A Tale of Two Concerts

 The kids attended their very first concert this August - the night before school started.  We took them to Katy Perry's Prizmatic concert in St. Louis - and it was a fantastic show!  This really set the bar high for the kids with their future expectations.  It was almost like going to a Vegas show - Katy changed not only her outfits numerous times but the entire stage would change as well.    Here we are waiting for the concert to begin (Olivia had to wear her new Katy Perry concert shirt that we purchased that night!).  

Katy opened with a bang and it never slowed down.

There were 5 different arial events throughout the concert.  Katy is the one hanging at the bottom of the apparatus.

For the final song "Firework", the audience wore special "Prizmatic" glasses for these effects (hence the name of her concert tour).

One of her opening acts was Ferras, who actually attended school in Gillespie (where Joe went to school).  Joe and Ethan stood in line to meet him.

While Ethan met Ferras, Olivia wanted her picture with this set.

The kids' second concert ever was a short 11 days after the Katy Perry concert.  One Direction!!  This concert was so different in so many ways - primarily young girls with a parent who did not look very excited to be there (Katy Perry actually had a very wide age range in the audience), the unbelievable screaming started even before the concert began, there were no costume or set changes, and the group did not have pre-rehearsed dance numbers like Katy had for every song.  Olivia had a BLAST and was screaming/singing along with the crowd, whereas Ethan literally fell asleep during the concert (I guess ear plugs will help that to happen - we all wore them for both concerts and they were the BEST things ever).

Waiting for the concert to begin.  Again, Olivia had to wear her new concert shirt.

1D!  Joe and I pretty much spent the entire concert asking Olivia, "OK, now which one is that?".  We knew Harry and Niall, but Joe and I could not figure out the rest of them.

Harry!  I could have had my eyes closed, and I still would have known when Harry was on the big screens.  Each time he was shown, the screams increased exponentially.  

 

Ethan fell asleep about 3/4 of the way through the concert.  Joe had to carry him to the car, which was just as well since the crowd leaving the Scottrade Center was absolutely the worst crowd I have ever been in - Olivia and I were literally swept away by the people and just had to go with it until we found an opening.  Ethan most likely would have been trampled!  We have no more concerts lined up for the immediate future, so I think we will enjoy our break until the next round.  Olivia is hoping for Taylor Swift next....