When we were planning the trip, Rick had offered to get tickets for Beth and I to take Andrew and Eric to an MKTO concert. Andrew had never been to a concert...I love a concert and I thought it would be extra fun to take the boys with Beth, so of course we said, "yes"!
It was a small venue...very small and it was standing room only. There was a small riser area in the back - near the audio equipment and we decided to go up there. We ended up having a great view...right above the heads of everyone else!
The opening band was fun and after they played, the boys went out and got a picture with their lead singer...so fun!
Then, on came MKTO!!! They put on a great concert and the boys even ended up on the band's FB page after the concert (because you could easily see them above everyone else)!
Mother/son selfie at the concert!!!
MKTO...
MKTO!!
During the concert, they played these big drums in two songs and then threw the drum sticks out into the audience. After the concert was over, the band was gone and we were walking out, I walked up to the stage and talked to the bouncer. I was trying to find out if there were any more drumsticks so the boys could have a cool memento. There were some uber fans trying to get information (like, tattoos of the band fans) and the bouncer would have nothing to do with them. I think Eric was feeling like we should go, but I thought it was worth a try!
I gave the bouncer my spiel and he went on stage to look for me, but came up empty handed. I told him it was my son's first concert and was just trying to get him something cool. He told me to step outside of the room and wait while they were cleaning up and that he would see what he could do. We waited (while the uber fans watched us from outside) for about 10 minutes...which is a really long time when you aren't even sure if the guy is coming back. The bouncer finally came out and said he would try to go back to the band and see what he could come up with.
About 2 minutes later, he came back with the band's drummer!!! He went onto the stage and got into his personal stuff and gave us the drumsticks that he had used for the whole concert! SCORE!!! This is the picture of the drummer, Eric, Andrew and the bouncer. It was awesome and I was so glad that it worked out to get them the memento. There were some definite mom bonus points being scored! It was a great first concert...one for the record books...or at least the blog!
