VALDOSTA – Heavy showers and a wet theme park couldn’t keep South Georgia and North Florida away Saturday night when rock legends Foreigner took the stage at Wild Adventures.

The band worked with Wild Adventures to raise money for the charity Share It Forward. People could buy two CD’s for $20 and have a chance to win an autographed Les Paul guitar autographed by the band.

The crowd jumped to their feet shortly after 8 p.m. when the British-American band took the stage.

Among those in attendance were Valdosta State president Patrick J. Schloss and Valdosta State football coach David Dean was rumored to be there.

The band opened up with such hits as “Feels Like the First Time” and “Cold as Ice.” They also performed a new song, “Too Late,” which will be on their new album, “Can’t Slow Down.” The album will be released in late September.

Lead singer Kelly Hansen, who performed with the dance moves of Mick Jagger and the screaming of Steven Tyler, jumped into the crowd several times, giving the Wild Adventures security team some exercise.

On his first trip into the audience, he jumped on the platform where a female videographer was filming the concert and danced closely behind her.

After playing such hits as “Say You Will,” “Waiting for a Girl Like You” and “Starrider,” Hansen asked the audience if any of the southern girls liked dirty white boys. That led into the band performing “Dirty White Boy.”

The highlight of the evening was rock legend Mick Jones’ guitar playing on songs such as “Urgent” and “Jukebox Hero.”

Jones, who is the only Foreigner band member to play on all of the group’s albums, showed no signs of being 64-years-old when on the guitar.

The band closed the concert with two of their biggest hits, “I Want to Know What Love Is,” which is their only number one hit in America, and “Hot Blooded.”

While Foreigner put on one of the best concerts in recent Wild Adventures history, lead singer Hansen could have done a little less provokative dancing to the audience.