A couple 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 at all times 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 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 #1,575 in line. With my coronary heart racing and palms sweating (I take my accountability 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 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 a number of occasions, it at all times 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 bought 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 live shows utilized dynamic pricing and I abruptly felt a little bit higher concerning the quantity we had paid. Our value was now the worth of the nosebleeds. Actually, 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 little bit early to wander campus, so we headed out round 12:30.
Site visitors was constructing however not horrible after we arrived and we obtained a parking spot at a church .7 miles from the stadium for $20 and known as it a win. We arrange a mini tailgate for a number of to take pleasure in some snacks and drinks and toss a soccer earlier than determined to move in direction of campus.
It was an attractive day and the streets have been buzzing with vitality. Folks in cowboy hats and boots have been in every single place you regarded. 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 splendid for an outside live performance. Threats of rain had circulated previous to the day however apart from a number of sprinkles through 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 group. He did his job impressively properly, getting everybody hyped, and singing some bangers himself. Did I tear up throughout Filth Low cost like I at all times do? In fact. In reality when he began taking part in 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 ailing ready they have been for the group contemplating that Clemson isn’t any stranger to massive soccer sport 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 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 buddies heading there for Morgan Wallen this summer season.
Lastly, it was time, and the group roared as George Strait made his solution 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 start with the person makes 73 look darn good. However actually, wow, you’ll be able to 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 important mix of songs to sing, which was most likely laborious to curate based mostly on what number of hits he has. My favorites included Troubadour, in fact, Test 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 another track 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 visitors (simple for me to say, as I used to be nodding off within the automotive whereas David dealt with it, however simply one other heads up for any Morgan Wallen live performance goers).
We obtained dwelling round 2:00 AM with drained our bodies however very pleased hearts. I’m so glad we obtained to share this expertise as a household. King George can nonetheless declare the throne of nation music; a dwelling legend certainly.
Oh, and pleased 17 years to my boo factor, in fact. Don’t know the way I obtained so fortunate to get to do life with him, however I don’t take a minute of it without any consideration. <3
