Michael Jackson Memorial

Can you believe I was one of the 11,000 people who got to attend M.J.'s Memorial! It was such a neat experience. This was the line up of people that spoke and performers:

Mariah Carey
Jennifer Hudson
John Mayer
Lionel Richie
Stevie Wonder
Jeremine Jackson
Usher
Kobe Bryant,
Berry Gordy
Magic Johnson,
Martin Luther King III
Smokey Robinson
Rev. Al Sharpton
Brooke Shields
and more!


I was mostly suprised at the respectful and reverant attitude everyone seemed to have at the memorial. I guess I expected it to be more crazy but it really did feel like such an intimate service with the Jackson family. I have always loved Michael Jackson as an artist. No question that his music always makes me feel good when I am having a bad day and lets not even get started with his dancing! Being from a family that takes dancing very seriously, we have always looked up to M.J. He just demands attention when you watch him perform and he does it with this incredible passion that makes you want to do whatever it is that you do- better. I grew up watching his videos with my sisters and pausing it VHS style to try to learn the moves so you see, he is just part of so many good memories I have with my siblings and I will always be greatful to that.

This is me and my mom right after we parked by the Staples Center. The shot is a little off balance but we are showing off our magic gold bracelets.

This is right after we got our tickets at Dodger Stadium. We had to drive down there the day before the memorial for them to put wristbands on us. I signed up everyone in my family that lived in Cali to enter the lottery to win M.J. tix. My Mom is actually the lucky one that won and took me.


I think this was the very end when all the family and everyone came up to sing,

"We are the world."

This is right after the service, you can see all the media behind us.

This is what we brought to the service, just kidding don't know who paid

for this but it was pretty flashy!

Don't laugh but this lady made me cry a little. Obviously a die-hard fan that didn't get a ticket and we saw her while we were walking in. She told me, you represent me and all his fans around the world in there and send his family our love!