We are a country music family. We love country music -- from Alan Jackson, George Strait, Trace Adkins and Tim McGraw to Faith Hill, Taylor Swift and Toby Keith. In fact, MacKenzie recently told me she’s going to name her children Toby, Trace and Taylor. We’ll see if she changes her mind in the next dozen (or more!) years, but at least she has sound reasoning for choosing those names.
We were all excited when we found out Toby Keith’s annual USO tour would bring him through Ramstein this year. We’d tried to see him in concert at
Weisbaden in 2007, but got stuck in a hailstorm and three staus only to arrive just in time to witness fans leaving the venue. We were all very disappointed then. This year, there was no excuse. However, Zachary was camping with Boy Scouts, so he missed out. He’s not as big of a fan as MacKenzie and Benjamin, so he was only slightly disappointed that he missed the concert.
The concert was held in one of the hangars on base, and MacKenzie and Benjamin were decked out in the Toby Keith Warrior Training Camp shirts they received last Christmas. It took us nearly an hour to get through the line to get inside (even though it was free, we had to go through a security check), and we were nearly two-thirds of the way back from the stage, but it was a great experience.
Benjamin sat on my shoulders for the first half hour or so, then sat (and laid) at my feet afterward since it was starting to get late. MacKenzie and I sang and danced for most of the songs...and had a blast doing so! We went home at the end of the evening with huge grins on our faces and memories of hearing wonderful live music from one of our favorite artists.
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We are a country music family. We love country music -- from Alan Jackson, George Strait, Trace Adkins and Tim McGraw to Faith Hill, Taylor Swift and Toby Keith. In fact, MacKenzie recently told me she’s going to name her children Toby, Trace and Taylor. We’ll see if she changes her mind in the next dozen (or more!) years, but at least she has sound reasoning for choosing those names.
We were all excited when we found out Toby Keith’s annual USO tour would bring him through Ramstein this year. We’d tried to see him in concert at Weisbaden in 2007, but got stuck in a hailstorm and three staus only to arrive just in time to witness fans leaving the venue. We were all very disappointed then. This year, there was no excuse. However, Zachary was camping with Boy Scouts, so he missed out. He’s not as big of a fan as MacKenzie and Benjamin, so he was only slightly disappointed that he missed the concert.
The concert was held in one of the hangars on base, and MacKenzie and Benjamin were decked out in the Toby Keith Warrior Training Camp shirts they received last Christmas. It took us nearly an hour to get through the line to get inside (even though it was free, we had to go through a security check), and we were nearly two-thirds of the way back from the stage, but it was a great experience.
Benjamin sat on my shoulders for the first half hour or so, then sat (and laid) at my feet afterward since it was starting to get late. MacKenzie and I sang and danced for most of the songs...and had a blast doing so! We went home at the end of the evening with huge grins on our faces and memories of hearing wonderful live music from one of our favorite artists.
