Author's Note: That one moment when you get to see someone you have known your whole life get to sing on stage with a famous person. I decided to write about this because it was a magical moment for me to watch my sister's best friend sing at stage with Train.
“This song is a duet between a girl and guy…would anybody want to come up on stage and sing with me?” Pat Monahan, the lead singer of Train spoke. I remember hearing these words float into my ear and immediately point to my sister’s friend, Monica. Right after I pointed at her, he looked at me, then Skyler, then my sister, Laura, and we all pointed at Monica. Pat saw us all point at her and the next thing I knew he pointed and asked Monica, “Would you want to join me on stage?” Monica nodded her head up and down and ran up to the stage. Right at this moment, I knew this was going to be the one of the best days of my life.
Train, one of my favorite bands, was performing with Kelly Clarkson at Summerfest over the summer, I knew right when I heard that I had to go. My mom ended up getting 6 tickets for the concert. We had 4 tickets in the 3rd row and 2 tickets about 40 rows back. Laura is 19, so my mom said, “Laura you can sit in the 3rd row with a friend. I remember thinking at that momentthat she would want to sit in the best seats too, but to my amazement she told me, “That I could sit in the 3rd row with a friend!” I remember bouncing up and down and then sprinting up to my mom to give her a hug. My sister already called Monica and she replied with a quick,“Yes!” Now it was my turn to bring a friend so I phoned Skyler. She answered with a “YES!” right away. I decided to bring Skyler because ever since 6th grade we have gone to almost all concerts together, so I call her my concert buddy. I have never seen Train before and I love them, I figured this was going to be a great night even though I didn’t know one of us four was going to be pulled on stage that night.
It came to the day of the concert and I was pumped. We were taking a Coach Bus down to Summerfest. My mom was bringing Skyler’s mom to the concert so we all went down together on the bus. Skyler and I were chatting the entire time down to Summerfest. We had finally got down to the grounds where we met up with Laura and Monica. We all went to get something to eat and right after that we went straight to the Marcus Amphitheatre. We had just sat down in the seats when the opening act started. The act was Brett Dunham. I had no clue who he was but I ended up really enjoying him. The next act was Kelly Clarkson! Kelly came running out singing her new song, “The Dark Side” it’s one of my favorite songs by her. Laura, Monica, Skyler and I were going crazy, people thought we were phscyo. I didn’t care what they thought of us because I was having such a good time. Kelly noticed us dancing and singing along to all of her songs and she waved at us! I felt so special at that moment, it was almost as if we were the only people at the concert. Kelly was singing her last song and as she was leaving the stage, she tripped over a microphone cord! She ended up spraining her ankle! Laura, Monica, Skyler, and I were all sad but, we knew Train was next so we were so excited. Train was all of our favorite band.
“My heart was paralyzed,” the words come out of the mouth of Pat! Everyone screamed; the concert was starting! I knew all the lyrics to this song so I was singing along with Skyler, Monica, and Laura. The song was “50 Ways to say Goodbye.” It is one of my favorite songs by them. I remember dancing around a ton through the next few songs and seeing the lead guitarist, who looks exactly like Howie Mandel, walk in front of us! I kept dancing throughout all the songs and in the middle of the concert Bruises came on! Monica was screaming because this is her favorite song! To her it’s that one song that gets you pumped up. Pat at that moment asked if anyone would sing with him. Monica, my sister’s best friend, got pulled on stage! Laura, Skyler,and I were screaming our heads off watching one of our very good friends sing her favorite song with her favorite band! It was almost as if it was a miracle. It was finally the time for the girl’s solo, Pat questioned Monica, “Would you want to give it a try?” Pat held the microphone in front of mouth as the words come out of her mouth! Monica was singing! After she finished her solo, the crowd roared like a lion. Monica smiled and waved at us! Monica got a few more solos during the song and everyone was cheering for her! It was such a special moment, since Monica doesn’t ever sing in front of anyone, not even her parents! The song ended and everyone cheered so loud! Pat told Monica in shock, “That was one of the best moments of my life, I never knew anyone who could sing that good from the crowd and knew my new song!” Monica didn’t hear him speak that to her though, because she was exiting the stage in such awe. Monica ran up to her us and give us all a huge hug! A lot of people around us come up to her and told her that she was amazing!
Right after Monica got back the next song Train performed was “Marry Me.” Laura pointed out that Pat was coming down the aisle by the gate to take pictures with people. Laura, Skyler, and I took 3 steps and were at the gate! Monica didn’t come with us though, because she was still in awe. “Michelle my phone is dead can we use yours to get a picture with him?” Skyler questioned me. Laura heard this and spoke to Skyler and me, “We can use mine it’s easier to take a picture with.” “Ok Laura well he’s right there.” I replied to her. Pat grabbed Laura’s phone as Skyler, Laura, and I all took a picture with him! We just got a picture with the lead singer of Train! We went back to Monica, all shaking. Monica, Laura, Skyler, and I all got back to dancing and singing for the last of Train’s songs! On their last song, we stood at the gate, by the stage and the guitarist threw me his pick for his guitar! I had snatched in up in my hands. Train finished the song, waved goodbye, and then left the stage! The concert had ended.
The concert had taught me to never give up on my dreams no matter how big or small they are. Monica’s dream came true that night, it was to sing on stage with a famous person. Laura, Skyler, and I were all thrilled that her dream came true! While, we were exciting the concert, about three dozen people came up to Monica saying how good she was. I agreed with them; Monica was phenomenal. We met up with Skyler’s mom and my mom. They went right up to Monica and gave her a hug and also stated how amazing she was! To me, I felt that nothing could get be better than this night, it truly was the best day I have had in my lifetime. This is a day, no matter how old I will be, I will never forget it.
