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Hi!
- Uhm... Wait a bit... - Go ahead.
My name is Lara.
My name is João.
I'm Ana.
My name is Hugo.
Gustavo Boaventura.
Lincoln.
Bia.
Wayny Lima.
Ivo, known as "Aivo".
Juliana.
I'm Ítalo Espírito Santo.
My name is Felipe, but you can call me Jorge.
My name is Denise.
I'm Raphael.
Karla.
Daniel.
My name is Renata.
Graciele.
My name is Marcela.
My name is Aline, I'm from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.
My name is Raquel Silvestre, I'm from São Paulo.
I'm from Rio de Janeiro.
I live in Santa Catarina.
My name is Ariadne Granier, I'm from São Paulo.
I'm from São Paulo.
São Paulo.
I live in São Paulo.
I'm Ana Sebber, and I'm from São Paulo.
Santa Catarina.
My name is Naiha, I live in Arraial do Cabo, Rio de Janeiro.
I'm from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.
My name is Carolina, I'm from Santo André, São Paulo.
My name is Ádria, I'm from Sergipe.
My name is Aline Xavier, I'm from João Pessoa, Paraíba.
My name is Marcos Reis, I'm from São Paulo.
I'm Márcia, this is my son Rafael.
Dani Max... Dani Figueiredo... Max Summers...
We're from Ribeirão Preto, from the state of São Paulo.
Goiana, Pernambuco.
I live in Betim, Minas Gerais.
I'm from Rio de Janeiro.
I'm Rique, I live in Rio de Janeiro.
Paulo Victor, from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais.
I'm Théo, from São Carlos.
And I'm from Espírito Santo.
My name is Caroline.
My name is Rosangela.
- Daniela, São Paulo. - Kleber, São Paulo.
I'm Vivian, from Juíz de Fora, Minas Gerais.
My name is Eloá, and I'm from Cordeirópolis, São Paulo state.
I live in Jundiaí, but I'm from São Paulo.
Priscila Ferraz, I'm from Mogi das Cruzes.
My name is Giovana Almeida, and I come from Goiania.
Bruna, I live in Guarulhos.
I'm from Recife.
I'm from Natal.
Dulce, I live in São Carlos, São Paulo.
I'm Julia, from São Paulo.
Rafael Tortella, from São Paulo.
Eloisa, from São Paulo.
São Paulo.
I'm from São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo state.
- Thais, from São Paulo. - Carolina, from Campinas, São Paulo.
São Carlos, São Paulo.
I came from Rio, where I currently live.
Valdir Maia, I'm from São Paulo.
And I'm from Betim, Minas Gerais.
I'm from Jundiaí, São Paulo state.
I live in Belo Horizonte.
Well, the story of how I first heard of The Corrs is quite different...
I was home and I got a call from Ana,
"Rafael, turn the tv on MTV..."
He had to stop everything he was doing,
and had to watch what I was watching...
because it was fantastic!
It was 1999, we still watched music videos on MTV,
everything premiered on MTV...
They were airing The Corrs' MTV Unplugged.
When they aired the MTV Unplugged...
Unplugged MTV.
- Unplugged... - Unplugged, on MTV.
- MTV Unplugged. - Unplugged, I think in 1999.
So I turned the tv on, they were playing Toss the Feathers.
Watching Pavarotti and Friends, I saw the band for the first time.
Listening to the radio here in São Paulo....
When a friend of mine lent me a CD, Best of The Corrs.
My brother introduced me to The Corrs.
I saw a violin, I thought it was really cool because I like violins.
And I started watching it and fell in love with the band.
But at the time the Internet was complicated...
Almost impossible, it was dial-up.
It was the height of dial-up... Wonderful!
The access to everything was very limited,
we had to record K7 tapes from the radio.
I only knew a couple of songs,
I knew "Only When I Sleep", because it was on "Malhação".
It was on a soap opera's soundtrack, "Uga Uga".
It played on a soap opera here...
And since then I became a fan...
We bought the CDs, DVDs... That was it.
I kept listening to them and I loved it more and more!
And I started looking for more of their songs, buying the CDs...
