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Carol Perkins: The Concert It would have been a great night, even worth $80 a person, but $243.00 each was too much to pay for concert tickets even for special Christmas presents, she writes. She made a statement, but artist - read to end of column for his name - will never know the difference Next earlier Carol Perkins column: Carol Perkins: Are you all shopped out? By Carol Perkins Jon (our son) called with his Christmas wish. "That's all I want. Nothing else. It would be so cool to take Luke (nine) to his first real concert. He went to some silly boy band concert that Beth took Eme to see, but not to a REAL concert. I told him to wipe that night out of his mind. If you can get tickets for us, that would be great. I think they are around eighty dollars." I didn't want to burst his bubble, but I haven't seen eighty dollar concert tickets in a long time and especially not to one by such a performer as the man he wanted to see. However, I was sitting by the computer Friday morning at ten o'clock with my credit card in hand and Ticketmaster on my screen. When ten o'clock came, there were only five sections of this huge Austin arena not sold out. How did that happen? All is not fair in the concert ticket world! However, I entered the number of seats and chose a location. Then what to my wondering eyes did appear, but a price that filled me totally with fear! For seats in the rafters- $243.00 EACH. Surely, this was wrong, so I plugged the information into the computer once again! Nothing changed - $243.00 EACH and these were the cheap seats. For my own curiosity, I looked at the few remaining really good seats and they began around a $1,000. Insane. I called Jon. "Son, how badly do you want to you go to this concert? Two hundred and forty-three-dollars worth-each?" "WHAT? I thought they were eighty. NO WAY. I wouldn't pay that if I had won the lottery. That is obscene. Don't you dare order tickets." I gladly obeyed. I was more disappointed than he was. This would have been a very special night for father and son, especially because they enjoy playing guitar and would have been in the presence of one of the greatest. I could visualize Luke sitting beside his dad, without the younger ones intruding on him, and being mesmerized by such a talent that he would likely never forget. Young minds can be influenced by the accomplishments of others. This night might have inspired Luke to pick up his lessons he dropped for other activities, to practice more often, and to play along with his dad who never played until he was in college. This would have been a magical night, but magical nights sometimes come at unaffordable prices. Therefore, this spring concert will come and go without Jon and Luke. This gifted man will walk onto the stage and throughout the night say very few words. He doesn't need words. The minute he begins "Layla" or "Tears in Heaven" the crowd will be lost in his magic. Eric Clapton, the only person to be inducted three times into the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame, will never know the difference. - Carol Perkins This story was posted on 2012-12-09 04:02:21
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