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Monday, August 29, 2005

You Bring Me Joy Part 1


Yes ladies and gentleman that is me giving anita baker a drawing i did of her during the concert........READY Here we go
Preston and i arrived in detroit and checked in to our hotel and had time to kill so we went over to canada..why?..i ask myself the same question evrytime we go, its really not worth the hassle at the borders to go to a country that looks like it just entered the nineties, but anyway. We changed at the hotel and went to eat something before the concert..Max&Erma graciously accepted us into their home. We arrived at the venue and met up with preston's online anita baker fanatics and we all talked and headed inside. We got to our seats which were very close, about 4 rows back , right in the center from the stage..now usually there is some space between the first row and the stage right...not here if you were in the front row( which some of the internet girls were)..you were looking at anitas feet..literally. Most of us were in the same row which was great for me because i had one of them screaming like a girl on my right and a girl screaming on my left (Preston sat to my right if you didnt pick that up). We chit-chatted with the people around us, the audience was made up of everyone possible , young, old, all nationalities, then the lights dimmed ans the band began to play . Anita came out like she does, and began to serenade us with that beautiful voice which still hasn't lost any of its magic. We were so close , she was literally right in front of us singing, Preston twiching with awe was ready. He had bought flowers for her and proceeded to go to the stage to give them . Now Anita is always open to gifts during her concert so evrytime we see her people gave her things and we figured this was our turn...so she knelt down and talked with Preston , said his name in the mic and told him to turn around and wave ..which is what hes always wanted..he was in heaven. My oppurtunity came a bit later i worked up the nerve to get up there and present her my gift. She loved it and asked meif i drew it, i said yes and she asked me my name and made me say it into the microphone, "Scott" i said ...it came out deeper than i wanted but hey. She then said a gracious thank you to which i replied "no thank you " . She then proceeded to wow us again with more of her songs,........Part 2 "saga of the back stage caper" coming later

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