"We are going through the same stuff," Taets said. Her friend Savannah Ashmore said she screamed when she found out she had a ticket to the show.

"They're hot and they're pure," Ashmore said of the singers.

Other Jonas fans were a little older. Roy Simmons, 42, was wearing a shirt he made himself. The shirt read, "I go to Jonas Brothers' concerts cuz that's how I roll." He and his two teenage daughters have already been to one of the brothers' shows and plan to go to another.

Other fans, like the Elliot family from Boise, came to the stadium for the fireworks that lit up the sky and ended the night with a bang.

"I just like the colors and the boom," Dillon Elliot, 11, said.

Earlier in the day, about a quarter of a million people lined the streets from Provo High School on University Avenue to the corner of 900 East and Center Street, all awaiting the Grand Parade that started at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Some had been there for several hours and even camped out in front of Provo City Library at Academy Square the night before.

As the parade started with the color guard passing by, people stood to honor the American flag, putting their hands over their hearts.

They sat back down on chairs, blankets and even air mattresses as floats from various cities, companies, organizations and schools glided down the streets filled with spectators sometimes 20 people deep.

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