We had tickets to last nights' Opry. We've had them for a while and didn't realize that last night was the kickoff to the CMA Music Fest. There was a special Plaza Party before the Opry. We got to the Plaza around 5:00 and walked around a little, GAC tv had a bus there and you could register for something - the line was long, we didn't bother. There were a couple other booths giving away things, a tire changing contest, lots of stuff to see. At 5: 30 Luke Bryan c
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ame out to the stage to perform. He certainly seemed to be having fun. He played for about an hour, put on quite a show. Lots of interaction with the audience.
There were also a bunch of people walking around with these t-shirts on
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the front had Carrie Underwoods Fan Club logo on it. So I asked a couple girls who were wearing them if they really did get to party with Carrie. They said yes, she does a fan club private concert every year for them. That's kinda cool!!
So we got to our seats and, they were kinda far away from the stage.
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Ok, it's almost as far away as you can get, but it was a great show, and there are big screens on the walls so it's easy to see what's happening on stage.. We saw a four or five starting acts, then the big names came on:
Carrie Underwood
Montgomery Gentry,
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The Oak Ridge Boys,
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and Luke Bryant again!
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