Winter Jam = Awesome!

Winter Jam is something that our youth group has been going to for several years now. It's a night where we go over to Columbus on the bus and attend a huge Christian rock concert. I have had the option to go for three years now but turned it down. Until this year.

This year was my year.

I was going to Winter Jam.

The following artists were going to be there: Royal Tailor, Jamie Grace, New Song, Sidewalk Prophets, Matthew West, Red, and -drum role please- YOU'LL HAVE TO KEEP READING TO FIND OUT!

Anyway, Ginger and I had invited our friends Lune and Hazel to go with us. All four of us were super excited. We piled on the bus with everyone else in our youth group and our leaders and started off on our 1 1/2 hour journey. I had a blast just on the bus. Lune and I sat next to each other and talked and listened to music.

Then we arrived.

We started looking at the line.

It looked like the line for a presidential candidate campaign rally.

The leaders started preparing us for the fact that we were probably not going to get in.

DUH, DUH, DUH!

Well, we had to try to get in so we got in line and began waiting.

We waited...

and waited...

and waited...

and waited...

We had to pass the time somehow so we tried out the effects of mob phsychology. It took forever but we got everyone in line to clap and cheer with the help of another youth group.

The whole time we were waiting I was telling myself that we were not getting in.

There was no way that they were going to fit all of us in that building!

We continued waiting....

and waiting...

and waiting...

and waiting...

Then we started walking up to the front doors.

Lune and I almost screamed we were so excited. We were without a doubt getting in now.

Then we walked through the front door.

WE WERE AT WINTER JAM!

It took forever but we ended up finding seats behind the stage. I know what you're thinking, no one wants to sit behind the stage. I didn't care. I could see every single person even though they only looked about two inches tall.

Now what would this post be without pictures? I'm going to post a picture of every single artist that we saw and my reaction to it. I also might talk about it a little bit (especially my favorites!).

Here we go!

 First up was Royal Tailor!

They were pretty cool. The main singer liked to dance.

I was still getting used to the whole idea of a rock concert at this point.

Then, it was Jamie Grace's turn!

She was the only girl all night but she was amazing!

Then came NewSong.

They were actually the ones who founded Winter Jam. 

Then came the Sidewalk Prophets. 

If you don't understand what I mean by words on a screen I will explain. Most of the bands would sing and you would want to sing with them but you didn't know the words. Well, Sidewalk Prophets actually had words on the screen!

Then came Matthew West.

This guy is on the River (a Christian radio station) all the time. I knew several of his songs just from listening to the radio so many times. 

Then came Red. 

Red is one of those crazy screamo artists in my opinion. His outfit was kind of creepy and there was fire behind him. FIRE! 

In my opinion, the lead singer looked like Obi-Wan Kenobi turned into a rock star! Anyway, I' not big on loud music and I only call something music if you understand the words and can distinguish the melody line. Red didn't completely meet my criteria. 

Hazel, Ginger, and Lune were rocking out while I was awkwardly sitting in my chair. 

I forgot to mention it but in between Matthew West and Red there was an intermission where Lune and I got some popcorn! It was soooooooo good! 

This next guy was in between these two I think but he wasn't a big part of it really. 

That's right, Jason Castro from American Idol was there! 

Now, it was the moment that me, Hazel, Lune, and Ginger were waiting for. Ginger and Lune were even going to have a screaming contest when this person came on stage. 

I was so excited.

My stomach was doing back handsprings.

I felt like doing back handsprings I was so excited!

That was when he walked on stage. 

That's right! Toby Mac was there at Winter Jam! 

We sang some songs that I knew and some that I didn't know. 

I couldn't believer that he was right there in front of me! 

Almost everyone there had only 15 minutes on stage. Red had 23 minutes. Toby Mac had around 45 minutes! He was the highlight of the night and it was so amazing. 

That was my reaction when he was done. We immediately left after he was gone. We had to hurry back to the bus so that we could go home. It was around 11:00 PM at the time. 

We had fun on the way back. We listened to music. I got my iPod out and played the only Toby Mac song I own. It was so cool knowing that I had actually seen him!

So, as you can see, I had a ton of fun. I can't wait till next year!

PS: sorry I didn't get this post out sooner. I've been sick.