(If you just want to score some free tickets to the Tar River Orchestra's upcoming "Cowboys and Aliens" concert on Oct. 28 at the Dunn Center and don't want to read all about my "E.T." love - just skip to the bottom.)

My favorite movie of all time is "E.T."

We have it on DVD, so I could watch it anytime I want. But there's something special about catching it on TV.

If it's on, I have to watch it.

They don't put it on very often and if I pass by it - I always gasp, "E.T. is on!" and stop whatever I'm doing and watch it.

And it seems like the past few years they put "E.T." on during the holiday season. I make everyone in my house watch it.

My 12-year old likes it, but isn't transfixed by it like me and my husband have been since we were both about his age. He says E.T. looks fake and the part where the government people take over Elliot's house makes no sense - "Why are they wearing those suits - it's an alien, not a plague!"

I tell him to go make me more popcorn.

When I saw the Tar River Orchestra was planning a concert with a cowboys and aliens theme, I quickly checked to see if they were playing any "E.T." music - THE BEST MOVIE MUSIC EVER. And they are. The concert is at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 at the Dunn Center. Tickets are $12 for adults and kids are free. You can get them at the door or go here to order online.

Oh my gosh - I am tearing up RIGHT NOW thinking about the scene and score when E.T. and Elliott are saying goodbye. 

And sometimes when I see my 12-year-old and his crew all coming down the road on their bikes (minus the police chase, of course), I think of this scene:

I mean, wow. Don't you just wish all tween boys could find a nice alien and learn such a great lesson about love, loss and growing up?

Other music this great orchestral concert will feature includes "Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz" by Austrian composer Johann Strauss II: The Waltz king's most popular work featured in A Space Odyssey; Charles Ives' humorous cowboy song "Charlie Rutlage"; a variety of selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma including: "Oklahoma", "Oh What a Beautiful Morning", "People Will Say We're in Love", "Surrey With the Fringe on Too"; and a crowd-pleasing Sci-Fi trifecta including the Star Trek main theme and selections from Close Encounters of the Third Kind and (my fave) E.T.

The Tar River Orchestra folks were kind enough to give us two tickets to give away to a lucky Charm Chicks reader. If you want to go to the concert, email me your name at jwhite@rmtelegram.com, leave a comment here or on our facebook page. We'll pool all the names and randomly pick one lucky winner to get the two tickets. Let us know by next Wednesday if you want your name in the pot.......