Tiff's AdVENTURA!! (recap)

Yes, i just stole Allie's title.. :P (but she allowed me to)

My recap of the David Archuleta Ventura, California show on December 16, 2011.

Alright! So planning this very day took a lot of time, effort, and responsibility for this 14 year old right here. The day before the concert, I flew from Chicago to California with JUST my brother! (i claim to be the one more in charge but he's got the credit card. ahaha) THE FLIGHT GOT DELAYED LIKE A MILLION TIMES so we arrived at around 12AM PST but we were hungry so we went to In-N-Out Burgers♥, had to unpack and everything.

Yummmmmmm

CONCERT DAY: I woke up and got ready... Then the two hour drive to Ventura was alright.

When i saw that sign, i was happy! but we were still like 20 minutes away. haha

We arrived at 2 and went shopping and went to the pier in Ventura! (such a cute and pretty city!)

Perfect shot right?

I went and met Ms. Allie and her mom *also from Chicago* and Kelly from Cali! :D We waited for like an hour and a half until we could check in and get inside.
So we gotttt in... and we waited to get our pictures taken! wahoo!! But while we were waiting, WE RANNNN to the second row to get great seats in the middle :D then RANNN back to take our pictures. teehee I don't know why, but when i saw David, I kept saying "OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH! DAVID'S RIGHT THEREE..." because you know? I've never really seen David outside my computer screen besides the Demi tour but i had legit bad seats to that.. :P *I went after Kelly and Allie went after me* When it was my turn next, I was ABSOLUTELY not nervous. I was nice and calm! I couldn't believe I totally pulled it off because if you were in my mind, I'd be that happy, energetic bunny hopping everywhere.. :D
My convo with David:
Me: Hey David!
David: hey! Nice to meet you!
Me: do you know me?
David: *looks confused*
Me: Well I'm from Chicago!!
David: oh wow! That's so nice of you!
Me: Yeah. I'm 14!
David: what?? *looks confused*
Me: I'm 14!!David: wait what?
Me: I'M 14 YEARS OLD..
David: ohhh.. You're 14......
Me: yeah! I flew here with my brother!
David: oh! How old is he?
Me: ummm.... 18. Haha
David: oh! Is he here?
Me: no...
David: is he coming to the show tonight?
Me: no.. Hahah
David: where is he?
Me: oh.. Um. Somewhere around here..
David: why isn't he coming?
Me: oh.. Well.. I bought 2 VIPs and my aunt was suppose to come but I brought Allie's mom instead!!
David: oh! Okay!
*takes picture*
Me: can i have a hug please? :)
David: yeah sure!! \_____^-^ *one arm hug haha*
David: well thanks for coming out!! I hope you enjoy the show tonight! :)
Me: haha oh I will!! Thank you! I love you!!
David: hahaha!!
*runs down to Kelly and stares at Allie with David* :PYeahhh he's the picture! picture :)

AHHHH HE'S SO SMILEY! i look worse then usual then but oh well

Read more→ soundcheck, meeting Kate, Brooke White, & Jeff Archuleta.

Allie's AdVENTURA! :)

Hey Archies! Allie here! I thought I would write a recap about my trip to see David this past weekend! So as you may know I'm from Chicago, Illinois and since David didn't have any Midwest dates planned I didn't think I was going to a show this winter. I talked with my parents and were like hey! I haven't seen David at all this year, but is there anyway we could maybe take a min trip to see him? At first they said no, because most of the tour dates didn't work out with our schedules and the ones that did, VIP was sold out, so I just kinda let it go. One day my dad randomly was like hey do you want to go see David? And I was like yeah...Air fair was cheap and he agreed to letting me fly to LA to go meet David at the Ventura, Cali show! Well, finally the day came. I actually was missing my trig final to go to the show, so I had to take it the day before...but anyway! So Friday, the 16th, the day of the show, I woke up at 3AM central time, curled my hair, and got ready to drive to O'Hare airport in Chicago with my mom. We got to the airport by 4AM and it was so pitch black out that we couldn't figure out how to get to the indoor parking the led us to the United terminal. So we parked outside, and walked forever to get inside to our terminal. We finally got there, and eventually we boarded the plan at about 6:30AM! The flight was a long one, about 4 & a half hours, but hey that gave me some time to sleep since I didn't get much the night before. We landed in LAX earlier then expected at around 8:30 pacific time, which really felt like 10:30 to me, and then got to the rental place, which lets not talk about it took forever to get our car, HAHA, but eventually we made it to our hotel in Ventura. Next door to our hotel was an In 'N Out! I never had In 'N Out so I thought this was the best opportunity to have it. After my mom and I ate, we headed back to the hotel and rested up. It was going to be a long day since we weren't going to be use to the time difference. After we napped we got ready for the show, and headed over to downtown where the theater was at. We got to the theater around 2, saw the bus and people lining up, but we decided to just head over close to the VIP time and actually enjoy our time around the town, so we went and looked at all the cute little shops. Eventually when my new friend Kelly said she arrived we thought would be a good time to head over, and then my friend Tiffany who is also from Chicago showed up! We all hung out took some pics together, and talked I love them so much! We also talked with a ton of other archies.

