April wants me to tell you about a Yahoogroups to help promote and raise money for Brian's Healthy Heart Club For Kids Charity. You all must know how worthy this is, it is a special program and deserves our support. Brian would really appreciate it. Join the mailing list at
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Okay so my story started on Brian's birthday the HHC (Healthy Heart Club)
held the drawing for the autographed shirt and I was the one who won! I was
in shock. If you look on the site there's a story. Then on Thursday March 1,
2001 I found out that Z95.7 the local radio station was having a contest for
front row so I dressed up in all my Z gear and went to Oakland for the show.
I wasn't sure if they were going to choose me, but when they were about to
choose the winner they dj's kept looking at me and I just knew. Well, the Z
gives away the BEST seats! We got in there and were amazed. We were front row
center!! Well during the show I was acting really crazy and they kept looking
at me and waving and smiling. I thought I was going to die. Remember, when
Nick throws his guitar pick? It didn't get thrown far enough but the security
guard picked it up and gave it to me. All during the show I was holding up
the shirt I had won and that's when at the end Brian gave the other shirt to
me. It has Brian's smell on it. I framed my shirts so they don't get ruined.
Well, after the show I got home, I live in Vallejo, at around 12:30.
My mom was up and I was so excited I told her about all the stuff that had
happened to me. She told me to sit down because she had some really big news.
I had no idea what it was until she said that Brandon Edgington had called.
Brandon is in charge of the HHC. As soon as she said that I knew because my
friend had just had heart surgery and I had written a letter to the club
about it. Well they showed to letter to Jackie Littrell, Brian's mom. She
said that my letter was very touching and she wanted to do something about
it. So my mom told me that on Friday, March 2, 2001 we (my friend Kim and I)
were going to be going backstage. I started freaking out and crying. Needless
to say I didn't sleep that night.
The next day I called to BSB tour manager Tim, and he told me where to
pick up my tickets and passes. When we got there we went to will call
thinking that we were just going to get regular meet and greet passes. Well I
was wrong because when the lady at the window handed me the envelope it had 2
VIP passes that said Guest of Brian Littrell, and then 5th row tickets. (Kim
couldn't sit in front row because of her heart and all the explosions) We
both started crying like babies and everyone around us thought we were nuts
until we told them why. Around 7:00 we went backstage to wait in the VIP room
where some of AJ's friends were, and a bodyguard and Sarah, AJ's girlfriend.
Around 7:15, Tim the manager came and got us. He told us to wait out in the
hall and he would go get Brian.
We were waiting thinking it would be a while when all of a sudden here
comes Brian. OMG!! We talked to him for about 15 minutes about Kim's surgery
and where we lived and how we were. He even lifted up his shirt and showed us
his scar. I asked him if he remembered giving his shirt to me the night
before and he said I thought I had seen you before. Then we gave him a thank
you card for his mom and the HHC club and a necklace that said Brian loves
Leighanne, and I gave him a book of scriptures because I know he's a
Christian. After we talked we took pictures with him and then he said he had
to go get changed. He asked if we wanted to meet the other guys and of course
we said YES!! We just had to wait till everyone got changed so we went to
wait in the VIP room again.
About 10 minutes later Tim came back and took us to where the MEET and
GREET people were. Well he put us in line in front of all of them and told us
to go in the room and wait for them. We were in the room when in comes Kevin
and Howie, we gave them hugs and talked to them for a minute when AJ came in.
We hugged him too. After that Brian and Nick came in and Brian told them how
we were his guests and told them about Kim's heart surgery. They were all
SOOOO NICE! After talking for a few minutes we had to take a picture with
them and hug them goodbye because all the people were waiting and they had to
hurry. Before we left Brian asked us where we were sitting so he could look
out for us. We told him we were in the 5th row. So during the concert and
when they were on the bridge they would wave. Well that is the end of Friday.
On Saturday there was no shw so I had a break and rested up. On Sunday
March 5, 2001 it was back to the same old thing. My sister didn't go to the
concert so she dropped of me and my friend there in Sacramento. We had 12th
row for this show. Guess who was sitting in front of us? Nick Carter's
cousin. He looks just like Nick but fat. :) Well since she didn't go to the
show my sister and her friend went to go look for the hotel, but more about
that later. During the show I held up a sign that I had made that said "BRIAN
IT'S ME APRIL" He saw it and waved, I also made a sign that said "BRIAN,
OLIVE JUICE" which is from Leighannes movie, it means I love you. When they
were on the bridge I held it up and he said, "Aww, I love you too." I was so
happy he knew what I meant, I guess he would being his wife's movie and all.
