MEETING PATTY WALTERS
- Music
- Oct 6, 2017
- 4 min read
Now before we get into what is happening in this beautiful photo, I'll start at the start..
We traveled up to Belfast on the bus all pumped for our day of walking around trying to meet the band members before the concert started. When we arrived our first stop was to Primark, to look round for a couple of minutes but naturally that turned into and hour or more. We snooped around it picking out autumnal clothing, yellow jumpers, hats and PJ's! We walked around getting lunch, the body shop, boots and few other places! We finally decided because of the rain we needed to go inside for a while so we went to Starbucks and sat with our drinks.
When we came out of Starbucks, we ran into Molly's sister Katie who we were actually staying that night at hers! She walked us back to her house where we got ready to go to the concert, fixed our makeup, changed our clothes and chilled for an hour. We headed to Mandela Hall at 6:25pm as it was only round the corner, we lined up and slowly made our way into the hall. Woe's were already on stage, they are UK based band which were actually really good! New Hope came out to talk on stage, which was so nice! They spoke about how suicide is so conman now a days and we need to put a stop to it! In the merch stand there was a section you could go and talk to the guy about if you were struggling with anything and he had advice and leaflets and also t-shirts!
Real Friends came out on stage and they were from Chicago in America and they were really good, I had listened to them before so I was looking forward to seeing them!In between Real Friends and As it is they played All Time Low and Fall Out Boy and the whole hall started singing it was so nice and amazing to see how everyone knew the songs!
Then the lights went out and one of my favourite bands ever came on stage.. As It Is. PATTY WALTERS was in front of me, he is such an inspiration to me, he has helped me through so much in the past even though he didn't even know I existed. They came on stage and they were all jumping around and the music was amazing! My eyes were glued! Hey Rachel and Dial Tones were absolutely amazing. Hey Rachel has always been one of my favourite songs.
When they went off we went to get a drink and then got some merch! When we got back in we slipped up the side and into second row, unbelievable but we were so close and Chloe was so happy! They came out and the atmosphere was incredible, Neck Deep were so buzzed as it was the first show of their tour and it was so exciting!
When the concert ended we stayed around to see if anything on stage was thrown down, but no. When we went outside we ran around the back of the hall and we seen the tour buses in the distance we shouted and sang but there was no sign of anybody. We ran round to the other side of the hall and found the entrance to the tour buses! We stood for about half an hour when I seen a man walk around the corner with a hat on and a cup of tea. It was that smile that made me realize who it was, Patty Walters. I freaked out so much I just burst out crying, one girl who was standing beside me and she gave me a hug to comfort me but I just cried even more. When it was my turn to go over to him, I hugged him and it was such a tight hug and it was incredible. We took a photo but it was really blurry so we took another one and I hugged him again it was the best feeling ever! We chatted a while and I got him to take a video for me on my phone and a video for my friend Georgia! He was so sweet. I then face-timed my mum who also said hello to him and he waved to her over the phone it was so funny! Then it was getting very late so we headed off, when walking down the alley I shouted "Bye Patty, I love you" and he shouted "I love you more, bye". BEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE.
Then we walked back to Katie's house and hopped into our PJ's and went to bed, Molly on the sofa, Kirsty on the floor in a sleeping bag and me and Chloe in the bed. It was such a good night and I wish I could do it all over again.. I would really like another hug from Patty!
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