SummerStage = Success!!

22 Aug 2010 1 Comment

by siddiquah in Music & Movies

Central Park Summerstage was a SUCCESS yesterday, for many, many reasons. First of all, I missed the TWO trains I was trying to catch NYC bound due to tomfoolery in the Chatmon household (ugh,  don’t ask). I was utterly annoyed and almost contemplated NOT going at all. It was already after 1pm, the concert started at 3pm, it was FREE, so I just KNEW it’d be almost impossible to get a good spot. Then my friend knocked me back into reality : “Diq, it’s Chrisette Michele. CHRISETTE! You loooooove her! And how mad will you be tomorrow when you realize you DIDN’T go?! C’mon dude, stop bugging and get your ass to NY!!” (She was already in the city for work, so I had to trek all by myself…like a big girl ). So anyway, I got in my car, raced downtown, paid the little Spanish guy 7 bucks to ensure the semi-safety of my baby, and high-tailed it to Track 1.

Once in NY, and after a very gross subway ride and looong walk, we arrived at our destination 15 minutes before showtime. The line to get into the park was cuh-razy! For some reason, me and my girl thought that by standing near the security, we could flash our very charming smiles and get right to the front. Negative. We contemplated going to the back of the line until we realized that we could not SEE the back of the line because it wrapped all the way around the park! Capacity was 5000, and there was easily 10,000 people in the damn line. My friend’s suggestion to skip the line had me kinda freaked, ESPECIALLY since we stuck out like a sore thumb…me with the most obnoxiously BRIGHT pink tank top and her with this really BIG curly hair! LOL. Comical. We skipped it anyway…and of course, some hater had the balls to say ” ummm, the back of the line is ALL the way back here”. We politely looked at her, said “oh, really??ok”, and got behind her anyway.

*Note: If I had been waiting in line for HOURS and two lil bishes cut the line, especially to see Chrisette, I would have physically FOUGHT them. Just thought I’d acknowledge my tro action. However, no one or nothing was stopping me from seeing this damn concert.

So anyway, we’re totally geeked because we’ve done the impossible. We’re so close to the stage we can smell the DJ’s breath. First out…Miguel. And I swooooon to his “All I Want Is You”. He is super adorable and sounds just like the record. He was a very pleasant surprise because I had no idea he would be there. Egypt from WBLS was one of the hosts and Salt (minus Pepa) came out and performed Kirk Franklin’s “Stomp”. Weird.

Tamia SHUT IT DOWN with her performance and definitely is still relevant even though she hasn’t had an album since 2007 (she actually has a new album dropping 2011!! Yay!).

Mario came out and put on a show for the teens and cougars in the audience. He’s a good singer, but the sex appeal is just NOT there for me. Sorry.

Chrisette was AWESOME. She looked so adorable in her get-up…she sung a few songs, could have definitely sung A LOT more. She left the stage, and people started to clear the park, ONLY to come back out with a special guest…Ricky Rozay. They performed a song together, then Chrissy dipped and Ross performed for a bit.

All in all, the experience was PERFECT. My chipped big-toe from my feet being stepped on was well worth it!