Opshop Concert by Lucy

“Brr it’s cold out here.” I shivered as we got out of the car on a cold Saturday evening.  Mum, my cousin Emma and I were going to a free OPSHOP concert held at the Opera house.  Excitement washed over me as we entered through the glass doors.  A huge stage was set up in the foyer complete with speakers twice the size of me.  My jeans didn’t keep out the cold temperature of the concrete we sat on.  We were slightly early because we thought it would be heaving but there weren’t many people there when we arrived.  Mum headed over to the counter to buy us some drinks and Emma and I talked about what we thought the concert would be like.  We agreed it would be exciting and super fun.  As I sipped my ice cold coke I felt myself getting more impatient.  A tall man wearing black strided onto the stage.  “OPSHOP are running 20 minutes late but we have some class entertainment for you in the meantime.  Please welcome the band DEVILS ELBOW!” he announced.  The audience collapsed into rapturous applause.  The lead guitarist slammed the electric guitar and I covered my ears as it was so loud!  We were situated right by the speaker and the booming of the drums was ringing in my ears.  The noisy strumming of the electric guitar was painful as they belted there song.  After a few of their painfully loud songs the tall man announced OPSHOP was there and I peered outdoors.  Emma and I gripped each other in excitement as they started setting up. OPSHOP stomped in and we sprinted into the middle of the foyer directly in front of the stage.  The lead singer told us that if we jumped around and looked like we were having fun as they played we might appear in their music video.  The music was blaring but I didn’t care.  We jumped and danced and had so much fun.  They started throwing out some cool OPSHOP gear to the audience.  A tee shirt flew by and I yelled “Get it!” we leaped upwards for it and Emma grabbed it.  She stuffed it in her bag and we screamed with delight.  A few minutes later another tee shirt flew above.  With strong determination I leapt to grab it.  When I felt the soft material of my shirt I was happy.  Now we both had an OPSHOP souvenir.  The tee shirts had the OPSHOP logo on the front and the band said they were worth $60.00 each.  It was such a fun evening and afterwards we managed to get photos with the band.

I loved the concert and I’ll never forget it.