Beyoncé will kick off her first show in Houston, and fans are braving hot temperatures to witness the opener and secure official merchandise.

Beyoncé isn't even officially in town yet, and she's already making Houston proud. Mrs. Carter, through her BeyGOOD Foundation, is donating $100,000 to Texas Southern University's Ocean of Soul marching band.

In a stadium of strangers dressed in fabulous fringe, denim, boots, cowboy hats and other adornments in keeping with the immaculate Cowboy Carter aesthetic, I rediscovered something that I had long misplaced: Ebullient joy.