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 needed to see the the king of nation carry out and when he popped up 45 minutes from our house 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 finally 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 potential.
I felt like I used to be fairly quick on the button so I used to be stunned I used to be #1,575 in line. With my coronary heart racing and palms sweating (I take my duty of securing good seats significantly) 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 degree and checked out ASAP.
Fortunately David and I had talked forward of time to debate the worth of tickets so it wasn’t an entire 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 will 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 once 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 worth. I had no thought live shows utilized dynamic pricing and I immediately felt somewhat higher in regards to the quantity we had paid. Our worth was now the worth of the nosebleeds. Actually, I used to be shocked.
Time ticked by because it does and shortly sufficient Might 2 arrived and it was live performance day! The live performance began at 6:00 and we knew we needed to get there somewhat early to wander campus, so we headed out round 12:30.
Site visitors was constructing however not horrible once we arrived and we bought 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 just a few to take pleasure in some snacks and drinks and toss a soccer earlier than determined to go in direction of campus.
It was a wonderful day and the streets had been buzzing with power. Individuals 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 folks watching, wandering campus, and having fun with the gorgeous day that quickly sufficient it was time to go to the live performance!
The climate was preferrred for an out of doors live performance. Threats of rain had circulated previous to the day however apart from just a few sprinkles throughout the opening act, temperatures stayed round 60 levels and the skies had been clear. Completely lovely 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 Grime Low cost like I all the time do? After all. The truth is 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 primary act we went for meals and drinks. We had been stunned at how sick ready they had been for the group contemplating that Clemson is not any stranger to giant soccer recreation crowds. The traces had been all lengthy (30-45 minutes), they ran out of pizza earlier than George even got here on, and the one meals obtainable was popcorn and chips. No massive deal, in fact, however simply stunning 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 pals heading there for Morgan Wallen this summer season.
Lastly, it was time, and the group roared as George Strait made his option to the stage (which rotated absolutely giving everybody a head on view of the music all evening, 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 may 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+ folks, absorbing each minute of the two hours of George. He had an excellent mix of songs to sing, which was in all probability onerous to curate primarily based on what number of hits he has. My favorites included Troubadour, in fact, Examine Sure or No, How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls, and Run, however truthfully it’s simple to overlook simply what number of wonderful songs he sings and we loved all of them.
After he left the stage the group chanted yet one more 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 unbelievable and I don’t even thoughts the truth that it took hours to get out of there due to the gridlocked visitors (simple 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 bought house round 2:00 AM with drained our bodies however very completely satisfied hearts. I’m so glad we bought to share this expertise as a household. King George can nonetheless declare the throne of nation music; a dwelling legend certainly.
Oh, and completely satisfied 17 years to my boo factor, in fact. Don’t know the way I bought so fortunate to get to do life with him, however I don’t take a minute of it with no consideration. <3
