“MOMENTS that take our breath away”

Hi Fan Scene Readers!!

So, What If I Told You…

That back in August of 2008 I went into the fye music store at our local mall so that I could order my first copy of “DAVID ARCHULETA”…I hadn’t heard “Crush” yet and was longing for the moment when I would, but, I was so clueless, had no computer blah, blah, blah, and, in retrospect, my lack of knowledge concerning everything that was happening relative to David and the release of “Crush” (at that point in time) was almost laughable!! Well, after placing my “order”, I shopped at the mall just a bit and then headed back to my car…as I began to drive away from the mall, I turned my car radio on, adjusted the station and volume and, oh, my goodness, “Crush” was playing…I was literally over the moon with excitement and thought to myself – what are the chances of “Crush” being played at precisely that moment when I’d been so focused on hearing it as I’d walked back to my car on that particular day …oh, and it doesn’t end there, it ‘kinda, sorta gets better.

The following month I was planning to head out to do my banking on a beautiful Saturday morning. Before getting dressed, I was hanging out just thinking (something I tend to do a lot lol) and, suddenly the song “Killing Me Softly” (as originally sung by Roberta Flack) popped into my head and I began to sing the words “I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style, and so I came to see him to listen for a while, and there he stood this young boy, a stranger to my eyes…” and, oh, my goodness, I jumped off my chair and thought – that could be David – those words could be describing him for me as he auditioned for American Idol…I wasn’t quite sure what all of this meant, but, in my heart, I guess I just felt as though it meant something. I got dressed and headed to my bank (well, not “my” bank, but, you know what I mean lol). I went into the bank, did my banking, returned to my car, turned my car radio on and, well, you probably guessed that “Killing Me Softly” was playing…okay, not by Roberta Flack, but, by The Fugees – no matter, I ask you, what are the chances (when I hadn’t heard that song played in like a long, long time)???

So, now you get the picture – no, I’m not psychic lol, but, this was definitely weird in an awesome kind of way – and, I was convinced that it was a “David” thing and, yes, probably purely coincidence, but, it still makes me smile and chuckle to myself when I think about it…sort of like some of the things that David has done or said that I’ve been fortunate to either see or hear that have made me smile or chuckle…like back on December 17, 2008 at the Gwinnett Arena Jingle Jam concert that I flew to just outside Atlanta…I only went to that concert because David was performing along with some other great performers, but, with no disrespect meant to any of them – make no mistake about it lol – I was there for one reason and one reason only – I’d flown 1,000 miles to see and hear David Archuleta and went to that concert by myself in a city that was totally alien to me – WOW – looking back, that seemed like quite an accomplishment, but, as you probably now know – that list of my “David” related accomplishments continued to grow lol…but, I’m getting ahead of myself…back to Jingle Jam December 2008…

During the course of the concert, a birthday cake with numerous lighted candles upon it was rolled out onto the stage in celebration of David’s upcoming 18th birthday – candles which he was, of course, expected to easily blow out – after all, being just 11 days shy of that 18th birthday of his – that certainly should have been no problem at all, right…but, not so fast!! So, David proceeds to blow on those candles as the crowd including myself (seated in the 11th row) watched intently, but, suddenly, just when we all thought that David had successfully blown those dang candles out – they lit up again…so, David blew at them again and out they went only to light up again!! Now, I have to admit that after David’s second attempt to blow those candles out, I knew exactly what was happening – that those were trick candles, of course, and, by now most of those seated in the audience along with me knew this, but, not David – not quite yet – it took a couple of repeated tries before he realized what was happening…I can’t help but chuckle again just thinking about how much fun that was, and, although we laughed that night, we weren’t laughing at David – just enjoying his incredible, well, sweetness and “Davidness” that we now have come to know so well and love!! And, while that is one of my first David related chuckles, another just happened on December 3rd at his MKOC concert at the Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, NY (now, that I think of it, for me, it must be a December kind of thing lol)…anyway, when David was about to sing “Ave Maria” and the wrong music began to play and he rolled those green eyes of his, I thought that I’d fall off my chair – it was just so cute… quite charming actually and I chuckle to myself just thinking about that moment.

And, speaking of moments…

Recently I saw and purchased a glass picture frame with these words on it: “Life is not measured by the number of Breaths we take, but by the Moments that take our breath away” and that made me stop to think about the “David” moments that have literally taken my breath away!! Of course, there are those moments that occurred during Season Seven of American Idol, but, then they would probably be too numerous to describe, so I’ll fast forward to post Idol moments…

The first of those moments took place when the Idol Tour came to Albany, NY on August 6, 2008. I hopped a train to travel the 90 miles to Albany and waited for what seemed like forever to hear David sing that evening and when Syesha Mercado finally made the announcement that I’d waited all night to hear, my heart started racing and as I gazed at the stage with a level of anticipation that I’d never quite experienced before, a baby grand piano emerged from beneath it with David seated at it as he sang “Angels” and, at that precise moment in time, I felt my heart beating so fast that I wondered where my next breath could possibly be coming from…it was simply that awesome – breathtaking – and, a momentous occasion to say the least!!!

And then on November 1st 2009 in Atlantic City on what to some might have been just another day at the beach (albeit rather late in the season in Atlantic City, anyway, for a day at the beach lol) – as I sat just a few rows from the stage at the “Taj” in the Mark Etess Arena – a white, translucent curtain hung from the stage ceiling and I could see through that curtain the silhouette of someone standing behind it and it was quite apparent that, standing before us was David, of course, and, it (he) was such a beautiful sight, that at that moment in time, I literally felt as though I was about to float away on that curtain sort of like I was on a magic carpet ride – a moment that took my breath away – you bet!!

And…

Then there was December 3rd 2011 at the Turning Stone when David sang “Little Drummer Boy” and after he sang the words “I played my drum for him”, he turned around, picked up those large drumsticks and began to beat on those drums positioned behind him – well, for me, it was almost indescribable. I could feel a chill running throughout my entire body!! Priceless!!
Yes, I’ve come to realize something that I always knew, but, never really stopped to think about until I saw that picture frame and thought about my “David” moments…just how amazing and precious those moments are and how grateful I am for for having experienced them. I just know that there’ll be more “David” moments to come…some that will undoubtedly make me chuckle…some that will take my breath away and all of which will only serve to remind me why I’m so proud to be a fan of David Archuleta!!

sharon g