Black Swamp Jam Benefit Concert

Friday evening, I worked the Black Swamp Jam Benefit Concert in Wauseon, Ohio. It was my inaugural trip to Wauseon, and I was thrilled to discover they have a Cato there! What a great place! :) The concert was held at the Fulton County Fairgrounds - and they were one welcoming bunch! Jim Barron and I worked this one together, and when we arrived, an army of guys in bright orange shirts swarmed our van and carried all our things for us!! What service!

We got to have our tables right next to the artist merch tables, and Jim wasted no time in posing with the Citizen Way posters. See what I work with, people?? {Kidding...Jim is quite fun!}

Oh. I forgot to mention he also posed with the frog. :)

I, on the other hand, posed with my milkshake. I was told they were world famous. It seemed rude to not try out a famous milkshake. So. Yummy.

The opening act was actually a guy who has roots in that part of the country. Seth Abram is his name - and he was really good! Really nice guy, too. Jim and I enjoyed talking to him. {His parents listen to our station and call in to chat with the morning guys sometimes, so it was fun to meet them!}

His band members for this particular night were all friends of his who live in Indiana - friends he used to play with often when he lived here. They were great together!

This is Ben Calhoun from Citizen Way. I'd met him earlier this year when I worked the Big Daddy Weave concert and Citizen Way was there too. But this was the first time I'd had my picture taken with him. Ben is possibly the nicest artist I've ever met. He spent the entire evening talking with all the people who came - genuinely investing in each of them.

The band is made up of two sets of brothers - this is Ben with his brother.

They did "Should've Been Me" - which is a song I love, love, love.

And the main act for the evening was Brandon Heath. I didn't actually get to meet him but he put on a great show for everyone!

We didn't get to see much of his concert but we heard it and it was great!

After the concert, Jim and I started home, but it was really late, so we stopped at an Arby's to get coffee. I walked up to the counter and said to the girl, "I just need coffee." She yelled out, "SENIOR COFFEE!!!"

SERIOUSLY!?!??!!??! I just did my roots!!!!!

I didn't get home until 1:30 in the morning, and I was exhausted. But Ryan met me at the door, took my hand, and led me out into the yard. He'd worked so hard all evening {HATED it that he couldn't work this event with me} to string lights in the pirogi!!! It was like walking into the end of a movie. We stood out there in the yard and danced and enjoyed the gorgeous night. It was the perfect end to the night: