Thirteen Things I Learned at the Brad Paisley Concert
My husband, kids and I got the Country MegaTicket for the summer which gets us into eight different country concerts at Walnut Creek Amphitheater over the summer. (By the way, do you pronounce it am-fi-theater or do you feel that the "h" is silent, making it amp-i-theater?) Every time we go, I learn something new and it seems like this week I learned more than usual.
1. If Alison Krauss appears on the upper level of the stage singing "Whiskey Lullabye" with Brad Paisley, she is just a hologram.
2. I have a lot of fun doing stuff with my husband and son (and my daughter if she'll stay and hang out with us!)
3. My daughter's friend Courtney claims to not like country music...but if I looked as good as she does in a cowboy hat, I'd LEARN to love it. My pink-cowboy-hatted daughter looks fab AND loves the music.
4. The natural drama that prevails in the life of a teen is exacerbated at a concert. I'm (fortunately) not talking about my daughter here. But I saw lots of crying and angry carrying on as I navigated the young people on the way to the bathroom.
5. Outside of every country music concert, they should post a life-sized poster of a girl in short-shorts and cowboy boots, in a heap on the floor, her friend holding her hair back as she pukes. The cute cowboy-boot & short-shorted girls should see on the way in what they could end up looking like by the end of the night. It's very sad.
6. People are REALLY nice...especially here in the South. We had our friends with us and their 9 year old daughter. I went up to get water and saw that they offered a soda in a souvenir cup. I was pretty sure my friends didn't want her all hopped up on sugar, so I asked how much it would be to just buy the cup. The lady said it was $6 whether it was filled with soda or not. So, of course, being a sap, I bought it. When I turned to walk away, the guy behind me stuck $6 in the cup and said, "That's for you...you shouldn't have had to pay that much when you didn't even get anything in it." How's that for a random act of kindness?
7. Jewel likes to yodel. There are lots of people who like to hear her yodel. I am not one of them.
8. If you try to avoid the long line for the ladies' room by going in the men's room, security will throw you out. I swear that I only know this from overhearing it in the bathroom line. 25 years ago, I would have known from personal experience.
9. Some people should really think twice before going shirtless at a concert:
10. Some people take great pictures of themselves (my friends Shirley and Gary):
11. Most high school kids at the concert do not seem to want to hang out with their parents. We saw Haley exactly once and Shirley's son Michael exactly none.
12. The probability of rain is inversely proportional to the amount of rain gear you bring: 87-cent ponchos from Wal-Mart (check), large garbage bags for under the blanket (check), hooded raincoats (check), two umbrellas (check)...amount of rain...NONE!!!
13. I have even MORE fun with my husband and son if I'm wearing a cowboy hat!
Di
Hmmmm, Ive never heard of him. It looks like you had a great time. Happy TT.
Posted by: Lori | July 23, 2008 at 10:31 PM
I didn't care for the yodeling either.
Posted by: Shirley | July 23, 2008 at 10:38 PM
Di,
Looks like every generation had fun!
Posted by: SandyCarlson | July 24, 2008 at 01:06 AM
It's amFi-theatre. From the Greek.
You look good in a cowboy hat!
Posted by: Nicholas | July 24, 2008 at 02:25 AM
Yup, amFItheater, or if you're talking Hebrew you can get away with just saying "amfi" if you like.
Funny how different country concerts sound from the rock concerts I used to go to as a teenager - those were definitely not multi-generational. I like that your whole family can all go together and enjoy themselves (even if your kids do split off).
Posted by: Robin | July 24, 2008 at 07:41 AM
You look great in the hat!!
Posted by: Leigh | July 24, 2008 at 08:31 AM
it looks like you had fun!
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Posted by: she | July 24, 2008 at 08:46 AM
Did he sing the song about the Dad that didn't have to be. I love that one.
Keep the hat!
Posted by: colleen | July 24, 2008 at 09:45 AM
Did he sing the song about the Dad that didn't have to be. I love that one.
Keep the hat!
Posted by: colleen | July 24, 2008 at 09:45 AM
Yes daughter's friend looks like she was born to be a country star! lol
Dude with tats...um...sit down please!
lmao @ you not liking the yodeling. Girl...I don't blame you one bit!
What a great family pic...you are workin that cowboy hat!
Great post!!
Posted by: Opinionated Diva | July 24, 2008 at 10:19 AM