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The Swell Season

If you haven’t seen the movie Once, I would highly recommend it. It is truly a great movie… Perhaps one of the best of the year! So, when Audrey and I heard that “The Swell Season” was playing at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center, we jumped on it. We ended up purchasing our tickets the day before the show and the concert ended up selling out. So, we had no idea where our seats would be. Box 11, Row 1, Seats C & D. Who knows where that is? When we walked through the front door of the center, the folks scanned our tickets and told us to go down the hallway to the left and give our tickets to the lady standing at the door. So, we did… It seemed like we were walking away from where the crowds were, but oh well, as long as we can hear the music. We showed our tickets to about 5 other ticket takers and they each pointed us further down the hall. Finally, we got to the door to the auditorium and showed our tickets to the seater. He walked us up three stairs and out into the box… Yep, we were those people sitting in the seats where the king and queen usually sit. You know, those weird round box things on the side of the auditorium… Yep, that’s where we sat! The interesting thing was, we had the box that was right at stage level and hung out near the middle. It was dark and the opening act had already started. So, we sat down quitely and listened. She played one more song and the lights came up. I looked to my right to see 3,000 people staring right at us! We were basically sitting on the stage. It was quite uncomfortable, but possibly the best seats I have ever had for a concert. Who would have thunk it… Buy your tickets last minute and end up sitting in the king and queen’s seats. Amazing show! Check out The Swell Season!