When Jen Met Macca & Toronto

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When Jen Met Macca & Toronto

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 Hey people, remember last summer when I wrote about an amazing trip to Toronto and  never finished it?.. I suppose now is a good time as any to finish said post.. link is here -  ( for those who need refreshing )  titled: I'm  on my way to Toronto a Paul McCartney adventure.. I left off at:

"Hey people, these last two gigs were some of Paul McCartney's best ever! I lost my fucking phone in a cab..& my friend Jen got her arm signed by Paul at the sound check.. what the? I am happy for her.. I wish it was me.. but Jen deserves it!~..I swear, I didn't cry when she walked up to me tonight- me in the 14th row on the isle.. I was shocked.. more, when I get back to the states..~ I have a very very early flight!!"

 I had wrote a bloggy post about Jen and her newly inked arm.. and forgot, sorta, about this post giving her the limey light:

That first night in Toronto as Jen and I were in the second row center- we were sweating bullets.. having the time of our lives.. It was hard to get to sleep that  night as I was posting on my blog and at McCartney.com.. Very bright and very early, the next morning after what seemed like 4 hours sleep a very loud siren or alarm went off .. It was the fucking fire alarm.. shit, down 20 flights of stairs on a jacked up knee..  damn that pissed me off..  ( What will happen next? ) after the clear signal no fucking fire..  I thought I'd take a nap.. for tonight's gig with Paul McCartney again.. Yeah!

The phone rings and hour later.. It's Jen - we talked about what we would do if were were going to meet Paul McCartney, that day.. Jen had a huge feeling that day she would meet Paul for some odd reason, as today, she was going to the Sound check before the gig.. and what was to happen - became a reality for Ms. Dodge as she held up her sign at the sound check.. Jen had thought Paul had forgotten as Paul,. read the sign and told her to save her arm strength..Well you know -I was a complete mess when she walked up to me and should me ..her....

PAUL MCCARTNEY HAD SIGNED HER FUCKING ARM ONLY A FEW HOURS AGO!!

Jen's PETA sign that caught Macca's eye at Sound check..

The only PETA Thing I had was a Meet Free Monday's tee & a piccie- I wondered around the venue looking for Jen... not knowing Paul McCartney signed her arm!

Shoot -I can't even wear the Meat Free Mondays tee at work ( I did twice ) scroll down for more on this adventure....

Paul McCartney signing Jen's arm that fateful day August 9th 2010 Toronto

Wow! Just fucking wow!! Now, I have known people who have had their parts signed by Paul McCartney, himself.. but this is special to me - for the fact Jen is a dear friend.. and a great fan.. I think this would be the highlight for any Beatles or McCartney fan to have a siggy graph from a living legend who happens to be Paul McCartney:  ( I know it would be for me ) I'm personally still in awe of this fotograph- Damn, this rocks so much.. I wish it had been me.. Happy that it happened for you Jen... hugs!! xx       Diggin the MPL logo on the trunk - too cool :)

Our Friend Danica with her signed Toronto 2010

But Paul! We LOVE bringing our signs.. We hope you don't mind.. Danica don't feel bad doll.. Paul has past up many signs I have brought to gigs..I know how you feel... I met the coolest cat named Keith Correa at second nights gig a HUGE promoter in Toronto. The Original Kid Rock - as his business card states ..


As always Paul McCartney and his band put on a brilliant show!! Mull of Kyntire was insane! that was  well worth it for the flight coming from California.. mishaps and all -and the camera dying of course.. hahaha~ nothing as priceless than seeing Paul McCartney - live - truly..

Girl, left who was sitting next to me that second night.. The Canadians are some of the greatest people out of all the gigs I have attended.. The best gigs are by far - have been the most memorable for me..( Some greats in the states..)  by out side the states - pure magic!..









Ha- as always we never want the gig to end.. piccie right of some musicians playing Beatles & AC/DC tunes after the gig.. I had to capture the moment.. me, walking back to the hotel.. Hey Where's my cab?!!!


The following day- I had an early flight to catch.Getting outta Toronto was horrible..Once on the plane my thoughts wondered over the last few days spent in Toronto..

Jen, having her arm signed by Paul McCartney and wondering ( If ever ) I'd get to meet Paul myself?
tears began to trickle down my face - I didn't want to admit it-  as I thought Fuck! Paul, I want to meet you too! so many  people I know  have met  Macca- not me..a little luck hasn't happened to me yet.. ooohhh sigh, as my eyes closed for take off on the way back to the states-  the music of the past two nights filled my head.. waiting, for my next Paul McCartney adventure.. :)


McCartney/ harley..

My friend Jen gets her arm signed by Paul McCartney!

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My friend Jen gets her arm signed by Paul McCartney!

note: waiting on piccie of the sign:

Well it looks like I got beat to it posting about Jen's encounter with Paul McCartney.. I have posts on Toronto, but wanted to post about Jen first...:) included is a video montage - of piccie's taken by Jen & than some from the
Up & Coming Tour- you got to see the video included- below!

Jen and I had planned on Toronto, but we needed
Tix for the 1st night. I mentioned to her why not try Ebay?..

so we rang each other from coast to coast- scanning Ebay, for tickets. They wanted outrageous prices- for Macca- so I found one seller who had great seats. I had Jen, doing the emailing to inquire; since she is so perfect, being an English teacher and all.
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the tickets we wanted were sold to someone else last minute- the seller mentioned to Jen we might have some more tickets comming up
success! Yes Jen. let's do this~ and we bought our tickets for the first night, 2nd row!
Jne had bought the Sound check package- Still I needed to find one for the 2nd night foiund one on ticket master- whew good to go~
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Toronto 2nd night

Well, let's back up to the second night of the gig in Toronto to the Air Canada Center...Jen had called me and woke me up from a Dead sleep lol she said she was really feeling meeting Paul at the sound check that day. It's a first time for the Sound Check package for Jen.
She was just so freaking excited..Both of us running on adrenaline..thought about senarios IF we had such an encounter with Paul that day..Jen made the trek to Toronto driving over 10 hours.. Jen got the idea of making a sign created by her High School students at the end of the school year- to sign her PETA shirt..