I remember that the first thing about them that I looked up online
was where the name came from, I didn't know what "Corrs" was.
I thought it was a word in English that I didn't know the meaning.
I started joining all the online communities, websites...
I found a website called "CAC - Crazy About Corrs".
That's where I met Julia. Come here!
- She was one of the first... - Hi!
And it was really hard to find information about Corrs in Portuguese,
most of the news came from international websites,
so we made or own, The Corrs Brasil, the website.
There was a forum somewhere else,
they didn't have a website,
so we merged that with our website, and that became TCB.
I think around 2000 I found the TCB...
In my search for information, I got to the TCB forum.
Back then, when we really liked something,
it was common to be in discussion forums about it.
So I started to get involved with this forum...
And I was an active member of the forum,
made a lot of friends there.
I met great friends there. It was really cool,
we exchanged information about the band, tours, tv appearances...
And it was cool because I learned a lot about them,
and found many people who also liked this band
that before seemed like I was the only one who knew about it.
Friendships were born there, we built a family.
When the offline meetings begun, around 2004 or 2005,
I was way too young, 14 years-old, my Mom would never let me travel alone.
Now that I grew up and became a woman...
I didn't go to the first meeting, but I went to the second one.
It was January, 2005. The second TCB meeting, and my first.
At Ibirapuera's Park.
We would sit down, play guitars, sing their songs...
We laughed and tell jokes...
Sometimes we didn't even talk about The Corrs, specifically,
but we talked about many different things.
And I really wanted to go, so I called my Mom...
I live in Belo Horizonte, she lives in Teófilo Otoni.
And I said "Mom, I'm going to São Paulo to meet 30 strangers from the Internet!"
The first time I attended was in 2005, and I've been to 5 or 6 meetings.
It was really cool to see that those people
that I talked to all the time online had faces and names...
Until then I only knew them by their nicknames,
and to see their faces, hear their voices...
And find out that they were as nice in person, as they were online...
It was a lot of fun!
At the same time some of them went to Belo Horizonte,
I started inviting them to my place...
One, two, three, four!
And from that we started "Corrnaval".
The TCB Forum ended, and after that we had "Talk on Corrs",
created by a group that were from TCB, I was also a member there...
But at the same time a few groups were created on Orkut,
and they eventually started with "FanatiCorrs".
When people migrated to Orkut, we decided to organize meetings again.
That's when FanatiCorrs was born.
I've been to every FanatiCorrs meeting, since the beginning.
I've only been to the FanatiCorrs meetings.
We had today the 12th FanatiCorrs, I've attended 11.
Since 2006, I've been to most of the meetings.
I don't even how how many.
It was a necessity...
Everyone wanted to meet each other, somehow.
I get emotional about it!
Sharing this with other people... It was something unique.
And I knew I had to experience it.
I met a lot of people that I'm still friends with. True friends.
A lot of people don't believe in this kind of friendship...
"I'm going to São Paulo, to play with friends on the park!"
Because of The Corrs.
It's an Irish teaching, "Anam Cara", which means soul friends.
And there I share my soul with all of those friends.
Besides the great music we play there!
It's something we can't explain because...
Music brings people together.
In 2009 we started to get news about Sharon's solo album, Dream of You,
and we got in touch with her through Twitter...
I joined Twitter because of her.
And every time she replied to me, it was hard to believe!
And so we decided to make a tribute video for her...
FanatiCorrs November, 2009.
We never thought this would reach her.
When we saw that Sharon watched and commented about the video,
it was... It was so emotional, it's hard to talk about it.
And Sharon ended up coming to Brazil!
I went to Ireland on vacation, in 2013, on St. Patrick's Day...
And I went to The Voice, to try to meet Sharon, talk to her...
And I did meet her!
I asked her to record a video to the Brazilian fans,
and in this video she said: "I'll see you guys..."
I thought it would be maybe next year, something like that.
I didn't think it would be 7 months after that!
When I saw on Facebook that Sharon was doing a concert here in Brazil
at first I didn't believe it...
Because I thought "The Corrs never came to Brazil, why would Sharon?"
I don't know who found out about it...
I was online when a friend of mine said "Sharon is coming to Brazil...".
