Miley vs. Hannah

I took the girls to see the Miley Cyrus concert in SLC on Sept the 29th. I keep saying Hannah Montana and they come unglued because that wasn't Hannah it was Miley!!!

I took them out of school early and headed south to Utah. We stopped in Tremonton at my parents house for a potty break and then went to SLC. We arrive at the Delta Center (oooh sorry the Energy Solutions Center) at around 5:30 and wandered through looking at all the Miley Cyrus crap they were selling. I just couldn't bring myself to pay $35 for a t-shirt, I feel a little bad about it, although not bad enough I guess because they came home with a $10 glow stick each! Even the programs were $20 bucks! I am too cheap for concerts I guess. We did see a friend of Cierras from Idaho Falls there, Whitney Bennion, I guess she was with her grandma. And we saw their Aunt Tammy and her family. I also thought it was kinda funny how they had more than half of the men's bathrooms converted into women's! We went up to our seats, when I say up I mean up. We were on the second tier, you know the ones above the box seats, on the second row. I thought for $59.95 we'd be closer...my mistake!! Although it was really cool the way the tickets worked. They were paperless and when you showed up to the door, you showed the credit card they were purchased on and ID and it printed your tickets for you. The guy who let us in the door said the system belongs to Miley to prevent the outrageous ticket scalping that happens at these types of shows. The only problem I see is that if you can't make it you can't give your tickets to someone else.

Anyway, we got to our seats and of course had to buy a $5 bag of Cotton Candy for each girl and a bag of Kettle Korn, then of course a drink and later on a cup of Dippin Dots ice cream. For Cierra the event is all about the snacks you buy her!

The opening band started at 7pm and was Metro Station which is Miley's brothers band. Now if you think of a Miley Cyrus concert 1/3 was teens, 1/3 was pre teen, and the other 1/3 were the preteens parents! I thought the music of the opening band was a little wild for the younger kids, but it was still pretty good. I am a harsh critic though, because I don't really care for live music, its way too loud to enjoy. The usher gave me and the girls earplugs and you could still hear the music perfectly.

They finished about 7:40, then they set the stage for Miley and she came out and started at 8pm. She didn't look right and I told the girls that it looked like something was wrong. Part way through I think her second song (it might have been her first) she ran off the stage. A manager of some sort came out and apologized telling everyone that Miley is sick and she needs a few minutes. About 20 minutes later she came out and finished her show. Some of her costume changes were a little long and they had a break in the middle where they were promoting her new movie that made me wonder if she normally does something there. The concert finished up about 9:20 and her last comment was that she wouldn't be coming back out on the stage...I think it meant don't ask for an encore. It was great that she went on with the show. Bill and I went to Vegas and Cher didn't have the same courtesy, maybe she needs to find out who Mileys Doctor is!!! I heard that Miley ended up rescheduling her next two concerts. It was a pretty good show, and because I went with a 7 and 10 year old who didn't have anything to compare it with it was awesome to them. I think it would've been longer and more energetic had she felt better, but considering they could've cancelled at the last minute and I would've had to come back, I thought it was great. Cierra liked sitting in her chair and listening to the show while eating her spoils, Abbie on the other hand wanted so badly to get out of her chair and sing and dance, but was embarrassed I wish now that I would've taken a friend for her. Oh well live and learn right? I would have tried to find someone to come with us, but I thought I was ridiculous to spend that kind of money on 3 tickets I couldn't imagine asking someone else to spend it!!! All in all we had a pretty great time. We were back in Tremonton and the girls were in bed by 10:30 not too shabby! I sure love spending time with my girls. I think they are such great kids and I love them very much!