We got to the fairgrounds about 5:30 and went in search of the lines into the concert area. Well we found it and guess who was at the very front?? Our very own "Blue Eyes"!! It was great finally meeting her, very sweet and fun to talk to. The three of us made our way to the end of the line and thought for sure there wasn't a chance at a M&G pass. When I got in and to the souvenir booth, low and behold, there were 5 left, so I lucked out!! I was worried Miss Bunz wasn't gonna get her phone call. We went and found our seats, FRONT ROW baby!! All I can say is WOW!! For all you who are lucky enough to score these amazing seats, be ready to have the time of your life!! All that was between us and the stage was a small walkway and a security guard who was the sweetest and let us get away with quite a bit, LOL. The show started with Joe Nichols, who is even better looking in person and very funny. Then came Tommy Shane Steiner. WOW!! Can you say muscles??!! Although I was only able to see part of his show due to the M&G.

Found my way to the tent where they were holding the meet and greet, stood and talked to Arlene and a few other people until they led us back to where Chris was. Timmy was giving everybody the run down about autographs and pictures when this lady next to me piped up and just went off on him about being "rude". ARRGHHHH!! I wanted to crawl under a rug and hide. She was THE most inconsiderate, disrespectful person and I have to say Timmy handled it very well (although she should have been taken out of the M&G) for being so disruptive and loud. Not only did she say those things to Timmy, she said them to Chris, which made me even more angry with her. Well it was finally my turn. I had Laureen (Bunzai) on the phone and asked if Chris could say hi to her really quick. They talked until they were somehow disconnected. He signed my pics, one of he and I from Jubitz, the other of my license plate frame from my car that says, "THIS CAGLEHEADS PLAYIN IT LOUD". He kind of chuckled and said, "That's on your car? Wow, that is cool!" I gave him the gift that I had for him, 2 pocket angels, 1 for him and 1 for him to give to Elizabeth. He said he loved them and said thank you very much. He told me he hoped I would enjoy the show and I said, how could I not, I'd be in the front row, LOL. I got back out to my seat in time to see the last half of Emerson Drive's show. Then came Chris!!!

He gets better and better every time I see him. He was so full of energy and everyone there was just feeding off of it. I think his throat was bothering him because he was using throat spray throughout the show, but you would never know it by his performance. It was AMAZING!!! He started IBI, IBO and the crowd was singing it louder than he was. So he stopped, told the guys to play and let us sing it to him. The look on his face was priceless.. Me, my 2 friends, and the girls next to us, all put our arms around each other, started swaying back and forth, singing as loud as we could. I have never had so much fun at a concert. Craig, the keyboard guy, was on our side of the stage and saw us down there, he was clapping and giving us the thumbs up, he is absolutely hilarious, LOL!! He played almost everything from Play It Loud and then did Drift Away, Hey Bartender and the Osama song (not sure of the exact title). Chris played for probably 1 1/2hrs and definitely made some new Cagleheads in WA.

The only thing I was bummed about is that he didn't play either of his new songs. After all the hype on the MB, I was so looking forward to hearing them, but all the more surprise when the cd comes out I guess. We hung out and let the people file out and Craig came down and talked to us for a few. He said he loved coming up here to the NW. We talked to him about our first Chris concert at Jubitz and he called it "his old stompin ground". The security guards came and told us we had to leave because they were shutting the gates and he made the comment, Hey, we weren't done talkin yet!! So we said goodbye and told him to make sure Chris comes back to the NW soon.

Well, I think I even got Lisa on this one, what a novel, I hope it isn't too boring, LOL. It was just so much fun I had to tell someone and I know how much y'all like the concert reviews. WHHEEWWW, that was a long one!!! *Stacy*