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"THAT WAS EPIC!"

music, and it wasn't long before he several songs as he is one of the last singing voice, lol, and the whole bus could
knew all the words to every song on stops each day. I have been driving hear it ... on repeat!). Anyway, the Dalton
Will's Rise album. I ordered another of Landon's siblings for years, so was able show came up first, so Randy and I
brought Alex as planned.
to reach out to his mom and get her
HOKA his CD's online, Live at Savoy, and permission to take Landon to the The venue was great, and Alex picked out
brought that on the bus also. Landon
began getting on the bus each concert, and what's more, she told me seats in the second row. He had a blast!
HEY! My life partner Randy and I had gone to see Will waiting for the Dalton show date to "Miss Jen, can you play Hoka Hey off 13th birthday. It really was just so He was so engrossed in Will's music and
that the following week was Landon's
afternoon with a specific song request,
had been listening to him on Spotify
perfect, so I bought tickets to take
the Rise album?" he'd say, and he
play at Cape Cod Beer on February 11, 2022. It
arrive, Will released information for
was a great show, and we felt such a connection the Spire Center show, and I knew always knew which album each song Landon and made a Snapchat video which allowed him to really sing along.
When Will's set was done, we listened to
to his lyrics that we bought a few of his CDs at immediately I had to get tickets for my was on. He sings and even beatboxes singing Happy Birthday, substituting the next band for a few songs, but Alex
Creating magic on the bus the merch table. We knew we wanted to bring student Landon, who had fallen in love along, while we drive, and gets to enjoy "happy birthday dear Landon" with really wanted to get an autograph so we
where "...all the miles seem to my son, Alex, to see Will as his first concert with Will's music on my school bus. I "I'm taking you to see Will Evans live",
melt away" CHECK OUT WILL and played it for him the day of his went to try to find Will. He was out at his
experience, and kept an eye on upcoming shows. work as a school bus driver and merch table in an empty room, so Alex
EVANS MUSIC AT birthday. He was so excited, he played
When Will released his tickets for the Dalton brought one of the CDs to play for the
WRITTEN BY JENNIFER DELSIGNORE had all the time he wanted to chat it up
PHOTOS BY JENNIFER DELSIGNORE & DOT show, on April 30th, I bought tickets for Randy kids while driving them to school. WWW.WILLEVANS.COM my song over and over the whole bus with the artist, and did he ever. They
MCDONOUGH and me to bring Alex. We gave him the tickets Landon, who is a blind special needs ride home and had me send it to his talked for a good 15 minutes, took
for his 10th birthday and planned to make a student on my afternoon middle school mom so he could continue to listen pictures, and did autographs. Then Alex
weekend out of it with an Air B&B. While bus, fell in love with Will's (which kind of killed me a little because commented to Will that he had noticed
I really don't have much of a
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