Show rCSpiB ' ’ ' BBS - ’ v - - i V' i' ' ' "?l ' 'iii ' s ? r Tl ‘5v ' 'M'-v’-- " ’T7 ' V - Si ' - - ' -- v - ‘ ?vvV' W '!'’ - f : s - 7: J ' Jf : ' “ r :' " Ginger Smedley wu in n bit of n quandary Should abe boy the black Wranglers and the denim Roper midriff fresh off the ihetf at Preston's V D&DWesternwear? If she (fid she wouldn't be able to wear the deerskin laceup Ropers she got for Mother's Day I?: She really wanted to wear (how boot They looked fine and they would remind her of her children But they just wouldn't go with face black jeans and ihe’d have to go back home and find her denim boota or maybe her black ones' t Or ibould she wear the white dress? But then die fidnt have any boota to go with k Well that’i not ?s"' exactly true With at least 11 pain of cowboy boots acatlemd around her mom Ginger £ ?" lrS T was already in the truck waiting to pick up his fiaacde Jennifer Smart ’ faLogan s? V ?' 'NV-tis- could have worn any color in die 4 v‘ Wrangler rainbow Would it be the Hack C 'rA V-- ¥& s'- r A ' i A"" give It was a tough derisipii such a big day ' After all they wen going ? ‘ f : J" V" ‘ K :7 - ? 7: Id the big city to see the i opiening night Garth Brooks ?v concert t fi '’ b (Vvt was going to be n long day far the : twoi iipwtwi 2tyearold father of - - y- - It had already been a long afternoon The plan was to leave Preston at 3 pm : They were not going to make ft The white fbuKloar 1999 diesel Ford F230 wu gassed up and ready toga wife who rarely even wears His normally no-futhe better had part of the afternoon getting her makeup juft spent hair done — ringlets lots of them blue eyclinn mascara the ss ao-mu- ss W0tk - She had put on her green Wranglen to match her hue -bend's They both had their deenkin laceupa ' 7 There would be no matching cowboy hats Any country ' fan worth his chape knows Garth doesn’t wear a cowboy hat except in conceit Garth wears a baseball cap Cory would toa i-Jake Riley : I ' p V Riend and feUow-coucert-go- er a Garth thing Cory and Ginger played out a scene like v-- Utah and Idaho last week - DPfdfd tft bf rtwkfd 7 ITs many other folks throughout t - ' - 7 "A-Afa- ‘ What was a girl to do? i ' Cory waited patiently for a man who d v been tq since 4 that morning (Sager’s husband is assistant manager of OJ Skaggs in Reston-- - a third- generation Smedky to work m the store his father now owns Whether Garth Brooks was in concert or not shelves 1 rfr ' ' AA r or deenUa - ' Wranglen? laceups? Something had Vs V Cory and Ginger had said their painful goodand byes to Last stop before leaving Preston was D&D to buy each other a shirt but the Mack Wranglers woo out So ft was back to the Smedley house find the black laceups to match size 4 12 not yet broken in v' Cory and Ginger again said goodbye to the kids Made sure the celtphooe was working Jake called Jennifer to let her know they were on their way Finally the cowboy Cadillac was 00 the rood and - excitement filled the king-ca- b Sinter in Laytoo Delta Center Garth Brooks concert they were saddled up and on their way ft was just after 4 p jn u Garth Brooks played to four sold-o- ut audtences Thursday Friday Satur- ' day and Sunday July 9 to 12 in Salt Lake Gty's Delta Center Breaking all kinds of sales records even edging out The Grateful Dead for the most tickets sold in the least amount of time in Utah the state rolled out the red carpet for this country music legend One can only guess every Wretem-we-ar store in the state boast- u ed increased safes eager fan set out to find the perfect thing to wear And what country radio station ever had a belter promotion than Garth Brooks not to mention the CDs fans must have pur-Not unlike Michael Jordan Garth most generate his own economic impact on the country as he travels around on tout “ y On the rood Jake knew every word to every soog His tenar yosce acoinpWvnd ism! 30 t nied the likes of Chris Ledoux Brooks and Dunn Gemge Snaftjitikxj vtiniil d b Mary Chapin Carpenter The four discussed the true meaning of country ‘There’s a difference between country and ' CONTINUEDON 14 5 H |