Mark McGrath
2012
When: October 3, 2012
Where: Orlando, FL - Epcot; America Gardens Theatre (Walt Disney World)
Every year in the fall, Epcot hosts the "International Food & Wine Festival." Besides the amazing food from around the world, there is also a series of concerts throughout the festival. Each act performs 3 shows per day for 2-3 days. Sugar Ray is one band that plays almost every year. I had been to the show in 2010 and noticed that Mark McGrath (lead singer) would walk around in the audience giving hugs and taking photos with people. I was determined to get a picture with him in 2012, so I reached out to him on Twitter -- and he responded, "Let's make it happen!" I wrote back to him later and told him where I was sitting. During the very first song he walked right up to me, and my mom snapped a photo!
Where: Orlando, FL - Epcot; America Gardens Theatre (Walt Disney World)
Every year in the fall, Epcot hosts the "International Food & Wine Festival." Besides the amazing food from around the world, there is also a series of concerts throughout the festival. Each act performs 3 shows per day for 2-3 days. Sugar Ray is one band that plays almost every year. I had been to the show in 2010 and noticed that Mark McGrath (lead singer) would walk around in the audience giving hugs and taking photos with people. I was determined to get a picture with him in 2012, so I reached out to him on Twitter -- and he responded, "Let's make it happen!" I wrote back to him later and told him where I was sitting. During the very first song he walked right up to me, and my mom snapped a photo!
2014
On April 1, 2014 I tweeted Mark to ask if Sugar Ray would be performing at Disney World again in October 2014, and he replied!
When: October 7, 2014
Where: Orlando, FL - Epcot; America Gardens Theatre (Walt Disney World)
We attended another Sugar Ray show during the International Food & Wine Festival, and again I reached out to Mark on Twitter earlier in the day.
Where: Orlando, FL - Epcot; America Gardens Theatre (Walt Disney World)
We attended another Sugar Ray show during the International Food & Wine Festival, and again I reached out to Mark on Twitter earlier in the day.
The show started, and he was walking around the theater giving hugs and taking photos with people. He didn't come over where we were sitting until a few songs into the show, but when he walked by me I stood up and we got a few photos! After the show, a few people walked up near the stage and were asking for autographs. In previous years he hadn't signed at all, but this year he did! So I waited in the crowd and got his signature just before his team pulled him away to prepare for the next show.