Last night, Mark and I, along with the marketing staff at the Berglund Center in Roanoke, presented the “Hockitar” to it’s new owner, Carrie Underwood!

The civic center always gives gifts to touring artists. They called upon Mark to carve this custom guitar with a hockey stick neck. Mark burned onto the back of the guitar her name and her husband’s name and hockey number (#12 Mike Fisher with the Nashville Predators).

Thanks to the Berglund marketing staff, we met Carrie before the show, snapped a photo and talked for a few minutes. When Mark asked how she’s able to consistently generate such creativity and emotional connections, she said “I love what I do.”