Concert on the beach

This weekend John and I went to see Jack's Mannequin and Guster in concert at what might have been the most fun concert venue ever. The concert was in Charleston at Patriot's Point. Until we arrived, all we knew was that it would be an outdoor concert. When we got there, we found out it was actually a concert on the beach...

A pic of the concert venue before it got packed with people.

Complete with a little tiki hut bar off to the side.

The concert was directly behind the Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina and was right next to the water. The weather was great and we loved digging our toes in the sand and listening to some good music.

Now, a Jack's Mannequin concert has more meaning to us than just any other old concert. For those of you who don't know, John and I met at a Something Corporate concert in Oklahoma City when I was 16 and he was 18. We were devoted Something Corporate fans until they broke up and the lead singer formed the band Jack's Mannequin. Now we love that band just as much. And their music is great! You should check them out.

Since that first fateful Something Corporate concert where we met, we have done everything we can to make it to any SoCo/Jack's Mannequin concert that performs within reasonable traveling distance from us.

For my 18th birthday (actually on the day of birth), we went with a group of friends to Columbia, Missouri to see SoCo live. That concert was great not only because it was on my birthday, but also because we met the lead singer Andrew after the show and he autographed a playlist for me wishing me a happy birthday (still framed in our house.)

Here's the scanned picture of us at the concert (originally taken with a disposable camera of course.) Don't I look so punk rock?

We saw Jack's Mannequin in concert for the first time in 2009. We found out they'd be playing in Tulsa just a few days before the concert date, which happened to be during John's pharmacy school finals week. Even though he had a test bright and early the next morning, we made the drive from OKC to Tulsa for the night of the concert.

And of course we met up with our favorite SoCo concert buddy Kirby.

Now two years later, we got to see our band again in our new hometown of Charleston. Of course we couldn't miss it!

2011 and we still love this band.

Lady Danville opened the show.

Waiting in our OU chairs set up by the sound booth for Jack's Mannequin to start.

Yeah, Jack's Mannequin! They played songs from their first two albums and a couple new ones from the new album coming out in October.

Every time I see Andrew dancing on the piano keys, I feel 16 again.

And finally Guster closed out the show. What a great night!