Fan Release Party Article Page 2

LUCKY FAN WINS TRIP TO "O2" CD RELEASE PARTY (con't)

If the night ended right there, I would have been fine, but it just got better and better. While I was waiting to get in (to the VIP room)...what a crowded place it was! Trevor came out, signed my CD, thanked me for buying it and gave me a hug. What an unbelievable moment. Finally, at about 11:00, we finally got in and a lady from J Records said to stay just where I was because she would bring the guys to me. So, I stayed and all of a sudden someone taps me on the shoulder and I turned around - it was ASHLEY!!!! He said 'hi' and gave me a hug. I couldn't speak - he took my breath away. He signed my CD and I asked if he would take a picture with me. We only had one picture left because we took the rest of them singing. He said "of course, anything for a fan," and came to take one. Right then, Trevor walked in so I asked if he would join in, he too said sure (aren't they the sweetest guys in the world, after hours of meeting with people and taking pictures, and having to get up at like 7 am to go on Maury, they still had time for little old me). Then they both put their arms around me.

Finally, at about 11:30 pm, we said our good-byes (you will never know how much I did not want to leave them) and took a taxi back to our hotel. For an hour, I laid there re-living time and time again the best night of my life, thinking of how blessed I was, and listening to their brand new, off the hook, CD for the first time. The next day leaving, I was still re-living it, I will never stop.

All in all, that trip was so magical and wonderful. I had the best time I have ever had. I will never in a million years forget it. I feel so blessed that I got such and extraordinary opportunity. I would love to thank J Records for doing this for me. And O-Town, I did not think I would ever be so lucky to meet them, and even if I was, I would never think they would be such caring, down-to-earth, loving guys. Even if I am just another fan, it meant the world to me that they would take their time to meet me and actually talk to me like I mattered and wasn't just another fan. I never would of thought they would be so nice and I never would have thought that one day, when I was 14, that very rare, once in a lifetime chance would come along.

I could never describe what they mean to me, especially now, so, I don't know if they will ever read this, but if they do, thanks, so much, you have blessed me with your voices and hearts and I feel like the luckiest girl in the world. I would never in my lifetime trade that night in for anything. It was the best trip of my life..."

I felt like I was floating on air, in the most wonderful place in the world, and I smiled my biggest smile because I was so happy, and took the picture. I thanked them from the bottom of my heart but they thought nothing of it, so nice and caring. We talked for a few minutes and I told them how wonderful they were, then they introduced Dan. He asked me my name and gave me a hug while saying hi and then signing an autograph. We talked for a few minutes while I told him how I won. Erik and Jacob also came and said 'hi' with hugs, and signed an autograph.