ClayManiacs

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 2ND I FOUND OUT I HAD WON A MEET AND GREET THROUGH A FRIEND AT MUSIKFEST THAT I HAD NEVER REALLY MET BUT JUST THROUGH EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS.  I JUST ABOUT HAD A HEART ATTACK.  WE HAD ALREADY GOTTEN FRONT ROW SEATS FROM THIS FRIEND FOR MYSELF, JUDEE, LINDA AND TAMMY BUT WHEN THIS NEWS CAME I COULDN'T BELIEVE.  THE SAD PART OF COURSE WAS IT COULD ONLY BE MYSELF WITH ONE FRIEND.  AS EVERYONE KNOWS I PICKED MY FRIEND OF OVER 15 YEARS LINDA.  UNTIL I WAS IN LINE I JUST WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

WELL THE DAY FINALLY CAME AND AS A QUICK RECAP THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.

LINDA AND I WERE ACTUALLY DRIVEN WITH THIS FRIEND INTO THE VENUE WHERE WE MET A MUSIKFEST COORDINATOR FOR A MEET AND GREET EXPLAINED TO US WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.  THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE WITH THIS MEET AND GREET BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY INCLUDE A GROUP PICTURE AND NO AUTOGRAPHS BUT HECK SOME PEOPLE NEVER WILL EVER GET TO MEET HIM UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL.

WE WERE WAITNG IN LINE AND THIS FRIEND FROM MUSIKFEST STAYED WITH ME AND WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL I CAME OUT.  I REALLY THINK SHE THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO PASS OUT.  TRUST ME I WAS LOSING IT.  WE FINALLY WALKED INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE BUSES WHERE HIS SECURITY GUARD (THE MEAN ONE) EXPLAINED THAT CLAY WOULD BE COMING OUT SHORTLY, WHAT HE WOULD BE DOING AND AGAIN NO AUTOGRAPHS.

IT WAS SO HOT WAITING AND SEEMED SO LONG BEFORE CLAY CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND SAID "HELLO FOLKS.  HOW IS EVERYONE."  OH MY GOD HE HAD ON BROWN SHORTS WITH A BROWN T -SHIRT AND OF COURSE SANDLES.  HIS HAIR WAS REDDISH BLONDE.   NO MAKE-UP ON AND I COULD SEE THOSE GORGEOUS FRECKLES.  HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED AT ONE END AND ASKED EVERYONE THEIR NAME AND REPEATED OUR NAMES AFTER SHAKING EACH ONES HANDS.  WHEN HE SHOOK MY HAND AND SAID "HELLO LORRAINE" I JUST ABOUT WANTED TO DROP DEAD.  THE HANDSHAKE THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET.   I HAD TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN FRONT OF ME AND HE BENT DOWN BETWEEN THEM LEAVING LINDA AND I RIGHT IN BACK OF HIM.  WELL IMMEDIATELY I PUT MY HAND ON HIS HAIRY ARM (LOOKING AT THE BODY GUARD FOR HIS REACTION) THEN I MOVED IT TO HIS SHOULDER.  GOD I COULD FEEL THAT STRONG BODY.  I LOOKED RIGHT AT THE TOP OF HIS HEAD AND HIS HAIR IS SO THICK AND BEAUTIFUL.  LIKE I SAID IT WAS REDDISH WITH BLOND HIGHLIGHTS.  I WANTED TO PUT MY FINGERS THROUGH IT.  LINDA THEN JOINED ME AND PUT HER HAND ON HIS SHOULDER AS WELL.  THEN THE PHOTOGRAPHER TOOK (3) PICTURES AND THE WHOLE TIME MY HAND STAYED ON MY HONEYS SHOULDER.  WHEN THE PICTURES WERE OVER HE STOOD UP IN FRONT OF ME AND HE ASKED WHERE EVERYONE WAS FROM.  I SAID CT. AND HE SAID HOW FAR IS THAT.  I SAID ABOUT 3-4 HOURS BUT I WAS IN N.C. LAST FRIDAY TO SEE YOU.  HE SAID "YOU WERE" IN A VERY BUBBLY WAY AND I SAID I SURE WAS.  THE WHOLE TIME HE WAS LOOKING INTO MY EYES.  GOD AS EVERYONE HAS TOLD US THEY ARE GORGEOUS AND THEY SPARKLE AND LIKE FRANKIE SAID NOT ONLY DO THEY SPARKLE BUT YOU CAN LOOK RIGHT INTO HIS HEART.  THEN HE SAID "WELL FOLKS ENJOY THE CONCERT."  HE LEFT AND I JUST ABOUT HELD IT TOGETHER AND WANTED TO SAY DON'T GO AWAY CLAY.  I HAD TO REFOCUS AND WALKED OUT FROM THE BACK OF THE BUS MEETING MY FRIENDS ALONG WITH THE LADY THAT MADE THIS ALL POSSIBLE. 

