For a 5 or six hours Saturday night, the Happiest Place on Earth was without a doubt, on the waterfront in downtown Moline Illinois. No, I'm serious.

Not just because Martina put on the VERY BEST show I have ever been a part of—any genre, any era—but equally because of the incredible gathering of beautiful, generous, kind people. What a weekend you all made it. Tracy, Pearl, CJ, Daniel, Jeff, Dayna, Becky, Mikey, Kristen, Wes, Teri, Brent, Janelle, George, Laura, MeGaN, Ashlee, John, Ron, ... I'm sure I'm leaving many out (sounds like an award show speech ..) I know there are so many that I see in other pics that I missed the opportunity to meet.. My loss. Blame it on the bartender!

All of you. Thank you being the sweetest people on earth. Oh, and Martina: Thank you for being who you are. Take a look at the crowd you attract and see what you have wrought.

Cordially,
Tom

Here are some pics I took. My Martina pics are mostly blurry and serve only as a reminded to me, and so many others have good ones that I included only a few here.
In reverse chronological order, starting at midnight and working back to 5PM. (I didn't ask permission for these, so if you are in one and don't want to be, tell me and I'll delete.) If the titles don't some through correctly, ask me.

Awesome pics Tom! Thanks for sharing!

Missed you. When I didn't see a Hillary shirt, I concluded you didn't make it!

Cordially,
Tom

Tom- i hope you dont mind but i copied that one of me and my lovely sister..its a good one. Thanks!

Haha, and you know I would wear it just for you! Glad you had a good time. I will make it a point in my lifetime though that Tom, you and I will one day meet at a Martina concert! And I hope to meet many other Martinavillers.

thanks for the pics! It was great meeting you Saturday!

Wonderful pictures, Thomas. I have stolen a few for my collection also!

It was so much fun meeting you and Suzanne... Along with the everyone else I got to meet!

Cordially,
CJ

Great pics Tom...Don't feel bad, most of my pics of Martina were blurry too; but that's okay since I have a few great ones and can enjoy everyone else's as well.

That was a great one, wasn't it? What a pair of cuties!

I was gonna send ti to you anyway.

Cordially,
Tom

YEs! See? My list wasn't complete!

Nice to meet you too Kristi.

Cordially,
Tom

"Cordially,
CJ"
Hey look! We match! haha

I like the pic of you and Suzanne together.

Cordially,

Tom

hahaha!

I like that one too! I also think that it would've been funny if i would have taken off my heels for this picture...

Thanks Tom. Your photos turned out nice! And I was hoping to get the one of Tracy and me from ya.

Pearl

Pearl, you look hot in that one

haha yeah, I had to go outside of the tent a few times because it was so warm.

wha ha-- good one..

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Great pictures. Thanks so much for sharing....................

thanks for sharing!!

i love that she is wearing the same thing at the moline concert that she was wearing here in phoenix. i'll have to look through my hard drives to find those pictures and post one

Great Pics Tom - very nice.

Thanks Tom.It brings back alot of great memories for Kate and Mark from Minnesota.A day we will always remember.

Thanks for posting and I was right--the pictures didn't turn out that bad. It was great meeting you and Suzanne and even afterwords when we was all trying to find a place to eat.

Thanks for the wonderful pics Tom! I sooooo wish that I could have been there!

Great pictures Tom!

That was fun wasn't it. Kinda added a little twist to the memories.

Cordially,

Tom

Here's a couple more that I like, blurriness and all.

As pretty as a picture:


I like the, shall we say, "soft focus" of this one.


Cordially,
Tom

I notice that my titles didn't come through on that original batch at the the top.

Here's what they are:
1. Wes & Kristen at Jacks's
2. Daniel, CJ, Suzanne, Dayna, Pearl, MeGaN, Mindy at Jack's dive bar near the arena.

Then a bunch of Warren Bros and Martina. I'm sure you can figure out which is which.

Then these:
14. 4th Row Baby!! John P, Daniel, CJ, Becky.
15. Becky and Suzanne, with Daniel to the left and George and Janelle to the right, outside arena.
16. Me, Suzanne, Tracy
17. Daniel, Teri, Brent, CJ, Me, Becky
18. Tracy and Pearl
19. Wes & Kristen
20. Tracy & Pearl with the Party Crowd.
21. Dayna and Kellie.
22. Tracy with ?
23. Suzanne and John
24. Janelle, Tracy and crowd.
25. Tracy making announcements
26. Suzanne and CJ.

i borrowed a few of the pics as well!! thanks for paying for our food after the concert!! i am still trying to remember in my head everything that went on i dont want to forget!!

Haha.. I can hear it now when you were in school:
Teacher: Colleen, stand up when addressing the class.
CJ: But.. but....I am standing!

Cordially,
Tom

Someday I'm gonna meet you too Ania. Looking forward to it.

Cordially,
Tom

I think it's cool that Martina has many fans that are 5'4" or shorter.

And quite a few lefties! Tracy noticed that when I was signing the card up on the table. She's like, wow you're a lefty-just like my boss chick!
Yeah, I know I'm just 5'4" as well. It sucks being short!

Thanks Tom : )

Brings back a night i'll never forget!

I'm so glad i got to meet you & Suzzane, can't wait to see you at a show in Viginia : ) Got room for me?!

You know the old saying: Birds of a feather flock together.

Cordially,
Tom

IF she ever comes back to this part of Virginia. Doesn't happen that often. We usually have to go to Richmond or Maryland.

Cordially,
Tom

lOVE THEM!!!

Nice pics, Tom! I'll revisit these (or save them) so I can re-live that awesome night. Thanks, again, for the burger.

How was that burger? Our mozzerella sticks were too dry!

Dry?
You are too kind, Kristen!
Anybody traveling to Moline who wants to get the worst food in Illinois, check out Jack's bar on 15th st.
Good thing the company was so much fun, cuz the food was inedible.

Cordially,
Tom

i thought they were tasty

Except the thing they call "marinera sauce" that probably had beer or something in it. It was gross! haha....oh well the sticks w/ ranch were alrite. Thanks for paying for that Tom!

Megan

Go to Fridays, the cheesecake and blueberry/mango rita was fantastic!

Oh, don't even go there lol. The whole group of us ended up going to that tacky bar and grill and had the worst food in moline probably while everyone else went to TGIFriday's because they thought to go and ask if it was open. Our group was too busy talking about the concert to go ask--better yet our voices were practically gone because of screaming so much!

Oh and Dayna--you used to that kind of food or something lol? I've had way better mozzerella sticks--its called Applebees!

Thanks again Tom for buying the "crappy" food!

those are realyy good!! who is the girl in the very bottom photo necxt to the woman in sunglasses? she looks sooo familiar, but i dont know how i know her.

CJ.....she's so sweet! i loved meeting her to pieces!

LOL.. Can't believe ya didn't recognize me!



Awwwww... Thanks! I can easily say the same thing about you!

Easy for you to say! You're from South Dakota!

Cordially,

Tom



BTW, Dayna, Suzanne had wished that she knew you were from SD earlier, so she could have told you is was her favorite state. But now you know anyway.

Ummm..well, the burger went down rather well. Of course, maybe it was so yummy because my stomach was really wanting something to soak up those 'Concert Coronas'.

Uhh...yeah...we noticed that too, Jeff.

Cordially,

Tom

Awesome photos... now I wish I went.