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| Image from their Facebook page of a NC Symphony concert |
It isn't huge so it didn't feel crazy like other concert venues do. Parking was free. A man in a golf cart asked us if we wanted a ride and dropped us off right at the entrance. You can bring your own lawn chairs. They have pretty good sounding food options even though all I got was a pretzel. You can buy a whole bottle of wine to take back to your seat with cups! You didn't have to walk a mile to get to a bathroom and they were actually clean. The sound was amazing even though we sat pretty far back and you can even still see the stage (as long as rude people aren't standing in front of you).
I also have to mention that there was a severe storm warning that night. They were calling for really bad storms with hurricane force winds. All day I kept an eye on their Facebook page and they did post updates throughout the day. Finally they decided to push back the gate open time from 5:30 to 7pm and the concert would start at 8pm. On my way home from work around 5:15 pm the storms hit pretty hard. The wind was crazy, but by 6:30 pm everything was fine and the storm had actually cooled everything off quite a bit. There was still a tiny bit of rain but not much.
J. Roddy Walston and The Business started out the show and even though I had never heard of them they were pretty good. Next up were the Cold War Kids and they were fabulous as well. Finally The Lumineers came on! I LOVE LOVE LOVE The Lumineers. They are probably the only band that I could sing all of the songs on their album by heart in the last year. They played every song from their album and even some new stuff. The crowd sang along to almost everything. At one point they came out into the middle of the crowd and did a song or two from there! It was probably the best concert I have ever been to!
I would have taken more pictures and video (I did upload one crappy Vine), but my phone was pretty much dead and at one point during "Ho Hey" Wesley, the lead singer, encouraged everyone to put away their phones and be in the moment. I loved that. I hate wasting time tagging, uploading, or making sure I document everything I do. I mean I love it sometimes because I love documenting everything, sharing everything with all of you and I love seeing other's adventures, but he's right. We do need to put away our phones and be in the moment with the people who we're with more often!
The only negative thing about this concert was the parking lot situation after the concert. It was almost midnight and Kristin and I were anxious to get home because it was a school night after all. But the traffic was just not flowing well out of the parking lot. I don't know if they just weren't prepared for it or if someone was new on the job or what. I do not do well in traffic and may have cussed out a few people for pulling out in front of me and threatened the lives of others if they even thought about pulling out in front of me. Once we got out of the parking lot it was great, no traffic at all. They really need to fix that situation.
So that's one thing off my Summer Bucket List- going to see an outdoor concert. I'm going to see Matchbox Twenty in August and possibly some others before the summer is over.
Oh and I have another music update for y'all. Back in 2010 I told y'all about a band I had fallen in love with called Skyfactor. They saw my post and sent me a CD to giveaway to you guys! Well last week they emailed me again to offer me a copy of their latest CD- Signal Strength! I've been listening to it all weekend and I can't wait to tell you all about it and there might even be a giveaway for you! So comeback later this week to see!
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