Your Jonas Encounter

May 24, 2012

So, I am from Toronto, Canada. I finished school on April 20, and I had less than a week before my summer classes were starting. IT WAS MY DREAMMMMM to meet Nick Jonas. I obviously love and respect all 3 of them, actually their whole family, but Nick, he just really pulls at my hearts’ strings. okay anyways, my sister and I finally convinced my dad to drive us down to NYC to see How to Succeed. We left on April 25th, and started on our 10 hour journey. Alright Thursday, April 26th, 2012 - This Was The Day.

IMe, my dad and my sister went to pick up our tickets from the theater around 12, just because I didn’t want to take any chances, and if I had to re purchase the tickets just because something went wrong with the online purchase, I would be able to. When I picked up the tickets, I also asked the guy if he knew when Nick would be coming into the theater, and whether fans could meet him. (Of course I knew that he met fans, I’ve been sitting on Tumblr since January looking at pictures of lucky people with his beautiful face every day…but I just asked anyways) The ticket guy told me to ring the doorbell near the black gate and there someone would be able to tell me what the deal was. So I walked over to the door, rang the doorbell and the guy inside told me that Nick had a softball game so fans would probably come right from there and start lining up at 2:30/3, and that Nick usually came around 5:30/6. Just hearing someone else talk about Nick so casually was getting me REALLY freakin excited because as much as I thought I would meet Nick Jonas, I never REALLY thought it would happen. I went back to the theater around 3:30 to wait for Nick. Now, here is where it got a little….weird. Listening to the girls sitting in front of the theater, I had just felt so…out of place? They were talking about the first 12 times they’d met Nick and the first 15 times they’d seen the show and I was just thinking.. “what am I doing here? I’m not a true fan. I haven’t seen Nick 100 times.” It was only after I met 2 other girls that were from Jersey that I realized that HELL YES I belonged there. They told me about the first time they’d met Nick or Kevin or Joe, but not in a condescending way AT ALL. When I told them it was my first time, they got really happy for me, and told me “OMG…let us just tell you, HE IS REAL!” as if they knew exactly what I was feeling.  AHHHHHH this was so exciting, just listening to them talk was making my heart skip a beat, and my stomach flip over a million times a second. And then they gave me the best advice: “just record the whole thing, it’ll last longer”. BY FAR the best advice because of course the Jonas’ are sweet and love to meet fans, but they don’t have all the time in the world to spend with each and every one of us. Anyways, 5:44 PM - that’s when his black SUV pulled up. I immediately took out my iPhone and started recording. I saw his face through the door and I literally broke into the biggest freaking smile of life. HE JUST MADE MY HEART SO HAPPY AND CONTENT. BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH. He walked out (SO MUCH SWAGGG THIS MAN) and started with the girls behind the other barricade. Slowly but surely he made his way over to my side. (I FINALLY UNDERSTAND BEING STARSTRUCK - MY LUNGSS MY ORGANS WERE NON EXISTENT - NICK JONAS’ BEAUTIFUL FACE RIGHT INFRONT OF MINE - BREATHING THE SAME AIR AS NICK JONAS - IT WAS ALL TOO MUCH) finally I realized how idiotic I sounded so I fixed my stupid monotone starstruck voice and said
Can you sign the other one too? (my sisters ticket) to which he responded “Sure” and that was it, that ‘SURE’ made my life, that ‘SURE’ was directed towards me and only ME. and that fact just made all of me so content. at that moment, it didnt matter that I didnt get a picture of him, it didnt matter that i would probably never get this close to him again, Nick Jonas spoke to ME while only being separated from me by the diameter of a barricade LIFE IS GOOOOOOOOOD. Life is so freakin good to me sometimes and I am so thankful :) After that, I just kind of smiled to myself over and over and over while watching the video I was making over and over and over and eventually, believe it or not, enough time passed and the show had begun. I love him, I REALLY DO. okay yeah after the show, I was back at the barricades, but as I watched his tired eyes head towards his black SUV , I felt bad asking for a picture. So I simply admired, and continued to smile for the man to makes my heart skip a beat. THAT was my Jonas Encounter and it was freakin PERFECT. :)
 

May 23, 2012

Hey! I’m Nicole and I’m 18 years old from New Jersey. I’ve been a Jonas fan since late 2006. I fell in love with them since the first time I heard one of their songs. It took me 6 years until I finally met one of them! I met Kevin and Danielle on March 14, 2012 in Target in Rockaway, NJ!:)

