Well as you all read in my ecstatic post yesterday, I was one of the 86,000 fortunate people who got to watch history in the making. We were told due to security reasons we needed to arrive around 1pm in order to get the seats we wanted.
So at 12:30, we hopped on the scooter (yes my mom rode on the back :) and headed down to catch the lightrail to Invesco Field. Once we arrived the line was unreal. It started probably about a mile away from the stadium. So we hurried into line and proceed to wait for nearly two hours.
After having our credentials scanned and passing through what resembled airport security we headed up to the fifth level of Invesco to save some great seats (if there are such a thing in the nosebleed section). After finding a couple seats we tried to get comfortable because we were in those seats for a long time. Luckily since so many people had to arrive so early the festivities kicked off around 3pm. So the time passed relatively quickly. I am not sure how much of what we saw was also broadcast so I will keep this short.
In addition to numerous senators, governors and campaign managers who came up to express their support for Barack we were also delighted to have some musical entertainment as well. Jennifer Hudson kicked it off with a beautiful National Anthem. Click below to listen.
After that Sheryl Crow took the stage.
After those two performances people really started getting excited and the list of speakers and performers that came next really got us even more pumped up. Listening to Howard Dean and Al Gore was amazing. I thought Al had some really funny lines, especially the one about recycling. Hearing Martin Luther King III compare Barack to his father was so moving it was hard to hold back tears.
America the Beautiful
And then there was Stevie......
And just went you thought it could not get any better out walked Joe Biden. Shortly after Michelle and the kids arrived and happily gave hugs and took pics with people on the floor level.
Next came the speech that I believe people will talk about for a very very long time to come. GO OBAMA- YES WE CAN!!! At the end of the speech the stadium began erupting in fireworks for almost ten full minutes straight. It definitely took my breath away. Although towards the end my mother and I got a bit tired from our long day, it was worth every minute of waiting in a line and every minute roasting in the sun.
After the speech let out Denver for the fourth night of the convention came alive. Walking along the streets of Denver you had to remind yourself you were not in New York City. I met up with Pat and our good friends Mark and Heather for a couple drinks before calling it a night (or a week).
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