"Something Finally Went Right"

Five years ago, I did the best thing I've ever done in my life.  I drove five and a half hours with one of my favorite friends of all time, Kathryn Pugh Alexander (fashionista, humor mentor, crossword puzzler extraordinaire, 1st runner up in the Ice Cream Churn Challenge) to see an Air Supply concert in St. George.

On that trip, I discovered the beauty of Air Supply and my life has never been the same.

Five years later, I found myself once again in the powerful and passionate presence of Air Supply, the band that has solidified itself in history books as the darling of the 80s, king of the power ballads, master of the dramatic pause, and the ultimate goal of all professional karaoke-ers.  And yes, Katie, they are still the reigning champions of guiding their audience through their lyrics with primary actions.  Simply put, they are an unstoppable force of love.

Their force of love carried them all the way into the audience, where we got so close to Mr. Graham Russel (lead guitarist, singer/song writer, voice of an Australian angel) we could almost touch him.

Kelly and Becky were no match for the unstoppable force of Air Supply.  They were sitting on the grass, quietly enjoying the music, when Mr. Russell Hitchcock (lead vocalist, international superstar, primary chorister in a previous life) pointed at them, gave them the shame on you hand signal (like any good primary chorister) and motioned for them to stand up and clap and dance until they did.  There was no resting for them for the remainder of the concert.  Russell continued to monitor their participation throughout the concert, pointing to them, encouraging them, imitating their dance moves, getting annoyed by Becky when she had her hands on her hips, making weird suggestive hip movements to Kelly as he sang "I only want to feel...part of you...next to me"...there was just no escaping his attention.

Kelly, Adrienne, and Becky were even featured on the big screen as audience dancers (never mind the fact I was dancing right next to Becky and that I was the true Airhead (Air Supply fan) to begin with, for some reason they decided to cut me out of the shot).

When Air Supply left the stage, we single-handedly got them to come back on for an encore by chanting All-Out-of-Love!  All-Out-of-Love! (The only song Becky recognized from their numerous world famous hits).

It was a truly beautiful night, with a lot of love and a lot of good-wholesome awkward moments.

I would like to share the unstoppable force of love with you and suggest that you immediately go listen to some Air Supply.  I dare you not to burst out singing at the top of your lungs when listening to "Here I Am" or not to feel the true depth and power of the lyrics in "Making Love Out of Nothing" or not to smile and shyly sway to "Two Less Lonely People."  And above all, I dare you not to use primary actions at any time throughout any of those songs.  Good luck.