Wrapped Up In You

The moment I heard that Garth Brooks was coming to SLC, I was determined to go. I have been a diehard Garth fan since I was 8 and I had my new Christmas stereo that I would play his CD in over, and over, and over, while I would belt it out. When Josh and I were dating we would pretty much do the same thing, but in a car while we were driving. Needless to say, Garth holds a special place in my heart. And it was a great excuse for a Date Night. I always forget how important it is to make time for date nights because I always want to bring Kallie with us, but it is definitely necessary for Josh and me to have time to enjoy being together. This was the perfect night for it too.

We wanted to get down to the Delta Center (OK, I guess it’s now the Vivint something or other arena, but it will always be the Delta Center to me) early so that we could eat and beat any lines. By the time we ate our Costa Vida and got through security, we still had a good hour and fifteen minutes to spare. We decided to go check out our seats to see how truly bad they were. We hiked up the stairs to make our way to the upper bowl, started walking to our gate while trying to hide how heavy we were breathing from the climb, when a man in a black hoody stopped us to ask us a question. Josh and I both were slightly annoyed because we thought he was trying to sell us something. He asked us where our seats were and we kindly let him know they were clear in the heck at the top. He coyly smiled and said, “not anymore!” and handed us two tickets for the SECOND ROW! Dumbfounded, we just kept staring at him, then the tickets, then back at him asking him how this was possible. He said, “I work for Mr. Brooks, and he likes to take care of his fans.” I had full body chills, the biggest grin I could muster, and told him I wanted to hug him.

We stumbled our way to our seats, still in shock, and couldn’t believe this was really happening. We were waiting for Ashton to pop out saying he punk’d us. But it was real. And it was amazing. I still get giddy thinking about the entire night. We were so close and he sounded so good and all of my life dreams came true. I felt like Garth and I were BFF by the end of the night and I’m sure he felt the same. He sang every song that I loved and I belted each one out with my off-tune voice. Between the singing and the screaming, my voice was gone by the end of the night. Yep, I was that person.

During the show and much to my surprise, John Stockton showed up on stage to present Garth with the banner for him selling the most tickets in SLC ever. I think John got a bigger cheer than Garth did. To top the night off, while Trisha was singing “She’s In Love With The Boy” they were doing a kiss cam. I was half watching it while watching Trisha, when I looked up and saw two very familiar people. Wait a minute! It was Josh and me! I’ve never been on the kiss cam before! Luckily a few friends in the crowd were able to snap a quick picture while we were on the screen. I didn’t want the night to end. It was so fun to spend a night with Josh and I still am reminiscing over everything! Thank you strange man in the black hoody, Garth, John, Josh, and the camera man for truly making it a night to remember.

 

What are some fun date nights you do?

What crazy things have happened to you at a concert?