The GRAND ole Opry

The Grand ole Opry. And GRAND it was.  We missed the tour earlier in the day, so we decided to go to the concert that night.  I am so glad we did we had so much fun, and the show was awesome.  We saw lots of performers: Jimmy Dickens, The Whites, Rodney Atkins, Jim Ed Brown, Jean Shepard, Steep Canyon Rangers, Jeannie Seely, Jack Greene, Blake Shelton, Bill Anderson, and Carrie Underwood.  Each performer sang two to three songs.  It was live over the radio so there were a lot of commercials in between. We sat one row in front of the last row.  The seats were in the middle so they really were not bad.  They also let you go down to the stage for your favorite performers so just before Carrie Underwood came on the girls left the boys and went down to the stage.  It was really fun to be so close and see her perform. Bret really enjoyed seeing little jimmy dickens, he told a lot of funny jokes. ex. My wife is Weird.  I asked her if she would ever cheat on me, her response "well who else would i cheat on". Weird.        You know your ninety when your wife says lets go upstairs and make love and you tell her i cant do both.  I have not seen Bret smile that much in a long time.
The funniest and most embarassing part of the whole night can be credited to BRET!  They were calling off all the big groups that came to the concert like a big baptist group, a company party, and they would cheer so everyone would see where they were sitting.  Bret wanted in on it.  They called out a Jr High cheerleading group and Bret just yells out.  All heads turn to him and start laughing.  I guess the cheerleaders were not there so Bret got all the attention.  That Bret always suprises me.