Sorry it has taken me so long to update and fill you guys in on my travels to Southern California and beyond. The highlight of my vacation was on Wednesday, September 20, when my cousin Lucy and I drove from Coronado to Downtown Los Angeles to attend the taping of VH1’s Storytellers: Dixie Chicks. The Dixie Chicks have been hands down my favorite country artists, except for the Kings of Country, George Strait an Ronnie Milsap. WE left Coronado at around 3:30pm in order to arrive for the pre party in which we were invited. Well thanks to nasty Los Angeles traffic, we managed to make it to the slums of Downtown LA by 7:15 when the party was wrapping up. Figures!
Lucy and I decided to get a bite of food at the Carl’s Jr. across the street. Talk about ghetto central, there were at least 4 rent-a-cops in the establishment. We felt really safe. After we through some nasty Carl’s Jr. down our gullets, we walked across the street to the famed LA Theatre.
Since we had bought out tickets, we were branded with a blue wristband, allowing us to be the second group to be seated. I, being the big mouth that I am, saw a P.A. walking around with a few black wristbands in her hand. I politely whisked her aside and asked if my cousin and I could have the black wristbands, and low and behold she said sure. I really felt as if I was a mover and a shaker at this point. We were sooooo LA.
When the first group was escorted into the auditorium, the black group, we were all placed on stage in chairs facing the chicks, and some in back of the band. Lucy and I were place in the first row, facing Emily (Wonky Eye), the Banjo player. We were on cloud nine; until the cameraman came up to a P.A. and said that he need a chair removed so he could obtain his shot. Well that is when we were asked to move three rows back! We took it with a grain of salt. We were still on stage and about 10 feet from the band, so it was all good!
The concert was amazing! They were so friendly and personable. I even got to shake Emily’s (Wonky Eye) hand. They played for about three hours, and had to play three songs over due to technical difficulties. After the concert, they took questions from the audience regarding their songwriting techniques and abilities. This is one concert I will never forget. Oh, and the stars were out in "full force" that night. I met Chris Kattan, and saw Lance Bass and his sexy boyfriend Reichen in the audience. Reichen had left the theatre before I could have gone up to him and molested him. Oh well his loss really!