I thought it was a joke, I said "that's a lie!".
But the news spread out really fast.
I was sleeping, my phone wouldn't stop vibrating,
and I looked at it and I had a message from Graciele:
"Zim, Zim, Zim!!", she calls me Zim.
"Sharon's coming to Brazil!". And I was like...
I thought someone was pranking us, because we really didn't expect it.
I had a bit of hope, but deep down I didn't believe it.
I freaked out! I thought:
"I can't believe this dream I have for over 14 years is coming true!"
And it was true.
I was at my boyfriend's place.
He's the one helping me with this video.
I woke him up, desperate:
"We need to buy tickets for Sharon's concert!"
And he said: "What?".
Sharon Corr in Brazil... What did you guys smoke?!
My phone rang and it was Julia, desperate:
"Rafa, Rafa! Sharon's concert here! Tickets are already on sale!"
And I checked my phone, I had a message, obviously in caps lock:
"SHARON IN BRAZIL!"
"RUN TO THE WEBSITE, BUY YOUR TICKETS!"
And I thought he was messing up with me,
so I just replied: "Ivo, shut up."
And it all worked out, we manage to buy it.
And I knew I had to go. The concert would be on a Thursday...
I started making plans to skip work, pay on a credit card in 6 parcels...
Anything I had to do to go to the show.
But I wasn't going to go, because I lost my job!
Went to buy the tickets immediately!
I said: "Damn, I have to see that woman!".
But I got a new job and they set a date for a second show!
So I thought it was a divine sign and that I should go.
"I'm gonna buy it and I'll figure out how to go to São Paulo later".
From that day until now, we've been dealing with this anxiety!
The months before the concert were... absolutely insane!
Everyone was really happy, started to get organized...
It was the main topic for months! Everyone was really really happy.
It was crazy!
It was very emotional.
And since I heard about the show, until now...
Tomorrow is the second concert, for the DVD recording.
From that to now, a lot happened.
And then Sharon showed up here in September
It was a wonderful surprise!
She tweeted, a day before she was coming to Brazil...
When she came for the TV and Radio promotions.
And everyone got really anxious!
I didn't know, I didn't expect it!
I thought she would only be here in October, for the concerts.
And then out of nowhere, I get home from work and see on Facebook:
"Sharon's going to be on 'Jô' tomorrow! Who wants to go?"
And I thought: "Oh my God, can I make it on time?"
We went insane!
I really wanted to get on a bus and go to São Paulo, but I couldn't.
And we got to meet her on "Jô", and that was...
It was a relief from part of the tension we were feeling.
Globo treated us really well, they let us go in first.
"Fan-club, go first! Run to the stage!"
We were really close to the stage and when I...
I was right in front of her microphone, and when I saw her violin...
Just to see that violin, and the use marks, like on the shoulder rest.
To see that instrument and know it was hers...
That made me really emotional.
And when she stepped on stage, everyone was like... drooling!
"It's Sharon! After so many years... Sharon is right in front of me!"
It was a dream coming true. It was really important to me.
It was wonderful.
She played "Dreams" and "We Could Be Lovers".
And at the end of her performance
they collected everything we had for her to sign...
And we waited there for a while,
until one of the producers came back and said:
"She didn't sign anything because she said she wants to see you."
"Sharon wants to see us!"
And that was... uh... I...
Julia was texting us... She was our correspondent there.
And she was like: "We're getting in!", "Five minutes!".
And I was glued to my cellphone,
cheering for my friends who were going to have this first contact with Sharon.
It was very interesting.
It was very anguishing, but interesting.
We were in this room...
Waiting... Everyone was very tense.
Jorge walking in circles...
We were talking and wondering how it was going to happen.
And suddenly she comes from a hallway...
Right away she recognized Ana.
Which made us even more emotional.
I got my laptop, put on my earphones, and watched the video.
She walks in...
I saw her meeting Gui, and Dani...
and everyone I know.
And she gets to the end of the group and the camera shows Ana.
And as Ana starts crying, I couldn't take it, I cried too.
I was at work, crying...
My boss walks in and asks "What's going on? Are you OK?",
and I said: "Everything is beautiful! It's great!".
