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Going The Same way – Tracing Footsteps #3<\/strong><\/p>\n Each month until June 2017 we will share fan stories from around the world to celebrate Hanson’s remarkable career and Fan Community. Erin’s Story Hanson has been a part of my life since I was 14 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n I vividly remember hearing MMMBop for the first time on the radio while my Mum was driving me home from school. It was one of those songs that I just instantly loved, but I could never have imagined how much it would change my life! I am so grateful to have had some wonderful opportunities to see Hanson play live in concert over the years, the first of those was in 2004 at the Underneath Acoustic show in Melbourne. Although incredibly difficult to narrow down, a couple of my favourite concert memories would be the Fan Club member songs show at BTTI 2014 – particularly hearing \u201cNever Let Go<\/em>\u201d live for the first time, which didn\u2019t just bring me to tears but turned me into a blubbering mess; hearing \u201cChange In My Life<\/em>\u201d in Melbourne 2012 as I never ever thought I would be lucky enough to experience it live, it was stunningly beautiful; and being a part of the \u201cchoir\u201d in Tulsa for \u201cThe Sound of Light<\/em>\u201d EP.<\/p>\n As many fans would agree, choosing a favourite song is just about impossible, but I do have a few lyrics which mean a lot to me:<\/p>\n \u201cWish I could frame you and this feeling on the wall\u201d \u2013 Runaway Run<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhen you can\u2019t get through it, you can listen to it\u201d \u2013 Been There Before<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHappiness is just a step away\u201d \u2013 Get Up And Go<\/em><\/p>\n It was a love of Hanson\u2019s lyrics that led me to begin creating pictures of some of my favourites a few years ago just for fun but after a while I decided to post them online and share them with other fans. We have a great Hanson fan community here in Australia. There are many enthusiastic fans and we get great turn outs at our shows.\u00a0It\u2019s so much fun meeting people that I have previously only chatted to on online but felt like I\u2019ve known for years. Hanson is such an incredible band, and I have so much appreciation and respect for everything they do for their fans. Their music has brought a great deal of happiness to my life which I am incredibly grateful for, and I am looking forward to many more years to come.<\/p>\n Many thanks to Erin for sharing her story and memories. Check out Erin’s pages @HansonLyricPics on Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Going The Same way – Tracing Footsteps #3 Each month until June 2017 we will share fan stories from around the world to celebrate Hanson’s remarkable career and Fan Community. We have invited fans from five continents, to share their experiences and they tell us in their own words, how they have traced footsteps on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1446,1],"tags":[271,342,130,1192,1045,6,1468,8,46,1403,68,10,56,1466,7,1467,57,124,9],"class_list":["post-5499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-going-the-same-way-tracing-footsteps","category-uncategorized","tag-271","tag-anthem","tag-australia","tag-australian-tour","tag-btti","tag-hanson","tag-hanson-lyric-pics","tag-isaac-hanson","tag-jamaica","tag-live","tag-mmmbop","tag-music-2","tag-performance","tag-street-team","tag-taylor-hanson","tag-the-sound-of-light","tag-tulsa","tag-underneath","tag-zac-hanson"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nWe have invited fans from five continents, to share their experiences and they tell us in their own words, how they have traced footsteps on a journey with Hanson and their music.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Erin Davies (@justagurllikeme) – Melbourne, Australia<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI have met a lot of amazing people thanks to a shared appreciation of this band, including my best friend from high school who I have now shared a friendship with for over half of my life, and also some of my dearest friends in more recent times.<\/p>\n![\"btti\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/btti.jpg?resize=592%2C431&ssl=1\")
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\nMy best friend bought me a ticket for my 21st<\/sup> birthday, and I remember thinking how amazing it was going to be to finally see my favourite band play live. Unfortunately, I was standing behind a very tall girl that night so didn\u2019t actually get to see much at all, but I still had a great time.<\/p>\n![\"ed1\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ed1.jpg?resize=406%2C541&ssl=1\")
\nSince then I have seen many more shows on 3 more Australian tours in \u201805, \u201812 and \u201814, and have also experienced some amazing shows abroad in Chicago, Tulsa and Jamaica.
\nI love that every show is so different, even if you attend two nights in a row.<\/p>\n![\"ed2\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ed2.jpg?resize=365%2C487&ssl=1\")
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\nI started the Instagram account \u201c@HansonLyricPics<\/em><\/strong>\u201d (also on Pinterest and Facebook) which I really enjoy using as a way of combining my passion for Hanson\u2019s music with a bit of creativity.<\/p>\n![\"ed013\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mmmboptastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/ed013.jpg?resize=553%2C413&ssl=1\")
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\nI am also one of the 3 Australian Street Team Leaders, and our Team has a great sense of camaraderie.
\nWe have a lot of interaction with face to face catch ups as well as online events and competitions, and it definitely helps to keep us all connected during times when we don\u2019t have a tour to look forward to.<\/p>\n
\nPlease do not use Erin’s pictures without credit. Thanks.<\/span><\/p>\n