【Danny Gokey】【演唱会文录】Taylor Swift in Toronto (11.15&6)

时间2011 7 15&6

On 7/15/2011, we went to the ACC (me, and my mom) and went to the will call window to pick up our meet and greet passes at 5pm, and waited until 6:15 for the actual meet and greet. We weren’t exactly sure where to go, but none of the guards knew either, except for one, so he finally showed us where to go. By about 6:00 we were sitting waiting for Mike, since we didn’t want to be late. Mike came at 6:15 to come get us, and apparently there was suppose to be one more person at the meet and greet, (at this point there was just me and my mom), so we waited a few more minutes to see if the person would come, but they never did, so Mike walked us over to a hallway and went into a little room to get Danny.

There was a security guard waiting outside, which Mike introduced to us before he left. We were talking to her about Danny, ‘cuz she didn’t seem to know too much haha.
I told her that I hoped Dan would sing SHH that night. About five minutes after Mike left (which prolly wasn’t actually five minutes but it felt like FOREVER), Mike came back out, and Dan walked out. He right away came over to me, and gave me a hug, and was like “KAT!” hahaha. To my surprise he actually knew who I was without me

Then my mom asked him to open his gift, he loved all the CA stuff and the notebook especially and I told him that the last bit was a SHF donation, seeing as I didn’t want my mom to see, ‘cuz she didn’t know I was giving it to him. He thanked me again, and was talking to my mom, and asked if she was my mom or aunt, haha. Mike then asked if we had anything that we wanted him to sign, so I said yes, and took out my Danny tat drawing and the 8/14/2009 meet and greet picture (the picture of when I first met him), and he signed that first, and wrote “To: Kat” on the top right corner, and I handed him my drawing and he was like “Wow! Did you draw that free hand??” haha. He wrote “This Rocks!” before signing it

We then starting talking about Hamilton, which was where I first met him and hes like “where’s that?” so we told him, hahaha… xD and then I asked if I could get a video shoutout for @westlifesrose and @aaishasalman and he credited me in the video haha. (If you’d like to see the clip, here’s the link:

Mike then told us that we could use our camera for the meet and greet pictures since there was only the two of us, and I set it up for him, and went to stand beside Dan. Mike took two pictures and Dan made sure they were perfect, which they weren’t ‘cuz it had a shadow, and told me and Mike to put the flash on, so I did, and Mike took two more. Then mom went to go take a picture, and Mike handed me back the camera to take the picture but I asked him to take it and said ‘cuz I was shaking… hahaha. Dan and Mike laughed, and Mike asked if I was coming back to tomorrow’s meet and greet, and I said “yes ofcourse” and Mike’s like “Really?” and turned to Dan; “She’s gunna be all chill tomorrow, like this is whatever” hahaha. Mom asked then if both of us could take a picture with Dan, and I told my mom to move to the right side cuz my bangs didn’t work otherwise, and Danny laughed and said something like; “every women’s gotta perfect side” or something, I forgot… hahah. We then got two more pictures.

After that was finished Dan said he hoped he can come back before two years again, ahahaha, and gave me one final hug, and had to go. Me and mom starting walking out of the hallway, and Mike soon came back and was walking somewhere, and saw me shaking and was like; “Aww” and asked if that made my day, and I’m like; “YES. It’s perfect now!” hahaha. (Btw, I LOVE Mike’s accent ;D Haha!) I could still smell Dan’s cologne on my shirt all night. Hahaha. [HUG COUNT: 3 one arm hugs and 3 full hugs]


As for the concert, Danny went first, so his set was 20 minutes, the venue wasn’t even filled yet though. And my voice was still shaky from the meet and greet but I was screaming like mad. Brandon introduced him as “RCA recording artist, Danny Gokey!” and he ran on stage… Hahah. Danny opened with “My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me”, went to “Be Somebody”, then “Crazy Not to”, and finally finished with his new single, “Second Hand Heart”. I was ecstatic that he sang SHH, ‘cuz I absolutely LOVE it (though OF COURSE I love all of his songs… Hahaha). His band consisted of Matt, Mike and Brandon. The crowd was showing Danny some love, which I was happy about And when Taylor mentioned Danny in her set the crowd screamed so much! I loved it xD
That’s basically it, for the Danny moments all night, but it was pretty awesome
Now, for 7/16/2011 haha.


