Celebrating 17 Years Seeing George Strait in Clemson

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 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 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 potential.

I felt like I used to be fairly quick on the button so I used to be stunned I used to be no 1,575 in line. With my coronary heart racing and palms sweating (I take my duty of securing good seats severely) 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 stage and checked out ASAP.

Fortunately David and I had talked forward of time to debate the worth of tickets so it wasn’t a whole shock, however as somebody who doesn’t attend plenty of occasions, it all the time 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 bought 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 concert events utilized dynamic pricing and I all of a sudden felt a bit 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 Could 2 arrived and it was live performance day! The live performance began at 6:00 and we knew we needed to get there a bit early to wander campus, so we headed out round 12:30.

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 known as it a win. We arrange a mini tailgate for just a few to get pleasure from some snacks and drinks and toss a soccer earlier than determined to go in the 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 seemed. 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 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 perfect for an out of doors live performance. Threats of rain had circulated previous to the day however moreover just a few sprinkles throughout the opening act, temperatures stayed round 60 levels and the skies had been clear. Completely stunning 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 Dust Low-cost like I all the time do? After all. Actually 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 primary act we went for meals and drinks. We had been stunned at how in poor health 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 accessible was popcorn and chips. No large 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 pals heading there for Morgan Wallen this summer time.

Lastly, it was time, and the group roared as George Strait made his strategy to the stage (which rotated absolutely 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 possibly can 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 awesome 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, Verify Sure or No, How ‘Bout Them Cowgirls, and Run, however actually 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 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 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 happy 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 happy 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