By Kimberly Gasuras
CCN Reporter

BUCYRUS — Eighteen-year-old Haley Clingman said she has had a rough year, but she believes, now, that her luck may be changing.

The Bucyrus teen went with her stepmom, Amy Lutz, to a Keith Urban concert on Sunday in Cincinnati at Riverbend.

“We had tickets for the lawn but moved up through the crowd to get as close as we could,” Clingman said. “We met a really nice couple from Lexington, Kentucky.”

Clingman said she has been to a few concerts but this was the first time at a performance by country star Keith Urban. He is known for many hit songs such as “You Look Good in My Shirt,” “The Fighter” with Carrie Underwood, “You’ll Think of Me,” and “Blue Ain’t Your Color.”

“I was just so excited to be there,” Clingman said. “It is a concert I will never forget.”

Urban is known for giving out the guitar he is playing at each of his concerts.

“He was singing and kept looking at me and I was going crazy. Then, he pointed at me and told me to come up on stage,” Clingman said.

Clingman said two security guards lifted her onto the stage and Urban hugged her.

“He gave me his guitar and we danced and sang for a few minutes in front of thousands of people. I just couldn’t believe it,” Clingman said. “My adrenaline was on a record high.”

Clingman was then taken by the guards to the administration office of the concert venue to drop off the guitar until after the concert was over.

“They had me leave it there so no one would try to take it from me. When we were on our way to the office, some girls stopped us and took my photo with the guitar. They recognized me from being on stage,” Clingman said.

The guards helped her locate her stepmom with the help of the Kentucky couple they had befriended.

“I spotted them, and they were jumping up and down and calling my name, so I could find them and my stepmom,” Clingman said.

After the concert was over, the security guards escorted Clingman and Lutz to the administration office to pick up the guitar and on to their vehicle.

“They stayed with us until we were actually driving away to make sure no one tried to get the guitar,” Clingman said.

Clingman said her experience was the best one of her life and she will treasure the guitar for many years to come.