THEY ARE GOING TO EMAIL ME THE GROUP PICTURE AND AS SOON AS I GET IT I WILL TRY TO POST IT HERE. 

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING TRYING TO FOCUS BACK INTO REAL LIFE.  I CAN ONLY THANK GOD, THE PRAYERS OF FRANKIE AND MY MISS JULIE THAT THIS HAPPENED TO ME AND MY FRIEND LINDA.  NO WE DIDN'T GET AN AUTOGRAPH OR A PICTURE ALONE WITH CLAY BUT I GOT TO TALK WITH HIM ONLY TWO FEET IN FRONT OF ME, LOOK INTO THOSE GORGEOUS EYES AND SHAKE THAT HAND WHICH COVERED MY WHOLE HAND.  MY DREAM OF A LIFETIME HAS FINALLY COME TRUE.  SOMETHING THAT I WILL NEVER EVER FORGET.  I THOUGHT HE WAS GORGEOUS BEFORE, WELL HE IS BEYOND GORGEOUS.  INSIDE AND OUT. 

HUGS
RAINEY AIKEN

Thank you so much for sharing Lorraine.  This is a time you will remember forever.  I am so happy for you. :clap

And thank you for being gentle with him :slick

Linda was so smart to stand behind you this time.


Carol

Thanks Lorraine for sharing your story!!

I have been dying to hear all about your adventure!! :wink

I am definitely going to want to hear the full story in person in December!!!  :slick

Oh wait--can a lowly, "I have never met Clay" person still come to your house???!!!  :roflmao

I am sooo, sooo happy for you!!

 :hugg Deanna  :hugg

Lorraine, this is so wonderful.   Lucky you!!!!  Was great to meet you at the Cary show.

Debbie

Lorraine, I know how much this meant to you, and I'm very happy it all worked out and you got to meet your favorite guy!

Thanks for telling us about it, and be sure and share that picture when you get it!

 :purpbana

Lorraine! As I've alredy told you - I am so proud of you - you held it all together, and you and "Our Honey" made it through your meeting just fine!  :clap  And you didn't even need bail money!  :purpbana

You will have this experience forever - due to tight security, not many people get to actually touch him - he is not even shaking hands at the Fan Club meet and greets, so you meeting was very special - Congratulations to you and to Linda! - I can't wait to see your picture!  :bouncy

Lorraine I am so happy for you!!  :purpbana Thanks for sharing your story and cant wait to see the pic!!  

Lorraine, I'm so glad that this all worked out for you!  I know how much it meant to you.  Can't wait to see the picture!

Lorraine - you done us proud girl!!   :roflmao  I'm not sure I could have held it together like that!  I am so happy for you and it just brings tears to my eyes to read your reaction to meeting Clay.  I can't wait to see the picture!!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE.  I LOOK BACK TODAY AND ALL I CAN SAY IS I WAS ONE LUCKY PERSON AND I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IN THE DAYS AND MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS TO COME EVERYONE GETS TO MEET OUR CLAY JUST ONCE IN THEIR LIFES.

HUGS
RAINEY AIKEN

Lorraine,

This was a wonderful summary of your meeting with Clay.

I am so happy that this happened for you.  I've always thought if anyone should meet Clay, it should be you.  I don't think anyone is as devoted and totally a fan as you have consistently been.

I know that you will always remember this special time, and I'm glad you got to share it with your long time friend, Linda.

Love,
Prissy

Thanks for sharing your experience with us, Lorraine. I'm so glad it worked out for you, and I can't wait to see that pic!  :wink

PRISSY - MY NEXT WISH WILL BE THAT EVERY CLAYMANIAC GETS TO MEET OUR CLAY AND BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO THOSE EYES.  I KNOW THAT HE WILL BE AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME SO THAT WILL GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE.

SUNDANCER - IT WAS SO GOOD SPENDING TIME WITH YOU IN N.C.  IT SEEMS SO LONG AGO AND ACTUALLY IT WAS A WEEK AGO TONIGHT.  WE WERE JUST GETTING READY FOR CLAY TO COME ON STAGE.  I WILL POST THE PIC AS SOON AS MUSIKFEST EMAILS IT TO ME.  THEY SAID IN ABOUT 3 WEEKS.

LORI- THANKS.  I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT ONCE HE WAS IN FRONT OF ME THIS CALMNESS CAME OVER ME AND I REALLY TRIED TO SHOW HIM THAT WE MAY BE CRAZY IN LOVE FOR HIM BUT ALSO CAN BE SOMEWHAT PROFESSIONAL AT THE SAME TIME.

LORRAINE
THANKS FOR YOUR WONDERFUL RECAP.. NOTHING LIKE SEEING OUR MAN UP CLOSE.. I WISH I WASN'T AS NERVOUS TO STARE INTO  HIS FACE THE WHOLE TIME.. 

