Great Show!
by HGMatthews on 12/21/16Laurie Auditorium - San AntonioRating: 4 out of 5This was our first K-Love Christmas concert event and overall I have nothing but good things to say about it, with a couple of small criticisms. All three acts were great, I was amazed that Unspoken sounded as good as their CD's! Great vocal ranges and talents in this group! Mac Powell was good, but I guess I expected a little more from the veteran Third Day front man. I'm a fan of country music too, but that's not what I wanted to hear at the K=Love Christmas concert. It's a minor gripe but come on, it's called K-Love CHRISTMAS. Crowder was great. Love his music and his witness. And he definitely earned my respect with what he can do with the beat-up acoustic guitar!
So outside of Mac's country side trip, the main reason I gave it only 4 out of 5 stars was that there just wasn't enough music. Too much talk during sets and intermission. Tickets cost too much and that left me feeling a little short-changed. My only other issue was probably self-inflicted. I took the whole family, including my almost 3-year-old daughter, and I was really proud of the great seats I scored, except for the fact that we were right in front of and under the stage left speakers! And I guess I wasn't thinking about how loud it would be. Needless to say, my youngest daughter did not have a very good time and let us know about it. I did bring ear plugs though, thank goodness, so that helped her out some. The only other criticism, again a small one, was the extremely limited selection of shirts available to purchase. I realize it was the last show on the tour but c'mon.
So, I learned from the experience, and I'll be better prepared for the next time. I've already gotten my tickets for the Newsboys in March, a birthday present for the wife, and I purposely picked seating that was farther from the stage for my daughter so we will see how that goes.
Overall, we really enjoyed the show and my criticisms are kinda nit-pickey, and I will definitely plan on attending next year if we have the opportunity. I do recommend the show and hopefully it will only get better year after year. And oh yeah, I have to admit, we were kinda bummed about Steven Curtis Chapman not being there. He was one of the reasons I bought the tickets so that was a little bit of a bummer.