I'm So Exited!

I just bought tickets to see Big Time Rush on their Big time Summer Tour this August!!

I am so happy because I've never seen Big Time Rush in concert before! Mina will be going with me, and hopefully a few friends will buy some tix too :)

"It's the only life you got, so you gotta live it big time!"

-Marelle<3

Early Birthday Celebration...

So, my sis Mina's birthday is coming up in about 12 days, I believe, she will be 14. So, I decided to get her a present early.

Yesterday, I woke up and started browsing the internet on my phone, and saw that OneRepublic (a really cool band) were going to play that night at the Orlando House of Blues(where we saw Allstar Weekend) and I sorta flipped. I told Mina, and after my dad agreed to drive us there, I decided to take Mina to it for her birthday.

When we got there, there was only 1 ticket left, and we were really disappointed, but we came back a half an hour before the show, and found someone that was selling tickets, so we bought them and got in just in time!

Since it was sold out, the place was PACKED! But we managed to get a really good spot right above the pit.

The concert was SO GOOD! I wasn't sure what to expect because I had never seen them in concert before, but I can tell you it was really worth the money I spent, they are such an amazing band in the way that they are so different than regular rock bands. They actually perform with a cello and a violin player, so it's a really cool concert experience.

Here are some pictures Mina took:

 

I would recommend their show for just about anyone, the would appeal to so many different kinds of people.I took this video of their performance of "Everybody Love's Me", which was the first song in their set, check it out, click here!

Saw Allstar Wekend At The Strawberry Festival Yesterday, AWESOME!

The show was perfection! Click here to see their performance of Not Your Birthday that I took!

-Marelle

Success!

Finally, after a while of looking, I came across videos people took of me and Mina onstage with Allstar Weekend Thursday, February 9th, for their performance of "Sorry..."! Click here and look on the left side of the stage. Do you see me and Mina dancing? Mina is holding a big sign and I'm right next to her wearing a black hat and a tan shirt.

That was the best night ever! Comment and tell me if you see us :)


-Marelle<3

P.S. If this video belongs to you and you don't want it here, comment and tell me.

I'm Sorry...

For the lack of posting here. My mind has been blank lately as to what to post here.

BUT, Sunday we get to see Nicki and Alyssa again while they're down, YAY YAY YAY :D


ALSO, March 10th, me, Mina and Sonya are going to another Allstar Weekend concert at the Strawberry Festival! I cannot freakin' wait to see/meet them again :D

Just so you know, I changed my tumblr into a new theme, with a new title. I've been posting cutom GIF's and photo's, so if you'd like, you can check it out :)

C'ya!

-Marelle<3

I Promised An Exciting Post

...and oh boy do I have one!

Yesterday(the day of the Allstar Weekend/Before You Exit/The After Party/Hollywood Ending concert) was AMAZING! We met some amazing new friends, met some amazing bands, and something I've only ever dreamed of happening happened. Read on.


I'll try my best to start from the beginning and go from there.

The concert was to be at the House of Blues in Downtown Disney at 6:00pm. Me and Mina arrived at 12:00 pm. We are very dedicated and we wanted to be first in line and also hoped to run into some band members :)

We met some really awesome friends in line so we weren't bored the first couple hours!

Coming early paid off, because we found Tyler from Hollywood Ending! He was so cute, and this is such a pretty picture :)

A couple hours later, we found Chris from Hollywood Ending! He was SO SWEET! As soon as we said hi, he ran up and hugged us, and kept hugging us and thanking us over and over! He has such a cute British accent, and pretty blue eyes, unfortunately he blinked for the picture :P (Love the Florida shirt too;)

After a few more hour, and a lot more new friends later, it was time to go in the venue for the concert! It was an amazing place for a concert! Me and Mina went to the pit(the best place to be most obviously, haha) and we were SO close to the stage. Being first in line definitely paid off ;)

The After Party were first, and they  came on a few minutes after 6:00pm. Here are a few pictures from their set:

They were so good! Kenny(the singer) has moves! Hee hee ;)
                   
                                        Next was Hollywood Ending, here's a few of their performance:

They were amazing! Dan killed it on guitar and Cameron's singing was so good!

Next was Before You Exit, I got quite a few pics of them, here are some:

They were so, so, good :D I loved every song they did!

After before You Exit's set, Kenny from The After Party came out into the audience and I got this pic with him. He was sweet, we gave him a After Party sign we had made and he was so surprised :)

Next was...Allstar weekend :D

They were doing just as good as always, and then something AMAZING happened. Zach was picking people to come onstage and dance, so me and Mina held up our sign we had made for them and HE PICKED US! I couldn't believe it as I was walking onstage with them. I GOT TO DANCE WITH ALLSTAR WEEKEND!! It was an amazing expierience I'll never forget, here are some pictures I took while on the stage:

Mikey, trying his best to wave for the camera while playing the drums :)

I LOVE this picture! Mina and Cameron posing for the camera! Ugh, Cameron is so cute :)

                                                                   Mina and Mike!
It was so amazing! Allstar Weekend did an awesome job, as usual.