She welcomed the fans in such a beautiful way, so special!
I watched the video of them meeting Sharon,
and went back to it, again and again.
And I just thought: "It's happening! It's true, it's true!"
Their happiness is enough.
It doesn't matter that we weren't there,
but part of us were.
If they are happy, we are happy too.
I was trying really hard not to cry in front of her.
It was something I was worried about.
I didn't want to act weird or be like a crazy fan, but...
I couldn't help it. I couldn't not be emotional, and...
Let it all out.
To see their joy in meeting her, it felt like we were there with them.
So that was very cool.
To feel that for them, it was very important.
And then after that, the next day...
we also saw her at a radio station, 89 FM.
We were able to go into the studio and she did an acoustic performance.
She sang and played the violin,
accompanied by guitars and percussion, and it was really cool!
Rio de Janeiro. October, 2013.
In October I met Sharon, yes!
At "Livraria da Travessa".
And I can't even describe it.
- Don't talk about Rio! No! - We will talk about Rio!
I was at "Livraria da Travessa" on October 13th.
I thought I wasn't going to make it. I couldn't go...
But I ended up going and it was very...
It was much more than I expected!
I thought we would get there,
see her, get a picture, an autograph and leave.
It was much more than that!
I took my violin with me, everyone had their instruments.
And when we were in line someone had the idea to...
I remember I was the first one to take my violin out of the case,
but just to get ready for her to sign it.
They were organizing the line,
and I had a lot of things for her to sign.
But everyone got their instruments and someone wanted to tune it,
and we started to play.
And then Sharon walks in, goes right pass us, claps,
and I had to keep that origami face, like everything was cool...
But I was dying inside! I couldn't believe that was happening!
When she started signing I felt nervous,
had butterflies in my stomach, like a roller-coaster ride!
I went to Rio cause I would have to work on the day of the signing in São Paulo.
She remember me, from "Jô". It was really emotional for me.
I remember how nice she was, she seemed happy to be close to fans.
She didn't refuse, at any point, to talk, sign things...
I didn't tell her everything I wanted, but I gave her a letter.
She signed my violin. She loved my violin!
And this lady from the store, Rafaela, kisses for you!
She was really excited with us playing
and said "You guys have to play for her at the end!"
And we thought she was crazy, how could we play for Sharon?
But we did play for Sharon and it was...
I don't know...
Because we never even dreamed of something like that.
That's insane, play for Sharon Corr! What a trip!
Everything was surreal!
I remember her face,
I could see her emotions while they played for her.
That was really special.
After that, I think it was the most special moment of that day.
I worked all week in the clouds after that...
She suggested a group hug with us, and that was a magical moment.
I was going to ask for a group picture,
she walks towards us,
we thought she was going to shake our hands or something,
but she said: "Group hug!".
I dived in front of everybody!
It was surreal.
It was... otherworldly. Just crazy.
As the day of the concert approached...
It was hard to sleep.
My bladder was... stronger than me.
Constantly.
Only when I went to the signing at "Livraria Cultura"
that I started to believe it was actually happening.
The signing at "Livraria Cultura" was very special for me.
[São Paulo, October 2013] She was very welcoming to me.
I hugged and kissed her many times!
She has an enchanting smile!
I was very shy when talking to Sharon.
I spoke a bit in English
and she said it was OK for me to speak in Portuguese.
When I was getting the autograph...
I couldn't talk to her! I was shaking, I was nervous...
She got my name right!
My name is Wayny.
Everybody from the fan club calls me "Whyny".
I love that! But...
Sharon got my name right! Wayny.
She asked my age, because it was my birthday.
She wished me a happy birthday!
And that was incredible for me!
Fantastic!
It was an unexplainable sensation.
I can't explain that moment! So much happiness!
Every feeling mixed together, at the same time.
And then Fabíola, from Music Brokers,
the company that brought her to Brazil.
Fabíola saw that we had our instruments with us, and said:
"You guys will play for her, right?"
I...
I couldn't believe it! It was...
It was magical.
We played "It's Not a Dream".
For her.
And I wanted to cry, instead of singing...
