We'll be on CMT on Saturday from 8pm-9pm!!

So here's the deal. Alan Jackson performed some great songs at a concert a few weeks ago in Franklin, TN. Tara and I were invited to attend the show, and the producers asked us to submit questions. 600 people responded to the invitation, and only 100 were selected. Out of those 100, only 10 were picked to ask Alan questions. Tara and I were BOTH picked! Those are incredible odds, but it gets better. As they were seating the people who were asking questions, they put some in the back right, one couple in the middle, an older couple in the front left, and all the other seats in this small venue were still open. We were the last people to be seated in the group of question askers. The production manager then asked US to sit in the FRONT CENTER of the whole set! There were two recliners, tilted inward, and they were RIGHT in front of the stage! We couldn't believe our luck! We tried not to look stunned as we sat down, and we thought for sure they were going to move us. The whole time leading up to the show, they were filling in the crowd, moving people around to make it look right. We just KNEW they would move us. Sure enough, the lights dimmed, and the show was about to start - but we still hadn't moved!



There were about 100 fans in attendance, and probably 40-50 crew members running lights, audio, cameras, and overseeing the production. There were cameras on tracks and tons of cameramen walking around the place. After the show, the production manager came and thanked us for coming (it was free!) we were like, NO, thank YOU! It was truly a night we would never forget. And now, it will be on CMT at 8pm central time. The show is called "Alan Jackson: Invitation Only" and it is supposed to be like VH1 storytellers, and MTV unplugged. He played all of his best songs and several off of the new album.



A couple of funny things happened during the filming. They wanted us to sing along with all the songs, but some of the songs no one had heard before (on the new CD), so I was just lip- syncing... I hope they don't put any close-up shots of me fake singing in the final edit! Also, right before he started "Five O'Clock Somewhere", he said "Well, I don't have my watch on, does anyone know what time it is?" I took the bait and said "9:30" and some people said "5:30" and I was like oops... that was stupid. Then at the end of the concert they said they might need to re-shoot one of the songs because of the audio track. Then they decided that it would be OK. I'm not sure, but I think it might have been because of my gullibility. Later, during that same song, he said the line "And SHE don't care, it's Five O'Clock Somewhere" and he pointed directly at TARA as he said that! It was really exciting. I also caught a guitar pick and got a set-list from the show.



So we're not sure what the final edit will look like, but we're right up front so odds are that we will be visible in both long-range and close-up shots- so there's our 15 minutes of fame! In fact, people who want to become famous have their "agents" put them on the list in order to get good camera time and get "discovered" by people looking for actors for commercials and TV shows... sooo, if we end up on some crappy sitcom, you'll know where we got our start!