Finally it was getting time to go in for VIP. There weren't too many people at our VIP compared to others, probably about 50 or so? So okay, we lined up, but people like ran over to reserve their seats so we were like okay, 1, 2, 3 and we ran so we could get could seats for us all and we ended up getting 2nd row center! Woo! Kelly was the first of us to meet him! She was SO cute, her's was very short and sweet. The Tiffany met him. She told him how she came from Chicago, about her brother, and how she gave Allie's mom her VIP and a ton of cute other stuff they talked for a good amount of time! It was her first time meeting him, and I was so happy for her! When she mentioned my name to David he looked over at my mom and I and smiled. And then it was my moms turn to meet him, she took the picture right away with him, and then told him how she loved him on idol and would vote for him, and just how awesome of a role model he is for me, so David looked at me again and smiled so I smiled back again to him just standing there waiting, it was awkward haha. So the whole time I was thinking and I really didn't know what I was going to say to David. I've always wanted to sing with him, and it was actually one of my goals, or new years resolutions I guess you can say for this year. My dad always said allie, you should tell him you are a singer, and maybe he would sing with you. So I was like okay i'll do it. When it was my turn to meet him. I kinda just went up to him and asked for a hug! And I said "Hey David! I'm Allie!" and he goes "Oh heyyy!" And i was like how are you? I'm from Chicago! And he laughed and said "I'm doing good, and haha i know how are you?" and I was like "I'm good!" So then we started to take the picture, but then I was like "Oh wait! can I ask you something" And he was like "Uhhh, sure! Go ahead, ask away!" and smiled so I did it, and I said, "well, i'm a singer and I've always thought it would be a dream come true to sing with you!" And he goes "Really? well what do you have in mind?" And I said "we could sing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, thats a duet right? I could sing the Charice part!" And he was like, "but I don't sing the full song as a duet during the show!" And I go oh, yeah, well i didn't mean during the show, we could sing any song of yours since you know it then!" And he goes, "no, you pick, you don't have to sing one of my songs, it's your dream right?" And I go, "haha yeah I guess, well hmm? Lean on Me, you know that right?" And he goes "perfect! You start, i'll add in harmonies!" So then I started the first verse, and I really don't remember when he started singing with, it was all a blur to me, but we sang the full first verse and chorus. After I finished, everyone in the room was clapping and cheering me on, and David said, "WOAH! I wasn't expecting that! You are so good, that was awesome, you are such a good singer!" And I was like aw thank you so much David, it was an honor to sing with you since you are such a musical inspiration to me, so thank you! And he was like "no, it was an honor to sing with you! You were so good!" And then I just said "thank you!! Well we should probably take this picture now hahaha" And he laughed and was like "Haha yeah! Almost forgot about that, we should!" So we took the picture!, and hugged again. And he said bye Allie! see you later! And i was like bye, don't forget about Chicago! And he goes "oh don't worry, you got it!" And then I just walked away with the best feeling ever.

Melissa's Recap of the Irving Plaza Show :)

Basically I went with Ashley to this show, we took a bus to NYC. Once we got there we basically waited a few hours for them to let us into the venue, we get checked in and everythnig. We got a poster, and 8x10 picture, a lanyard, a draw string backpack and a t-shirt. Me and Ashley wanted to purchase the sweatshirt so we went over and did that. I also bought some pins because one had ths squiggly pig on it and I thought that was amazing.

At one point me and Jenn noticed that there was this paper that had the schedule of the show one it. I DIDNT EVEN READ THAT THING AT THE TIME. I was just like BDSFBEUSYBFk WANT. lol. Jenn showed me it and was like "should we take this?" and I was like "well, there's only two... let's just do it" lol. So we hid them in our bags. No one even noticed.

Then the security people had us lin up single file line. Which wasn't really single file line. Me, Ashley and her mom were like stuck on the stairs lol. But once we started walking upstairs we hopped in line behind Jenn and a few other people.

Then we finally got up there and we see the DAVID ARCHULETA backdrop abjsbhfusbheik which made everything start to become a reality. It was crazy. The had the line wrap around the room. We got to go up to David twice. First time we got something signed, second time we got a pictrue taken.

