I had my perch on deck 10 looking down at the stage on deck 9. Not the best of seats, but I made a few friends and it was workable (again, see concert photos). It was so hot that sunscreen didn't cut it. I had white pool towels on all exposed areas.
As the time of the concert began to approach, some latecomers pushed their kids in front of others who were there an hour before. Some parents "resented" this (Oh, yeah). Tempers were flaring between the parents (not so much the kids) and some unsavory epithets were shouted across the pool deck.
Needless to say, the concert was to begin in the nick of time. Aaron and his dancers came out on stage to do a sound check. Really good, to the tune of "Leave It Up To Me" from the Jimmy Neutron Soundtrack. Aaron was his pleasant and charming self. One of the dancers, I believe his name was Matt, fell flat on his face. We don't know if he slipped or what, but he seemed all right. This may have been a portent of things to come.
As you may know, it is usual for water bottles and Gatorade to be placed in strategic areas around the stage at Aaron's concerts. This is a good thing because he needs to replace the fluids he looses during the performance as well as keeping his throat moist.
The concert began, no live band, but Aaron and dancers doing their best. Aaron singing, smiling and reaching out to touch his fans. Nick joined him for "Not Too Young Not Too Old" even though he had no obligation to do so. By now this is a tradition with the brothers.
Aaron did a back flip or two, but this had to be exceedingly difficult in that god-awful heat. Breaks were taken to introduce water and dry off with a towel stage left.
About 30 minutes into the concert, while Aaron was singing "I'm All About You" he couldn't quite hit some of the notes. People were kind of giggling because this is not usual for Aaron. I looked into my neighbor's telephoto lens and noticed that he did not appear to be sweating anymore. The lady next to me was with Aaron's group and I told her that I think he is dehydrating too quickly and that I wanted to point it out the ship's doctor, who I saw on the deck. Luckily, the concert ended about at that point. I really believe that he was within a few minutes of passing out from heat exhaustion. I found out later, that the concert was indeed cut short and heard that Aaron was sick later that evening.
I don't know if anyone was truly to blame for that, but I do think it was too much for the fans, Aaron and dancers to deal with in that heat.
The rest of the night was uneventful, and I believe Aaron re-emerged after dark to partake of the pool and basketball court.
Today, the scuttlebutt was that Aaron had just gotten the role of Peter Pan in the Disney live movie production, although he was not too thrilled about the prospect of green tights.