 My sister saw on facebook that someone posted he was at target, so she told me and I basically freaked out grabbed my little sister, got in my car and went to Target. When we walked in, we were looking around trying to find them and we found them pretty quickly. BUT we were soo nervous to ask them for a picture. We walked right past them a few times and basically creeped on them for about 20 or 25 minutes until we got up the courage to ask for a picture. I said “Kevin..” and he turned and was like “yes, hi!” and i said “can we get a picture with you real quick?” and he said “Yeah! Sure, of course!” and I was basically freaking out and shaking, my heart was pounding and i was literally starstruck. I wanted Danielle in my picture too, but she said “Here, do you want me to take the picture?” and I said yeah sure. not thinking because i was freaking out soo much! haha. So she took the picture and me and my sister said thank you soo much! and kevin said thank you. and we said bye to each other. it was really quick but it was amazing. Then, maybe 5 minutes later, me and my sister were walking out to my car and we walk out the door and Kevin and Danielle were walking there too! We saw them yet again! And Kevin shouted to us “Have a great day girls!” and we said “Thanks! You too!” AHHH it was amazing! As it turns out, their car was parked down the same isle as mine was, but there’s was on the other side, but soo close to mine! haha. so of course we freaked out about that too! It was the best day, but i don’t look that great because i basically ran out the door to go meet them. I missed 2 opportunities to meet them so i definitely was NOT going to miss this one! But there’s my story for ya! :) Now i’m just waiting to be Nick and Joe and the rest of the Jonas family, and all 3 of the together!!! I can’t wait!! <3

May 23, 2012

his may not be one of the most exciting encounters, but for me it was the best night ever!!!
I was on a school trip to New York for dance and drama. There were about 11 students on the trip and we got to see 3 broadway shows. The first one was How To Succeed and we were freaking out because Nick Jonas is starring in it. When we got there we went to a little table where they were selling souvenirs and on top of a magnet there was a slip of paper with Nick’s signature. Underneath it said “signature not included” so I said “Awwwww signature not included?!?” ..(i was sort of joking) but then the lady said “yes but if you go to the left and wait at the stage doors Nick will come out and sign things after the show.” so everyone in my group was getting sooo so excited. Basically, the show was AMAZING. Nick is so good live.
ANYWAYS, we practically ran to the stage doors afterwards and waited for about 10 minutes when people from the musical started coming out. They were all so nice and signed everyone’s programs. My friend and I were sort of scared everyone would start screaming when Nick came out but when he did, everyone just sighed all at once. It was really funny :p so he came up to us first and right away I was like “you were SO good tonight” and he was like “thank you!” and I gave him my program and as he was signing it I tried to take a picture of him. As my phone’s camera was focusing, I looked up and there he was with all his gorgeousness looking RIGHT in my eyes and trying to hand back the program!!! So I kind of died then and there. And then I was like “thank you so much!!” and he said “you’re welcome!” also, when he was over by the people across from us, he turned around and looked at us again!! Then, he went into his car and it drove away..and that was it!
Most people think I’m overreacting but c’monn, I’ve loved him since I was 11 years old! 4 years later I got to meet him <3 

May 1, 2012

Soooo, My name is Jaclyn and Ive been a Jonas fan since 2006(: They are a main part of my life, I’ve even had the amazing opportunity to go see them in concert 4 times… But i never had the chance to meet them in person. I saw a contest on facebook to meet Joe Jonas at Six Flags.. and I had to enter. I didnt think there was anyway I could win.. I mean, think about all the fans that enter, and what are the chances it could be me? So, I didnt get my hopes up… But one day, i signed onto my facebook, and many people posted on my wall telling me I had won, and they were freaking out… At first I didnt believe them. I immediately started tearing up. I thought it was just another prank being pulled on me, because everyone knows how much I love them. Even then, when everyone told me, I didnt believe it. So right away, I went to Six Flags facebook page to see, and sure enough, there was my name. I couldnt believe it. I started crying right away. I waited years for this moment… and it was finally happening. I was going to meet Joe Jonas. He was going to be right in front on me.. Not just a poster on my wall, face on my pin, or a print on my tee-shirt. It was real.
The very next weekend, on August 21, 2011, I drove to six flags, in the pouring rain… but even the rain couldnt ruin how happy I was. And when I say it was raining, IT WAS POURING. I was standing in line outside for hours just waiting. When they called for the meet and greet winners, I couldnt believe it even then. I was there, and i still couldnt believe it. They made us wait behind a gate, before bringing us to where Joe was going to be.. and that’s where I started loosing it. I couldnt hold myself together. I was crying, and i couldn’t help it… One of Joe’s road crew members came over to me, and tried to help me stop the tears, but it was no use. She said he would think I was crazy, Lol. But I knew Joe would love me. They brought us past the gate, and we waited in line for Joe to come out and stand in front of the cameras, on this little carpet, with a Six Flags background thing. I was second in line.
Joe came out…. and I almost died… Literally. He looked over at me, smiled and waved because I was hysterically crying. Before I knew it, I was meeting him. I ran up to him and gave him the biggest hug, and got tears all over his shirt(‘: I told him I loved him and had waited for this moment my whole life, it felt like that anyway. He said he loved fans like me, and thanked me so much… We attempted to take a few pictures, but none of them came out great because i was crying in all of them. Lol.. Then, just like that, The body guard from six flags told me I had to go. So I gave Joe one last hug, told him I loved him… and sadly had to go. But not before he said he loved me too<3 That was the very best day of my life. I will never forget it. 

