The Day I met Hanson...

I'm the girl next to Taylor, Nat is next to Zac and Amanda is next to Ike. The day I met Hanson was the BEST day of my life! It all started on November 18th. There was a call in radio contest on a radio station here in Michigan (WDRQ 93.1). The contest was that you call in and sing w/ a parent or sibling. and the prize was a chance to hang w/ Hanson on-air in the radio station studio.The pick one family outta the five that sang. Then that famliy goes in a bin and on the 18th they draw a name from the bin. The contest went on for a week so by the 18th there were like 5 or 6 names that they had to pick from. I called on the very last day...I couldn't get through at first so I tried again...and...again...I got through and was the second caller, I called my dad upstaris to sing w/ me. When our turn came to sing we did. We sang 'Mmmbop'. The other contestents went and the radio guys had to choose, They came on the line w/ me & told me I had won...but I still had to win the final contest to actually go meet Hanson. I was soooooo happy! I went to school that day and told all my friends. The final drawing was at 8:00am and I was in my 1st hour class...Aerobics...I was working out to an excersie tape around 8:00 and I though that if I had won I'd have know by then...then at like 8:34 my best friend Natalie came into my class...she walked up to me and put her hands on my shoulders and quietly told me that I WON! I didn't believe her...she told again and I started to cry! Her mom had called the school and got ahold of Natty and told her...The radio station called my school and the principal wouln't get me outta class, So Nat came and told me! Ok...now on to when I MET HANSON! I met them on the 19th, I went to the radio station w/ my mom, dad, Natalie and Amanda (my two friends). When I got to the station there was tons of girls out front w/ posters and signs waiting for the Hanson bros to show up. I went into the huge buildind nad up to the 10th floor (I think) I met the radio Djs and all the workers at the station. Then Me and my friends went and sat in the conference room till Hanson came. We waited about an hour. Then a guy came in and told us Hanson was in the building...I was soooo nervous...Hanson did some of their interview and then it was time to bring us in the studio...The radio guys came and got us and led us down a long hallway...we stood outside the studio for a minute then they put us in another room...they weren't ready for us...I was about to die then...Finally after 5 long minutes they came back and got us...I was the first to walk in the studio and I saw Ike first...then Zac and at the end was Taylor. We all got in the studio (me Nat and Amanda) and we stood behind the Dj till the commercial break. I was in shock...I couldn't believe that my dream was standing in front of me! During the break We moved over to the side of the studio so we were closer to the band. I walked up w/ Nat and Amanda behind me. Ike stood there w/ his guitar, Zac w/ his megaphone and Taylor w/ his tamberine. the radio peeps introduced me to them. Ike shook my hand first and said "Erin...right?" making sure he got my name correct. he shook Nat and Mandas hand next. Zac and Tay were too far away to actually shake our hands so they 'air shook' them. We went on-air w/ them and talked w/ them. They sang 'Man From Milwaukee'. It was awesome! on another commercial break Taylor and Zac came and shook our hands and were really nice to us. After the interview they were asked to sign a poster for a fan downstaris and of course they did...cuz they are the nicest guys around! While they were siging it the Dj played a 'Dance' version of 'I Will Come To You' We all were like WOW this is weird...then Ike did a little dance and Zac twirled himself around the small room...It was great! = ) After all that we had to go back to the conference room w/ Hanson to get pix taken (They will be up soon) and so they could sign some things for us. On the way to the room Ike was behind me and he had a teddy bear that a fan gave him from out front...he was playing w/ the bear on my back...it was sooo cool! Tay was in the back and Zac was walking in the middle. We got into the room and had to get the pix taken right away...I walked up to the front of the room and Taylor came up and put his arm around me (faint) then came Nat and Ike and Zac and Amanda. Ike had his arm around Amanda and Zac was in front of Me and Tay. Zac then moved over to Nats side and put his arm around her. The picture turned out GREAT! we got some more pix taken then they had to sign some stuff...They signed a huge 'Snowed In' poster for us and Cds and other pictures. After about 30 minutes in the room they had to go...they hads an interview in Ohio. They just finished signing everything and had to get their coats on. Zac got his and so did Ike. I was standing behind Tay and he turned around...we said bye to eachother and talked a little more (sigh). As I was talking to Taylor I felt someone grab my arm...I looked and Zac was pulling on me...He was saying Bye to me! He RULES! I said Bye to him and he shook my hand. then Tay grabbed my other hand (my left hand) and held it for a minute...That was awesome! Ok ANYWAY...We all said bye to eachother and Bye to Mr.Hanson...he video taped us in the studio we'll probably be on the next video if they have one! That day will be w/ me forever! I remember all of it...I left some stiff out cuz this is getting long...All I can say is that HANSON is the BEST band around and they are the SWEETEST guys! They were soooo nice to me and my friends! I just wanna say THANK YOU WDRQ for making this day possible and THANK YOU Hanson! my dream came true!!!!!! = ) If ya wanna hear more about that day e-mail me...If you have ICQ I can send you parts of the interview w/ Hanson! My # is 4817620... Hanson rox! Yeah!

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