My turn now... I won,t go into the logistic details as Roxane already did.
What was really special for me, besides being my first mika show, was I got to share it with my daughter.
We left home around 5 to grab a bit (shish taouk) and went to the venue. When we arrived, there was a line at the door. We waited in the car a bit (Arianne had a skirt and it was cold) then we went to the door and saw the other girls coming. WE've waited and all came together (Guylaine and Christine were already inside).
The waiting began. I almost cried when the girl said they were not should we could see Mika's 2nd part.
Smile came back when we got to be first row, next to Roxane and saw Martin and Cherisse on stage.
Then: the music began and it took a few seconds to see him, as he was coming from the back in the car. I sang, screamed and clapped along. As Roxane, said, we were really close and all I could think of was that he was finally THERE, in front of me, for real... The show production did a really good job and the set and ideas were fantastic. Really let him how good an entertainer he can be. The presentation they did was really good, you clearly see the had done their homework. the feather part was really funny and when the host thanked him for not having to translate everything (her english is so-so)
We had another disapointment as we were not sure if we could see second part. People were starting to be a bit frustrated because most of them were there for Mika. When we were told we could go back but they were not sure if we could watch until the end I thought to myself: try to make me get out of that room before Mika sing!
I was really close to the little stage for second set and got soaked as weel. But it was worth it. Funny part not seen on TV: one of the pipe continue to leak for at least 5 minutes after song was over. A poor VIP man got totally drawned as he got poared on until he decided to change place.
I was really proud of how the crowd cheer Mika after. It was 100% genuine. I hear another VIP say: Mika, il es-tu assez bon? (Mika, is he good or what?) and I almost scream at him: yes he is, isn't it?
After the show was over, Arianne was tired so we decided to left.
It was perfect:wub2: can't wait to see him again, at a proper gig.
Funny fact #2: while talking about it at work this morning, I discovered one of my colleague is a Mika freak as well.