To Grandmothers House We Go: Lady Antebellum

Summer concert season 2012--a shorter, more condensed version than years 2010 and 2011 but still a winner.  Cara, Mandy and I started this one out with drinks at my grandma's house and walked our way over to CMAC.  Best new concert drink of choice? Champagne, Citron Vodka, Flavored seltzer and cranberry juice.  It tastes great and goes down smooth making for a great starter to the night.

It poured cats and dogs (not to use the most corny description ever) but it did and then the sun came out and the night was great.  We took our hoods off and put the umbrellas away, got our $9 coors lights and made our way around the concert.  In years past we would get to concerts super early for the best seat but we definitely mingled around the entire time--no seat necessary and we definitely saw more people. 

By the end of the show we had found my parents and then a few others friends that we walked down to the front row with.  We could almost touch the members of Lady A..literally. It was amazing.

ON the way home we decided to try and find the tour bus and were halted by security.  We decided it would be smart to trek through the woods back to the other side of the venue so we crouched down and made our way ducking every so often from the yells and flashlights of security.  The night was surely an adventure and we made the best of the one concert we have together...some serious memories were made that will definitely last a lifetime.  I love you girls and will miss you so much this summer.

I'm a BIG kid (I Promise).

Okay okay okay, I was going to wait until exactly a week before the big summer concert season kickoff but I can't wait any longer! I am simply too excited.  In any case, Saturday marks the 1 week countdown to Kristen, Cara, Mandy and I's long journey (I mean 1 1/2 hours is a long way) to Buffalo, NY.  Backstreet Boys and New Kids on The Block will be amazing, common, should I expect less?  When I was at my heightened BSB phase, I want to say hmmm 4th grade, I was clearly too young for such a concert but now I am 20, a junior in college and ready to do it right.

We not only are taking Connie my Corolla but will also probs stop for a nice lunch along the way.  Janene, my mom, got us a Hotel close to the venue so we can taxi back and forth.  Oh, and there is a pool in the Hotel...which better be open after the concert! Champagne toasts are a must.

Summer Concert Season 2011

Last summer my friends and I started a new trend among us of going to the best concert of the summer, and making sure that we went to A LOT of them.  We live next to a great summer concert shell that gets artists like Maroon 5, Sugarland, Kenny Chesney and Jason Mraz.  A mere 2 hour drive from us is Darien Lake which also has a great concert venue--the atmosphere is a bit younger at Darien and has a great pre-concert scene.

To reminisce on summer 2010:

All in all, a great concert season with great memories and some good laughs the next morning.  In total we went to: Sugarland (to kick off the season), Maroon 5, REO Speedwagon, Goo Goo Dolls, Tom Petty and i might be missing out but I think thats it!

This summer?  We have already booked tickets for Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block, a great kick off concert and possibly Journey?