first concert

Last night, my husband and I took our girlies to their very first concert. Casting Crowns was in town last night and it was awesome. If you are familiar with Casting Crowns, you know that they are a Christian rock band led by a youth pastor. So the concert was very much like a worship service at church: a few songs, some scripture, some stories, more songs, a plea for help with an organization that sponsors children all around the world to bring water and education and, of course, Jesus to other countries, and then more songs.

Both girlies were excited about the concert. S, who is just 6, even made her own sign on lined paper to hold up for the band. It said "You rook!" M, who is 8, just had to burst her bubble and explain that it was spelled wrong so S quickly turned the paper over and wrote "You Rock!" M loves Casting Crowns. We have been listening to The Altar and The Door CD for the past few weeks in the car, constantly starting song #1 and song #3 over and over. S was excited to hear Slow Fade in person and soon after she heard her song, she fell asleep leaning against my arm. It was well past 9:00pm at this point so it was very cute. I was amazed she sleep through a rock concert; but I guess when you are tired, you can fall asleep anywhere!

M loves song #1 so intently that at one point she slouched in her seat and said, "I don't think they are going to sing my song." They had already been playing for close to 2 hours (short intermission with opportunity to sponsor a child included). So you can only imagine how her face just completely lit up when the last song of the concert started. It only took about 3 notes and M recognized it as her favorite. She quickly stood up, wanting to be held higher by Daddy and shouted the lyrics right along with the band. The band played one more song as an encore after that, but M just beamed and proclaimed this was the best night of her life.

When I purchased the tickets back in March, my husband and I discussed whether we should take our girlies or get a babysitter. I think we made the right decision. They had a blast and I like that their first concert was with us and a Christian band. I didn't worry that anything inappropriate would be said or done. No suspicious smoke? smell? was evident. There were far less people there as well, less to overwhelm two young children, and our seats were fairly close to the band. What a great evening to spend together as a family!