A section of the parking lot in front of the arena was sectioned off for some activities including a JoBros bus sponsored by Verizon where fans could scribe a note to Kevin, Joe, and Nick. It was pretty cool.
We met up with some of our friends inside Rupp and headed to our seats. The place was extremely crowded. The females definitely outnumbered the males by a ratio of at least 15 to 1. Of course, we had to stop and look at the memorabilia for sale. The girls wanted shirts, but, for $40, we passed on that. Instead, we forked over $20 for a program and $10 for JB glow sticks.
There were three opening acts to get the crowd going. The first was Honor Society which was already rocking the place by the time we eventually made it to our seats. Next up was a band from Asia called the Wonder Girls. They were pretty good and I think the boys and men in the audience actually enjoyed them more so than Honor Society. The place was defeaning. Every time a picture of a JB was thrown up on the screen or when someone mentioned one of their names, the noise would increase big time. I'll tell you this, girls scream a lot louder than guys...a whole lot louder. Maybe it is the shrill sound that makes it so deafening.
Next up was Jordan Sparks. She really got the place rocking again and built up the female frenzy for the JoBros. At one point, someone on stage asked who thought Kevin was their favorite JoBros. The place erupted. Next up was Joe. WOW!!! Even louder. I was expecting that. I thought he would get the loudest cheers, no, screams. Then came Nick. OH MY GOODNESS!!! That is all I can say. Was I ever wrong about Joe.
Finally, around 8pm, the lights went out, and a bright orange-red light appeared in the center of the arena. Then, it happened. MY EARS BURST!!! The Jonas Brothers started rising out of the center of the stage. Now, I have been to many sporting events in my life, but the sound I heard was nothing like I had ever heard before. The arena had over 20,000 people, of which I'd say over 70% were girls from the age of 7 to 20. I was laughing so hard. It really was amazing. But, I kid you not, my ears are still ringing today.
I am obviously very familiar with the Jonas Brothers music since I have a crazed JoBro fan for a daughter and I am a Disney fan. They played every single song I knew. I found myself singing right along with all the females in the audience. One of the highlights was when Nick took center stage on a lily white piano. He spent maybe 10 minutes giving his testimony on diabetes. It was pretty moving. I was very impressed with the young man. One of the funniest things appeared at the end of this as the video screen panned to a teenage girl crying. Very reminiscent of Beatles or Elvis footage we have all seen. I really think Nick is the most talented of this very talented fraternal trio. Not only does he sing and play guitar, but, he also plays the piano and drums. The guy has a lot of talent.
Now, I didn't want to embarrass my daughter in front of her friends, so, I didn't make a spectacle of myself by dancing, but, I was doing the dad toe-tapping and slight head-bob. But, the mothers in the crowd, they were rockin'! I am no concert aficionado, but, these guys rocked! I was so glad we went and had an awesome time. Fortunately, I brought my camera and took a lot of pictures. I'll post more in the next couple of days along with more of my thoughts on the concert.
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