Stephen Wade Nissan was a proud sponsor of the Honky Tonk Tailgate Party 08!
The concert turned out to be a great success and was just a good ol' fashioned boot-scootin' good time!
The show started out with the announcement of sponsors, performers, etc. The real heart touching moment was when the crowd went crazier for the announcement of our U.S. troops who were there to help out than for any of the performers or sponsors.
The show kicked off with a bang as Ray Scott performed and showed us why he is soon to be seen on the country charts. Ray was followed up by Trent Willimon, another rising up-and-comer.
Things really started to heat up when Buddy Jewell was introduced. Buddy is well known as the first ever winner of the USA Network tv show Nashville Star. Much of the crowd moved up to the front for Buddy's performance. What a honky-tonkin' good time it must have been to be shakin' it right up there in front of the stage with Buddy Jewell rockin' like crazy!
After Buddy won the crowd over with his performance, the headliner, Mark Willis came out and blew everyone's boots clean off! What a great performer! Mark had the crowd participate and sing along to the popular Don't Laugh at Me. He also played super hits like 19 Somethin' . Mark had much of the audience in tears and embrace during his also stirring performance of I Do (Cherish You).
Dealership attendees included Jeff (Daddy) and his daughter Savannah as well as myself (Josh) and my wife (Meisha). We were joined towards the end by our Spanish speakers, Sal and Ricardo.
Savannah got to experience her very first concert (back stage even!) and was able to get some pictures with the musicians as well as some autographs.
We had the chance to snap a few photos of the cars and the stars! Here they are below. What a good time it was to shake out Honky Tonk Badonkadonks in the name of Stephen Wade!
