!!!!!!!!!! And Josh is smiling and everything just goes crazy! It was wonderful! =) So he sing YAL and he moves about the stage, which I thought was wonderful considering how there were people on the side and he got to go over there a lot. That was cool! So he then says "Thank you" and goes right into Mai. He sing that and that last falsetto...omg! It was...it was just amazing. I think the whole audience was silent during that last note, i know I was. It was just so perfect and so...haunting and mysterious that I just loved it soo much. So he says "thank you! It's so great to be back in D.C. We loved D.C. on the first tour and now it's just so great to be back here. " He then talked, and I seriously cannot remember what he said, but I went into "Un Dia Llegara" and said that it was a spanish song. So he sang that and then said "Muchos Gracias." Then, I believe he went onto sing "So She Dances", which was really pretty and I loved how you could REALLY hear Lucia's playing. It was wonderous! So then he sat down and he said, "Now that song was called So She Dances. And I loved finding this song because it's this wonderful love song and it's one of those songs, guys know what I'm talking about, where they put in a CD and say, 'Yeah..this is how I feel about you. What Josh says.' *crowd laughs* But I always thought the title was strange. So....she dances. It was just this weird title and I picture this guy with a cigar saying 'Nooo.....let her dance. No no no let her dance. So....she....dances'. So When I thought of that I Laughed, and laughed, and laughed. *he laughed* And it took us 16 takes until we got it fully recorded because I just couldn't stop laughing. *everyone in the crowd laughs* See. I tell you this after the song so you aren't laughing throughout the entire song like I did."

"WE LOVE YOU JOSH!!!" someone in the crowd screams.
Josh-"Aww! I love you too!"
"WE LOVE YOU MORE!!!"more people in a different part of the crowd scream
Josh-"I love you too! Equally as much as the other." *crowd laughs*

Then he went onto talking about February Song and he began to sang it. Now this is the first song that made me cry during the concert. I cried four times to this is talled as one. It was beautiful and I loved how they incorporated the music video thing with the light. So it was just beautiful. Then he went into "Now Or Never" i think.....but don't quote me on that.

All is that he was wonderful! He went back and forth on the stage and he had so much energy and he was grooving on the stage and he shook people's hands that were out stretched from the stage and on the left and right side as well.

Somewhere between that, Alexander Collette started playing the beginning of "Un Giorno Per Noi". She was....amazing! She was very similar to Lucia in the way she plays with passion. I really enjoyed her! So somewhere then again Josh left after introducing Lucia (in which I screamed because I find Lucia amazing since I play the violin!). So Josh left and Lucia came on stage and began playing the Sibelius Violin Concerto which on her album "Music from a Farther Room" is called Aurora. And I couldn't keep my eyes off of her. That piece is REALLY REALLY hard to play and it involves so many different things you need to do (I've tried playing it..I can only get through about 25 measures before I die). Right from the last note she went straight to Kashmir. And oh boy! The WHOLE Crowd got into it and was probably shocked that a violinistc ould be so energetic! Lucia moved throughout the stage and moved up and down and she even moved to sorta duel with Tariq as she played. It was really awesome! When she ended her first note the whole Verizon Center exploded into tremendous cheers and screamed! I jumped up and down and I was the first to stand up! I couldn't contain how amazing she was. She bowed in that way she does with her violin and bow in hand and putting her hands together. Oh! And she was barefoot! =)

So then the beginning piano part came for "In Her Eyes". Now everyone was wondering where he was. I was looking around and then! THEN He sang "She" and I turned and there he was! Up on the high place that was where I could see him and he was wearing a white collared long sleeved shirt and jeans and he was holding hands. He was walking down and the whole crowd once again went well...crazy! So at one point he stopped and said "I awake every morning with YOUR strength by my side." And he sang to someone. Then a bunch of people got up so I did too and I saw two girls about my age going up and looking and squeeing and going crazy. Then t he security person told us to go back and I asked the girl "did he touch you?" she said, "Oh no. But I don't care!! OMG." It was so awesome! So then he got on stage and finished the song. Then he began the first part of "Pearls" and Angelique came back on stage and they were at opposite sides of the stage and they slowly moved towards one another. Their voices blended SO well together. Just oh it was awesome!! So when they finished the song there were cheers and they bowed. Then here's what happened: (this is probably out of order but this did happen)