Because it was wonderful!
It was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen!
Playing for someone who inspires you so much in music!
And... I have no words to describe that moment.
It was beautiful.
Being able to record her watching them singing, and...
And playing the instruments... She was right next to me!
Seeing that live, it was very touching.
And I think she was really touched by it.
I was very close to her and she had this look in her face...
Like she couldn't believe what was happening.
The most... incredible thing, what really touched me,
was that I did all of that, meeting her...
realizing that dream together, with all my friends.
It was incredible... Everything was incredible!
It was... It was unique.
And...
We got to the concert day, October 17th.
We were all there, gathered.
It was kinda bizarre, to be in a concert hall...
and realize that you know half of the people there!
Everyone was realizing a dream together.
When she walked on to the stage. It was...
Memories go through your mind like a movie.
I think everyone felt that.
And I looked at Naiha, she was right next to me...
Everyone looked at each other, we couldn't believe it!
And she looked at me like this.
It was like it wasn't true that she was right in front of us!
From the DVD, that distant thing, to right in front of me.
Great, great, great! I don't even know what to say!
Words can't describe it. It was beyond extraordinary.
I left my voice there, at HSBC.
I was crying, screaming, singing...
It was very emotional! I cried when she sang "So Long Ago".
I don't know what was my favorite moment...
Because everything was very good!
It was beyond my expectations.
I thought it was gonna be great, it was better than that!
Full Circle was really cool!!
Especially when I heard "Our Wedding Day",
I was amazed with that much beauty!
The first time she started to hit her leg, like this.
Something we used to see in videos, DVDs, Youtube...
We were seeing it live!
I was watching really intensively, trying to register that in my mind!
And a really special moment was when she played Cartola.
A surprise to all of us!
It was very special for me,
because my Dad used to sing that song for me.
When she played "As rosas não falam", by Cartola, it was very emotional!
I had chills! It was very touched. It was beautiful!
She got a standing ovation after that, and she absolutely deserved it!
It was very touching, wonderful! Indescribable!
Exciting, emotional, beautiful!
I watched it with people I adore, my friends!
Every song she played, we sang along! It was all very beautiful!
And of course... the flag!
I had the idea of us...
of us all signing a Brazilian flag and give it to her.
And it would be cool to throw it during the concert.
But it didn't have to be thrown as hard as I did!
But it was funny! And I think she liked it.
I think it was during "So Young",
everyone was jumping and singing like crazy!
And Rafa hands me the flag and says: "Throw it now!"
And I got really into it and said: "OK!".
The song ended and I ran, like a crazy person...
Ran by the stage and threw!
She started to thank the audience and the flag hit her face!
And hit her shoulder...
And I just thought: "***!".
And I didn't think I threw with that much strength!
And that was it.
And it was awesome because she looked at the signatures,
and she left she stage wrapped around the flag.
It was great!
It was the perfect night, with perfect people.
There wasn't anything missing.
It was surreal! It was...
*** awesome!
The best concert I've seen in my life!
Best show of my life!
It was unbelievable. It was a dream.
And for our surprise, at the end of the show
she answer to our request and came back on stage!
I really liked the letter that we read to her,
I think it summarized our feelings, honoring that person.
An official moment to put into words everything we've been feeling.
Not only for these past few weeks and months, but for all those years.
It was the moment we could show that to her.
"This is it, this is what we feel. This is why you are important to us!"
And it was so so so good!
It was like lifting a weight from our chests.
Say what's been stuck in our throats.
Something we've wanted to say for so long,
and we thought we would never be able to.
And finally we said it.
It really feels like we've come full circle.
Sharon was fantastic, from start to finish!
Her care and love for the fans was wonderful!
She doesn't look away when she's talking to you.
She pays attention!
You see that your idol is touched by your love.
I can't explain it!
One of the happiest days of my life, for sure.
It was very important to me. I was really happy.
Unforgettable, unforgettable.
It'll be in our souls, forever.
That's it. I think we showed her how much it all means to us.
How much she means to us, how her being here was important for us.
And why we've been killing her with love.
It's not for nothing.
It's because of many important things, over all these years.