The meet and greet was the same time and location as the previous night, so we basically did the same thing. Earlier in the day we went to go get my picture of me and Dan printed out for him to sign (8 by 10), but more bout that later hahaha. So we headed over to where Mike was gonna come get us at about 6:00, and waited for him. At 6:15 he came, and waved at us, and we were talking to him as we waited, (we were waiting to see if the other three people would show up), we talked to him about the next few shows, and his and our family. Mike asked me if I was any more calm then the night before, and I said nooo haha. I was really shaking again.

A few minutes later Mike went off to see if he could find the missing people, and came back with nobody. We didn’t know where they were so we had to get going to the meet and greet area, since the show was going to start soon. So we head over, and we talked to the same security guard that was there yesterday, and soon Mike brought Danny out. He laughed, and said heey, and gave us hugs, it was once again only us at the meet and greet haha. We were talking bout the concert the previous night, and about his set, that it was too short, but amazing, and how the crowd was singing every song with Taylor, he seemed really amazed by it. =D He then asked what we did today, and told him we went to the mall and got the picture printed out, both Dan and Mike laughed that we ALREADY had the picture printed haha. We then got him to sign it, he wrote: “To: KAT YOU ARE WONDERFUL!!” then signed it.

Haha. I handed him the next thing for him to sign which was the quote that he said before singing “My Wish” on 8/14/2009, that quote has gotten me through a lot, so I wanted it signed , we told him what it was before getting him to sign it, and he was like reading it to try and remember… hahah xD after that, the last thing we got him to sign (I really like his autograph… need multiple copies ;D hahah) was my art culminating, for those of you that don’t know, it is of Copps Coliseum’s street corner, which is where I first met him, and on the board in the drawing I wrote “August 14th American Idol Live Tour 2009”. I told him I had another piece of art work inspired by him, unfolded it, (its on huge graph paper) and He said the art was amazing, and once again said “Wow!” and he asked if it was some type of paper, and I didn’t know what he meant… and he’s like “I don’t know, its been a long time since I’ve been in school” hahahha xD and was looking it over some more and saw the “August 14th” and laughed ;D ahahaa.

He signed it right above where I signed my name, and drew a smiley face under my name. Haha. Mike then told us we could use our own camera since nobody else was there (he told us when we were talking outside that he’d be using his camera since other people were gunna be there, but nobody showed ), so I handed him the camera after I set it up, and he took a really awesome picture, and once again Dan made sure it looked perfect ;D we got it on the first try this time haha! Then I asked Mike if I could get a picture with the two of them, and Dan’s like “come in the middle” hahaha. xD mom took the picture, which actually turned out good, and we made sure it was perfect again hahha xD then the security guard offered to take a group shot of the 4 of us, and Dan’s like “yeah!! Group shot!

Kat you come in the middle of us” as in the two guys. Hahaha. I love this man. I really do. Just saying ;D haha. So we took that, and it turned out pretty good we then said goodbyes and Dan said he hoped to be back in Canada really soon, and he gave me a hug, and said I was awesome, or something. Hahah. I said he was amazing. And he went to my mom, and said “Bye mom!” and gave her a hug too hahaha.=D Mike then walked with us back out of the hallway again, and he said that I was calmer this night, and that it was good that we came again, and acted surprised I didn’t faint haha. I said; “yeah, I told my friend, I think i’m gunna faint I think i’m gunna faint!” hahah. He laughhhed xD and we said goodbyes again when we headed back upstairs [HUG COUNT: 3 one arm hugs and 2 full hugs]


We then got went to our seats which were actually pretty good, Brandon introduced him, and Dan came out, Matt and Mike were there as well. Dan sang amazingly!! The crowd seemed really excited to see him too, which I was SOO happy about!! And the venue was more filled this night at this time then the last night which was awesome so more people could hear him sing (Sorry, again, for the length of the recap )
For those of you wondering what happened with the remaining three people who missed the original meet and greet, Dan’s account on Flickr has pictures of him with other people, so I’m guessing Mike found the people after he walked out with us, and we headed to our seats. Their meet and greet was probably really short though cuz by the time we got to our seats the concert was going to start in 20 minutes.