Angelique-Josh. Josh. You promised you would dance with me. And I got them to dance. We had a deal.
Josh- I know I know. I am getting better though!
Angelique- yes you are! Now come on! Move your hips. *she takes Josh's hand*
Josh-Okay. Like this?
Angelique- Yes that's great! Okay now move your shoulders.
Angelique singing- "Whatcha going to do? Oh Whatcha going to do?Whatcha going to do when I come home with you?"
Josh singing- "I'm going to go home and look like an idiot!" *i burst into laughter*
[Angelique stops swaying her hips and just looks at the crowd like "Oh what are we going to do with him." Josh is still sorta swaying his hips and he turns to her and stops and just laughs. Then Angelique bends backwards and laughs too
Angelique- *laughing as she looks at Josh who's laughing too and begins to move her shoulders and her hips.
Josh- See I don't know how she does it! Every beat has it's own move. All I can do are my shoulders. *Then Angelique moves in front of him and begins to shake her butt.
Josh- Are we getting dirty now? ( Josh looks like he doesn't know what to do and he then moves so he's facing her butt and begins to do the UNCE UNCE thing.)
Josh- What?
Angelique- I think someone unbuttoned you.
Josh- Oh. Yeah I guess they did.
Angelique- Oh oh. Josh, i think someone's trying to get you undressed *Josh laughs*..oopsie!
Josh- Oopsie!

And i can't remember which song he went to next, but I'll try and highlight the funny bits from each song as they come to me. Seriously, this concert is all a blur.

February Song- He sang this after "She Dances"
And then somewhere he sings the other songs and "Not While I'm Around" comes up. So the first three rows went up and Josh looked and say "Oh, hello!" And then he pretending that someone had jerked his foot to sit down and he did. So then he said "oh hello!" again and began to sign things and he got this funny purple bunny that winds up so Josh said "unce unce unce" while it was walking on the stage. Then he got something from Monty Python and he said "OH! I love Monty Python! NONE SHALL PASS. Thanks!" Then he began to talk about how he sang "Not While I'm Around" with Barbra Cook and how he got to sing for Andrew Lloyd Webber and I screamed when he said Sondheim and Webber and he said "THEATHER DORKS!" haha. It was cute! So then while he sang he signed a bunch of things. At the end he said, "don't worry! i wont' forget you....No I won't sign your baby.....Now don't get that tattooed (when referring to signing someone's arm). Now it's just an X (makes a slashing sound). "

So somewhere between then he began to sit down at the piano. I believe the next song was "AWAKE". And it had to be because I remember. YES! It was. OKay anyways. He sat down and he said "unce unce. the new josh groban concert tour UNCE UNCE" it was hilarious.
Josh- You guys have been so great! *screaming from crowd* It's almost over!* screaming NOOOOOOOOOOOO from crowd* We don't to leave! *screaming in approval* Hmm...well I guess we could stay! *screams* I have three albums worth of stuff to do. And the husbands in the back are going "Oh Jesus Christ". So then he began to talk about AWAKE.

If you read my first concert report you read that I gave Josh cheerios when I met him asking him to sing Awake. And He did!! He dedicated the song to the people he visited at Walter Reid and how strong they were and he dedicated it to the ones who came back and to the ones that are still over there. I just burst into tears. That song has meant so much to me. I cannot listen to it without starting to cry a bit and he sang it so beautifully. Now I know he didnt' sing it FOR me or BECAUSE OF me but I felt somewhere that he was singing it for me. That those cheerios really did help! And I was sobbing (as I had for RWIR). I couldn't stop crying. It is THE only song that has made me cry everytime I listen to it and it is a song that touches my heartstrings. It has powerful lyrics and..well you get the picture. That song just means a lot.

So somewhere between then he goes and sings Lullaby and Weeping and he talks about meeting Nelson Mandella and his trip to South Africa. That made me cry too.

Soon afterwards he sang Machine which was....well it was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Then he went off stage and came back on to do Alla Luce Del Sole. (he did Canto Alla VIta during the concert too). He left and people screamed and he came back on sporting a Washinton Wizards Jersey and began sanging You Raise me Up after Lucia played. It was wonderful!!

