Daddy's First Country Music Concert

and it was GEORGE STRAIT, my FAVORITE country music singer of all time. When I first found out he was coming to our area (which was a first for him), I immediately looked to see when tickets were going on sale. Well, I was going to be at another engagement with no Internet AND I didn't know if we'd have anyone to watch CC, so I just decided that it wasn't meant to be for me to attend the concert.

Fast forward to Friday, June 12. I was running errands in preparation for CC's birthday party and every song on the radio was George Strait. So, I called Nutz and asked if he wanted to go AND if grandma and grandpa might watch CC. Yes and yes! I immediately went online and bought 2 lawn tickets; thank goodness the concert wasn't sold out.

George was FANTASTIC! It seems like he just gets better with age. The first time I saw him was in 1986 (I think that's the correct year). His first single, Unwound, debuted in 1981 so George was still fairly new to Country Music. I remember the concert like it was yesterday. It was a warm afternoon in Plant City, FL at the annual Strawberry Festival. George was super cute and I loved his belt buckle and BUTT. I took plenty of pictures and will "dig them out" one of these days. This was the first of many George Strait concerts for me. The last two concerts I attended were in Tampa (1995) and Orlando (1996). At the Tampa show I had 2nd row seats and at the Orlando show I had front row seats. You may ask, "how did you get those"? Well, I was a member of the fan club and each September when tickets went on sale, I took the day off from work (teaching at the time) and drove 2 hours (to Tampa or Orlando) to stand in line. Fan Club members were able to purchase tickets before the general public. George Strait made it all worthwhile standing in line in the hot sun.

Thanks grandma and granpa for hanging out with Regan so I could see my all-time favorite country music singer AND so I could take my sweet Yankee husband to his first country music concert. I think he enjoyed himself (minus me singing the words to everysong). Oh yeah, not just me singing the words to every song but the entire audience. I had no idea there were so many George Strait fans in the area but I sure am glad there are. I hope he decides to make a return trip.

A great date night: Nutz and George! :-)