Well, if you didn't get a chance to cruise on down to Sea Ray's Aquapalooza, event at Alabama's Lake Martin in July, no worries. The CMT network is bringing it to your living room.
The 90-minute show is slated to air at 8 p.m. ET/PT on September 4 and features country superstar Alan Jackson singing his hits like “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” “Summertime Blues,” and “Pop a Top” to a crowd of more than 4,000 boats and 35,000 people.
“We are extremely pleased at how things turned out at our AquaPalooza Signature Event this year. CMT’s decision to tape and broadcast the event shows how much of an impact we’re making not just in the boating industry but in living rooms across the country,” said Rob Noyes, vice president of marketing for Sea Ray. “AquaPalooza is about sun and fun, great music, and togetherness with family and friends. That’s why it is open to all boaters and non-boaters, not just Sea Ray owners, and it will always stay that way.”
The AquaPalooza 2009 Signature Event event, which was held July 24 to 26, featured the concert by Jackson, as well as up-and-coming artists Matt Stillwell, the Carter Twins, Caitlin and Will, and Jypsi. Boats were rafted up for more than a mile, and many fans donned their inner tubes and water noodles to paddle close to the water-pit at the bottom of the stage. Jackson pulled up to the dock at the Russell Lands’ Kowaliga Marina in his 1923 Hacker Craft.