When Lucia Partipilo called the B96 radio station during a contest for tickets to attend a meet and greet with singer Nick Jonas, she never imagined she would be the winner.
Lucia won tickets for her and her daughter, Caterina (a senior in the special education program at Addison Trail), to see Jonas on Sept. 14. The meet and greet took place at the B96 studio in Chicago before Jonas’s performance at House of Blues Chicago. Caterina was able to hear Jonas perform a few songs and take photos with him.
“He was amazing,” Caterina said with a smile. “And he was so tall!”
She said the highlights of the experience were hearing the fans scream when Jonas first entered the room and singing along to his songs. She and Lucia also were given a brief tour of the B96 studio, and Caterina said she loved seeing all the photos of celebrities that lined the walls.
While Caterina admitted she only knew Jonas’s song “Jealous” before the meet and greet, she said she’s a big fan now and would love to see him in concert again. She has seen several performing artists in concert – including Demi Lovato, Fall Out Boy and Ariana Grande – but this was her first meet and greet.
“It was a really interesting experience,” she said. “I had a great time.”