Oh. My. God.
The Camden concert was last night, and it was absolutely amazing. I won't go in to full details for those of you that haven't yet seen the show, but the show was absolutely amazing.
I was lucky enough to get 4th row center seats just 3 days prior to the show. I am now officially spoiled, and I'll have a hard time sitting anywhere else now. Because of the no flash rule, I couldn't get any good pictures (I have a lousy camera), but I'm not too upset about that.
The seat directly in front of me was empty, so I had a perfectly clear view of Clay. About halfway through the first half of the show, Clay noticed me, and made eye contact with me. The eye contact lasted about 5 seconds, but it felt like forever. Talk about amazing. For the life of me, I can't remember what song he was singing, since I was in such a Clay daze by that point. That, for me, was the highlight of the night.
After the show, William Joseph (Clay's opening act and piano player during the show) was in the lobby of the Tweeter Center signing autographs. So, I asked him to sign my tour program and I had my picture taken with him. There was a huge crowd around him, so as he was signing my tour program, I jokingly asked him if he was used to having so many women around him. His response was, "No, but I can get used to it really fast." He's a really sweet guy to talk to, and extremely talented.
Because I had such a great bus experience after last year's JNT (after waiting an hour, Clay came out and shook everyone's hand, including mine), we decided to head to the busses after the show. There were no barracades up, so all of we Claymates (there were about 50 of us) decided he wouldn't come out; it would be too much of a security issue. We decided to wait to see if at least we'd get a wave from the bus as he was leaving. After 3+ hours (yes, THREE HOURS), we were still waiting. By this time, it was 2:30AM, I was exhausted, frozen (I'm still trying to get feeling back in my toes), and my mom's back was really bothering her (she has a chronic bad back). So, we decided to leave. By this time, the crowd of 50 had dwindled down to about 20. I'm anxious to know what happened to Clay and what took him forever to leave. I'm also curious to know what time he finally left.
Although I was disappointed about the busses, overall the show was phenomenal. Here's to hoping for a summer tour next year!!