Wow, 2 shows in 3 days, in different states! That's a stretch even for me! On Friday, my friend Marianne and I went to the NC State Fair to see Third Day perform as part of their Fall Revelation Tour. We arrived plenty early but I was still feeling poorly from the cold I had earlier in the week and am afraid I was not very good fair company.
We got a bite of Fair Food - nothing deep fried - sorry and got ready for our meet and greet. Ran into Karen (@GoHybrid) outside the venue. We went in when the doors opened and found our way to the Wired table to get our Meet and Greet passes. Wendy (@sirmax70) was helping to pass out the wrist bands. Finally we meet! Went to our M&G with about 100 people with VIP passes plus the Wired folks. Got our stuff autographed and then returned for pictures. While we were in the basement tunnels, the fire alarm went off almost deafining us! Because it was a fair show, we didn't get to chat with the guys so we went to find our seats. Second row center. Best seats yet. In front of us was Traci and Jamie from
www.thirddaypix.blogspot.com. They had driven to 3 shows in 3 days in 3 states. Raleigh was their second show. I was taking pictures with my new camera and after a short while I decided to put it away and just enjoy the pictures that would be online when Traci and Jamie put the show on their website.
The show was phenominal as usual. Glory Revealed did not open the show as the band could only perform for a certain amount of time and it was not enough time for both bands, but several of the artists including Laura Story and Trevor Morgan joined in for a song or two. The band performed "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" and all of Glory Revealed joined in. It was excellent and very entertaining as the musicians danced accross the stage and was really into the performance. Look it up on youtube! After the show, there was an after party about 20 miles away where Glory Revealed was putting on a free performance but I came back to Fayetteville, as I was going to see them on Sunday. Sunday morning, my mom and I headed out to Charlottesville, VA for show #2. We arrived at 2 pm and after getting checked into my hotel, I headded to the Charlottesville Pedestrian Mall where I was to meet my gomer buddies before the show.
I got to the parking garage and saw a lady who looked familiar but I did not speak and went about my business of finding my way to Chapps Ice Cream Parlor. Found it and once inside was greeted by Mary (@marmoo68), Terry (@apostlethatroks), Roma, Cindee, and Candace. Right behind me was Barb (the lady I saw in the parking garage). We sat and laughed and had a bite to eat. While we're sitting there, Mary points and yells out "There goes Mark Lee". Right about that time, Terry pushes me out of my seat in the booth so that she can go flag him down. All I'm thinking about is my set list which is sitting between us and how I don't want it crinkled! I grab my folder and get out of the way. At the same time, Mary is buldozing Barb out of her way! They ran to the door and yelled for Mark. He turned around and waved but kept going. We laughed about how Barb and I were almost casualties of a Mark Lee sighting! One of the ladies who worked there thought we had seen a roach! We had to explain what was going on to the poor lady! Hence the Mark Lee-cockroach sighting caption on the picture on Mary's Facebook!
Later we got to the venue met up with Jeanie and Gregg, and had our Meet and Greet/condensed version - better known as a "Sharpie Drive-By", had a great group picture made with the band and boy was it cold. About 40 degrees with a breeze. We had front row seats and was right in front of Mac Powell. He kept throwing his guitar picks to us, but I never got one. Everyone else around me did. Finally after DWDTG, Jason Hoard tossed his. I called it and Mary put her foot on it. I remember yelling "it's mine" and she said "I know I'm holding it for you!" It could have been a $10,000 funniest home video I'm sure!
I never had so much fun at a concert before. Getting to enjoy it with your Gomer friends makes the music so much sweeter! I can't wait for the cruise and getting to meet more friends and visiting for longer.
When we were leaving, I looked at the pick and it had Mac Powell's signature on it! Guess I got one of Mac's picks afterall!
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