Our CMA Week
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Hey Lady A'ers!!!!
I'm sitting here on the bus, and it's the last weekend of the CMT Tour with Jason Aldean, and I wanted to write and kind of give you an inside view of what our CMA week was like.
Monday was a day full of interviews with radio stations all across the country. The cool part about that was that all the stations were in the same room...we practically table hopped for 3 hrs.! Haha! Monday night was a magical night to say the least. The guys and I, with my Daddy as my date, went to the SESAC Awards. I'm a member of SESAC, and that night was given the award for Songwriter of the Year. I was so shocked, humbled, emotional...so many different feelings! It meant the world to me for the guys to be there to support me.
Tuesday was not as busy. We had rehearsals in the Sommet Center with all the lights. Tuesday night was the BMI Awards, which the guys are members of, and I went with them. That is always a star-studded event. I saw Miley Cyrus, Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Hank Williams Jr., and many more. I tried to get to sleep early that night, but I was so excited for Wednesday that I tossed and turned...thank goodness for my makeup artist, who made me up so you could never tell...haha!
Wednesday we had a full dress rehearsal, and then I went straight into hair and makeup...waaaaaaay before Charles and Dave did...jerks. =) Just kidding. I actually love getting all fixed up. My dress was one of my favorites I've ever worn...and SO comfortable, which was a major plus! Our moms were our dates and it was fun for them to walk the red carpet with us, pose for pictures...a precious memory we will have forever with them. The awards were pretty crazy. We were on a very tight schedule because our performance was pretty early in the show, and then the 2 awards we were nominated for were soon after our performance. We literally RAN to our seats after our performance in time for the Group of the Year category, which of course was given to Rascal Flatts...they'll make it one day...haha! After that, it seemed like no time and there was Taylor Swift on stage, presenting the award for Best New Artist. We all grabbed our moms hands, knowing that the award was going to Jason, Rodney, Kellie, James, anyone but us...and then to our surprise, Taylor called OUR name!!! We were so shocked. I think my face was frozen in a "no way" face for the rest of the night. We hugged our moms, and who better to hug in that moment, and ran up to the stage. I don't remember a word of what we said, all I remember is walking off stage and there was George Strait...the hot, talented, superstar, hot, did I say HOT George Strait. He shook our hands and told us "Congratulations!" I can die a happy woman now!
All of this to say, our CMA week would not have been half of what it was if it wasn't for you, the fans, and the AMAZING Country Music Industry!!!!! I hope that you all read this and get a little bit of an inside picture of what our week was like...
THANK YOU FOR BEING THE GREATEST FANS IN THE WORLD!!!!
Hillary
