MC Hammer

Can you see the excitement on my face?!!? My love of old school hip hop and rap was re-ignited once I learned that Ryan scored 2 VIP tickets to see MC Hammer at the Oklahoma State Fair. We sat in a roped off section of metal chairs, that was highly guarded. I'm serious, there was this massive muscly lady that took her job VERY seriously. Anyhoo, it was first come first serve, and we got on the 3rd row on the right of the stage. Which was the BEST place to be, we found out as the night progressed!

My VIP Badge. We joked that they ran out of ink, cause Mr. Hammer was looking a little pasty!

The diva himself, Hammer, was about 30 minutes late. But we "enjoyed" a performance from the Oklahoma City Thunder girls. I decided that the only criteria of making the team is the ability to do a booty pop for 3 1/2 minutes straight. Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders, have to do the jump split. Thunder girls, booty pop. And that's about it!

Concert started off on a high note, and kept you out of your seats the rest of the time! During his ballad section, him and his crew started throwing out long stem red roses. I HAD to get one. The poor guys throwing them, would aim at some lovely ladies...and they would without fail, float into the hands of some dudes! But I eventually got one!

And, it is drying in our coat closet as we speak.

Mr. Hammer, it is like 20 years haven't passed and you are back in your glory days!


At one point, he brought his entire entourage out into the crowd, and they were about 3 rows behind us! It was awesome!

Although we couldn't get a picture with MC, we got the next best thing, a picture with his sweaty back up dancers. I was so grateful I had Ryan's co-worker Alicia as my partner in crime! When you have someone to act a fool with, it is much easier!

Close to the close of the concert, his security and back stage detail started pulling people from the front row. Alicia and I made our way up there, and was soon placed in the holding pen to be herded up on stage to dance with MC Hammer! I was SO excited!!! There were about 20 of us, and after we made our way up to the stage, we saw the OKC Thunder Girls, looking rather irritated at center stage as well. I asked one, "Do you know what we're doing?" And she snarkily replied, "WE were supposed to dance..." Meaning, get off the stage and let us perform what we no doubt took time to choreograph and practice in preparation of dancing back up to a hip hop legend!!!!

(Holding Pen...yup, I'm still dancing!)

Finally made it on stage!!!

Mr. Hammer, about the same instant that I touched him. It was a beautiful moment, where all of his funkness and get-down-ability was transferred into my being, and I am now an official hip hop dancer.

See! I know how to work it! There were several stage moms and performing kids that made their way to the front. But I wasn't about to lose my time in the lime light. I managed to make the front of the stage with enough time to show off my Hammer moves, before the song ended! (And then the heavily oppressed cheerleader in me rallied at the end of the song and my dancing. It's innate, I couldn't help it. Cheering crowd, exciting performance, I had to jump around like I was back in college!) It was a night and experience never to forget. We had a blast. And soon after the adrenaline wore off, I hobbled back to the car with Ryan. Thank you MC Hammer for a GREAT show!