So, I knew I wanted my poster signed because I LOOOOVEE that picture. So I walk up to David and right when I do he goes over to Kari (i think it was her) and whispers in her ear LOL. And then I put my poster on the table and say "Hi, my names Melissa" BTW IT WAS REALLY REALLY LOUD. And I was't completley sure if David said "Oh, hi Melissa" or 'Oh, hi Alyssa" IDK IF HE HEARD RIGHT. So I retold him my name. Didn't realize I was supposed to say "can you sign this to Melissa" but oh wells haha. Then he tries to start signing my poster and the sharpies like not working, and its a shakable one so he shakes it. YOU CAN SEE ON THE POSTER WHERE HE TRIED TO START SIGNING HAHA. It's kind of funny. So then I wanted to ask him this question, which relates to my friend Milly who was supposed to be there but couldnt for personal reasons, and it was like an inside joke between us. We basically jokingly argue over which is better-- lions or penguins. I say lions. She says penguins. It's silly really but she wanted me to ask him which he preferred since she couldnt come. So I said to him 'So, I have a silly question to ask you... which do you prefer lions or pengiuns?" And he just doesn't repsond. He's doing his own thing signing my poster HAHAHA. And then finally he looks up at me and is like "Wait what....?" With the strangest look on his face. He was SO CONFUSED. So I just asked him again and he goes "Uh.. I guess I like pengiuns" hahaha. fail David you were supposed to say lions. LOL JK. It doesnt matter. Then I handed him my letter and batya's letter and grabbed my poster and thanked him. And then I headed back in line.

My Recap :)

Sorry for the length, I get carried away sometimes. Also all my pictures are Here and Here. :)

So,this was pretty long trip for me. Or exhausting? Lots of traveling. But definitely worth it. I'm from Boston so like, I took a 4 hour bus to NY, then got picked up by my friend Jess (sleepingrose17 on twitter) and stayed with her for the weekend in NJ. Then we drove like 4 hours the next day to the game LOL. (Not like anyone really cares about that part but.)

So, at the game we got there at like 3:40ish? Idk So we had a little bit of waiting around to do. But, early on like around 4, David and Lupe walked by us so of course we started freaking out because it made it more real. And no one was really there yet, so I think they assumed no one would see them LOL.

We had to wait awhile to get our wristbands, but once we finally did we had to wait in line for quite awhile. Some guy came over to us and asked us who we were there to see, so then he interviewed both me and Jess and he asked me WHY i was there to see David, stupid me was like "because I'm a big fan" /facepalm. hahah. Oh well. Then David walked by the entire line and I remember we waved at each other <3


Then once at the meet and greet David was like at the way end of the table, the last person which was perfect, we could take pictures with him lol. And just to be nice we just got all the other random so called "celebs" autographs, and because there were a bunch of people waiting to meet David.

So, I handed the security guard my camera to take my picture with David, but before David saw that I brought a picture with me (the white pants Matt Clayton one, where you can see his face) so he asked me if I wanted it signed, so he signed that. Then we posed for our picture and we were standing there (or he was sitting and I was like bending down barely) for like at least 15 seconds because the security guard couldn't figure out how to use my camera. lmao. And then I just gave david my letter I wrote for him and told him to have a nice day LOLLL. I don't even know why I said that. He said something back to me, but I honestly forget. It was probably like thank you or something.

Then after that me and Jess walked over to Lupe and got a picture with her. She was super nice and I loovee her accent lol.

Then at the game, at first we sat where everyone else was, on the right side bleachers(like across where the celebs sat) but one of the ladies working there said that vips were supposed to sit behind the celebs. So, we like jumped up and went over there. At first we thought that David wasn't playing, so we thought he LITERALLY was gonna sit on the bleachers right in front of us, but that's fine I'm glad he played. He still ended up sitting in front of us.


It was funny and interesting watching how nervous he was about the game and how the girl celeb kept convincing him to play. He's a good runner. Not so much at basketball, but I give him credit for trying to get the ball and stuff. It was really cute how every time he went out there Lupe went too and he kinda stuck by her. Oh, and at one part Lupe told him to get some water and he was like "no, I'm not gonna be able to remember it's mine" LOL. So, he never got any water during the game. Some kids came up to him during it and said something to him and david goes "I try, I try" lol. Actually a lot of kids came over to him while he was sitting asking for pictures and autographs and he never said no to them, it was really cute. Lupe ran her finger down his back while they were sitting and David like jumped, it was pretty hilarious. I also remember one part he turned around randomly and looked at our section of the bleachers, me and Jess were smiling and he looked at us and smiled back. Then later on our entire row of David fans (cause there were like three or two other girls sitting with us) yelled his name and he turned around, smiled and asked us how we were. He's so cute. It was also just very interesting to just see him being David, he never really seemed to sit still for too long. That's all I really remember. I know there's more I'm forgetting, but that's the most of it.