:)
After the show I called my sister on her cell and she told me that they
had found the hotel. She said they were staying at the Hyatt. I said I guess
that means we're staying there too. When we got there there were girls
waiting outside, and we tried to get a room and they said it was all booked.
We had a feeling they were lying so my friend Fred, called and said we were
coming in from the airport from LA and we needed a room, they gave us a ROOM!
hmm and they said it was booked! We went to our room and it was really nice.
We spent the whole night in the lobby. It was worth it though because Brian
and AJ came through. Brian first, but he was tired and didn't really stop to
talk to any one. Me and my sister stayed in the lobby and her friend Jenny
and Fred were in the room we called up to their room and said Brians here
hurry. Well he was already on the elevator then so we thought it was too
late, but when they were leaving our room who was getting of the elevator on
our FLOOR, Brian. He was 4 doors away and the bodyguard was 3 doors away.
Around 3 in the morning is when AJ came he was really nice and stopped to
take pictures and sign autographs for everyone. After that the valet guy told
us that the other guys had snuck in the back so we went to bed around 4 in
the morning.
We got up late and went down to the lobby again around 12. There were
girls there that said most of the guys had left except Nick. So we waited for
a while, then all of a sudden Nick and his dad got out of the elevator! I
wanted to take a picture of him but my sister was outside talking to some
girls to find out info and she had the camera. Nick went into the restaurant
they had there to go eat. I was like I have to go eat there. Since we were
hotel guests we were allowed in the resturant. There were other girls in
there too but they were all acting crazy and screaming and bugging him while
he tried to eat. The manager of the restaurant sat all the crazy girls away
from him at the other side of the resturant. I think since we were acting
normal they didn't mind us because they sat us like 3 tables away from us.
Nick's back was facing us but we could see his dad. His dad smiled at us, he
was probably greatful that we didn't bug them while they ate. After he ate he
had to sneak out the back through the kitchen. Now this is really sad, after
he left all the crazy girls took all his leftovers and the straw and lemon
from his iced tea and kept them as souveniers. I was like that is disgusting.
After we ate we decided just to go home. We had to change and get ready
to go back to Sacramento for the last show there. For Monday's show we had
pretty good seats because my friend's mom knew a lady that worked for
ticketmaster, we were 6th row. We took the OLIVE JUICE sign again so Brian
would remember it, he did! I also made a sign that said "NICK, BACK THAT ASS
UP!!" I thought it was funny, but I guess security didn't because they took
it away:( I knew during that concert I better savor it because it was the
last one I was going to see.
I thought that was the end of it all, but then on Sunday March 18, 2001
at 7:30 pm I got "the call that changed my destiny". My mom answered the
phone and told me it was for me, she said she thought it was my friend Neil,
because he has a real quiet voice. BOY WAS SHE WRONG!!!!! This is how the
conversation went. ME: Hello VOICE: Hi, is this April? ME: Yes VOICE: Well
you won't believe this but this is Brian from the Backstreet Boys. YES
OMG!!!!! Brian called me!!!!!!! I was in such shock. He said that he had been
sitting on the bus earlier and he came across my letter. It was a copy of the
letter I had written before. He wanted to see how Kim was doing. He said you
guys are the ones we met right?, I said yes, he said I thought so. He said
well did you guys had a good time. I was like Yeah, of course! He said I hope
that I didn't call too late, I said NO it's not too late it's only 7:30. He
said oh cool, then he asked how I was. I said, Actually I'm in shock right
now. He said sorry and then said he was in San Diego right now about to do
the last show here and then head down to Mexico. I said oh, I wish I could be
there, but we're going to see you guys when you come here in August, if we
could get tickets. THen he said, well tell your mom i'm sorry if I called too
late or if I startled her. I said I don't think she knew who you were. He
laughed. Then he said well I better go, I think he had to do meet and greets
then go on stage. Then he said See you in August, Bye bye I said bye and
then he hung up. After I hung and ran down the stairs, I was like MOM do you
realize who that was!! She was like no who, I said that was BRIAN!!! She felt
bad afterwards becuase she talked to him and she didn't even know. Well
that's the end of my BSB story. Hopefully it will continue again when they
come back in August.
