Saturday, March 29, 2008

The Haygoods March 29, 2008

I had to work until 7:00 tonight, so after work my friend Ashley called and asked if I was coming to the show tonight, and I said yes. My mom dropped me off and I met up with Ashley, then we got our tickets, and then I went to the bathroom to change out of my work clothes and to comb my hair. We got balcony seats, row 2, and I forgot what seats we had. We waited for about 15 minutes, and they did have a preshow, so it was pretty good. The show started on time again, at 8.

The First Half
The first half of the show was again AWESOME. Michael wore his ripped pants during the Blues Brothers. As they were leaving Michael fell off of Shawn again, but it was just part of the show. All the songs were AMAZING again. This is about all that happened in the first half.

Intermission
During intermission Ashley and I went downstairs to get Frappucinos, after that we went back into the theatre and went to talk to Johnny for a little bit, but he was busy, so the lights started to flicker on and off and we rushed back upstaris to our seats. We waited for about 3 minutes until the second half started.

The Second Half
The second half was just as good as the first, they did another AMAZING job with all of the songs. They weren't sold out tonight, and it was saturday. They did a great job, and that is about all I have to say about the second half, only because I wrote about all of this from last night.

After the Show
After the show I went and stood in line to just get pics, and to also give Patrick, Aaron, and Dominic their late birthday cards that I made for them, plus they all said thank you. I took the pics with Patrick, Michael, Shawn, and Dominic, but I will get more of Catherine, Matthew, and Aaron sometime. I was the one that took the pics with each of them and I took pretty good ones, although I kind of cut some of me off, but not that much. After I got all through the line Ashley took me home.

I hope you all liked this review too, even though there wasn't much to say, but it was FUN to be there twice in one week. I will have pics up by monday. The pics will be on myspace, facebook, and I will put some up on the message board. I hope you all have a goodnight and a great day.

Liza

Friday, March 28, 2008

The Haygoods March 28, 2008

Today I got off early from work which is good. My mom also got off early and we planned on going to the Haygoods show tonight, so I called to see if there were still seats left, and yes there were. My mom and I arrived at MCC (Music City Centre) at around 6:30 so my mom could change from her work clothes, and about 7:20 we got our tickets, we sat in row 11 (K), seats 9 and 10 on the right side. We went inside and took our seats, but there was no preshow, so we just sat there. It was about 35 or 40 minutes until the show started. It was 8 and the show started on time.

The First Half
The first half of the show was great as usual, but when it came to the Blues Brothers, here's what happened. Michael comes down from the ceiling, he gets untangled with the help of Johnny, runs and jumps up onto the stage, jumps off the trampoline, falls down for a laugh, and when he gets the harness off, his right inside pant leg rips and you can see his boxers and lots of leg. That was just so hilarious, everyone in the audience was laughing there heads off. They continued the Blues Brothers with Michael's pants being ripped. At the end of the song, Shawn gets on the segway, then of course Michael jumps onto his back and they ride off, but just before they got off the stage, Michael falls on his back, but don't worry he said he was "very well padded," so it didn't hurt quite as much. That was about all the entertainment we had in the first half of the show.

Intermission
During intermission I went and helped Johnny with the beach balls and he said "thanks for helping." After I helped I went to the bathroom, then went to the car to grab my stuff to get it signed, and then ran back upstairs and took my seat. There was still about 5 minutes left until intermission was over, so I just sat there doing nothing, just waiting for the Haygoods to come back on. Finally the lights began to go off and the second half of the show began.

The Second Half
The second half of the show was just as good as the first. Dominic remembered all the words to 'Devil went down to Georgia', so that was good. They did all of the songs, and after the tap dancing, Dominic comes out and says, "Welcome to the Haygood weight loss Program." When he was almost done talking he said that tonight was their "9th consecutive night of being sold out." After that they started to play 'Canon in D' and it was a little bit different, they took out Michael's guitar solo in the song, so they just had Patrick do his piano, but it was still really good. After 'Canon in D' they did 'God Bless the USA'. That is about all that happened in the second half of the show, so alltogether it was AMAZING to see.

After the Show
After the show my mom and I went out and I stood in line to get autographs, I didn't get pics after the show because the stupid batteries died and I didn't have spares, so I will get some next time. First I saw Michael, then Patrick, and he gave me a big hug, and he was followed by Shawn, Catherine, Matthew, he looks really good and a lot happier, then came Aaron, and Dominic. I said hi to each of them and they asked how the show was and how I was doing, and I told them they did a great job and I can't wait to see them again. After the meet, greet, and autographs, my mom and I left for home.

