Brooks and Dunn

A few years ago, Clay and I saw Brooks and Dunn in Atlanta. During their “Only in America” song they bring out a few military people and do a really cool celebration. A few weeks ago, Clay came home and told me that B&D were coming to Raleigh and he really wanted his brother Jay –stationed at Ft Bragg, will deploy in December- to be one of those people. You may be saying well, yeah, that would be nice but how in the world can that happen? Through our jobs at KaBOOM! And THD we have worked with the Academy of Country Music the last 6 years to build playgrounds and every year a country star attends. Last year, it happened to be Brooks and Dunn. I could not attend b/c of Jack but Clay went and met the guys and some of their “people.” Well my ever resourceful husband has stayed in touch with some of those “people” and made a few phone calls and low and behold, Jay Councill was one of the three military guys that got to be onstage during “Only in America.” He and his wife, Jen, were treated like rock stars, hanging out backstage through the whole concert and meeting B&D, Rodney Atkins and ZZTop. Clay also scored four more free tickets and his younger brother Jordan and his friend Adriana came down from Virginia for the weekend. We dropped Jay and Jen off at the back entrance and enjoyed their VIP parking pass while we tailgated for a couple of hours. Then we proceeded to our amazing seats all the while commenting on how Hurricane Hanna could have ruined it all. But we only got a little rain and by 2pm the sun had come out. The show was awesome and when they started “Only in America” the crowd went crazy but when Jay and the two other guys- Marines- came out the place went nuts! The video is below. There is a lot of screaming but you can hear the song and see the guys come out. Jay is the Army one. A wonderful, moving night that I know we will all remember! Clay, you are the best husband ever but Saturday night I think you also won Brother of the Year!

Brothers- Clay, Jay and Jordan

Jay, Jen, Jordan, Adriana, Clay and Jennie

Tailgating- love those inflatable chairs!

Clay enjoying the grilled peaches and ice cream

The video- "Only in America"