FORGET THE HAPPINESS THAT THEY
GAVE TO US! *N SYNC IS #1 NOW AND FOREVER.
LOTS OF *N SYNC LOVE,
AUDRIA
From: Maria Bonofiglio
Synopsis: Review of the concerts she went to
The first time I saw 'N SYNC was on April 18th 1998, I remember that day like
it was only
yesterday. I was waiting on the sidewalk, downtown Toronto right in front of the
Warehouse. It was a
charity concert so I only had to bring a couple cans of food and I could get in,
I didn't have to pay at all!!!!! I
was there since 8:00a.m and then finally we were able to go in. They let about
2000 people into the little club
and it was really squished inside there. I couldn't wait until I saw them
because I was really close to the stage
and I had my camera along with me, my best friend Mel was with me and she had
her camera too. Then all
of a sudden a man came out and said "Please Welcome 'N SYNC" then they came out
in their red and
white outfits, Joey with a Canadian Olympic Roots hat on and sang "You Got It" I
bursted into tears because
I had never been so close to a group in all my life. At one point Justin said
"Now we'll sing a song that
everyone knows, do you know what it's called?" the crowd said "I want you back"
then they aid "We Can't
Hear you!!" The crowd screamed "I Want You Back" Then they said "We still can't
hear you" and really
loud the crowd screamed "I WANT YOU BACK!!!!!" Justin said "I think that's good
enough". Then they
sang the song and Justin made the whole crowd scream like crazy because of the
way he was dancing, he
took off his jacket and he had the usual white tank top underneath, oooh boy did
he look good. Then they
sang "Lion Sleeps Tonight" and I almost died because it was so cute. Of course
they sang the Bee Gees
songs and "Gettin' Jiggy Wit it" by Wil Smith. They also did the usual "When I
say 'N you say SYNC...If y'all
wannaparty like we do, if y'all wanna party like us let me hear you say ah ah ah
ah ah.......let me hear you say
uh, ti nanana" they sang three more songs they danced so good (like usual) and
then they said "We hope you
enjoyed it" and they were gone. I was crying to much and I was so dizzy because
it was like a mosh pit in
that crowd, I never realized that sooner or later these five guys would take the
world by storm, and now look
at huge they are, I was lucky that I saw them for free because I don't think
they'll ever do it again. It was an
amazing performance and I do have pictures but they aren't the best since it was
a mosh pit.
It was an overall
10/10 I loved it sooooo much!
In June 1998, while I was at school, my friend Mel was at home, waiting until
10:00 am when she
would purchase our tickets for the 'N SYNC concert that was going to be on July
16th. I was at school
waiting anxiously until she walked into the school door, I asked her what row we
had and she said that we
would be watching 'N SYNC from 8th ROW!!! I couldn't believe it, I loved 'N SYNC
even more by then
and I was so excited. I was spending the week of the concert in Barrie Ontario
which is about 2 hours from
where the concert was going to be. My mom still took me and my sister (she's 18
and loves Joey) even
though it was 2 hours away. When me and my sister walked into the Molson
Amphitheatre, we walked
down to level 100 where we would be sitting in row 8, I still couldn't believe
it. I met my two friends there.
The show started off with 'N TYCE, they were really good. I enjoyed that
performance. Then it was time for
'N SYNC to come out, Mel had her camera ready like always. They came out in
space suits and danced to
Star Wars music, I was trying to figure out who was who, but of course I
couldn't. When they ripped off the
suits, the crowd went wild! I was screaming like crazy, and I was saying "I know
they aren't going to sing
God Must Have Spent, because that's my favorite song" then all of a sudden I
heard it, they were singing my
song, I was so happy that I was crying. A really good part was when they split
the crowd in two Justin and
Joey were in charge of my side, J.C and Lance the other. Justin told us that if
we were louder, they would
give us some of Lance's underwear. J.C said that if their side was louder that
he would invite them all to his
condo in Florida. I think the other side was louder but I couldn't tell. I
remember when our side was
supposed to be quiet but my sister was screaming "I LOVE YOU JOEY" over and
over, then he looked at
her put his finger on his lips and said "Shhhh" with a really cute smile, then I
started jumping and he looked at
me and smiled, I swear it had to be me because I could just feel it! At one
point they came out with water
guns and sprayed the crowd, I got wet by Joey's water, but only a little. It was
cool when they danced to
"Fired Up" by Busta Rhymes and during "Block Rockin' Beats", Chris was on the
floor and they were
pretending to beat him up, they. My fave part was when they sang the Bee Gees
songs, and Rock With You
by Michael Jackson, it was so cool!! The concert was almost done when they came
on for an Encore, Justin
tried to do a cartwheel but it wasn't very good, it was really cute, J.C was
doing really amazing flips. Then
they sang "Tearin' up my heart". I know all the songs they sang but I am not
going to name them all. When
the concert was finished, I realized that I totally loved Chris, he's so funny
and really hot. I said "I LOVE
CHRIS' about 20 million times, everyone around me heard it. He's the best. We
got our pics developed and
boy are they amazing pictures!! they are so close and really clear. I couldn't
believe that I was that close. I
can't wait until they come back because they're concert was the best concert
I've been to,
I give it a 10 + +
+ + + because it rocked!!
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