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To begin this recap, let me just say that the day hadn’t gone well. I almost didn’t go, and then on the way there, I almost turned around ten times.
But I didn’t.
After talking to a good friend, 🙂 I was ready to stay on my path (or interstate, lol) Thank you, love.
I had horrible directions (and a horrible sense of direction), so I parked and walked. Five blocks down, I entered the pavilion. There were quite a few people standing around the front of the stage, about 15 feet of people. There is no real way of guessing how many people, but maybe 500-700. Not too crowded. There were some people sitting casually around the semi-circle of graduated steps toward the back. Not too bad. I walked up and staked out a spot. David’s band was setting up for their soundcheck. I was there maybe ten minutes when he came out.
“Uno, dos, tres”, said he, testing his mic, all wrapped up in a radio logo’d gray parka. Adorable. He launched into Elevator. Or was it STR? I know he did both, but the order? I am all confused and sleep deprived.
While he was singing, I looked behind me. People were being drawn to the pavilion. There was an endless sea of people swarming in. His voice was so clear and loud, the downtown night was filled with his voice. People there for the Art Prize heard his voice and just came towards it. Goodness, I can still see the people. And hear his voice. I figured that after the soundcheck, some would probably leave. But no. They stayed and their numbers grew.
The other bands soundchecked, yada, yada. The other bands played. I liked Ryan Star, yada, yada. Oh, before the bands played, the dj’s came out and were talking about the show. Who came to see so and so? When he got to David’s name the screams ERUPTED. I kid you not. Louder than for anyone, and that included Natasha Bedingfield. He asked who followed @Davidarchie on Twitter. Mentioned how many people tweeted them from all over the world when they tweeted about David.
Then. David came out and blew everyone in that crowd away. The crowd which, we were told, had grown to twenty thousand. His voice sounded strong and husky and beautiful and I can still hear it in my head, almost 24 hours later.
There was a group of teenage girls next to me who were in love with David. IN LOVE. I heard it many times, lol. I knew they were real fans when they sang along with Altnoy, Crush, and Zero Gravity. But when David sang MKOP, the 20 thousand melted away and it was almost quiet. And those girls were in tears, along with many others. I loved those girls. I love that they love David, and have him to look up to. A yardstick to measure boys by. I think he teaches them that they deserve respect.
David and his band left the stage after Crush. It was over. Really David? That crowd thought not. I heard a few people start chanting “ONE MORE SONG, ONE MORE SONG”. Soon the entire place was chanting. Then it was “DAVID, DAVID, DAVID!!!” The DJ came out and said, “Keep it up, it might work!”
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Then out from behind the stage, David and his band ran out on stage.
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And history was made. Awww. His encore was Zero Gravity. He told the crowd to jump with him, and twenty thousand did.
David was a SUPERSTAR last night.
The Voice David Archuleta 