It sounded like a brilliant idea! Jen thought, if Paul called out to her at the sound check she'd have Paul sign the Vegetarian PETA shirt.. Well Jen was quite shocked when Paul McCartney had read the Peta sign and said that he would! wow! Paul gave her the option one or the other- lol :) from Jen's experience below:

I held the sign aloft in between the first three songs, and I saw Paul shade his eyes, look at me, and then heard him say "Okay". I couldn't tell if it was wishful thinking on my part that he was talking to me, or to the sound guy Pab, so I held the sign aloft two songs later. Paul said, "Yes, I see your sign, we'll do that later. Save your arm strength."

For the next hour and a half I was a non-stop ball of energy, dancing with Shelley during "San Francisco Bay Blues", chatting to everyone around me, etc. Shelley actually came over and patted me on the back in a half hug when Paul said he would do it later. Funny thing is that because he didn't read the sign out loud, no one knew what I had asked for. Folks kept asking what song I asked for, and I had to calmly tell them I was going to meet my hero, my idol, the person I've been hoping to meet for all thirty-five of my years. Sigh.

I was leaping out of my skin at the end, worried Paul had forgotten me, so I held the sign aloft again and he nodded at me, but he had also made sure to get one of his people, a very nice woman whose name I forgot to ask, to escort me to Paul's Scottish security guard. I kept trying to walk past them because they were just standing in place, and I was worried about Paul leaving--she kept saying, "I know you're excited, but we have to wait for security." I made sure to apologize to her, then to the security guard, for being such a spaz. They both seemed used to it, though.

Here's the part you''ve all been waiting for: First, Paul's personal photographer took photos and promised to e-mail them to me. He'd better. I was taken to the side of the stage and watched Wix and Brian walk backstage--if I wasn't swallowing my tongue at this point, I would have said hello, but they both looked in a rush, so I let them by. I was babbling to the woman who works for Paul who escorted me, telling her I taught high school, and she told me that, given the fact I work with teenagers, I could pull off calm and encouraged me to be that. Apparently, Paul isn't a huge fan of people who gush and are jittery around him, although I'm not sure how folks wouldn't be those two things around him. She said, "It's better if you're calm," so I took a deep breath when he walked down the stairs toward me and tried really hard not to pee myself.

Jen Meets Paul McCartney!

He greeted me, then asked about signing my shirt. At this point, I told him I taught high school and had promised several students I would get a tattoo of his signature if I ever met him, but that I would prefer the shirt getting signed. Then I said, "I don't want to be greedy, so if you want to sign both, great, but one or the other would be fine, too." He thought for a second, then said to pick one. I thought for a second, then said, "The kids come first, so the arm." Then I held out my left arm and jokingly turned my head to the side as if he were going to tattoo me himself. God, I'm such a dork. I forgot to mention that there were about five or six of Paul's people watching this whole scene, the folks who work with the VIP package participants, and a few laughed or drew a sharp breath when I told him to go with what the students wanted. I think one of them even said, "Whoa". Oh, and the video guy taped the whole thing, too.

Anyway, he started to go for my upper arm, but I said I was hoping he'd sign my inner lower arm, in the elbow to wrist area. He looked at it, looked at me, then said, "You want it there?" I replied, "Well, there, or the upper arm, actually, wherever you prefer." He looked at both areas then said, "Artistically, I'm feeling this area," and went at the upper arm. He really took his time and did a very nice signature, which I appreciated. Then he underlined it and I said my students would appreciate it. At that, he said, "Since it's for the kids..." Then he went about drawing a face with distorted eyes, a smile, curly hairs and ears that stick out below the signature.

He then handed the marker back to me and told me to say hi to the kids for him. As he walked away, I think I told him I was looking forward to tonight's show. He nodded and went backstage. Oh, this was after I snuck in a hug, of course.

See the incredible video below for Jen~

Paul McCartney video Montage Up & Coming Tour

Fast forward, Wow! well, I entered The Air Canada Center.. Looking for Jen.. she almost walked past me in the 14th row and she shyly smiled than grinned pointing at her arm > Paul had signed her freakin arm!!!
OMG!
I was shocked happy & a lil bit sad it wasn't me.. She got her arm signed before me heheheh.. Jen was on cloud nine and began to relive her experience with me... said Jen

"IT"S THE GREATEST EXPERIENCE OF HER LIFE"

Piccie credit above: Jen Dodge- Jen giving me the Awesome news- Paul McCartney signed her arm just hours ago!

HELL YEAH< WAY TO GO FREAKIN JEN!!!!

I just would like to personally congratulate Jen, on being one lucky fan, who not only met
Paul McCartney, but had her arm signed by him- major hugs & Love to you Jen,, So happy this happened to a friend!!~ Love you... I'm glad we had this mini adventure together. Danica & I your buddie are truly happy fot you- cherish these moments forever~
By the way Jen got her tatoo- the very next day!~ :)

ps. don't go critiquing- my spelling & grammer OK?

Peace Love & Happiness

McCartney~ harleyblues

To be continued!!! hopefully, with more piccie's!!

Jen Dodge and her incredible Paul McCartney auto-graph- Air Canada Center August 9th 2010 Up & Coming Tour~

note: August 16th Coming up- Toronto prts 1 & 2!
M/hb~