I don’t honestly know how many years ago this was.  I’m sure Jeff may remember and chime in with those facts in the comments.  What I do remember is Mr. Nugent was going to be speaking at a local outdoor show, and we figured we might as well head on down and see what he had to say.  We are both huge Nugent fans, and getting an opportunity to meet him, was a good thing for us.

We drove the hour and half it took to get to the convention center, arrived early to get in line, and waited.  It actually took quite awhile to get through the line, because Ted was taking so much time with each person that he talked to.  It was very cool.

The best part about the whole evening was the absolute class that Mr. Nugent showed.  His meet and greet hours were actually over, and the time for his speech had arrived with people still waiting in line.  Instead of moving on and doing his speech, and letting people leave empty handed, ole Uncle Ted told everyone to stay where they were in line, arranged for people to have chairs to sit in in line, and then once he was done with his seminar, proceeded to finish signing autographs.  He didn’t leave until every single person had went through the line.  If that didn’t say “class act”, I don’t know what does.

Ted was great to meet, and I was very impressed with his willingness to stay and meet everyone who had given up their time to try and talk with him.  I also thought it was pretty cool that he took so much time with every person he met.

It was a great day and one we will remember for a long time.

Why I didn’t get a picture with him I will never know.  I do have an autographed copy of his Hunt Music cd though.  I guess that will just have to do.

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