Paul in Ottawa
Sept. 11th, 99 ~ Fan Fest ' 99
Well, I arrived at St-Laurent that morning at 7h25 AM, and the artists weren't scheduled to arrive until 12h00. I was the second person in line. About an hour later Melissa and Brenna ( net friends ) arrived.�� For a good part of the morning I was sitting with Melissa, but some people were saving my place in line.� I left my spot in line for a moment, and that's when a guy from Y 105 went up to the people who were in front of me in line and gave them VIP passes !!! ... Grrrr....�
So anyway, the DJ was making announcements and he said that
we wouldn't be allowed to get our pic taken with the artists, and I was pretty upset 'cause getting my pic taken with Paul is what matters the most to me. Anyway, they were running late, so the concert didn't start until 12h30 ...�
Chris Cummings was the first one to go on ~ He sang this song called " Joannie, the Jehovah's Witness Striper" ~ Very funny... Then it was Beverley Mahood, Georges Fox, Amanda Stott, Shirley Myers, and ..
PAUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I totally flipped out when he came out !!! OMG, was I ever flipping !!! He sang " That's the Truth", and then " It's a Beautiful Thing". After that, the other artists all got to sing another song. They were singing, and I was in a major daze, just staring at Paul !!! ... Then he looked right at me and mounthed hi. I totally died !!! At the end they all sang " I Saw the Light" ~ Paul was worried that the other guys would forget their parts !!!
At the end of the show, they started signing for the people that were in the VIP section. They had to leave at 4h00, right, and I was the first one in line, and I only got up to them at 3h20. I'm sure a bunch of people went home VERY disapointed. I met them all, but I was just thinking to myself, "yeah, yeah, I want to see PAUL !!! " 'cause he was the last one that we could meet.�
Finally, I went up to him ~ I leaned over the table and gave him a MAJOR hug !!! I made him lose his hat !!! But at least he was laughing. I gave him the BD card that Mel and I made for him, and as he was reading it, I completely lost it and started crying ~ I couldn't even speak ~ when Paul asked if he was signing the poster for me, I just notted 'cause I couldn't say yes. So finally, Paul told me to go on the other side of the table to take a picture with him. I obviously through myself in his arms and took a hug pic !!! We were holding each other sooooooo tight !!! I gave him another hug after that, of course !!!
I was finally able to say to him that Brian Franklin says hi ~ He's Paul's old guitarist who now tours with the Wilkinsons. And Paul told me himself that he will be touring with the Wilkinsons in Jan - Feb, 2000 !!!!!!!�
A guy from the Ottawa Sun approached me when I was done with Paul asked me my name 'cause he took a pic of Paul and I ... But I wasn't able to say anything so I wrote it for him ...� Anyway, I went for a drink after that and then I went back to watch Paul sign until he had to leave. I was crying still ...��
The next day, I went out and bought me a copy of the Sun. I didn't know if hte pic would be in the paper or not, but I knew that they would have an article on Fan Fest... I opened up THE paper, and right in the top corner of the 2nd page, THERE WAS THE PICTURE OF PAUL AND I !!!!!!!!!!! I started bawling ... Everytime Paul has been in Ottawa a photographer from either the Sun or Citizen have taken a picture of me and Paul and that was the first time our pic had actually been published.
