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 celebs aligned. David and I’ve at all times wished to see the the king of nation carry out and when he popped up 45 minutes from our residence ON our anniversary, it was decided- we needed to go!
We debated ought to or not it’s simply the 2 of us or the entire household and in the end determined it could 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 rapidly as doable.
I felt like I used to be fairly quick on the button so I used to be shocked I used to be number one,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 have 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 value of tickets so it wasn’t a whole shock, however as somebody who doesn’t attend quite a lot of occasions, it at all times 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 have been arrange with dynamic pricing and the seats I had paid for an hour earlier had now quadrupled in value. I had no thought concert events utilized dynamic pricing and I immediately felt somewhat higher in regards to the quantity we had paid. Our value was now the value of the nosebleeds. Really, 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 wished to get there somewhat early to wander campus, so we headed out round 12:30.
Visitors was constructing however not horrible once we arrived and we acquired 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 go in direction of campus.
It was a gorgeous day and the streets have been buzzing with vitality. Folks in cowboy hats and boots have been in every single place you appeared. I began the exploration in my boots, however opted midway into exploring to return to the truck for my sneakers as an alternative. An excellent alternative.
We had such a enjoyable time individuals 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 in addition to a couple of sprinkles throughout the opening act, temperatures stayed round 60 levels and the skies have been clear. Completely lovely climate!
We knew we had come to see King George so we have 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 gang. He did his job impressively properly, getting everybody hyped, and singing some bangers himself. Did I tear up throughout Grime Low cost like I at all times do? After all. The truth is when he began enjoying it Hailey checked out me and mentioned “oh no, mother, right here it comes.” Ha 🙂
Between Cody and the principle act we went for meals and drinks. We have been shocked at how in poor health ready they have been for the gang contemplating that Clemson is not any stranger to massive soccer recreation crowds. The strains have been all lengthy (30-45 minutes), they ran out of pizza earlier than George even got here on, and the one meals out there 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 an alternative on popcorns, M&Ms, Coke, and seltzers. Kaitlyn was on cloud 9. However only a heads up for any mates heading there for Morgan Wallen this summer time.
Lastly, it was time, and the gang roared as George Strait made his solution 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 start 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+ individuals, absorbing each minute of the two hours of George. He had an ideal mix of songs to sing, which was most likely exhausting 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 neglect simply what number of wonderful songs he sings and we loved all of them.
After he left the stage the gang 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 (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 acquired residence round 2:00 AM with drained our bodies however very completely happy hearts. I’m so glad we acquired to share this expertise as a household. King George can nonetheless declare the throne of nation music; a dwelling legend certainly.
Oh, and completely happy 17 years to my boo factor, in fact. Don’t understand how I acquired so fortunate to get to do life with him, however I don’t take a minute of it without any consideration.
