Portland - April 8th 2004 by Kristin - Mall Tour

[Sharifa]

April 8th - Clackamas Town Center
Reviewer : Kristin

I walked around the mall then I went heading to the Clackamas mall where Avril would be the next day (4/8). I walked around that mall until they closed then I went out and got in my car and went to sleep there. It was about 11PM when Avrils tour bus pulled up. I saw it right away and asked if Avrils bus was green. He said no it's brown. Then I thought about it...when she went back to Canada for the Junos maybe she switched busses (there are now a green AND brown bus) so we went looking for it and couldn't find it so we went to sleep in the parking lot. Mario slept I stayed up ALL night (yes I am going on over 48 hours of NO sleep even as we speak...er...type) at about 2:30 a security guard told us we had to leave the property so we did, we went across the street to Target and slept there until 6:30. At 6:30 we went back over there and slept a little more. A security guard asked if we were cold in there and I said no but he said we could go inside if we wanted to. So we went inside and inside I met Marlo and Elysie. Very sweet girls. Anyways, all 4 of us hung out ALL day, until I left back home after the concert. But we got bored and they wouldn't let us sit around the stage so we had to walk around. We bought those Avril CD's from Sbarro's. They were cute little cd's hehehe. We walked around and shopped. And we skateboarded. Marlo hurt her ankle and wanted to sit inside so Mario stayed with her. Elysie and I went outside and skateboarded on her board. We skated around Avrils bus and it was fun.

When we got in line for the show it was 1PM. They let us in to the show at about 1:30PM but they wouldn't let Marlo or Elysie take their boards into the event area. So I told them to take them to Copelands Board Shop where my buddy Timmy (the guy from Brutal Fight) works and he kept them back there for them.
Well we stood around the stage for quite a while. All 4 of us got interviewed by 3 different newspapers since everyone heard about us 4 being the early ones
and Mario and I's sleeping outside to be there!! So we are gonna be in the Oregonian, the Columbian and another one I don't remember. I am gonna scan them as soon as I get them. But anyways, after that Marlo, Elysie and I started to chant when it was 5:30 "Avril! Avril! Avril!" and we got the whole place of
4,000 people to do it with us!! And the ladies from the Oregonian kept asking us questions and taking out picture while we chanted. It was fun!

At 5:10 Avril came on stage. Evan looked right at me since I had a bright blue poster that said "EVAN" on it. He gave me the "rock on" sign and just smiled
away. They sang "He Wasn't" then "My Happy Ending". Avril stood up and looked right at me and smiled (we were in the front row) and said "I like your shirt" to me in front of everyone! I was wearing my War Child tank top. She then went on to singing "Sk8er Boi" then she sang "Don't Tell me" then "Take me Away" then "Nobody's Home" then "Complicated". During Take me Away Evan looked at me and smiled for my camera. Avril smiled at us 4 all through-out the show since I was the only one who knew ALL the lyrics. Well...today was awesome. I am tired now hehehehe. Oh I forgot...after the show I went to the bus and got Av to sign my Evan poster which she laughed when she signed it and she signed my hand. Then I came home and now I am going to bed...Night.


Oh and here is the article of me and my 2 friends Marlo and Elyse in the newspaper. The Oregonian.

http://www.oregonlive.com/living/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/living/1081598912320860.xml

hey thats cool, thanks!

[Far Away]

ugh...in portland agian ok if she comes for the tour im going

[Thydrassy]

cool site :-)