May 1, 2012

Hello, I’m Ron and I’m 19, yes I’m a guy Jonas fan and have been for 7 years! I have been to everyone of their tours, and got closer to meeting them each time i went to see them. I never could get the money to buy vip tickets so I just tried to meet them other ways, but my dream of meeting them never happened. The closest I ever got was a wave from Nick in the parking lot before the show in Pittsburgh on their 2009 world tour. That now brings me to present day where i actually got to meet nick! (2 more to go!)

I have a passion for musical theater, basically the Jonas Brothers and musical theater are my life. So, when I found out Nick was going to be in “How to Succeed” I was like I will be there, so I went to my friend (she knows how much the Jonas Brothers mean to me, and knows how Nick is my idol) and asked if she would like to go with me so we planned the trip and went! After the show (which was amazing, one of the best broadway shows I have ever seen) we went to the stage door. It was so hectic, now being a theater person I always go to the stage door and this was the worst I have ever seen it. About an hour passes before Nick actually comes out, being the baby I am i did cry (I’m not ashamed to admit that, he’s my idol) but before he came out the guard was saying that Nick wouldn’t have much time to stay out here, so no one could get pictures tonight. Anyways, Nick comes out and a couple minutes later he reaches me in the crowd, and I say “Nick i have been waiting 7 years to meet you can you please take a picture with me, please make my dream come true”? he then shook his head “yes” so then he signs my program, and then he asks the two people standing in front of me if they could please step out of the way so I can take a picture with him, and all of a sudden my 7 year dream came true. I said “thank you so much, you don’t know how much this mean to me, you were awesome tonight” he said “thanks for coming, you guys were a great audience”, then i left the hectic crowd of people. Honestly it was the best night ever, and i get to go back for his last show in July (which im really excited about), but this right here is my 1st Jonas encounter, and hopefully there are many more to come!!!!

May 1, 2012

My name is Caroline. I’ve met Nick 2 times. The first time was on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 when I went to see Nick in ‘How To Succeed’. After the show, Nick came out with Michael Urie and auctioned off the 2 bow ties that Nick wore in the first and second act. My mom and I bid, but unfortunately 2 other girls were noticed before I was. I stood up in my seat, in the third row, and told Nick that I would pay the same amount of money to meet him and just not get a bow tie. He said yes. After the crowd left, I went on stage and met all of the actors. Then, a man came to get me to take me to meet Nick. All I was thinking was that my dream was about to come true. I walked backstage and there he was. Nicholas Jerry Jonas standing right in front of me. We shook hands, and hugged. He signed my playbill and I told him how much I look up to him and how I do the walk for diabetes every year. We talked for 20 minutes. I couldn’t believe it. He is by far the nicest celebrity I’ve ever met. I’m so blessed to have gotten that opportunity.

April 27, 2012

I’m a french girl named Yasmin.
It was in 2009, for my birthday, my mom decided to bring me to their concert in Paris (Zénith), she asked to my uncle (who lives in LA and one of his best-friends is the JoBro’s manager ) if we can have some VIP tickets and he said “YES” ! That was the best day of my life when I saw Nick, I touched him, he give me a hug and looked me in the eyes! I was only 10 so he couldn’t be my boyfriend… I’m so sorry because my English is not perfect at all, I tried to do my best! :)

April 27, 2012

31st October Joe stayed in his hotel all day relaxing in London while on tour with Britney Spears and when he came down he walked down the hall and we waved through the window to him so he waved back. He was drinking his water and went to do a quick interview then 20 mins later he came out of the hotel & took pics with everyone again, when it came to me he smiled big saying “hey you again” i laughed saying “hey can i take a funny pic with you please?” then he was like “uhm.. im kinda in a rush at the moment” so i was like “thats okay pinky promise you will take one next time” then he smiled saying “pinky promise” so we linked pinkys and promised. So i took a pic with him & he got in his car saying bye to everyone & when he drove off i waved to him .

