HALLOWS AND HORCRUXES BALL 2009
Hosted by the K-State Children's and Adolescent Literature Community (ChALC), the K-State Department of English, SGA, UPC, DOW-MRC, and the Manhattan Music Coalition. Proceeds will be donated to First Book.
Performing:
* The Parselmouths http://www.myspace.com/theparselmouths
* Gred and Forge http://www.myspace.com/gredandforgerock
* The Mudbloods http://www.myspace.com/mudbloods
* The Whomping Willows http://www.myspace.com/thewhompingwillows
* The Moaning Myrtles http://www.myspace.com/themoaningmyrtles
* The Remus Lupins http://www.myspace.com/theremuslupins
* Ministry of Magic http://www.myspace.com/ministryofmagicmusic
That's the right order, if I remember correctly.
Two-ish hour drive with my dad, my mom, my friend Rachel, myself, and my two sisters. We watch the Spongebob Squarepants Movie and the Incredible Hulk. When we get to Manhattan my dad had trouble finding the campus. But we found it and all was well. :) We bought our tickets and kinda chilled with the people like us -- found some fellow Gryffindors and just talked before they opened the doors. Bought a "Percy is a prat" t-shirt and a Parselmouths t-shirt. Rachel bought a MoM and another Gred and Forge t-shirt. We're gonna rotate. :)
During Parselmouths I was kind of towards the back -- not the back-back, but not the front, either. I danced with Rachel and two girls who were there who were all like "MORE PEOPLE SHOULD DANCE." I mean, Voldemort fangirl. That was brilliant. Voldemark from the Ministry of Magic came up and was the best dancer EVER. Oh my word it was beautiful. And as always, the Parselmouths had lovely voices.
GRED AND FORGE. By the way. I love him. It's just this guy Jarrod and he played a lot of the parts off his iPod and played the main guitar part and sang live. It was really nice. He played a REALLY great show. His new CD is coming out April 1st, appropriately, and I can't wait to buy it. :) I was a row or two back during this, and dancing like a maniac.
Mudbloods. Good show. They played some of their "muggle music." Close to the front again. Not much to say, they were pretty good. Loved the songs. The drummer guy was really nice and wore a really fun suit.
Whomping Willows. Aww. Jarrod came and played with him on the drums. Rachel and I were exhausted so we kinda sat that one out, but our friends that we made at the front row saved our spots. They were from Oklahoma. Long drive.
Moaning Myrtles!! Aww, they're SO good. Amazing voices. They came up for Gred and Forge and the Mudbloods before their own show. Aww. But yeah. It was great.
Remus Lupins -- it was just Alex. Then Adam from the Mudbloods came on with Jarrod -- again with Jarrod! -- and played a few songs, and Alex was soooo cute. He got all sentimental about all his friends being there and stuff, and then at the end, all of the bands came on stage and all sang Looking for Trouble together, and the whole crowd screamed the words, too. It was AMAZING.
Ministry of Magic. Oh my GOD. They were THE BEST. I LOVE THEM. More than LIFE. I'm not even kidding, I was dancing and jumping and screaming the words. When they first came on for their first song -- the Hero -- I'm not even kidding, I cried. There were tears coming down my face. And seriously. They were SO GOOD. They sang some songs from their new CD and they were amazing and I can't wait until it's on iTunes so I can buy it.
And alright. My claim to fame. My story.
So they're singing. I don't remember what song. Doesn't really matter. And Jason was right in the center -- dead in front of me -- and is getting really into the song. He has the mic stand and is moving it back and forth while he's dancing, and suddenly... it falls on me. Yeah. Awesome. So I help set it up again as best I can from the floor. Of course all the girls around me are like "Oh, you should move back..." because you know they wanted to steal my spot. I'm like "As if!" and push them back. Dummies. I think the song was the Bravest Man I Ever Knew. My favorite. But I don't know... eh. So the song ends and they're like "are you ok??" and I'm like "yeah, I'm fine!!" and then they're like "So... can you scream?" and I'm like "Well... not so much anymore!" and they're like "Well, get up here anyway."
So there I am. On stage. With one of my all-time favorite bands. And then they get a few more people from the crowd up and then all the other bands come up again and we sing the Marauder's Map.
IT WAS MAGICAL.
I get to scream into the microphone and I danced with Kristina and Lena and I hug Jarrod and he lifts me up and I'm just going insane. It was great. It was fantastic. It was the single greatest night of my entire life.
Sigh.
Then it's over, I get a picture with the MoM [check facebook for the profile picture, haha], and we go outside. It's raining pretty hard. I go jump in a puddle. Then I give Lauren a wet hug, and I hug Jarrod for about the eighteenth time, and I just love life. I talk to Liane a little, just introduce myself and such. Then my dad comes and picks me up and I head back to the hotel.
Single. Greatest. Night. Of. My. Entire. Life.
