In August I told my aunt (who passed away later that month) and uncle I would love to go see Gary Sinise and his band in concert. My aunt told me how Gary goes out to the 29 Palms Marine Corps base and plays for the troops and how she and my uncle had seen him perform.
Winning the Twitter contest on November 9th was ... divine intervention I believe. As I was driving over to the hotel/casino, I couldn't believe I was there. My mom was excited and I have to admit, I was too. While we waited for about 90 minutes before heading in, it wasn't too bad.
In all the time the Mandalay Bay has been open, I have only set foot in there roughly three times and never for a concert. In fact, to date, I have only been to three concerts--Lee Greenwood @ The Orleans (2008), Kenny G @ Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena (2009) and now the Lt. Dan Band at the Mandalay Bay Beach (2011). And I've only gone because the concerts were free. Either I won the tickets or traded in points from the radio stations to get the tickets.
Anyway...
I was expecting a fake beach and fake sand. And while it was "fake", there was something quite beautiful about it:
Winning the Twitter contest on November 9th was ... divine intervention I believe. As I was driving over to the hotel/casino, I couldn't believe I was there. My mom was excited and I have to admit, I was too. While we waited for about 90 minutes before heading in, it wasn't too bad.
In all the time the Mandalay Bay has been open, I have only set foot in there roughly three times and never for a concert. In fact, to date, I have only been to three concerts--Lee Greenwood @ The Orleans (2008), Kenny G @ Buffalo Bill's Star of the Desert Arena (2009) and now the Lt. Dan Band at the Mandalay Bay Beach (2011). And I've only gone because the concerts were free. Either I won the tickets or traded in points from the radio stations to get the tickets.
Anyway...
I was expecting a fake beach and fake sand. And while it was "fake", there was something quite beautiful about it:
That was my view of the beach, originally.
Despite it being November, I saw some people going into the wave pool, so I asked event security and the gentleman said "come right on in, you can even view the concert from the water". WOW! So, I waded into the wave pool, and the water was warm.
Warm water, and a nice view. I couldn't ask for more. I could, but I'd have been greedy at that point.
All in all, the concert was wonderful.You can look back on my photos [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2359548580863.2126520.1014730276&type=1&l=5d00c6f218] to see a list of pictures with the songs to know what kind of music the band performed. They were amazing. It was a wonderful two hours, which yes, I spent all in the beach with mom safely on shore, lol.
There are no words that can accurately describe the feelings or fun I had there. I know mom was thrilled despite the fact we spent the concert only within eye-shot of each other.
At the end, I felt incredibly blessed to have had this opportunity. Right now, it was a "once in a lifetime". But, I wouldn't rule out going again though :)
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