Alesana

I was on the rail in the back waiting the whole hour I had until my favorite band came on. I asked Weewee where she was and then I went where she was, to the front of the crowd. The Summer Set came on and a lot of fangirls kept trying to push us out of the way. Finally they got offstage. Another band played on the other side and they finally set up for Alesana to come on. I waited the longest time listening to music I didn't like just to be in the very front to see Shawn and Dennis. The other band finished after an eiternity and the music began. It was techno, with a good beat to dance to. Alesana took their place on the stage that was right in front of me and started to bounce. Finally, I got to see them. It drove me crazy. Jeremy gave the count off and, BOOM! The Murderer started blaring the amps into my ears. I screamed and sang along to every word. I couldn't believe it. My fingers were numb with excitment and I couldn't care on bit that I was being pushed into the wall infront of me.


I screamed and held out my hands and tried to get someone's attention. I decided to go for Dennis. I kept my eyes on him. eventually it worked and he smiled at me. I waved at him and tried to get him to come down from the stage. He only looked and smiled at me and the people around me with his face that clearly read, "you wish, huh?"


Durring The Murderer, there is a line in the song that says, "My thurst for blood turns me on". It's a funny story behind how I learned to laugh at that, but now I have more reason to. Each time Shawn would sing it, Dennis would mouth the words to, what really looked like me and Weewee and Harley. It was a very cinical, lusty smile that he gave when he said the words. Almost as if he were daring one of us to get up on stage and do something.


Shawn had his very own crazy dance moves that consisted of him touching parts of his body and pulling up his shirt. It was amazing. I almost got to touch him too. He was only a foot out of my reach.


Dennis waited until the very last song to jump off stage and get right in front of us to scream various parts of Apology. He moved away twice but at the very last part of the song, me and Weewee held out our hands and he grabed them to pull himself onto the rail again. He kept my hand though. I know that he let go of Weewee's hand because he was highfiving people around me. A full minuet of holding a sweaty, goodlooking, screamers hand and your head will reel. I fell in love in that minuet. haha. It was too great for words even. He let go of my hand and then got down and left.
I'm so happy that my first Warped Tour consisted of my first Alesana Concert and getting to touch, hug, and hold Dennis Lee's hand.


We went to see Mayday Parade after that but there were too many people to even get close to see them. Instead, we sat in the grass and I sung along to all the songs.


Weewee and I wanted Alesana tee shirts so we all headed that way. When we got there, only a guy from england was there selling the things and the tee shirts were too expensive for me to buy. I got a wristband and tipped the guy. He gave me a free sticker for the tip. All of us were standing there and a guy with a white tee shirt and his girlfriend walked up. I recongized the guy. It was Shawn Milke! I told Weewee and she was obviously stunned. I shook her and told her to go say hi to him. She stood there so I got him to sign my sticker. He was really nice. Weewee decided to do that. She asked him if he would sign a sticker for her if she got one and he said yes. He waited about 5 minuets which was really nice of him and she finally got her sticker. While we were waitng I got a picture with him from Harley's camera. I liked how he posed though I wish I would have remembered to fix my hair. I looked at the shot and I looked horible. >.< (ps. Shawn is very tall. Probably 6'3".) All in all, Sunburn sucks and so does getting pushed into the wall in front of you while you get kicked in the head by crowd surffers, but it is 100% worth it if you get to touch your favorite singer and see the other out of random by his bands tent. I love warped tour and Alesana. I am deffinantly going back and seeing them again.

Alesana, you are amazing.

left to right: Peezee, Denny Diablo, Shawn Milkey, Jeremy, Alex, Shane Crump. :D

I love you guys.