DWTS

Last year we put in a request to get tickets to DWTS, and yesterday at about 11:20 Andy got an Email that said we had tickets to that days taping of DWTS! He called me, came home from work and by 2:30 we were in line. We were numbers 188, and 189. We would have been 75 and 76 if we didn't have to park a mile away in the first parking garage we could find. There was an enterprising young man at the sidewalk selling water, and soda, and renting beach chairs. Andy noticed when he opened his briefcase to put the money in, he put it inside a Book of Mormon. They were letting people in a few at a time, and by 4:00 we knew we wouldn't be in the Pre-Tape portion of the show. But by 5 we were ushered it just before the show itself started taping. So if you watched it we are in the balcony behind the judges in the far right corner. We could pick out Andy, he was wearing a beige sport coat, in a "sea of black". It was a fun experience. We were surprised that the floor was so small, how small the people are, and how different it looks on TV. The stage in front of the band at the bottom of the stars looks like it sparkles on TV, that is to hide all the different colored pieces of tape to show people where to stand. They were constantly sweeping the dance floor every commercial break. The clapping was so loud we couldn't hear Tom the announcer. In our excitement we didn't have anything to eat before we left. The vending machine was doing a pretty brisk business. We had to go through security, no cell phones or electronic devices allowed inside, they were taken, labeled and returned after the show. I don't know why I thought this was a one hour show, I thought the first hour was just clips from the previous nights show(you can tell I DVR it, and then have my finger on the fast forward button). Anyway Ralph and Karina are gone, next week is the finals. A warning to my granddaughters, no Mickey Mouse Club next Monday night......Grandma is voting! Lets see, we have 3 cell phones, one land line, and 3 Email addresses....