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Last Thursday night we were back at the Alabama Theater for an unforgettable concert.

There may be no way to humble brag my way through this post, because I had just the best time!

Steven Curtis Chapman and Third Day were touring together and stopped in Birmingham for a concert at the Alabama.  I kept hearing the ads run on the radio (north to south culture shock: SO MUCH CHRISTIAN RADIO!) and texted Josh to say "does this sound fun?!?"  

Yes!

I ordered tickets for the two of us and then he contacted one of his awesome Birmingham mover and shaker friends who said "Can you be downtown at 5:30 for a backstage meet & greet?" 

Yep, we can do that.

She ushered us though the theater into one of the back rooms where we laughed and joked around with the WDJC radio crew (they are a blast!) until the band came through.  I was closest to the door so Josh and I met Mr. Chapman first.  Josh is always great about remembering to get a photo and keeping the conversation going, I'm like like "hey!".  

Marrying him has reduced my social anxiety by approximately 972%.

We talked bbq and being introverted with the drummer to Third Day, snapchatted with another band member and just soaked up the gloriousness that is Mac Powell's vocal cords.

The hilarious morning show hosts, Roxanne and Chris!

 Between the the two of them, Steven Curtis Chapman and Third Day have something like 70 number one hits.  That's pretty incredible.  They sang through a ton of them, I kept expecting them to wrap up, but they played on.  Their own songs, each others songs, through them together.  I loved hearing Mac Powell sing through SCC's well known songs, their vocal qualities are very different and he brings such a different sound and depth.

The crowd was alive as they kicked off the concert with a stand-and-holler version of "Sweet Home Alabama"!  And then shut it down with "The Great Adventure" and "Soul on Fire" with everyone singing along.

Absolutely memorable.