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It all started back in August 2014 when both Ian and Adonah met at Cal U of PA (a.k.a Penn West/West Penn power lol) during both band and choir camp. Adonah decided to make the bold move to ask Ian out to officially meet in person. From that night on something clicked between the two of them. Who would have thought that on August 22, 2014 they officially started dating 8 years later: Ian and Adonah have lived together for three years, have grown together, but most importantly their love grew even more. From concerts, to beaches, to Steeler games and other fun adventures Ian and Adonah share a lot of the same interests & music especially when it came to The 1975. On December 17,2022 Ian proposed to Adonah at their favorite band’s concert the 1975 during their set “All I need to hear” Her story: Here I am waking up in the early hours barely containing my excitement for the adventure we had planned for the day: it was the 1975 concert & I was so pumped to see them live with my best friend! I noticed Ian seemed a bit off when we were getting ready, but I just figured he’s excited for the concert as well. It’s funny because when we left I was wondering in the back of my mind why Ian was acting a little out of character. I brushed off the thought, turned up the music, and jammed out to our playlist we had created earlier. We drove up to the venue early to find parking since we knew people would be lined up at the door anyways. Before the concert we went to Primanti’s to eat & pregame a little, but I kept noticing Ian going to the bathroom more frequent than usual. In my mind I’m thinking “was it something he ate from the previous night that’s making me go to the bathroom constantly?” Regardless, we had our lovely voodoo ranger (3 rounds lol) before calling the Uber to head back to the venue. Once we get to the venue we check out where our seats are first and then we went to check out the different merch stands. After looking at the merchandise we decided to get one last drink before the show started. As we get our drinks we also had a bottle of water and I went to put the bottle in Ian’s pocket, but he quickly switched over to the other pocket & screamed “WRONG POCKET” which I didn’t think anything of it since I thought his phone was in that pocket. We make our way down to the floor section watched the opening act and then it was time for the 1975 to perform. I’m already an emotional mess since I love this band & this was our 3rd time seeing them live (plus this album is a top fave of mine too). While the 1975 is playing “All I need to hear” I feel a tug on my arm and look back to see this man on one knee asking me to marry him. At this point I really couldn’t stop crying happy tears I was just so surprised & I’m happy I didn’t ruin this surprise for myself. We danced, cried, laughed and kissed as the band kept playing. After their set was done all I hear is Ian scream “WE’RE ENGAGED!” I never in a million years could have imagined being proposed to at a concert & hands down most magical memory to date (until our wedding day of course lol) His story: My alarm strikes 7:00am on December 17, 2022, but I might as well have not set it, I couldn’t sleep much overnight. I knew what today was and the excitement was already getting the better of me. Only I really knew how this day was going to end, and it took every fiber of my being not to let the nerves win. I had a ring hidden in our bedroom for months. I had tickets for our favorite act, The 1975. It was all coming together (read that again in Kronk’s voice). Unfortunately, Adonah knows me too well! She already sensed I was acting weird, not talking very much, all so I could contain the excitement that was building inside of me that I was getting nauseous from the mere thought of doing the biggest thing I have ever planned in my life: asking my best friend for her hand in marriage! Let me tell yinz, THANK GOD SHE OFFERED TO DRIVE! We got to the concert venue early to get good parking (like she always gets 😏) and go somewhere beforehand to pre-game; we settled for primanti’s. And what perfect timing, it’s happy hour! Which means cheap drinks, and guess who got us three rounds? Did I already mention that I’m nauseous from the excitement of proposing? Well as I’m sure you could guess, three rounds can do a lot to a guy with that sort of thing in his head. It could mellow him out, or could just increase the anxiety. Don’t count on me winning any acting awards because she definitely could tell I was acting different. Anyway, we finally get to the venue, I’m making sure I got the ring safe and secure. We stop at the drink stand to get another round; I’m holding both our cans in each hand and ask her to just shove my wallet in my back pocket. “WRONG POCKET!” I shout as she tried to put it into the pocket with the ring. We finally found our standing area on the concert floor. The 1975 have taken the stage. “This is it.” I think to myself, knowing full well we were gonna be walking out of this show an engaged couple (I’m that confident can’t you tell 😉). Couple songs go by, we’re singing and dancing and laughing and crying from just living in this moment. Finally, their song “all I need to hear” begins to play, and tears already begin forming in my eyes because I knew it was the perfect song. Everyone in attendance has their phone flashlight on and up in the air but me it seems. That’s because I asked the one attendant closest to me if he could take our picture when I propose on my phone. Finally, they reach the climax of the song, “you know where to find me, the place that we’ve been all these years” and my knee begins to bend. She could feel me going down and turns around, to see me on one knee, ring box in hand, and I open it to reveal the ring. Next thing I know, she’s down crying tears of joy, people around us cheering and yelling, the band playing beautifully in the background. Boom, I nailed it; I gave her the greatest gift I could’ve possibly given her, and she reciprocated in kind with a tight hug, a long kiss, her tears making my cheek wet. As the song wraps, I exclaimed “WE’RE ENGAGED!” And it could not have happened any more perfect in my mind. No regrets. To October 2024, baby! 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻

All I need to hear 

Our Story

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Iscah Perry

Thamar Perry

Jordan McDowell

Amy Dotson (Dunn)

Maya Tomlin 

Josh Laxner

Erica Jones

Nathan Bodnar

Stan Dotson

Michael Jones

Rob Anderson 

Aaron Jones

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J & D Cellars

Tanger Outlets

Primanti Bro's

Seafood Tango

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