This past Saturday, Andy and I went to an event I have wanted to go to for a LONG time...Symphony in the Flint Hills. Since they first started, and I started this job, I have tried, in vain, to get tickets. They literally sell out 5000 tickets in a little over an hour-and tht doesn't count the 600 volunteers they allowed this year-getting most of them signed up within a day'stime! So I was either going to have to get supah-fast at getting online to their site, or donate $10000000-lots o'money as a sponsor to get tickets. PLUS...they are a little pricey at $63!
So last Friday I was THRILLED when my boss, Olivia, came in asking if anyone wanted to go. Becky Blake at the Kansas State Travel and Tourism department had extra tickets and no one in her department wanted them! ACH! So I called Andy and informed him of the idea...he was game...so a dream of mine was to come true!
We rode up with a former co-worker and friend of mine and her husband, Melissa and Curt DeDonder, and although it took an hour and a half to get there, we were pumped! Once we got to the "ranch" where we were to park...Mel pulled her tickets out and I got mne out Andy saw that they said "Patron"...not knowing what that meant, but seeing a special "Patron" parking section, we headed that way. When we got up to the gate, we showed our tickets and were ushered over to the Patron entrance...also known as the VIP entrance...what LUCK! Not only did we get a special wristband that would get us in to a tent and special section that included food and drinks and a covered seating area, but we also got to reserve really close seats. We sat down at an empty table, ate, had some good converstion with other Patrons and went down to our reserved seating. At intermission, we met up with Mel and Curt and as the boys headed into the tent again, Mel and I went down to our seats...they were fantastic and the KC Symphony was amazing!
Not something I'd probably do again soon, but definitely a wonderful experience!
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