So after the concert I didn't want to leave. I just really didn't. So we had to leave eventually and this one woman and her mom were going up the steps and they were talking about how great it was and how nice he seemed and I said, "OH! He is SOO Nice! I got to meet him." She looked at me like "OMG". So she said, "WOW! That's wonderful! how did you get to meet him?"
Me-"I won a contest to re-design the cover."
Her-"You designed the cover?"
Me-"Oh no no! I just re-designed the cover for a contest to meet him. He was SO nice! And I hugged him twice and he was just wonderful."
So then once we got to the top we parted ways and I went and got my Josh t-shirt. I could only get one since I had to pay my own way for the Meet and Greet so I only had the thirty dollars for ONE josh t-shirt. yeah that was sad. We couldn't find Lucia's CD though....

So then we left after getting my Josh t-shirt and while we were walking we ran into Dia again. I was like "DIA!" And she and I hugged and she asked me how it was meeting Josh and she was so excited for me. Her ride was there so she had to go and I told her I'd keep in touch with her. So then we walked and there was this bus. Now I thought it "might" be Josh's bus but it was in fact the band bus. We ran into Ally on the way walking and her friend and we talked with them and I saw Collette and I jumped out of the cirlce we had made and said, "YOU WERE SO AMAZING! Thank you!" And she smiled and said, "Thank you! And you're welcome" and then she put her cello on the bottom of the bus and got on the bus. I wish I could've gotten her to sign my program, but I think she isn't used to people knowing who she is and wanting her autograph, but I wouldn't know. She was very nice though. So there were all these people near the verizon center garage and Ally and i are wondering, what's going on. So we all go and see and then a bus comes out and we're told that Josh is on it. So we all wave and I jump up and down hoping he'll recognize me! =) So then we are about to leave but then I hear... "Lucia" and I die.

I dropped everything looking for my "Music from a Farther Room" CD and my permanent marker. I mean. I play the violin and she is my favorite violinist along with Joshua Bell and I was searching and searching for my CD and my marker. She was turning to leave and grabbed my stuff and plotted myself down in front of her sorta and grabbed my CD. My mum said "LUCIA" and she turned and noticed me and I said "Wait please! I play the violin and I want you to sign my CD." So I look for my Pen STILL and then I said "oh crap! I can't find my pen!"
Lucia-"Oh no! She can't find her pen!" and she had the most wonderful voice that was so kind.
So someone with a program says, "She can use mine, but you have to sign my program first."
Lucia-"Oh bartering! Gotta love bartering! I'm so bad at it thought. It's really sad."
Me-"oh! that is sad!"
Lucia-"I know!" and then she turns to me! She has the most beautiful eyes and wonderful hair and she sees my CD and looks up at me. I was the only person with her CD. And I said "I play violin too." and she smiled and signed my CD. It says "Love and Wonder. Lucia Micarelli". And i said "THANK YOU" and she said "You are very welcome!"

I was the only one she looked at directly. I think she realized that I really did love her music and that I was the only one with her first CD. I wished my batteries weren't dead from the concert or else I would've taken a picture with her. But she was so nice!!!

So that's really it........end of the show!=) Hope you enjoyed my LONG LONG reports of the D.C. concert! =)

THANK YOU TO:
JOSH-You were so nice to me and you really made my first concert amazing! Thank you for the hug and thank you for singing Awake! *hugs*
Wyatt- You are so sweet! Thanks for allowing me for this opportunity.
Lynne- You are also so nice! You took care of Courtney, her boyfriend, my mum, and me so wonderfully and you are just awesome!
Jerry- You were funny! Thanks for making sure we were alright.
Adam- You were so gracious to us! Thanks for giving Dia the letter to Josh and being awesome too
AND THANKS TO EVERYONE! =)
-Helena


EDIT: Oh yeah! During "NWIA" he talked to this girl:
Josh-"Oh look there's a beautiful girl there. Are you having fun?"
Her-"What?"
Josh-*funny face* "Are you having fun?"
Her-"OH YEAH! Thanks"
Josh- Phew! Gotta love the kids!!!

OH! ANd he asked the crowed
"What do you call yourselves? Washingtonian..s? I myself am a Los Angeltonian...." haha