Once they were both done, Carrie finally made her appearance. She came up from under the stage on this red and gold couch singing Cowboy Casanova. It was a good arrival. She had many costume changes (I tried to get a picture of almost all of them, ha!). After her first few songs, she changed and they changed the backdrop of the concert to be a bunch of trees. Then from the top of the stage area came down a wooden swing. She was singing on the swing which was pretty cool.
One of the coolest things all night was what happened next. (Cue next costume change). They had this video of her "walking" through these landmarks in Oklahoma, then through Arkansas and then through Nashville and then it shows her stepping into a blue truck. Then all of the sudden, from the ceiling of the civic center you see Carrie Underwood in this blue truck that is suspended from the air!! The truck made a "U" around the arena so we could see her really up close! That was so cool!
After that she made another appearance coming up from the bottom of the stage but this time she was in some type of electronic "dress" that matched graphics that were being displayed on the backdrop. It was crazy...and really hard to describe, but hopefully you can tell which "dress" I'm talking about from the picture below.
Then after that she did a set that was reflective of The Grand Ole Opry. They put up a video of Randy Travis singing so him and Carrie did a "duet" of the song "I Told You So." That was pretty neat.
Oh and by the way, I didn't know this but apparently Carrie plays both the guitar and piano. I thought that was pretty cool!
While the suspended truck was definitely the best "entertainment" moment of the night, I think my favorite moment was probably when she sang "Jesus Take The Wheel." The reason it was my favorite was because in the middle of the song she busted out in "How Great Thou Art." It was very powerful. She has such amazing vocals and I knew she wasn't lip sincing b/c she actually missed a few words on her song "Wasted" but it's so impressive how powerful her vocals are. She also sang "Temporary Home" which was cool. As an audience member you could definitely tell that "Jesus take the Wheel" and "Temporary Home" are songs very close to her heart.
It was a great concert and I highly recommend it to everyone! She puts on a great show and she is so enjoyable to listen to! Here are a TON of pictures from our evening out with Carrie! :)
