You can't do that!

Oh yes, I went there :)

One of the trademarks that Beatlefest developed over the years was an end of the night sing along version of Hey Jude. If you have ever seen the promo film for Hey Jude all types of (sixties) people climb over the Beatles' stage as they sing the final 20 minutes (I mean five) of the song.

Because Beatlefest had a great sound alike band (and still do) this was something they tried to emulate. It was cute the first few times you saw and incredibly corny after that. Considering that Beatlefest had at least two performances a weekend (and three some years) we probably saw this 10 or 15 times over a 10 year period.

So being the highly charming (I mean obnoxious) High Schoolers that we were we decided to climb right on stage and wave our hands too. The idea was that the BFP's (Beatlefest Planners and Staff) would celebrate with the band as well as any celebrity guests (see below).

Since we knew most of the girls that worked there, they thought it was incredibly funny. But the gentleman that ran the place would go into a full on panic attack seeing three or four high school kids take the stage at once. The closest image that comes to mind is Ralph Machio in Karate Kid 1 or 2 (but not three)

The funny thing is that they had security to keep you from entering other ball rooms but never kept them near the stage.