Yes, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet this wonderful and gorgeous man with Lorraine.  I can't thank her enough.  The is one time when I was glad to be the older one because our relationship is going on 16 yrs. old now.  I was very fortunate to be chosen this time!!!  I posted my review on the OCD, but everything Lorraine said was absolutely true.  He is 26, but if the president walked out to greet us, I know I wouldn't have been even half as excited.  He does things to me that I can't even explain anymore.  "Out of body" experience, like some of feel, is the best feeling I can describe.  It was a once in a lifetime opportunity that I will probably never get again, but thank the lord, and I really think "Julie" too, for having this one face to face meeting with Clay.  I am forever thankful.  Lorraine, one of your dreams came true and I was truly lucky to be part of it.

LOOKING BACK AT IT NOW THE ONLY THING I FORGOT TO DO WAS SMELL MY HONEY BUT I WAS SO ENGROSSED IN THOSE EYES AND THE FEEL OF THAT HANDSHAKE AND CARRYING ON A CONVERSATION WITH HIM THAT I FORGOT TO SEE IF HE HAD THAT NICE CLEAN SMELL.  BUT IT WAS SO HOT THAT HOPEFULLY I SMELLED O.K. NEVER MIND HIM.  I HAD THE  BURBERRY TOUCH COLOGNE ON SO MAYBE THAT IS WHY HE MADE CONVERSATION. :lol :lol :lol YEA RIGHT????

WOW LORRAINE,
I WISH THAT HAPPENED 2 ME LOL OMG IF BRETT WAZ THERE I WILL FAINT TWICE LOL..WELL IM GLAD U HAD FUN!!!

UR GOOD TIME FRIEND

CLAYER

KAT.

KAT - ALL I CAN SAY IS I HOPE EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO MEET CLAYS THAT CLOSE.  I AM SURE HE WILL BE AROUND FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS YET.

HUGS
RAINEY AIKEN

Thanks for sharing Rainey Aiken.  I love hear the adventures of the CT hussies, looks the hussies were perfect ladisis :wink :slick  All kidding aside gald my partners crime got up close and personnal.  Felt like I was there with all of  you. 

love
Sasha

LORRAINE -
Thank you so very much for sharing your experience meeting Clay with all of
us.  As I read it, I was teary one moment and joyous the next.  I cannot
imagine what it must have been like to touch him the way you did.  OMG how
did you hold it together at that moment.  An autograph is nothing in
comparison to what you had with him.  I am really really happy for you.
shirl

Lorraine, I could feel you simmering :slick right through your post :smile I am so happy for you to have that experience!!!  it will be in your heart forever!!!
 :hugg Sharon

  WOW! That was so good Clay encounter, once again, I will say this, I will be a liar if I wll not say, I am  jealous.    :lol

what a great story! If I met Clay I think I would freeze, and not remember my own name!

LORRAINE~ I AM SOOO HAPPY FOR YOU! :bouncy :bouncy CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE PIC. YOU ARE ONE LUCKY GIRL!! :bouncy :bouncy I HOPE YOU NEVER FORGET THIS.

LOVE YA!

TALK TO YA SOON!

THANKS EVERYONE.  EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN DAYS THE EFFECT OF SEEING THAT MAN WILL LAST ME FOREVER.  WITH OR WITHOUT MAKEUP HE IS JUST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND I HOPE THAT EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE SOME TIME, SOMEDAY AND I KNOW HE WILL BE AROUND FOR A LIFETIME AND THEN SOME.  HECK I WANT TO MEET HIM AGAIN WITH A REAL MEET AND GREET. 

HUGS
RAINEY AIKEN

LORRAINE ASKED ME TO POST THESE FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT!!!!

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Lorraine and Linda!

Like Angela says.. You have the Clay glow going on... Great picture!!!!!

ANGELA & TAMMY - THANKS.  TRUST ME I HAD MY HAD ON HIS SHOULDER VERY HARD AND FELT SOME NICE MUSCLES.  GOD I AM SO GLAD THESE PICTURES CAME BEFORE MY LAST CLAYING.

Hi Rainey! :wave Congratulations Lorraine Girl On Meeting "OUR HONEY CLAY!" You Were VERY LUCKY THAT YOU GOT TO TOUCH HIM ON HIS ARM AND SHOULDER AND FELT THOSE STRONG MUSCLES. Hopefully Someday I Will Get The Opportunity To Meet "OUR HONEY CLAY" As Well. I am Joining Clay's Official Fan Club, So Hopefully I Will WIN A Chance Of Meeting Clay During His Joyful Noise Tour Concerts If I Get Tickets To One Of Clay's Shows. I am Glad You Had A Great Time Rainey! You Will Remember That Moment Forever. I Love Clay! Have A Wonderful Weekend Rainey! And GO CLAY! Bye! :wave

Hugs, :hugg Peace, Love, And Many Blessings,

Jules Aiken

CLAY AIKEN: IDOL FOUND, GAME OVER!

Lorraine and Linda - Your picture was worth the wait - and you got three of them!  :purpbana You look so happy - I smile every time I think about you getting to meet him - I know that meeting will stay with you forever ( Lorriane - we are STILL waiting to see pictures of The Shrine!)  :para