After the show, we met a lot more of the band members. Here's Mina with Michael, the drummer of Hollywood Ending. We gave him the Hollywood Ending sign we made and he loved it!

Me and Dan, the guitarist for Hollywood Ending. He was really, really nice. He asked us our names then gave us huge hugs :)

Me and Cameron, the rhythem guitar player and singer for Hollywood Ending. he's a cutie :)

Me and Braiden, the lead guitarist for Before You Exit. He was nice and said he loved my hat: ) hehe

Here's me with one of the lead singers of Before You Exit, Riley! I was so excited to meet him because he's one of my favorites. He was SOOO nice!! We gave him our Before You Exit sign and he loved it. He also gives amazing hugs ;)


So, that was my amazing day. It's definitely a day I will never forget. Me and Mina actually have this thing we always say, we have four bands that we absolutely must meet in our life, and those bands were Allstar Weekend, Jonas Brothers, Big Time Rush, and Kicking Daisies. So, after last night, two of those bands were crossed off the list. Two more to go :)

-Marelle<3

Short Little Post...

Uggghhhh, I realize my last few posts have been generic "check this out" posts, and I deeply apologize. I promise there's better things coming. Why?

Tomorrow I'm going to an Allstar Weekend/Before You Exit/ Hollywood Ending/ The After Party concert!!!

                                                                      SO excited :D
                                                                    See ya soon friends!


                                                                              -Marelle<3
(Oh, and P.S. keep checking out my Tumblr! I do keep up with that a lot better :)

Late New Year Greetings

Happy Late New Year everyone! Sorry I'm so late on this post, I haven't gotten the chance to get on the internet for a long time(yes, yes, I'm a lame person with no internet at my house, with the exception of my cell phone which doesn't allow me to make good blog posts. Whatever.) but here I am finally!


Even though I'm more of a look ahead, not behind, type of person, this post, rather than talk about expectations and resoloutions for the future that'll probably never work out, I wanna talk about my quite eventful, quite topsy-turvy 2011.


First off, I switched houses at the beginning of the year. That was quite different. Me and my family had our own house in 2010, but now we live with my grandparents in their 2 bedroom house. Last year was so crazy as far as our location. We talked about moving everywhere you can imagine(which I really wouldn't have wanted) but we're(luckily for me) still in our normal town, with my grandparents. It may be cramped, but I love my family more than anything, so it's not as hard as it would be for some families, and I'm lucky and thankful to have somewhere to live at all. God has been very good to us.


2011 was a really hard year for me, because of the fact we lived in North Carolina for over 5 months. It was not fun, to say the least. I was away from my home, my friends, and everyone I know with the exception of my parents and my sister. I hated it and wished the whole time that I was home. That was definitely the worst thing about 2011. All I could think about was how much time I was wasting there, and what I could be doing if I were home.


With all the free time I had in NC, I did a lot of planning and scheming(those are things I'm very good at), and by the time we got home, I was featured in one of my favorite magazines, and set to interview my favorite band for my fan blog.(At least I got something accomplished ;)


I had sent a story to my favorite magazine, M Magazine's email just for fun, and a few days later they contacted me and told me I was going to be in their magazine, along with my sister and friend. By the time I was back in Florida, our issue was out, and I was super excited. It was kinda surreal seeing myself in a nationally famous teen magazine, on stands in Walmart and such. It was my first time in a magazine, so it was a big deal for me.


The biggest hilight of 2011, and actually of my whole life, was meeting and interviewing one of my favorite bands, Kicking Daisies. While in NC, I talked back and forth with Ben, from the band, and the bands tour manager, until I somehow managed to get an interview for me and my sisters fan blog. I had interviewed them via email before, and had talked to them several times online, but this was huge and undescribably exciting for me(music is sorta my life). Meeting them and interviewing them was such an honor and a pleasure. They are some of the nicest people I've ever met, and so down-to-earth. We're now good friends, and we talk so much now. They are so, so awesome and I would love to get to hang out again soon. <3 Their concert was as amazing as ever as well.

Other cool concerts I went to were Trans-Siberian Orchestra(just...wow they're amazing!) and Night Ranger(my favorite classic rock group). And also I'm so stoked, cause me and my sister got Allstar Weekend tickets for Christmas from our parents. YAY:D Can't wait for February 9th!!!

Oh, almost forgot, my mom's dream came true in 2011(LOL, mom!) cause me, her, and Mina met her favorite TV star, Daniel Curtis Lee, who plays Kojo in Zeke and Luther, at Epcot while he was there filming a commercial. He was really, really nice, down-to-earth, and cool. So yay, I met a TV star last year as well :)

What was good and bad about your year? COMMENT:)

-Marelle<3

Merry Late Christmas!

(I apologize for the unoriginal title!)


How was your Christmas? Mine was great! I spent it with my parents, sister, and grandparents.

On Christmas Eve Eve, we went to see the snow in Celebration(yes, they have a fake snowfall every night, it's pretty cool!) which my grandparents had never done. We got pizza there and watched the snow.

