Months ago Bobby and I snagged tickets to see Carrie Underwood and I was delighted when the Joneses decided to join the party. Concert date nights are ALWAYS my favorite and I had been looking forward to being Blown Away for more days than I could count.
We had a little (lot) of dinner at the Kayne Prime. Kayne, not Kanye, that's another concert. Little steak for the men, little fish for the ladies. It was delish and the atmosphere was cozy.
I must remember to take note that my pictures from this concert are definitely less than desirable. Ever since the Keith Concert Camera Catastrophe I'm afraid to try to take my camera in for fear that Bobby will have to hoof it a mile back to our car because it's "illegal". Anywho, my little iphone did the trick...sorta. No matter how good they say those phone cameras are, they just really aren't.
Opener: Hunter Hayes. Cute young man. Quite possibly the Justin Beiber of country music. Speaking of Justin Beiber, I'm available if anyone needs a chaperone for their tween at his upcoming concert. Just contact me privately. Back to Hunter, I knew a couple of his songs. One in particular that I really like from the radio and yes, I did sing aloud.
During his performance he was presented with an award for.....well, I can't remember because I'm so late in blogging this concert. In any case he was really excited and thanked us fans a least 37 times. Bobby wanted to hold up heart hands like people do for Taylor Swift but when it came right down to it he chickened out. I literally begged him to do it. Just the thought of it is hysterical to me:)
As usual, a concert self portrait:
And out came Carrie....
With the opening she had me all thinking that she was going to start out with "Blown Away" but then she fudged and sang something else.
She had the business in the front, party in the back dress style goin' on this time. I like her legs though so I think she deserves to have them sticking out in the front. We weren't quite close enough to see if she had on spanx this time.
I've been searching high and low for the boots that she wore with this outfit (that you can't really see in this pic) but I haven't been able to find them. It's probably for the best. We DO have to send 4 kids to college and neither Bobby nor myself have Carrie's salary.
For her next set of songs, Carrie came out in a Pred's jersey and cut off jean shorts. Then the little stage she was on lifted into the air and began to float over top of all of us. I love great tickets but this is one time I was uncomfortable being in the good seats. I just knew that stage was going to fall and crush us to smithereens.
Yikes! Could this be the moment I had been fearing??
Nope! All was well and as it floated past us it was actually pretty from afar!
Now, I'm not saying that I'm Giuliana Rancic when it comes to fashion or anything but let it be known that prior to the concert I said, "Metallics are in for fall you know". And, lo and behold, what does Carrie come out in? Metallics. Just call me Sonjanista. That's Sonja and Fashionista meshed.
Next, I thought the same ol' same ol' was going to happen. You know, when there is a duet song at a person's concert and they make you think the other half of the duet is there and it's really a fake on the screen.....nope. Not tonight. The real BP showed up and I screamed so loud that I blew my uvula.
It was a fantastic duet and by the look on her face Carrie was just as surprised as the rest of us. I do love that Brad Paisley!
The grand finale came and it was time for "Blown Away" and I was.
All kinds of wind and confetti blowing around. A perfect ending to another great Carrie Underwood concert!
As always, concert date night=awesome. Concert date night with friends=even better!
