Comments | carengoodrich: Taylor Hicks at Stadium Of Fire, Provo, Utah

carengoodrich

Taylor Hicks at Stadium Of Fire, Provo, Utah

Jul 04, 2006 16:03

I went to the Stadium Of Fire show in Provo, Utah, this past weekend to see Taylor Hicks perform in his first big gig since winning American Idol. Stadium Of Fire is the biggest annual event of the year in Provo, it is held outdoors at the BYU football stadium. My husband and I live in Montana, and we were already planning a June road trip to Utah ( Read more... )

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Stadium of Fire anonymous July 4 2006, 23:35:29 UTC

Thank you for your personal coverage and pictures of an event that I only wished I could attend. It was more than kind of you to share with us. Your blog is great and I loved the Rex rabbit and bird pix! Thanks again.

Re: Stadium of Fire carengoodrich July 5 2006, 16:13:35 UTC

You are welcome! I'm happy to share the experience and I appreciate your taking the time to comment. I knew there were lots of people who would have liked to go to Utah to see Taylor but were unable to, so all along I had planned to write my experience down to post online.

Caren

pictures/comments Stadium of Fire anonymous July 5 2006, 04:36:28 UTC

I was there also. I love your picture of all the flags in the stadium and the one of the front of the stadium. I laughed at your comments about all the stupid acts and announcements. I agree. The highlight of the evening was Taylor popping out of no where playing his harmonica. He was just to the right of us as we were on the East side bleachers near the stage. We saw him practicing with the harmonica, but then he disappeared. I thought he was a bit rushed with the three songs and I too didn't think the original was as good as the others on stage, but it was nice to hear something different for a change. My husband and I flew up to Salt Lake City and drove a rented car down to Provo. We are from the San Francisco Bay area. Loved your other pictures as well of the airial views, horses, etc. We went to Sundance and took a chairlife ride to the mountain top and visited Snowbird and the sights around Salt Lake. Went out to Utah Univ. and saw the Olympic Stadium where they had the opening and closing ceremonies. Looking forward to the AI ( ... )

Re: pictures/comments Stadium of Fire carengoodrich July 5 2006, 16:21:58 UTC

Cece, I didn't want to be too critical of the show in my commentary, but the whole thing did indeed have a cornball element to it. When they said the prayer, my husband said, "This wouldn't happen in San Francisco!"

I agree the highlight was Taylor popping out of no where. I'm glad you let me know that you saw him down there beforehand, I was wondering about that as I couldn't see from where I was.

The three songs did seem a bit rushed, but maybe the Stadium Of Fire planners didn't know what a good thing they had in Taylor. I sure wished he could have sung a couple more songs. Imagine how much better the show would have been if they had axed some of the silly stuff in favor of more Taylor time!

I want to see the Idol tour, too, but I'm not sure what city yet. I may be on my way to San Jose!

Caren

Thanks for Sharing anonymous July 5 2006, 19:33:20 UTC

Caren, From the looks of these pictures you had a wonderful time! Thanks so much for sharing them with us.. Rita

Re: Thanks for Sharing carengoodrich July 5 2006, 22:20:25 UTC

Thanks, Rita, for checking out the pictures. It was a fun evening that I'll never forget.

Caren

Your site and your visit to utah sof concert justalady21 July 5 2006, 21:30:54 UTC

I saw your posting on the usa idol site and read that you had a site on livejournal. Checked out your post about the utah 4th concert. Thanks for sharing the text and photos. I never would have seen these on lj because I mostly check out the 'taylorhicks' site for taylor info and photos. Glad I saw your USA post.

Also, you have some absolutely beautiful photos on your site!!!!!

Very, very impressive.

Re: Your site and your visit to utah sof concert carengoodrich July 5 2006, 22:23:50 UTC

justalady,

Thanks for checking out my posting. I read the USA Today Idol blog every day, because it is the most interesting, so I thought I'd post my "review" there. I also go to taylorhicksfansite.com. I haven't looked for other LJ Soul Patrollers, either, there's so much out there to read!

Caren

Concert anonymous July 5 2006, 22:37:27 UTC

Great pics and recaps. You lucky thing,you. :-)

Re: Concert carengoodrich July 6 2006, 01:36:06 UTC

thanks for stopping by! Wish you anonymous posters would sign your name!

Caren