The Corrs had a huge influence in my life.
The Corrs is part of my every day life.
I grew up listening to all types of music...
and Corrs was the first one that I chose for myself.
When I first heard The Corrs, my Mom was still alive.
And she loved them.
I always say that if there's a soundtrack of my life,
The Corrs is part of it.
And in every phase, I liked a different song.
So I listen to the songs now and I remember part of my life.
And that's very cool.
It reminds me of the happy moments, and...
all the fun moments I had with my friends when I was younger.
and that feels really good.
And every album that was released here in Brazil, I...
I felt like I was with her again.
Like she was here with me, enjoying the new songs and arrangements.
The Corrs influences my life, inspires my life.
Their music has been accompanying my life with Ana, we are a couple.
And ever since we discovered their music we listen to them together,
we play together, we had a band together...
The passion for music!
To know what it's like to play a musical instrument...
What it feels like.
I started learning instruments because of them, I formed a band.
Music has always been my life. And then I heard The Corrs...
And after I recorded videos playing their songs
people watched them, I got the change to be heard.
I learned piano, tin whistle, violin and bodhran because of The Corrs.
I already played drums, but then I wanted to learn tin whistle!
I got a guitar!
And then I also started violin classes!
I started playing bodhran because I really liked the sound of it.
And the bodhran for me is... It speaks to me!
I learned how to play the tin whistle!
I learned the violin!
I play the violin because of The Corrs.
I started playing violin because of her.
Today I'm a musician, I work with music.
I survive with music, I provide for my family with it.
And I don't know where I would be in life without The Corrs.
I learned a lot more about music.
It made me interested in different instruments.
Introduced me to a new culture.
Introduced me to Irish culture as well.
I started to be interested in the country's history, culture.
And I went to Ireland, I lived there. I moved to another country!
Many of us decided to visit Ireland because of The Corrs, I was one of them.
I expanded my horizons with this band.
Corrs was absolutely essential in my life.
Because I grew up with them.
It was a time in my life that I didn't pay attention
to the things that I liked.
So I had to go through some difficult and disappointing situations
to be able to find myself.
And during that time, I found The Corrs.
I was very shy.
I didn't believe in myself.
I didn't think I could be good at something.
I didn't think I deserved to have friends.
They helped me find myself.
It was a tough time at my job, at school, with my family...
My parents had just gotten a divorce.
So Corrs helped me through a lot. I could get into my own world.
I saw her with the violin in a TV commercial
and I knew that was it, that's what I had to do.
But I always had time to get home and play the violin.
I put the DVDs on and...
And I watched her playing and played with her.
The weird kid at school turned into the kid with the violin.
And the violin kid was much more respected,
and had... I don't know...
A voice.
Maybe I wouldn't have been able to go through what I went through
if I hadn't played with her at night.
It was like a therapy.
It rescued me in many ways, and continues to rescue me.
It's incredible.
I listened to their songs and felt like the right advices for me.
I thought I couldn't go on but I listened to the songs and...
I felt renewed. And I met so many people!
Many good people, that have been part of my life, for 13 years...
Like Julia, 13 years in my life.
And through The Corrs I met the person that was...
for the time that she had, she was my best friend, and...
It's hard. I miss her very much.
And the biggest impact was the friendships.
The friendships, of course!
The friends I've made.
Friends from all over Brazil.
It's the friends I've met because of The Corrs.
How many friends I've made! The impact is...
Immeasurable!
Unfortunately she's not with us anymore.
I didn't have any of this. I didn't...
I don't have many friends where I live.
And no one there likes The Corrs, anything like that.
It's just you guys!
But it was the biggest impact that The Corrs had in my life.
The most important thing was the friendships.
And it's only because of their music that we met each other.
Great friends!
My best friends!
The ones I care most about, that I talk to more often.
The ones that mean the most to me.
The wonderful people that The Corrs brought to me.
For the rest of my life, friends. True friends, that I can trust.
We meet all the time,
and they've been with me on good and bad moments.
We shared laughs and tears.
And I'm sure they'll be around for a long time.
We formed a family.
I used to play alone. At home, learned the songs by myself.
Not anymore.