The Ready Set Concert - November 13, 2010

The Ready Set!!
November 13, 2010
The Avalon Theater

The Ready Set is my favorite singer! I've already talked about that in 2 previous posts. I have already posted the pictures from March, but here are the pictures from the first time I got to meet him.

He came to Salt Lake on the Hey Monday tour as one of the opening bands. I was so excited to see him for the first time. He is such a fun live performer! I got Linnea hooked on him in September when I fell in love with him. She came down from Rexburg to go to this concert with me. My cousin, Mitch came too.

Linnea and I drove past the Avalon theater a few hours before the concert because we were already close by. I saw his bus which I recognized right off, and I almost peed my pants. He was here!! I got so excited and was positively giddy until the show later that night. We sat in the street and watched his bus. We wanted to just go up and knock on the door, but we didn't want to be creepers. We saw George (his stage manager, in the picture right above).

Linnea had a family thing so she came a tad late to the concert. Mitch and I got there early and stood in line outside...right by his bus! I touched it :) and got this picture. Then as we were standing there, Andy (his bass guitarist) walked past us with food and said, "Excuse me". Then I saw his sound guy, Derick. I couldn't believe it!! We ended up being in the wrong line and had to go to the other side which was forever long. We stood in the freezing cold for about an hour and missed one band. The venue was small and personal. We were fairly close to the stage. Linnea came and we watched 2 more bands before The Ready Set. I was so excited to see Travis, the drummer, getting ready. He's my favorite.

Then Jordan came out and I screamed! Here they all are head banging.

I like this shot, especially because you can see one of Travis's famous faces that he pulls while playing.

I bought a shirt form Jason, the merch guy (I know the band pretty well haha).

After the show, Jordan tweeted that he was outside the venue. We got to meet him. He signed my back and then we got a picture with him. He is way shorter than I thought. He was so nice though! As we were leaving, I said, "It was a really great show." He said, "Thanks! Thanks for coming." :)

I follow all the band mates on Twitter. Here are their comments after the show. Sorry about the swearing, although it shows how Jordan doesn't swear. I thought it was really cool that they said these things.

It was a great night!! I can't believe I got to meet him! I love him so much. Linnea came and spent the night. The next day, she came to church with me. We hardly spoke to each other and when we did, it was about last night. We were both just thinking about how awesome it was and how badly we wanted to see him again. I seriously considered driving or flying to either San Diego or Phoenix for another show the next weekend, but that would've been ridiculous.