Patti LaBelle fan enjoys ‘experience of a lifetime’
“I’m a big fan of Patti LaBelle. It’s not just her voice. It’s the positive effect that her songs have on people.
“When I found out she was going to perform near Houston, I was like, I’ve got to get a front row seat. It was my third time seeing her. I wanted to stand out. I wanted a way to say, ‘Hey, me, I’m your biggest fan.’
“She always gets flowers from her fans. So I decided to go above and beyond. I got her this huge bouquet. When I entered the venue, security took the flowers and said they would give them to her. I was a bit disappointed. I wanted her to see me in the front row, and to hand them to her on stage. So that maybe, just maybe, her pinky would touch my pinky.
“When she finished her first song, she stopped the show and said, ‘Where’s Christopher?’ And my jaw just dropped. I’m like, she’s talking about me. Those are my flowers on the piano. So I stood up, and she asked, ‘Why’d you give me all these flowers?’ I was star struck. I just said, ‘Because I love you.’
“When she performs her big hit song, ‘Lady Marmalade,’ she asks for four gentlemen from the crowd to come on stage. I was a little timid. But she straight up asked, ‘Where’s Christopher?’ And I was like, OK, there’s no way that the 3,000 people in here are going to let me just sit this one out. So I went up there with the three other guys.
“When I belted out a note, everybody just went crazy. And she gave me this look like, wow. I thought, OK, if the best singer in the world in my eyes can give me that kind of look, then I must have something going on. I’ll always be humble, but it definitely boosted my confidence.
“Fast forward a couple years to another show, and there I was in the front row again. She always brings five or six flowers that she gives out to people in the crowd. I saw her look at me, she saw my red shirt, and I got one of her flowers. I almost started crying. That was everything to me. It was an experience of a lifetime.”
— Chris Champion
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