Jason Mraz

Several months ago, I noticed that Jason Mraz was going to be playing in Orlando and Clearwater this weekend. I said something to Meg and she seemed interested in going with me, but we didn’t spend a lot of time talking about it at the time. As the date grew closer, we both realize that Orlando wouldn’t work. The venue was closer to Meg’s apartment, but the tickets were a lot more expensive and it was on a Sunday night, which would mess up Meg‘s Monday morning work schedule. Thus, we focused on Clearwater instead. I wasn’t sure if it would work as it was a Saturday night and the venue was about an hour 45 from our house, but with Meg’s encouraging I went ahead and bought two tickets for us for tonight performance.

In the end, I was so glad that Meg kept encouraging me to go. I had really liked Jason Mraz‘s music ever since he was on Dancing with the Stars two years ago. My kids make fun of me for saying that his music is peppy when it’s really just a bunch of love songs, but I think it’s his personality that makes the music so much fun and that really came through at tonight's show. It started off a little strange as he had an opening act filled with folk music. Neither Meg nor I were sure why that was about until she read that the performer was the one who gave Jason Mraz his big break. We did enjoy the music and were thankful for a small intermission before the main show to change seats as there was an entire row open closer towards the stage and away from the crowds of people that we were sitting with. It made the show so much more enjoyable and gave us a minute to relax before the night really started.

Jason Mraz played for almost 2 hours showcasing every one of his songs that I knew by heart and even a few that I had never listened to before this evening. He had a new album out full of gospel music that he made for his grandma 20 years ago. He played a few of those as well.  They were very fun songs, and they fit his set list very well. Meg and I sang along to the ones we knew and clapped along to the rest. He made the crowd laugh, he made me cry, and I had such a good time that I was sad when the night ended. I couldn't believe that someone who I had never really heard of two years ago was now one of my favorite performers and that I got to see him on stage in person.  

The drive home was a little precarious because of a torrential rainstorm, but we safely made it before midnight. We were shocked to see Doug still awake, but it gave me a great opportunity to show him all of the video and pictures that I had taken tonight. It was the perfect way to end such a wonderful evening with Meg. One that I will not forget for a very long time.