A-Day Game and Country Music

While the northerly crimson-neck pachyderms are trying to fill their circus arena for the annual spring redneck game in Bear-Waller-Holler, down in East L.A. (Eastern Lower Alabama) the good guys are preparing for their A-Day game, brought to you by the U.S. Navy. Kickoff on the Plains will be at 1:00 p.m. Central Time.

And while the Sabanites will be proclaiming that theirs was the better atmosphere on this day of football in the state of Alabama, I would beg to differ. Not because of what takes place on the field, but rather what will take place off the field.

For you see, in little ole Auburn, Alabama, the festivities begin tonight. And the A-Day game is only a part of the weekend festival.

Auburn will host the “Sticks Country Music Festival” at Parker Hill, which will begin tonight, and run all the way through the wee hours of Sunday morning.

More than a dozen country music artists will be performing, including that “Redneck Woman” Gretchen Wilson, Academy of Country Music Award winner Trace Adkins, country music award winner and beauty queen Sara Evans (who, by the way, is the wife of former Bama quarterback Jay Barker, and is spending the A-Day weekend…for both schools….at Auburn!), country chart toppers and Grand Ole Opry member Diamond Rio, as well as others.

And just so they make sure it has a REAL country flair to it, camping and coolers ARE permitted.

A two-day pass to Auburn’s version of Woodstock, with a little football jammed in the middle, is $85. But unlike Woodstock, New York, Parker Hill has “executive women’s restrooms”, not port-o-potties. These have running water, mirrors, working toilets, and best of all….they are for women only! As for the fellas, well, let’s just say there are enough port-o-lets to handle all that your coolers can bring.

Country music, real pig-pickin’ barbeque, friendly faces, coolers welcome, and a little Auburn Football thrown in the middle….now THIS is a showcase of true southern culture.

And that’s just another reason why I like Auburn.

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