Charlotte Poster - Giveaway Contest!

jrkemfort

Hey! I think it's awesome that you're doing this for your fellow PJ fans. This is by FAR my favorite poster of the tour, and possibly my favorite PJ poster ever. I am a grad student studying biology and conducting research with honeybees. Any PJ poster that involves bugs, insects, or any other form of wildlife immediately grabs my attention. Because of my research interests, I immediately fell in love with this poster (even though the poster involves hornets, not technically honeybees ). Anyway, I'd love to have a chance at this poster. I attended a 3 shows on the tour (Philly 1 and 2, and Baltimore), but I live quite a ways from Charlotte so I couldn't attend. Based on the poster and setlist, I really wish I could have! This poster would look so cool hanging up in my office one day haha!

Again, thank you for being an awesome fan! I hope the poster goes to another great fan.

#899

rvmirror67

Let me preface everything with a huge THANK YOU. You, to me, are the definition of a great Pearl Jam fan. You could just as easily be flipping it on eBay for an outrageous profit. But you aren't, and that is a perfect reminder of the energy I felt all around, in Baltimore, Charlottesville, and Charlotte. LOVE.
I was lucky enough to see Eddie solo last fall and I absolutely walked away a better person. I had not seen Pearl Jam since Lollapalooza in Raleigh, in 1993. It was THE highlight of the year I was taking care of my Mom, who was dying from cancer. I was home for a bit, and the day of the show, a great friend gave me his ticket, and it BLEW MY 22 year old MIND!!! I'm from Raleigh but moved away not long after, and missed many shows - until this tour. And I knew I had to go. Odd timing, as I have been taking care of my father, who now has cancer. It's been rough, and PJ was the medicine I needed.
So I got my tickets, took off work, and made a mini tour of it, me and my dog. We drove up from NC to Baltimore, for my first show in 20 years and it was life changing. The music, the crowd, the LOVE. I have a few great dvds, constantly watch the live ones on YouTube - and it was everything I hoped it would be. And more. It was overwhelming, and yes, I cried during Small Town, and during Man of the Hour for Lou Reed. What a crazy-emotional show....
We then headed west to the top of Skyline Dr and took it all the way south to the Blue Ridge Pkwy, stopping midway to camp Monday night. Then finished the Drive, meeting bears, deer and cool people along the way.
Then on to Charlottesville, and another incredible show. Once again, I had seats next to some awesome folks. The only thing that perplexed my Charlottesville show, we're the rows of people sitting down. I still don't get it.... How can anyone sit down with ALL THAT going on???
So our last stop was Charlotte somehow- not sure if it was a tweet? - but I saw the poster, and fell in LOVE. Got there early, running to each merchandise kiosk, and smited. I almost cried watching the last one come off display, knowing, I would not be taking one home. What a bummer.... But I still had the show, and yet again, was SURROUNDED by incredible fans, the LOVE and lyrics flowed like Eddie's wine hahaha Another great show, and a great way to wrap it up (if I had to, which unfortunately, I did).
I will never forget what I brought home with me, on my trip, and having those three Hornets around that hive, to remind me of those three astounding nights, would be the icing on the cake. Don't NEED icing, but it sure makes a cake better, eh?
My number? 333
in honor of my lucky number being 3- it IS a magic number, cause Schoolhouse Rock taught me that on Saturday mornings in the 70's - and like the 3 magic hornets on the poster!
There may be WAY too much story to my story, and WAY too much LOVE in my post. I blame it on the post Pearl Jam GLOW

Washed

Bump for a generous giveaway!

sheenTN

What a generous offer indeed!! October 30th began so well for me as my daughter's day care had a hay ride for her first Halloween so as I embarked from Knoxville my spirits were sky high. Upon arrival, I found a room, grabbed a bite to eat and started touching base with friends from high school I haven't seen in almost twenty years to meet up before the show. As I headed to the outside merch tent at 4:30ish I saw a stack of posters and relaxed, but it was short lived. It seemed all in front were buying 2 at a time, and as I made my way up to the 4th in line BOOM! They gone. Noworries, I'll just bust it to a merch table inside, right? Unknown to me at the time was that my arch nemesis would head me off not once, not twice, but thrice!! Who you ask? The dreaded T Shirt examiner. ARGGHH!!! I understand the need to see if a shirt fits, but I'm pretty sure that the red Medium is the same size as the white Medium. Each time I made it to about 2nd or 3rd in line as both display posters came down, and my night was all of a sudden not so joyous. I have a poster from every PJ show I've attended so this one hurt. But two things cheered me up- one was realizing I was two rows behind former WWE wrestlers Matt and Jeff Hardy, which was entertaining not because of the celebrity factor but the anticipation of one too many drunks stumbling into their girlfriends and having soooooo many steel chairs right at their disposal. One can only hope, right? Second was when the band kicked into to Low Light, and realizing that my best friend from seventh grade whom I had not seen since 2001 and I were about to see our first concert together since 1994, and what better band to bring us back together to act like kids again than PJ. So thanks again for the giveaway and thank you for sharing your extra poster instead of profiting. I'll go with 711.

tragibigzanda

Here goes nuthin'...

First off, 11/8 is my birthday -- I'll be 33 tomorrow, and have been a hardcore fan since I was 12!
My gal and I could not afford to make the show in her home state of NC; with me returning to school, and her splitting her time between MA and NY for work, we could only afford Worcestor 1.
On top of that, "Bee" is our mutual pet name for each other (sorry to gross any of you out). Together, we are the "Bee's Knees," and we have a few other bee-related items around the house as part of our inside joke.
I'll pick #811.
Best of luck to everyone!

RhinoJam

Winner:

www.RANDOM.ORG Winning Number
225
WINNER (Closest Number) JO45140
Picked 232

rvmirror67

Thanks so much for doing that, what a nice way to share the love we ALL faithfully share for Pearl Jam

PJ1973

Damn, I lost :(

Actually, that's irrelevant - this was a very, very cool thing to do, so I'm not disappointed. You're a very generous fan.