On Christmas Eve, we spent the night roasting hotdogs and marshmallows over the fire, which was very nice, and Christmas-y:)

We actually slept in on Christmas morning, we didn't end up getting up til nine O'clock. We all exchanged gifts, and it was as fun as usual:) Me and Mina got Allstar Weekend tickets, which we had heard we were getting about a month ago(can't wait for February 9th!!!) from our parents, and I also got(from them) two Allstar Weekend shirts, Pirates of the Caribbean 4 on DVD, and lots and lots of candy!


What did you get for Christmas? COMMENT:)


-Marelle<3

The Day I Had Been Waiting For, For Like, Months...

Was yesterday! Yes, meeting, interviewing, and watching Kicking Daisies:D Let me tell you all about it( don't have the pictures loaded yet, but I will put them up ASAP. And also, the interview video link is at the bottom of this page.)


We went, of course, with my friend Sonya, who is a huge fan, as I am:) We first went to Taco Bell and Downtown Disney, then went over to Celebration, where the concert and interview would take place.

As we were walking on Market Street, we saw Ben, the super nice, super talented lead guitarist of the band, at the merch table, so we went up and said hello, and gave him the cookies we had made them. He recognized us right away, and commented on our KD shirts, and how much he loves our KD Fan Blog. We talked with him, until he had to go tune up. At the merch table, I got a KD glow in the dark bracelet, and a Duran pin:)

We walked around for awhile, until Carly, Duran, and Caitlin were ready for the interview. CLICK HERE TO VIEW PLEASE:D We had so much fun interviewing them, they were all so nice, funny, and down-to-earth. <3 We got some pictures, then they had to go do a soundcheck.


We watched their soundcheck, and it was almost like a private concert, with 2 songs;) It was awesome:)

We waited around for about 5 hours, 'til the concert started. Shealeigh and CoCo Jones opened for them. Shealeigh was good, but I can't say I liked Coco:p We got to be in the VIP section so we were super close to the stage, and super pumped. Me, Mina, Sonya, and our 2 new friends we met at the concert, got the whole crowd cheering "KD! KD! KD!". It was an awesome, exhilerating few minutes leading up to their performance. From behind the stage, Ben, smiled and waved to me, and he looked super pumped, excited, and ready to perform.:)


Despite a few minor sound issues(which was not KD's fault), the concert was amazing as ever. I expect nothing less of KD though:) I got the whole thing on video, and since I was in the front row, it came out really good. Being that close was really cool, and the concert was just awesome. We had so much fun singing, dancing, and screaming as we watched our fav band perform.Carly even threw us a KD T-shirt, which Mina caught and is wearing right now:)


All in all, it was an amazing day, and most certainly the best day of my life. Please, please, check out our interview here, and tell me what you think!!!:D

Much Love,
Marelle<3

Looking Forward To...

Sorry I haven't been around much lately. I've been kind of lacking on post ideas., *horrified gasps from the readers* but never fear, there's always something going on with me worthy of posting. *giant sigh of relief*

Lately, it seems all I can think about is concerts. Why? Well...

For one, my second(but first in-person) interview with Kicking Daisies is coming up when they come down to Florida on December 10th. Last week, it was confirmed by their tour manager that we will indeed be doing it, so I've been a happy girl:)

 Does anyone have any ideas of interesting questions I could ask them? I would be very happy if you shared some with me.


So, the second concert on my mind is a...
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Allstar Weekend concert!

That's right folks, I told my parents all I wanted for Christmas was tickets to see them again, so they ordered me some, and I will be going with my sis on February 9th, at the House of Blues in Downtown Disney! There, we're also going to see Hollywood Ending, another band I really like, and might possibly, hopefully, get an interview with them.(Hollywood Ending of course; not Allstar Weekend)

(If you've never heard Hollywood Ending, you should click here to hear their song, "You Got Me", it's very good and reminds me of Allstar Weekend!)


Of course, I'm also thinking of Thanksgiving, one of my favorite holidays. I can't wait to dig into that turkey and pumpkin pie! I also love getting up and watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

Also, I hate football, but I'm excited because Big Time Rush will be singing the national anthem at one of the T-Day games this year! I'll be tuned in;)

 Ooh, another thing I'm excited about, and I hope you will be too, is me and my sister's channel has gone completely Christmas for the Holiday season, we will be posting all holiday-themed videos, and have changed our page look for the season! Please click here and check it out! Tell me what you think!

What are you looking forward to this year? COMMENT:)

-Marelle<3

Eat To The Beat!

Woo-hoo, I'm going to be back in Florida just in time to see the annual Epcot Eat to the Beat Festival! I love this, because since me and my fam have annual Disney passes, we can go see a bunch of awesome artists for free, whenever we want! I am so excited because one of my fav bands, Night Ranger, is going to be there again, I will get to see them for the third time! The other artists I'm looking forward to are Hanson, Sister Hazel, and 38 Special! To see the all the info on the concert series, and a full list of artists, click here!





Who's going to the concert series? Who would you like to see? COMMENT:)

-Marelle<3