David Cook MANIA in Blue Springs

So for those of you living under a rock, David Cook of American Idol fame came to Blue Springs on Friday for his home town visit. My wonderful brother got Amber and me tickets to see him at South. It worked out well and we were able to navigate the crowds rather well. (It'll be my secret how we finagled that one...)
I just put Emerson in the Bjorn and she was pretty content for the first hour and a half (I got in line around 2:30 and the gates opened at 3. He didn't get there until 4:30 or so) and then I just walked around with her. In my infinite wisdom, I didn't think of the crowd noise of 10,000 screaming fans and what kind of impact that would have on a 6 month old. I would just get her calmed down and then the crowd would go crazy again. It was exhausting but I'm glad we went- it was pretty cool to see how excited the town is. I took some pictures that you might have to click on to enlarge to see better.

Waiting to go inside the stadium.


David was in a parade which led him to the stadium. Here he is arriving at South. He's sitting next to his younger brother.


The craziness... 10,000+ people.


Where's Waldo?


Performing his 3 songs.


Hanging with Aunt Amber! Emerson's first "concert!"