A number of months in the past information unfold like wildfire that George Strait was going to be headlining a live performance at Clemson and the celebrities aligned. David and I’ve all the time wished to see the the king of nation carry out and when he popped up 45 minutes from our dwelling ON our anniversary, it was decided- we needed to go!
We debated ought to it’s simply the 2 of us or the entire household and in the end determined it might be fairly particular for us all to go. I set my calendar to alert me when tickets went on sale then hovered over the get tickets button on October 27 to get within the queue as shortly as doable.
I felt like I used to be fairly quick on the button so I used to be shocked I used to be no 1,575 in line. With my coronary heart racing and palms sweating (I take my duty of securing good seats critically) I watched the queue tick down till it was my flip for tickets. As soon as into the system they had been disappearing quick so I used to be grateful I had a plan and grabbed 4 decrease stage and checked out ASAP.
Fortunately David and I had talked forward of time to debate the worth of tickets so it wasn’t a whole shock, however as somebody who doesn’t attend quite a lot of occasions, it all the time catches me off guard simply how pricy these experiences may be.
Out of pure curiosity I logged again in an hour later to see if the occasion was offered out and my jaw hit the ground after I noticed that ticket gross sales had been arrange with dynamic pricing and the seats I had paid for an hour earlier had now quadrupled in value. I had no concept concert events utilized dynamic pricing and I abruptly felt a bit of higher concerning the quantity we had paid. Our value was now the worth of the nosebleeds. Really, I used to be shocked.
Time ticked by because it does and shortly sufficient Could 2 arrived and it was live performance day! The live performance began at 6:00 and we knew we wished to get there a bit of early to wander campus, so we headed out round 12:30.
Site visitors was constructing however not horrible after we arrived and we received a parking spot at a church .7 miles from the stadium for $20 and referred to as it a win. We arrange a mini tailgate for a couple of to take pleasure in some snacks and drinks and toss a soccer earlier than determined to move in the direction of campus.
It was a gorgeous day and the streets had been buzzing with power. Folks in cowboy hats and boots had been all over the place you appeared. I began the exploration in my boots, however opted midway into exploring to return to the truck for my sneakers as a substitute. An excellent selection.
We had such a enjoyable time individuals watching, wandering campus, and having fun with the attractive day that quickly sufficient it was time to move to the live performance!
The climate was perfect for an out of doors live performance. Threats of rain had circulated previous to the day however moreover a couple of sprinkles in the course of the opening act, temperatures stayed round 60 levels and the skies had been clear. Completely stunning climate!
We knew we had come to see King George so we had been fortunately caught off guard on the stellar efficiency placed on by Cody Johnson. The person has true expertise and a pure charisma with the group. He did his job impressively effectively, getting everybody hyped, and singing some bangers himself. Did I tear up throughout Dust Low-cost like I all the time do? After all. In reality when he began taking part in it Hailey checked out me and stated “oh no, mother, right here it comes.” Ha 🙂
Between Cody and the principle act we went for meals and drinks. We had been shocked at how sick ready they had been for the group contemplating that Clemson isn’t any stranger to massive soccer recreation crowds. The strains had been all lengthy (30-45 minutes), they ran out of pizza earlier than George even got here on, and the one meals accessible was popcorn and chips. No huge deal, in fact, however simply shocking and completely blew my plan to have us all eat on the live performance. Whoops.
We chowed down as a substitute on popcorns, M&Ms, Coke, and seltzers. Kaitlyn was on cloud 9. However only a heads up for any buddies heading there for Morgan Wallen this summer time.
Lastly, it was time, and the group roared as George Strait made his technique to the stage (which rotated totally giving everybody a head on view of the music all night time, which was fairly cool).
George.
Wow.
I actually don’t even know the place to start.
To begin with the person makes 73 look darn good. However actually, wow, you possibly can inform he’s only a pure, born to sing these songs for a crowd. He was phenomenal.
We sang alongside and danced together with the remainder of the 90,000+ individuals, absorbing each minute of the two hours of George. He had an ideal mix of songs to sing, which was in all probability arduous to curate based mostly on what number of hits he has. My favorites included Troubadour, in fact, Examine Sure or No, How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls, and Run, however actually it’s straightforward to overlook simply what number of superb songs he sings and we loved all of them.
After he left the stage the group chanted another tune and he returned for an encore of some extra songs, lastly ending it appropriately with The Cowboy Rides Away.
What an evening!
It was completely unimaginable and I don’t even thoughts the truth that it took hours to get out of there due to the gridlocked site visitors (straightforward for me to say, as I used to be nodding off within the automobile whereas David dealt with it, however simply one other heads up for any Morgan Wallen live performance goers).
We received dwelling round 2:00 AM with drained our bodies however very blissful hearts. I’m so glad we received to share this expertise as a household. King George can nonetheless declare the throne of nation music; a dwelling legend certainly.
Oh, and blissful 17 years to my boo factor, in fact. Don’t know the way I received so fortunate to get to do life with him, however I don’t take a minute of it as a right. <3
