The road trip itself was delightful. The big white poofy clouds were the lovely sort where you see all kinds of critter shapes. They looked so innocent. Little did we expect that their poofiness would turn evil.
Evil really is in the eye of the beholder I reckon. Rain is a good thing. Especially for our drought stricken cornfields here in Ohio. But as far as rain goes, the kind that brings lightning can suck it.
The Streetsboro Family Days is one of those nice little town events that brings a couple thousand out to mingle with each other, eat fair foods and listen to the free shows provided by the city. This year was their 10 yr celebration. The entertainment this year was of course Little Texas. (or else I wouldn’t be writing this now would I?) I was just excited when we rolled up into the festival and found out that one of the booths was selling one dollar hotdogs. I ain’t nothing if I ain’t frugal and dollar hotdogs meant hubby would be a happy camper cause he could eat his fill of his favorite food.
We roamed the smallish festival while sharing a chocolate ice cream cone. We staked out our seats for the show. The city was gracious enough to provide metal chairs for seating so we didn’t need ours. My butt wasn’t very thankful but I thought them providing seating was nice. We haven’t been to many festivals that did that.
We picked out some seats right in the front row but we were moved to the fourth row after being told the first couple rows were for sponsors. We completely understood and we chatted with the “Guy in Charge” for a few telling him that we drove all the way from the Cincinnati Ohio area to be here for our 40th Little Texas show. Of course goofy me acts all bubbly and super excited like this is my first show rather than 40th. The “Guy in Charge” was happy that we had come up there to enjoy the show. He was impressed with our brand of crazy obsession. I know this because later that evening, he come and got me and Donald for a meet and greet with LT. Of course goofy me gets all googly starry eyed like I’ve never met the guys before. Just cause that 12 yr old girl inside of me can not believe I’m living this dream where I get to “meet and greet” my favorite band. My inner 12 yr old girl would have never believed what this 33 yr old lady gets to do.
So we get escorted back to the meet and greet tent with a few others, me bouncing the whole way. “Guy in Charge” seemed pleased to offer us this opportunity even making comment that he wanted us back here because we were such big fans. The guys walk in. “Guy in Charge” says, “Fellas, these are some of your biggest fans.” The guys smile and say “Hi” and when Porter in particular lays his eyes on us, he shakes his head laughing. “Guy in Charge” mentions to them that we drove all the way from the Cincy area and the guys are like, “Yeah, we know these two.” I promptly hid behind hubby. So, the guys come around and we all chit chat. The guys introduced themselves and shook our hands. LOL. Porter laughed when I told him how we got pulled from the audience to meet them. Anyways, once that is all over, we return to our seats, me floating on preshow LT high.
Glad we got that chance to hang out then cause the stormy skies had other plans for our fun time. But before that happened, because of the impending rain, a lot of the sponsors didn’t show up to fill the front rows so “Guy in Charge” told us to move up and sit in the front. YAY!! I made a bee line for front center.
Finally, after listening to a couple opening acts, pretty good ones, I might add, it’s show time. Little Texas comes out singing “That’s Why I Brought My Boots”. I really LOVE this song. I love the vibe, the lyrics, everything. The guys were really rocking it out. The potential for a great show was showing itself loud and proud. (just had to add that in there since L&P is one of my fav LT songs lol) We got to hear, “Boots”, “Life Goes On”, “Amy’s Back In Austin”, “Party Life”, and “Some Guys Have All The Love” before the lightning shut us down. Fun was had. I had my beach ball going and Duane threw me a little small one to blow up and get started. The crowd was having a blast. The guys sounded good. I got a few pictures. I got to jump. We danced, we laughed, we sang and just as it was getting good, it had to end. It’s the only show we have been to, to date that got shut down by weather. I was sad. The fangirl in me was even more sad. But, you can’t mess with lightning. I like everyone alive and safe. At least hubby got to hear his favorite song, “Amy’s Back In Austin”. and you can’t really say that the show wasn’t memorable.
So even though it was short, it was sweet. Sweet to be hanging with my best friend (hubby) on a Friday night with our favorite band. So we readily admit, it does suck to travel 4 hrs to hear just a few songs that we’ve heard over and over and will hear over and over again. BUT we also readily admit, that we don’t have any regrets and that we would do it all over again. And that my friends, is what being a crazy, obsessed, dedicated, loyal fangirl is about.
