areas of heavy rain that unfortunately produced flash flooding. heavy rain forecast over the next couple of days as well. head onstage. over to you. thank you very much, maria. no rain today kicking offer the summer concert series. ladies and gentlemen, give a round of applause for our first act this year jerrod niemann. good to be here g. to have a kansas point. you are from liberal kansas which if you are not familiar with pancake day, liberal kansas is the epicenter of where people run through the streets with a pancake the day before ash wednesday. absolutely. did you do that? it s usually the girl doss it, and what they do is they race a small town in england. you ulny england. call each other. who was faster? sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. you were born there. in 2000 go to nashville. writing songs since you were 8 years old. when did you feel you were breaking out? i had the great opportunity of meeting the man, mr. garth