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Sheryl · 07-21-2005, 05:30 PM

I've gone to two Gord concerts. In the first instance, I was lucky enough to get the nod from Barry Harvey to go into the private ante room to meet and greet Gord and the band. VERY exciting! While waiting there, I could see through the open door about 15 people standing in front of the doorway waiting for Gord with their cameras and pens and paper. Gord came out about 10 minutes after the show was over, talked to each person waiting, got his picture taken with whomever wanted it, and signed autographs. Then he came into the ante room. He was extremely gracious to ALL of his fans. When he was talking to each of us (I watched him like a hawk!), I noticed he gave each person 100% of his attention, as did the band members when they came back, too. They were all very sweet and told me that it was THEY who were grateful to US, the fans, as, they said, without us, they wouldn't be there. How cool is that? Gord gave each person at least five minutes of his time, also taking pictures with people and signing autographs. That's a lot of "Gord time!" It's all quality time. Everyone else stood silently in their place, waiting for him to come over and greet them. I think what you really want is not necessarily the "backstage pass," but, a chance to meet and talk to Gord, right? Chances are, regardless of whether you get your backstage pass, if you hang around afterward, you'll be rewarded. The second time I saw him, in Vegas, he was very tired and since Barry had let me in the week prior, he let others in this time, so I didn't get to meet Gord backstage the second time. HOWEVER, as everyone now knows, Brink and I DID get to meet Gord when he showed up at the gift shop to buy ciggies! That whole story is on one of these topic threads.. Go for it and good luck!! Remember the saying... "Ne'er a faint heart e'er won a fair maid." Only, in this case, it'll be Gord, hahaha!!!

[ July 21, 2005, 17:48: Message edited by: Sheryl ]

07-21-2005, 05:30 PM	#7
Sheryl Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Hollywood, CA USA Posts: 673	I've gone to two Gord concerts. In the first instance, I was lucky enough to get the nod from Barry Harvey to go into the private ante room to meet and greet Gord and the band. VERY exciting! While waiting there, I could see through the open door about 15 people standing in front of the doorway waiting for Gord with their cameras and pens and paper. Gord came out about 10 minutes after the show was over, talked to each person waiting, got his picture taken with whomever wanted it, and signed autographs. Then he came into the ante room. He was extremely gracious to ALL of his fans. When he was talking to each of us (I watched him like a hawk!), I noticed he gave each person 100% of his attention, as did the band members when they came back, too. They were all very sweet and told me that it was THEY who were grateful to US, the fans, as, they said, without us, they wouldn't be there. How cool is that? Gord gave each person at least five minutes of his time, also taking pictures with people and signing autographs. That's a lot of "Gord time!" It's all quality time. Everyone else stood silently in their place, waiting for him to come over and greet them. I think what you really want is not necessarily the "backstage pass," but, a chance to meet and talk to Gord, right? Chances are, regardless of whether you get your backstage pass, if you hang around afterward, you'll be rewarded. The second time I saw him, in Vegas, he was very tired and since Barry had let me in the week prior, he let others in this time, so I didn't get to meet Gord backstage the second time. HOWEVER, as everyone now knows, Brink and I DID get to meet Gord when he showed up at the gift shop to buy ciggies! That whole story is on one of these topic threads.. Go for it and good luck!! Remember the saying... "Ne'er a faint heart e'er won a fair maid." Only, in this case, it'll be Gord, hahaha!!! [ July 21, 2005, 17:48: Message edited by: Sheryl ]