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The hunger games started at 10.45am on Tuesday the 22nd of October... It was game time. First decision was which barrier I wait in before entering the arena... I chose the one closest to my entrance door... So I waited.. Made friends with two girls called Bec and ally. They were dancers. Then they moved to the barrier closest to their entrance door when it opened. So did a few people in my barrier.. So I moved forward and made some new friends with my competitors... Corey and Brit, Carlotta, Georgia, and Liv... They were all so nice. Too bad we were about to battle everyman for himself to win the best spot. As from beyond this point we were no longer friends.. We were competitors.. And we were against each other. Somewhere during this time I was joined by my team mate Cooper...
A few hours after this 3 of my friends Carlotta, Georgia, and Liv were moved into a benefited section. Early entry for $50. But we stayed.. We knew what we had to do.
When the gates openened we were ready to run, I gave my friends Bec and ally a last look in the other barrier before it was time. And before we knew it, we were off. No looking back... Ran so fast up those wet stairs and ignored the screaming voices from the speaker "slow down! Don't run up the stairs"... I quickly turned left as soon as I got through the ticket scanner... Me and cooper were first in line.. But that was just phase one...
It was time for phase two... The spot.
After waiting in hour barriers for seven hours.. The nervousness and stress had already built so high. So in this phase you could imagine how much more it rose as we got closer. We were asked to trade our ticket in for a wrist band.
It then was another 45 minutes until our door would open. Door 5. The back of our line then was told to split across to the door next to us. Door 6. And when it was time, all failed. Door 6 opened.. But door 5 was delayed.. The scream, the shock, the anger.. Until it opened.. Then the game was on... Cooper darted, but I got stuck, I was shoved into a door, whacked into a pole, and violently stopped by a security guard. "Stop pushing!!" He shouted.. But no one cared. Down the steps everyone ran with wrist bands up, heads down. They had one thing on their mind and nothing else. As soon as my feet hit the ground floor I ran.. I ran to the middle of the stage so I could have perfect view... And next to cooper I stood. I knew I was ready. And this spot must have been destined for me.. I had the three girls to the right, and the two girls from the other barrier to the left a bit further. We were ready.
Through out being in the crowd of people.. I was pushed around.. And sweated on, by numerous anonymous participants. But we knew we were in for it. We were so close it was amazing. We kept working our way forward to get closer and closer. I could literally see the sweat on her face... At one point she smiled at me.. We all felt it... It was surreal. It was bootilicious.
If you haven't figured it out yet, by the hunger games I meant the pre and post mosh pit. And by she I mean Beyoncé Giselle Knowles Carter. It was crazy up in there! Absolutely on another level.
But all was worth it to get the spot we did.
She is better live than he is on the radio. How is it that someone can jump around and dance like crazy, and still hold a steady smooth voice. She has a way of bringing you into her performance..getting you involved, and you believe it.
You don't even know Beyoncé until you've seen her live...
I was speaking to a few people who claimed to be such great fans of hers around 23+ years old.. Who had 1-never been to a concert of hers, 2- didn't know half the set list, 3- didn't know half the set list, and 4- didn't know half the set list. People Please.
The hunger games how ever was all worth the fight for where we ended up.. Had some great memories in between waiting.. Eating, Chatting, meeting new people, listening to music, hearing to sound check from outside.. Talking to beyonces photographer and getting a photo taken, trying to find out who the other beyonce crew members were who pretended they didn't know anything while walking out of rod laver..with American accents.. And waiting in the rain.. For seven hours.. And SEEING BEYONCÉ LIVE AND 5 meters from me!
She smiled at me as she interacted with a few of the front mosh section!
It was great. Third Beyoncé concert, and looking forward to the next.
so close
get me bodied
freakum dress
front o' the line
the fab five... Me, Georgia, Liv, Cooper, and Carlotta
Made Beyoncé's official Tumblr!... (above) here's proof
CREDS TO COOPER FOR THE PHOTOS AND THE OTHER THREE XX
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