You may remember that I work in Conway {an hour away from Heber}…home of American Idol finalist Kris Allen. I was excited when I heard that Idol would be in town filming the hometown parade….and I would actually be able to head downtown to check things out.
It was a fun afternoon. It seems that the whole of Conway turned out to see their hometown hero….and everyone seemed to know him personally, either from school or from church and I heard nothing but good things about him all day long. He’s definitely my fave of the final three {I was rooting for Anoop}. Although…I thought perhaps he could’ve worn a cleaner shirt.
I waited along the parade route, smooshed up against a fence for a couple of hours. The local Fox affiliate, Fox 16 news had crews out exciting the crowd and interviewing fans….and since I wasn’t stopped and asked how I felt about the whole ‘Idol’ thing….I was racking my brain trying to figure out how to get on camera. So, when Jeremy Baker was out hyping up the crowd, I spontaneously shouted out “Jeremy will you marry me?” so that they’d turn the camera to my side of the crowd. To my emberrassment, the crowd went quiet right as I shouted the fake proposal. My face instantly turned beet red. And he turned around and said “what?” and then ran over to me with his camera guy and told me to shout it into the camera again, as if he were far away. So…I looked into the camera and shouted it again. Alas, I didn’t ever make the news…but perhaps I’ll be on some Jeremy Baker blooper reel someday!
I have a few more photos posted here.
I tried to see you in the crowd but didn’t. Was wondering if you saw yourself on TV?
Nopey…I didn’t see me either 🙁