Week Fourteen: Personal

Each year in the Grove at Ole Miss they host a free concert, and this year the artists where to be Craig Morgan and Gavin DeGraw.  This caused a lot of excitement all week as the free concert was normally one of the best events of the spring semester.  So as classes and work continued during the week, everyone was rushing to get everything complete so they could enjoy the upcoming weekend.

When Friday finally arrived the grove was full of life as the stage was sat up and eager fans lay on the grass in the sun, determined to be right beside the stage.  However, unfortunately at 8 o'clock, half an hour before the concert was due to start it started to rain, or rather the heavens opened!  Yet as they say the show must go on! About 400 crazy students, including myself put on our coats and boots and set of to the grove to see the concert, which turned out to be an extremely good night despite ending up absolutely drenched!  


I had never heard of Craig Morgan before but he turned out to be a very talented country singer who I really enjoyed seeing.  But the highlight of the night was definitely getting to see Gavin DeGraw live, who I have loved since he first wrote the theme song for One Tree Hill.  Halfway through his performance however, the rain got so heavy that the power cut out and Gavin was ushered off stage.  Yet he did not let this stop him putting on a show, and sure enough he came back on just so he could sing some of his biggest hits which he knew his fans wanted to hear.  It really was a brilliant night, and I definitely think Stran should look into having their own free concert!


This weekend I also went to A- Jax for food, which is famous for its southern for.  Although I had tried southern food before I was told numerous times that I HAD to go to A- Jax, and I must agree the food was amazing! I tried fried pickles, meatloaf, southern fried steak and many other famous southern dishes, all of which tasted absolutely amazing!  I would definitely recommend A- Jax to anyone wanting a true southern experience.




In conclusion I had a really lovely week at Ole Miss, its nice to know that despite all the work that myself and my peers have to complete that we still have time to enjoy what Ole Miss has to offer, and to experience the Southern way of life!