I hope this was a good review, please comment when you can, and I will have pics up by Monday because I am going to be working saturday and sunday. I hope all of you have a goodnight and a great day. Also before the show I saw Tim, but he just stopped by for just a minute and left.

Liza

Sunday, March 16, 2008

The Haygoods March 15, 2008

Before the Show
My mom and I left at about 6:30 to meet up with Ashley, her mom, Andrew, Miranda, and another Ashley. We got there and we had our tickets already, we waited for about 20 minutes until the doors opened. The doors opened and we got our seats. Me, Andrew, Ashley's mom, and my mom sat in row Q seats 15, 16, 17, and 18, my mom got the aisle seat, and Ashley sat in the front row with Miranda and Ashley. The preshow started and it lasted until 7:50, and it was pretty good. When the preshow was over, we waited until the Haygoods show started. They started about 5 minutes late.

During the Show
The show finally started. Just like the last one I saw it was just as good, and this time Dominic remembered the words to the song. They were great that night, plus they had a full house. I took lots of pics, so I will get them up as soon as I can. The first half was amazing again and the second half was even better, but they didn't do Canon in D because they ran out of time. During intermission I went up to the stage and met Jason, and don't worry I got a pic with him. When I turned around to see if I knew anyone else that was at the show, up in the front row of the balcony I saw Teacher Kim. She waved at us and we waved back. It was great to finally see her, but I didn't get a chance to talk to her because right after the show we had to high-tail it to Waxy's because it was getting full.

After the Show/ outside of Waxy's
Like I said we didn't have time to get autographs afterwards because Waxy's was getting crowded. Once we got to Waxy's, my mom tried to get me in, but they don't let minors in after 11:00, so that kind of sucked, but the good thing is that I got to watch them from the outside window, and yes I got some pretty good pics of the band. Michael saw me outside, and they all saw me taking pics of them, and I just knew they were gonna laugh, but I didn't care. My mom and I listened to the show for about 50 minutes in the cold. They are really good! My mom and I left after standing outside for awhile, and I waved bye to them, and they waved bye back. I had lots of fun last night. I hope you all enjoyed this review of saturday's show. I will get pics up soon.

Liza

Friday, March 14, 2008

The Haygoods March 13, 2008

Before the Show
It was about an hour or so before the doors opened for the preshow, which is where a school band plays before the show starts. My mom and I met up with Ashley at MCC (Music City Center) to get our tickets for the show. We got our tickets, went upstairs, and sat there until Jason showed up. It was really great to finally meet Jason at MCC, but he didn't watch the show that night, but he will be there saturday night. Afterwards, my mom, me, and Ashley went downstairs to get Starbucks. After we got those, we went back upstairs and waited for about 15 minutes, and the doors opened. We went in, got our seats, we sat in row J seats 17, 18, and 19. The preshow started and it was about 20 minutes, then there was 10 minutes until the Haygoods show started. They were about a minute or two late starting the show, but that is not too bad.

During the Show
The show started and it was a just a FANTASTIC, AMAZING, WONDERFUL, SPECTACULAR, TERRIFIC, AWESOME show. The first half of the show is really great, they sing 50's and 60's music,and lots of other varieties. The second half is even better, they have the tap dancing, Shawn took over for Tim, they have the love songs, some country songs, and just plenty of songs for everyone to enjoy. During one of the songs Dominic forgot the words, and after the song Patrick says, "He'll memorize those words someday", or something like that. Before Patrick did his love song he announced my great-grandparents 71st anniversary, but they were in California, but that was still nice of him to do that for my mom and me. Overall the whole show is great, everyone needs to see it.

After the Show
When the show was over I went and bought a poster, a smaller poster, and a yellow ball with blue hair, they have a new poster this year, but they still do have the ones from last year, they are still selling the zip-it purses, they have dvd's for this year, and they have added it to the Box Collection. I bought my stuff, went in line, and got autographs and pictures. When we got to Patrick my thanked him for annoucing her grandparents anniversary. Pretty much I got pictures and autographs after the show, and they were all great. Like I said before, everyone needs to see their show before they get ready to go on tour, and make sure that we support them on whatever channel they will be on when they start their television show. I hope you all liked this review of thursday nights show. Pictures are up in myspace and facebook.

Liza

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Opening Night!!!!!!!!

Tonight is the big night for The Haygoods. I hope they have a great time with opening night and that there will be a lot of people there. They are such a wonderful group of singers and dancers, they are the best group that I have heard and seen since I have lived here. I just can't wait to see the show on saturday. I hope they have fun this year because it will be their last year in Branson, and then they will be going on tour. I will talk to you all later. Have a great day, and for those that are going to the show tonight, have a blast seeing them.

Liza