I literally can’t even type this with a straight face. I’ll be loving you forever.” Hopefully you know where those words came from. But before we frame it we have a calligrapher write on the mat: “Jordan, there’s just so much that I want to say, but when I look at you, all my thoughts get in the way. So we of course get it professionally framed with a mat. The text read “we hear music with our ears, but feel it with our hearts.” But oh it gets better. I spent several weeks cross stitching (with my mom’s help) a beautiful picture of a piano keyboard.
Believe me I did exactly what you are thinking. So now I have concert tickets, a backstage pass, and a cross stitch store at my disposal. So if you were on the OK95 bus from Tri-Cities, Washington, to the Seattle Kingdome concert, just know that your dreams coming true was masterminded by my mom and her cross stitch advertising efforts. They held a contest at JC Penny to pick the winners.
#NICE DAY BURLY MEN AT SEA FULL#
The station then worked with someone to arrange for not just me to get into the meet and greet - but for a whole bus full of fans to get in too, along with tickets to the show. This was years before fans had the option of buying their way into a photo opp. She would buy a ridiculous amount of ad spots on the radio if they got me a meet and greet pass. So she hatched a plan with our local pop station, OK95. Remember cross stitch? The ultimate 80s craft! Well, my mom would have done anything to make me happy. My mom, Becky, owned a cross stitch store.
We were going to see our guys!Īnd this is where the story gets ridiculous. They were perhaps the worst seats in the history of concerts, but I didn’t care. It finally worked! Erikka and I were going to be two of 45,000 screaming fans. This may have been the best news of my 16-year-old life! The morning that tickets went on sale I remember pacing the office of my mom’s business, hitting redial over and over trying to get through to Ticketmaster. On September 6, 1990, the man of my teenage dreams would be performing at the Seattle Kingdome. In the height of our obsession the Magic Summer Tour was announced. Erikka was a Jon girl, so we liked the idea of marrying the brothers and being family forever. I soaked up every bit of information about Jordan that Bop magazine could provide. My love for the New Kids grew quickly and was admittedly over the top. But I soon did, along with the rest of the world. Sometime in 1988 - I think - Erikka asked me if I had heard of this new band who was touring with Tiffany. And how lucky are we to have photo evidence of our first meeting? We have been best friends for over 30 years. I have so many things to say about our favourite boy band but will start with this, the story of my best friend, my incredible mom who would move the world for me, cross stitch, and the guy who covered my walls and my heart for many years.Įrikka and I met when we sat next to each other in the 6th grade honor roll picture in 1986. I absolutely love hearing the stories of other Blockheads - it fills my heart with joy to hear how other lives have been impacted by this mutual love.
I HAD to hear the story of the original Cover Girl and I have been hooked ever since. I’m a new listener to your amazing podcast. Scroll to the very top of the page to listen to Jennifer's story - or - click here to access the podcast episode directly Jennifer’s Story: My Bestie, My Mom, A Cross Stitch and Jordan Knight
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