Fandom Frenzy
Parand Jalali Jalali 1
Professor Parker
English 1301
16 October 2012
Last December I discovered a significant interest in a boy band, which was something
I could never imagine happening. I knew of them right before they started getting big in
America. One Direction is their name, little did I know they would consume a huge piece of my life for the next four months. As I was lured into the One Direction fandom I found out they would be coming to a certain city for a special event. No one knew what it would be, where it would be held, and who would be the winner. Every week there was a challenge for all of the cities to compete in. Day by day anxiety built as Dallas was chosen to be in the top ten cities.
Of course we’d make it, Dallas has the biggest fan base. The challenges were practically a competition between Dallas, LA, New York City, and Miami. Everyone strived their hardest to make it this far, and finally Dallas and NYC were tied at the neck. The last challenge came and passed, days and weeks went by with no winner. It was to be announced about a month later, so you could pretty much taste the high level anxiety we all suffered. I’ll never forget the Friday afternoon when I got home and looked on twitter to see everyone going mad. The Bring 1D to
US account had tweeted. “Congrats, Dallas! One Direction will be coming to your city for a special concert event and signing!” “Starting Tuesday, March 13th at 9am, be one of the first 1,000 fans to purchase the regular or LIMITED Deluxe Yearbook Edition of UP ALL NIGHT at Barnes & Noble in Stone
Briar Center and you will receive a wristband that gains access to the autograph signing and short, one song acoustic performance. Here’s what you need to know…” There was a list of rules, including that you MUST have a wristband to attend. How hard could this be, show up Jalali 2 early to the mall, which was right down the street, get in line and get my cd along
Professor Parker
English 1301
16 October 2012
Last December I discovered a significant interest in a boy band, which was something
I could never imagine happening. I knew of them right before they started getting big in
America. One Direction is their name, little did I know they would consume a huge piece of my life for the next four months. As I was lured into the One Direction fandom I found out they would be coming to a certain city for a special event. No one knew what it would be, where it would be held, and who would be the winner. Every week there was a challenge for all of the cities to compete in. Day by day anxiety built as Dallas was chosen to be in the top ten cities.
Of course we’d make it, Dallas has the biggest fan base. The challenges were practically a competition between Dallas, LA, New York City, and Miami. Everyone strived their hardest to make it this far, and finally Dallas and NYC were tied at the neck. The last challenge came and passed, days and weeks went by with no winner. It was to be announced about a month later, so you could pretty much taste the high level anxiety we all suffered. I’ll never forget the Friday afternoon when I got home and looked on twitter to see everyone going mad. The Bring 1D to
US account had tweeted. “Congrats, Dallas! One Direction will be coming to your city for a special concert event and signing!” “Starting Tuesday, March 13th at 9am, be one of the first 1,000 fans to purchase the regular or LIMITED Deluxe Yearbook Edition of UP ALL NIGHT at Barnes & Noble in Stone
Briar Center and you will receive a wristband that gains access to the autograph signing and short, one song acoustic performance. Here’s what you need to know…” There was a list of rules, including that you MUST have a wristband to attend. How hard could this be, show up Jalali 2 early to the mall, which was right down the street, get in line and get my cd along