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\"Erin<\/a>

Erin and Mike Columbare at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards Show in Los Angeles last Sunday.<\/p><\/div>\n

When Erin (Galvin) Columbare, a self-professed \u201cAwards Show Junkie\u201d, learned she won a trip to the 56th<\/sup> Annual Grammy Awards Show in Los Angeles, it was music to her ears.<\/p>\n

The Derry, New Hampshire, resident recently won tickets to a concert through radio station Mix 104.1 and was told her name would be entered into a pool for tickets to the Grammy Awards. She jokingly asked her husband Mike if he could arrange to get his Saturday night work-shift covered and then never gave the Grammys another thought other than to plan on being in front of her television the night of the broadcast.<\/p>\n

Erin, who is the administrative assistant to David Gingerella, NECC\u2019s vice president of finance\/ CFO, was driving down Rte. 495 when the three Mix DJs called to inform her that her name was selected from the nine entries. She got so flustered she had to pull over.<\/p>\n

So, beginning on Saturday morning, the Columbares, who just got married in October, began a 42-hour whirlwind trip to the West Coast. Mix 104.1 paid for the airfare, hotel and tickets to the Grammys. First, the Columbares made a call to their wedding tuxedo supplier, Men\u2019s Warehouse, who arranged for a tuxedo in Mike\u2019s size to be waiting in Los Angeles. Then a relative emailed Erin a photo of a dress from RentTheRunway.com where you can rent red-carpet ready dresses and gowns.<\/p>\n

\"Tickets<\/a>

Tickets to the Grammys that Erin won through a Mix 104.1 radio contest.<\/p><\/div>\n

An early Saturday morning flight took them to California where neither of them had ever visited. After renting a car, they did a little sightseeing including visiting Dodgers Stadium and lunching at In-N-Out Burger (Mike\u2019s idea), and Universal Studio\u2019s Hollywood City Walk.<\/p>\n

After a good night\u2019s sleep, with the help of their smart phones, they located a salon featuring a Grammy Awards special where Erin had her makeup and hair professionally done.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was fun,\u201d she says, \u201cto feel like a princess\u201d.<\/p>\n

While they didn\u2019t get to walk the \u201cred carpet\u201d like the Grammy luminaries, Erin says they sat in the balcony section of the Staples Center where they did see some lesser known American Idol contestants. In their seats by 4:45 p.m. the show began at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

All the performances, she says, were spectacular. One highlight, she says, which was not broadcast, was Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr singing Happy Birthday to one of the show\u2019s producers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was such fun,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was a once in a lifetime trip. We took in everything we could and enjoyed every minute. We knew it would never happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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