April 2, 2012

 Hi! My name is Tania, i’m 23 years old and i’m Portuguese!
 I’m a big Jonas Brothers fan since 2006 but I have never had the chance to meet them cause they never came to Portugal! It was untill Joe release his solo album ‘Fastlife’! When i knew he would come to Portugal to a showcase and signing session, i thought i was dreaming!
So, on that day, October 14 2011, i woke up really early and went to the airport with a friend to wait for him and try to have a chance of meeting him! I’ve been waiting for hours and finally almost at 1pm, i saw him! I started freaking out and went to him! I asked him if i could take a picture with me and he was looking at me really surprised to have fans in the airport here, then he said “Oh of course” and smiled! After we took the picture, i told him that i would go to the signing session that afternoon and he said “Great. So meet you there” and smiled and said bye! Well i really freaked out in that moment!
 Some hours later was the signing session! When it was my turn, he said Hi and took my ‘Fastlife’ cd to sign and i said to him i had a letter for him, he looked at me and recognized me from the airport and said “Ohh its you. Thank you again” and smiled that beautiful smile again. Then i had to go! (He recognized me cause as you can see in the picture we took in the airport, i had some bunny ears on my head. I had it on the signing too)!
 Then i went to the venue of the showcase but i didn’t have a ticket because it was just for contests and i didnt win any! So i went to try to enter and to see, at least, see him passing by. I saw him arriving in the venue and then i found a back window and could see the soundcheck there! It was amazing!
 Then people start going in the venue and i went outside all alone with my friend trying to see if they let us in, in the end! Right 5 minutes before the showcase, they let us in and the showcase was amazing!
 All day was PERFECT!!! I had the perfect day ever and i got everything i wanted in the same day: met him twice, autograph, picture, show =)
 And he also talked about talking me and my friend on the airport on Bravo Portugal Magazine! So it was DEFINITELY a day i will NEVER forget and a DREAM COME TRUE <3

March 28, 2012

It was March 21, 2012, just last week. I have been a Jonas Brothers fan for about 6 years now and never quite got the chance to meet them. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 2 years ago, I gave up trying to meet them and asking my parents for meet and greet tickets because I was almost certain I’d never meet them. I have seen the other 2 J. Pierrepont Finch’s on Broadway recently and got extremely excited when I heard that Nick was going to be in it. I am a huge fan of rush tickets as well, I had great luck as to get front row seats a couple of times through rush. I woke up at about 7 and hopped on a train with my friend, Zoe, in order to get rush tickets. When we arrived at about 7:45, we were second in line, I was thrilled. We waited a few hours and about 3 or 4 more groups of people showed up. My other two friends and I got our rush tickets right when the box office opened, we look at the tickets, Row A to the matinee. When I saw we were first row, I shrieked. The show was magnificent, he didn’t miss a beat in the dancing and his singing was amazing (as always). At the end of the show, while he was bowing, he looked in our general direction and I freaked out again. I was aware that after the matinee he doesn’t come out, so we showed up back to the theater around 8pm to wait for him to come out after the evening show. There were only 2 other girls when we showed up. We waited a few hours, talked to some people, and then soon after, the cast started coming out and signing, I got a picture with Michael Urie, which was pretty cool. I also got Beau Bridges’ autograph. Then we waited for about another half hour and out came Nick Jonas, before he actually came out, we were asked to not ask him to smile in the photo, which I found quite awkward. But as soon as he came out, people started shouting and screaming. I was on the 2nd side of the stage door exit so I waited as patiently as I could for him to switch sides that he was signing on. It was about 10 minutes. When he switched sides, I didn’t even realize, embarrassing. All of a sudden, he was right by me, which stunned me. When he approached us I asked to take a picture with him as politely as I could and he said “sure” and then signed my playbill and walked away, which I was confused about. But about 15 seconds later he came back and I snapped the picture as fast as I could, even though my camera doesn’t work well in low light. I was so surprised, the photo turned out amazing, I couldn’t have asked for a better day. This photo has turned into my phone background. I’m still shocked to this day about how great the picture turned out. (May I point out that we’re matching?)