“This song is a duet between a girl and guy…would anybody want to come up on stage and sing with me?” Pat Monahan, the lead singer of Train spoke. I remember hearing these words float into my ear and immediately point to my sister’s friend, Monica. Right after I pointed at her, he looked at me, then Skyler, then my sister, Laura, and we all pointed at Monica. Pat saw us all point at her and the next thing I knew he pointed and asked Monica, “Would you want to join me on stage?” Monica nodded her head up and down and ran up to the stage. Right at this moment, I knew this was going to be the one of the best days of my life.
Train, one of my favorite bands, was performing with Kelly Clarkson at Summerfest over the summer, I knew right when I heard that I had to go. My mom ended up getting 6 tickets for the concert. We had 4 tickets in the 3rd row and 2 tickets about 40 rows back. Laura is 19, so my mom said, “Laura you can sit in the 3rd row with a friend. I remember thinking at that momentthat she would want to sit in the best seats too, but to my amazement she told me, “That I could sit in the 3rd row with a friend!” I remember bouncing up and down and then sprinting up to my mom to give her a hug. My sister already called Monica and she replied with a quick,“Yes!” Now it was my turn to bring a friend so I phoned Skyler. She answered with a “YES!” right away. I decided to bring Skyler because ever since 6th grade we have gone to almost all concerts together, so I call her my concert buddy. I have never seen Train before and I love them, I figured this was going to be a great night even though I didn’t know one of us four was going to be pulled on stage that night.
It came to the day of the concert and I was pumped. We were taking a Coach Bus down to Summerfest. My mom was bringing Skyler’s mom to the concert so we all went down together on the bus. Skyler and I were chatting the entire time down to Summerfest. We had finally got down to the grounds where we met up with Laura and Monica. We all went to get something to eat and right after that we went straight to the Marcus Amphitheatre. We had just sat down in the seats when the opening act started. The act was Brett Dunham. I had no clue who he was but I ended up really enjoying him. The next act was Kelly Clarkson! Kelly came running out singing her new song, “The Dark Side” it’s one of my favorite songs by her. Laura, Monica, Skyler and I were going crazy, people thought we were phscyo. I didn’t care what they thought of us because I was having such a good time. Kelly noticed us dancing and singing along to all of her songs and she waved at us! I felt so special at that moment, it was almost as if we were the only people at the concert. Kelly was singing her last song and as she was leaving the stage, she tripped over a microphone cord! She ended up spraining her ankle! Laura, Monica, Skyler, and I were all sad but, we knew Train was next so we were so excited. Train was all of our favorite band.
“My heart was paralyzed,” the words come out of the mouth of Pat! Everyone screamed; the concert was starting! I knew all the lyrics to this song so I was singing along with Skyler, Monica, and Laura. The song was “50 Ways to say Goodbye.” It is one of my favorite songs by them. I remember dancing around a ton through the next few songs and seeing the lead guitarist, who looks exactly like Howie Mandel, walk in front of us! I kept dancing throughout all the songs and in the middle of the concert Bruises came on! Monica was screaming because this is her favorite song! To her it’s that one song that gets you pumped up. Pat at that moment asked if anyone would sing with him. Monica, my sister’s best friend, got pulled on stage! Laura, Skyler,and I were screaming our heads off watching one of our very good friends sing her favorite song with her favorite band! It was almost as if it was a miracle. It was finally the time for the girl’s solo, Pat questioned Monica, “Would you want to give it a try?” Pat held the microphone in front of mouth as the words come out of her mouth! Monica was singing! After she finished her solo, the crowd roared like a lion. Monica smiled and waved at us! Monica got a few more solos during the song and everyone was cheering for her! It was such a special moment, since Monica doesn’t ever sing in front of anyone, not even her parents! The song ended and everyone cheered so loud! Pat told Monica in shock, “That was one of the best moments of my life, I never knew anyone who could sing that good from the crowd and knew my new song!” Monica didn’t hear him speak that to her though, because she was exiting the stage in such awe. Monica ran up to her us and give us all a huge hug! A lot of people around us come up to her and told her that she was amazing!
Right after Monica got back the next song Train performed was “Marry Me.” Laura pointed out that Pat was coming down the aisle by the gate to take pictures with people. Laura, Skyler, and I took 3 steps and were at the gate! Monica didn’t come with us though, because she was still in awe. “Michelle my phone is dead can we use yours to get a picture with him?” Skyler questioned me. Laura heard this and spoke to Skyler and me, “We can use mine it’s easier to take a picture with.” “Ok Laura well he’s right there.” I replied to her. Pat grabbed Laura’s phone as Skyler, Laura, and I all took a picture with him! We just got a picture with the lead singer of Train! We went back to Monica, all shaking. Monica, Laura, Skyler, and I all got back to dancing and singing for the last of Train’s songs! On their last song, we stood at the gate, by the stage and the guitarist threw me his pick for his guitar! I had snatched in up in my hands. Train finished the song, waved goodbye, and then left the stage! The concert had ended.
The concert had taught me to never give up on my dreams no matter how big or small they are. Monica’s dream came true that night, it was to sing on stage with a famous person. Laura, Skyler, and I were all thrilled that her dream came true! While, we were exciting the concert, about three dozen people came up to Monica saying how good she was. I agreed with them; Monica was phenomenal. We met up with Skyler’s mom and my mom. They went right up to Monica and gave her a hug and also stated how amazing she was! To me, I felt that nothing could get be better than this night, it truly was the best day I have had in my lifetime. This is a day, no matter how old I will be, I will never forget it.
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