Update from Invesco

By: Kid Reporter Ashlyn Stewart

A palpable excitement in Invesco Field is buzzing around the stadium.  The cheering, whooping, and hollering is almost deafening.  Currently, everyone is anticipating Obama's speech, but let me catch you up on what has happened so far...

Sheryl Crow gave a great performance, singing three songs.  One spoke of the change Obama promises.  Her other songs were about taking the thoughts from our minds, and placing them in our hearts, and getting closer to people we love . The whole stadium was up on their feet, dancing in the small amount of space we each have.

Many people spoke before the next major music event: Stevie Wonder.  Stevie performed two songs, and captured the stadium with his amazing voice and lyrics.

After Stevie, our Scholastic group decided we needed to get some dinner.  As we were leaving, we  were told we couldn't get back in.  We grabbed a few hot dogs and tried to hurry back into the field.  They had closed all the entrances that have floor access, and our section was one of them.  After jogging around trying to find an open entrance, we crowed in with a group of other people also trying to get back to their seats.  After about 10 minutes, a lot of explaining, squishing, and showing credentials, we were back in our seats just in time to miss Al Gore.

With a few minutes to go before  Obama's acceptance speech, people are trying to find a food stand that hasn't sold out and are digging through their bags, preparing their cameras, so that they can capture the moment that will forever more be apart of history: Obama accepting the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States of America!

Photo: An Obama delegate pauses for a picture at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, on August 28, 2008. Photo by Suzanne Freeman