The Sign @ Gatufesten

The big projection screen pops on, the first few beats sound, and the crowd understands that the encore is nothing less than The Sign. Jonas walks back to his keyboard, which still has the little car toy on it. The blue lights and smoke appear once again.



Anna, Susanna and Linnéa run back onstage to sing the first few lines. They encourage us to sing along. Ulf joins them and points the mic toward the crowd.





Jenny arrives onstage once again and steps onto the lower platform as she sings her first lines, adding more vocal flourishes to the song.





She walks toward Jonas, nearly tripping on part of the stage as she steps up to meet him. She uses him to break her fall but manages to keep singing, laughing through some of the vocals. Jakob is grinning and Jonas just shrugs it off.




Jenny gets back to center stage, pointing to everyone in the crowd as she sings the stars line. Shen then asks us to sing along and we do just that, "Oooohh ooohh ooohh oooh oooh! Is enough, enough?"







Ulf and Jenny sing together, then Jonas and Jenny sing a line together. Jenny adds a few vocal pieces here and there throughout the instrumental before the bridge begins.





We're told "Everyone, sing along!" No problem. "I SAW THE SIGN!" We dance to the beat and sing as loudly as possible as the song lyrics fly by on the projection screen.



The three ladies join Jenny at the front. Ulf joins them as well and waives his hands in the air along with Jenny, getting the crowd involved once again. Jonas also joins their effort to get the crowd into it. It works and a large portion of the people are swaying their hands to the beat.







The song nears the end and they finish up their last lines. They stand and recieve recognition from the crowd. We whistle, clap, cheer, yell, scream, stamp our feet - make whatever noise we can to let them know we appreciate the performance. The three band members stand and smile.





The crowd is still cheering as Jenny begins to sing the final, slower TS vocals. This point signals the end of the concert and I think to myself, "It's over already? It just started!"

But then, I realize this concert is one of three. "I get to do this two more times!", I think to myself and laugh. I feel extremely thankful to be able to take part in experiences like this.

The band members triumphantly raise their hands as the last notes fade. They motion to Linnéa, Susanna, Anna and Jakob to come to the front and receive the credit they are due for a great performance. Ulf says something, which no one can hear because we're all screaming too loudly to hear anything. Everyone takes a bow twice then they all exit offstage.





Jenny gives a final wave as they all disappear offstage.