Thursday, August 21, 2008

"Give it up for Chicago" Wahooo!!!


Last night Doug, Scott and I went to the Western Idaho State Fair. We did the normal things that people do at fairs..eat...drink..eat...and people watch. That in itself is pretty entertaining! However this night turned out to be something to remember. Chicago actually held a concert there and it was FREE!! We paid the 6 bucks or whatever it was to get into the fair and then the concert was a freebie. Now, we were thinking how big can this concert be? They would probably come on stage, play maybe 6 or 7 songs and be on their merry way. This was not the case. The gates opened up earlier then what we thought so we were very late to find seats. The only seats left were on the turf. Flashbacks of when I was a juinor in high school and saw Chicago in concert at the Minidome in Pocatello Idaho flooded my head. This was gonna be cool! We still had about 50 minutes til the concert started so we sat down until my back and butt could not stand it any longer! Soon 7:30 was upon us and Chicago came onto the stage. I am not sure how many people were standing on the turf but I can tell you this..it was packed! They started playing and the crowd went wild! Young and old people coming together and singing songs from the past. It was amazing! Of course Peter Cetera went out on his own years ago and 2 others were not there anymore either, but the true Chicago sound lives on! They ended up in style with a drum solo that was, as Isaac would say "freakin awesome" The crowd went wild again and screamed and clapped and flipped lighters until they came out for an encore and did 3 more songs. I forgot how loud I could scream!! The concert started at 7;30 and ended at 9;25..not bad huh? And that was all Chicago playing! We had a really great time. Scott enjoyed it and sometimes he would say..wow.."I didn't know Chicago sang that song!" If any of you who may read this have a chance to go see Chicago, I strongly suggest you do! They are a truly timeless band!
Sorry about the picture quality as it was taken with my cell phone...yeah..I forgot the camera!

2 comments:

Shea said...

FINALLY! A BLOG UPDATE!!! I'm glad you guys had fun! You had pretty good seats considering you got there late :)

Thank you for not posting another picture of some ugly dudes butt.

mode36 said...

Sounds like a great time!  It reminds me of that time we were up there and stumbled into a Chris Isaac concert!

By the way, thanks for the update.  For now you are back on our blog!