Friday, November 27, 2009

Drafted

By the KISS Army!

Through a connection with CHOC, over a dozen tickets were offered at the office for the KISS show at the Anaheim Honda Center last Tuesday, as a thank you for our fundraising efforts for CHOC. Our WalkTeam raised over $6200--thank you all for supporting us. And thanks C! The seats were awesome:


Unbelievably, there wasn't a mad rush for tickets and there were even enough tickets for the kids. Of course, I was psyched that I was able to convince my co-workers to let me paint our faces (don't judge my skills!):

I loved that the girls wanted the Catman's makeup. Adult KISS fans only opt for the Demon or Starchild so you never see the Catman on display--but the girls made it work:


This was the girls' first arena show and they enjoyed the opening band, Buckcherry:

As the main show started and KISS brought every one on their feet, Velina whispered, when do we get to sit down? The show was a blast...from the past! All the pyrotechnical glory, Paul Stanley screaming "Anaheim!" and yes, even that old chestnut--Gene Simmons spitting out blood--brought back the blaring grandeur of yesteryear. It was an exhaustingly fun night:


The next morning I told Velina about the tradition of wearing the concert shirt the next day at school:


She wasn't as excited by the idea as I hoped. I told her that she had seen an iconic rock band and could now cross it off the bucket list. Of course, her response was what's a bucket list? Pfft. Kids. Anyhoo, she was game with a bit of liquid courage:


Hope everyone had a rockin' Thanksgiving week!

3 comments:

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MoTo said...

Good you recorded this concert on your blog so that Velina can remember it in future...because she slept through it! How do you sleep through those amplified guitar riffs, pyrotechnics, explosions, and blood vomiting?

Paula W said...

Okay the pic of her sleeping is hysterical!! Great scrapbooking material and what a great memory for your kids -