Cathey, a reader and Monkeyville member, won VIP tickets to see Keith Urban peform at the pre-race show a the Daytona 500 yesterday.  She got some GREAT pictures.  Here is her review. 

yes mam i was on the front row! myself, jennifer and laken posted banners on different sites to win tickets to the race and vip tickets to see keith. we spent the night in orlando the night before and went out to celebrate jen’s birthday with a keith cake of course. then we left for daytona on about an hours sleep so we could be there when the parking lot opened. made our way to the fanzone frantically looking (in the rain) for the stage that keith would be performing on only to find out that we couldn’t get through yet ANOTHER gate until much later. so we stood around nervously awaiting the opening doing our warm ups so that we could run, push, shove or whatever it took to make sure WE would get to the front. we kept an eye on the stage (we were behind it looking through a fence) just in case we spotted our main monkey. lo and behold, a while later laken screams “i just saw chris!!” so we start looking and there is chris, then brad, then jerry…tension mounts lol. then at the front of the stage, he takes his jacket off and yep!!! it’s keith!!!!! woohooo houston we have a sighting! so we flatten ourselves against the fence cameras stuck through the holes and start clicking. everyone around us thinks we’ve lost it as we scream and sing along for the soundcheck that turned out to be five songs!!! we heard sweet thing, better life, days go by and somebody like you. a couple of them twice (i think this is when he sang for the press box). then we made our way to the gate that would let us onto the field toward our destination. there were a lot of people gathering by that time so our plan was ready, set, runnnnnn. gates open early and we’re off…..get right in front of the stage…no mam, you have to go this other way…what???? we go there….no mam, down there!!! are you kidding me!!! i do NOT run and i just galloped across the frickin daytona racetrack i will NOT be anywhere but in front of keith!!! nice lady got us to the right area and we reach the front…yep i could touch the stage!! there our wait lasted for another few hours, but who is counting when you are waiting for keith to be RIGHT THERE THISCLOSE! keith and the guys came out to screams of excited fans and then he ran right past us…lol. to a small stage in the back to do the first song (you know he has to make sure everyone has a good seat) on the way by a couple of the girls with me got a hand slap. then he returned to the stage and belted out sweet thing…he has so much fun when he sings this song…it’s just aussome. last song was better life and poof, he was gone it was too short of course but even if he plays three hours it’s too short for me. i did get a pick (yay) and so did my roommate deb. it was worth everything we went through to see him even for a short time. i love this man!!
and i want to say this, in these times of so many “monkeys” being upset with the fanclub over tickets, also understand they do many great things for us. i was able to go to daytona, share it with my daughter, meet people from the fanclub (love you jen, laken, anna) AND experience the daytona 500 because the street team gave us the chance to post some banners spreading the word that keith would be here. presales tickets are a perk but certainly not the only perk!! thanks fiona!!

I am glad you had such a great time Cathey, and thanks so much for the review and pictures.  I watched on tv and Keith looked and sounded great! 

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