I Don't Know About You, But I Came To Dance

The Cab-Danger Radio-The Maine-Metro Station-Forever The Sickest Kids

I don't really know where to start with this one.
There's so much I want to get out, so much that happened.
But my brain moves way faster than my fingers can.

I guess I'll start with the fact that we did go to New Orleans.
It was very last minute and stemmed from a very ridiculous night.
Within an hour of talking about it, things were booked and we were packing.
That's apparently how we roll. :)

The drive to NOLA wasn't too bad.
It was an 8 hour drive and we only made two stops.
Unfortunately one of them being in Alabama.
We all know my feelings about Alabama.

There were about 500 bridges we had to cross to get there.
But Ashley did good(she hates bridges).
We got there around 9pm and checked into our hotel.
After of course getting lost first. We can't not get lost lol.

The hotel was very very nice. At least for us lol.
And it was in the middle of everything.
After getting settled we decided to explore a bit.
It was soo hot and humid and it was like 10pm...ridiculous.

We went to the infamous Bourbon Street, which was interesting.
And we went ahead and found the venue, which luckily wasn't too far from the hotel.
While we were walking around we saw the dudes from Play Radio Play hanging out.
Some drunk guy tried to hit on me with this lame ass pick up line.
Great night.

The next day was the day of the show.
We got up early and headed to the venue.
We were the first ones there and the wait began.
Soon after our new friends Jamie and Amber showed up and I'm so glad we got to meet them. They're amazing and so funny.

After a bit of confusion about where the show was supposed to be, they finally decided that it would be in the House of Blues part instead of the Parish which was smaller.
Now before we even left for NOLA we knew that it was supposed to rain the day of the show.
But we were thinking that it wouldn't, or that it would be very light rain.

Oh were we wrong.

Around noon it started to sprinkle. Then that changed into a full blown shower.
We manged to get under a ledge, but that didn't help much.
While we were trying not to get wet, we finally saw a van pull up.
And out of the van comes running Kennedy from The Maine and another guy to move a barricade that was blocking where they were supposed to park.
Seeing Kennedy run in the rain was the funniest thing ever!!!

After about 15 minutes of showers the rain stopped and it got really hot.
More people had shown up by then.
The next band to arrive was The Cab and they were attacked of course lol.
The next thing to happen was both funny as hell and ridiculous at the same time.

I pretty much almost had an asthma attack.
First I hear someone say that he wasn't there yet.
Then I turn around and there he is. Two feet from me.
He came from out of fucking nowhere!

After I finally calmed down we were talking to some girls and found out something very interesting.
Apparently at this venue they have something called "Pass The Line".
If you eat at the HOB restaurant and keep your receipt you get to pass the line for the show.
Fucking ridiculous.
So we basically had to go eat at the restaurant so we wouldn't lose our spot in the front.

And of course he's in the restaurant when we go to eat.
So we all order a salad since it was cheap and we weren't really hungry.
And it took forever. And I'm not exaggerating either.
When we finally get our checks and get ready to leave, it's storming outside.

*Side note. Before we left the restaurant I went up stairs to use the bathroom and apparently he might have followed us up there. Then as we were walking back down he was walking up the stairs. Another mini asthma attack*

Anyway, so we're leaving and it's pouring.
We go to get back in the line and it's ridiculous.
There are so many people and they're all soaked.
Luckily everyone in the front of the line had our backs and knew that we were first.

After that all hell broke loose.
Apparently there were people trying to cut the line.
So everyone runs for the doors and it's just chaos.
Mind you, it's now a full blown monsoon outside.

Someone from the venue had to come out and make everyone get in the right lines.
It was ridiculous.
And it was still an hour before doors and they weren't letting in early.
So it was another hour out in the rain for everyone.

Finally it was time for doors.
I was first in, and headed straight for center right lol.
All our new friends made it on the barricade too.
Then the dance party began.

The Cab was up first and they were amazing!! Ian is fucking amazing at guitar.
Cash is hilarious to watch. I love that kid.
Singer had curly hair which looks better on him lol. And he had awesome shoes.
Overall great set. The kids love them.

Next was Danger Radio. I don't even know what to say about them.
I guess besides the fact that I love them! Fucking dance party!!
They're sooo talented.
And I did good lol.

The Maine was up next. They played an acoustic set.
Pat and Garret weren't there because they were graduating from High School that night.
It was amazing. Ashley almost lost it lol. And she recorded the whole set.

OMGZ Metro Station was next lol.
They were good. The 14 years olds lost their minds.
Mason had on shades. Don't ask me why.

Four words....FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS!!!!!
Fucking amazing.
It was so much fun watching them.
Jonathon is the best dancer. Fo reals.

Basically that whole night was the ULTIMATE DANCE PARTY!
And it was so worth it. Everything.
The long car ride. The rain. The drama with the line. Asthma attacks. Everything.

And if I had to do it all again, I would in a heartbeat.
It was one of the best shows I've ever been too.
I made some amazing new friends.
And New Orleans is a fantastic city. I can't wait to go back.